Dog Killer

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Clarissa

August 9, 2017

I almost hit a dog today. It was scary. There was this woman with two beautiful big shaggy dogs. Unleashed, of course. When I approached in my car, one of the dogs threw itself into the road. The only reason I managed to brake in time is that I was driving a lot more slowly than I usually do on this road because I was trying to decide where to turn.

The owner ran into the road after the 🐕, and that’s when the second dog decided to join the fun and jumped out into the road, too. We were very lucky that there were no more cars coming at that moment.

It’s very unpleasant to think I could have become a dog killer today.

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18 responses to “Dog Killer”

UDR

August 9, 2017

Our dog treats any open car door like an invitation to climb in, and has a worrying obsession with pickup trucks and jeeps. He will try to pull us into the road to follow them if we’re out walking! But we know his quirks so we always keep him leashed, and close to us when we walk. I can’t imagine walking him without the leash and just hoping he doesn’t get distracted.

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1. Clarissa
  
  August 9, 2017
  
  When there are two dogs at once, especially, it’s impossible to control them. I don’t know what the owner was thinking.
  
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  1. UDR
    
    August 10, 2017
    
    I honestly don’t understand, we walk past people in our neighborhood frequently who have their dogs unrestrained and outside with them. Their “well trained” dogs who “don’t need a leash” invariably charge over to our dog while we try to keep him calm.
    
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Dreidel

August 9, 2017

You should move to a civilized state like Arizona. Out here, dogs are required to be on leashes when they’re outdoors.

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1. Clarissa
  
  August 9, 2017
  
  I looked up the town regulations. They are supposed to be leashed at all times in public thoroughfares, too! But people are disregarding the regulations.
  
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  1. Dreidel
    
    August 9, 2017
    
    In my Arizona neighborhood, it’s a $400 fine if your dog is outdoors off a leash. No one disregards that.
    
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Mike

August 9, 2017

Dog people will break all rules and laws, and then sue you when their unleashed dogs get splattered all over the road.

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1. Clarissa
  
  August 9, 2017
  
  I actually wondered if it’s a way for the woman to make money because it was so blatantly negligent.
  
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DWeird

August 9, 2017

I’m just tickled you described a dog as beautiful. 🙂

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1. Clarissa
  
  August 10, 2017
  
  He really is. Not that I’d be ok with running over an ugly dog.
  
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cliff arroyo

August 10, 2017

This inevitably reminds me of:

Daria: I almost killed a dog yesterday.
Jane: Going to work your way up to humans slowly?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763390/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt

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cliff arroyo

August 10, 2017

Were the dogs Afghans by any chance? They are without a doubt the most worthless and stupid dogs ever created.

Irish setters aren’t much better and are notoriously…. unattached to particular people.

Different dog breeds often act almost like separate species and the combination of long hair and a wiry frame highly correlates with stupid and useless in the canine world.

With cats it’s an easier formula – the longer the hair the stupider the cat.

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1. Dreidel
  
  August 10, 2017
  
  “With cats it’s an easier formula – the longer the hair the stupider the cat.”
  
  Long-haired cats can afford to be stupider. The only people who buy them are truly devoted cat-lovers who are willing to spend hours brushing and grooming them to keep all that hair clean and unmatted — or to pay someone else to do it.
  
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2. Clarissa
  
  August 10, 2017
  
  I googled the Afghan dog but the ones I saw didn’t have the pointy faces. They looked like this one: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUtC3zTYVIM/TLuIC9XbtqI/AAAAAAAAAik/OYYjU6TZoMk/s1600/DSCN3958.JPG
  
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  1. cliff arroyo
    
    August 10, 2017
    
    That looks like English sheepdog or something closely related… I have no experience with those.
    So I coulnd’t say if their behavior was typical of the breed or of a negligent person (the source of most dog misbehaivor) the fact that they were off leads (and the owner ran into the road rather than using voice commands to get them under control) point toward the latter.
    
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    1. Clarissa
      
      August 10, 2017
      
      A neighbor told me today that he had the same experience with this woman and her dogs last month.
      
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      1. cliff arroyo
        
        August 10, 2017
        
        “same experience with this woman and her dogs”
        
        That settles it, she’s an incompetent owner. After the first time a responsible person would make sure they can either get the dogs under control with voice commands and if that doesn’t work (responding to voice commands varies a lot by breed) then keep them on leads and only let them free in enclosed spaces.
        
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        Clarissa
        
        August 10, 2017
        
        The whole idea of running into the road after one dog while the other is free to run around is crazy. What are the chances that the second dog won’t follow the owner and the first dog into the road? Even I understand it, and I never had a dog.
        
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