Ask Me Help Desk - For All those who live in Saskatoon: Confine your dogs.

I was outraged when I read in article in the newspaper the other day. A 6yrs old boy, had been attacked by a ''stray dog'' (they say it was stray but yet then they said it had owners.) Anyway they put a new law into place. Any dog seen running loose will be shot! Get this it doesn't even matter if they are vicious or friendly. They even hired someone to shoot the dogs.

Is this not animal cruelty?? I mean they won't even pay to get the dogs temperament tested. And instead humanely euthanizing them. They shoot them. Oh god... Where has the world gotten to. Ruthless killing of innocent dogs. I thought BSL was bad but this sounds way worse.

I understand that if your dog is running loose you should be reprimanded with a fine, to help pay for what the city must pay for dog catching resources. But this. The dog does not deserve to die. I guess the mother of the child got her wish when she said ''"I wanted to go strangle the owner of the dog," said McKay. "I wanted the RCMP to go and shoot all the stray dogs. I had these thoughts racing through my head. I wanted vengeance."

She'll get her vegeance. But what about that little boy who's dog saved his life. What about that father who knows he can leave and his family will be safe while he's gone because
Of the dog. What about that teenage girl who's life has been tough due to family member's addictions. She couldn't bear to lose her Husky.

PLease those of you who live in Saskatoon keep your dogs confined, or else you could lose them...

I'm sorry some people are so ignorant and so heartless that they can shoot a loved family member without a blink of an eye...

Wow, that is awful Rex!

They should at least see if the dogs are microchipped or have tags...
If my dogs got out they would be more likely to lick you to death than bite.

Here is a similar story that happened to my parents:

A few years back my parents had a great dane that escaped from the yard after a big storm that blew the fence down.

Over the back of my parents house is a huge tree plantation and behind that are some cattle.

They dog was found shot twice in the tree plantation... they confronted the man who owned the property and he said that the dog was "attacking the cattle"
Even though he was no-where near them and the cattle were uninjured.

He said that he shot to dog in the chest once, and then he would not stop running so he shot him again, this time through his side.

The bullet in his chest went through to break his last rib, and the one in his side was lodged near his liver.

Both bullets missed all internal organs and arteries and the dog survived.

We later found out that he was not allowed to discharge a firearm in a residential area.

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Originally Posted by shazamataz

Wow, that is awful Rex!

They should at least see if the dogs are microchipped or have tags...
If my dogs got out they would be more likely to lick you to death than bite.

Here is a similar story that happened to my parents:

A few years back my parents had a great dane that escaped from the yard after a big storm that blew the fence down.

Over the back of my parents house is a huge tree plantation and behind that are some cattle.

They dog was found shot twice in the tree plantation... they confronted the man who owned the property and he said that the dog was "attacking the cattle"
Even though he was no-where near them and the cattle were uninjured.

He said that he shot to dog in the chest once, and then he would not stop running so he shot him again, this time through his side.

The bullet in his chest went through to break his last rib, and the one in his side was lodged near his liver.

Both bullets missed all internal organs and arteries and the dog survived.

We later found out that he was not allowed to discharge a firearm in a residential area.

That's horrible! I'm glad the dog survived though. This new law is so dumb. It solves absolutely nothing. The proper thing to do would be to educate the public and dog owners as well as children. Dog owners should be educated on how to properly contain their dogs and if they do get loose they should be given a plan on how to get them back.

The public should also be educated on how to determin the mood of a dog. And kids should be taught how to act around dogs and how to properly greet them.

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Originally Posted by rex123

That's horrible! I'm glad the dog survived though. This new law is so dumb. It solves absolutely nothing. The proper thing to do would be to educate the public and dog owners as well as children. Dog owners should be educated on how to properly contain their dogs and if they do get loose they should be given a plan on how to get them back.

The public should also be educated on how to determin the mood of a dog. And kids should be taught how to act around dogs and how to properly greet them.

Definitely agree with children being taught how to behave around dogs... I think it should be something they should cover in early schooling...

Even if you think your child will never have an encounter with a dog alone, you never know what can happen!

While I don't have any statistics I believe that a good portion of dog attacks involving children the dog was somehow provoked, whether it was being hit, or just frightened.

And yes, my parents dog survived, he was a lucky boy... He weighed over 80kg (176 pounds) and he lost control of his back legs for several weeks.
Mum and dad had to get friends to come around several times a day and use a sling to carry him outside to urinate as he refused to do so in his bed.

He died a couple of years later from a heart problem :(

Besides the outrage that I feel when I read things like that.

I wonder if they have thought this through and what guidelines the "hunter" has been given.

I wonder how loud the outcry will be when a person gets hit by a stray shot or a ricochet? Or the dog is actually behind an invisible fence?

I agree with teaching children to know how to behave with animals not just dogs but cats, birds, reptiles, turtles, foxes, raccoons, etc. With more and more "wild" animals showing up in residential areas, children need to be better informed than they used to be.

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Originally Posted by Cat1864

Besides the outrage that I feel when I read things like that.

I wonder if they have thought this through and what guidelines the "hunter" has been given.

I wonder how loud the outcry will be when a person gets hit by a stray shot or a ricochet? Or the dog is actually behind an invisible fence?

I agree with teaching children to know how to behave with animals not just dogs but cats, birds, reptiles, turtles, foxes, raccoons, etc. With more and more "wild" animals showing up in residential areas, children need to be better informed than they used to be.

I agree that this is absolutely unnecessary, and that people should exercise more caution.
I hope those families with invisible fences put a very noticeable sign in the yard.

Wow - some years ago (and I lived in a very rural area) the Animal Warden arrived at my house with a "put down" order for my German Shepherd, saying that he had been running deer. It was NOT my dog. I had a fenced yard. My dogs NEVER ran.

However, if I had not been home would my dog have been seized/shot/murdered - ?