A lot of whacky things seem to happen in Greece, a western suburb of Rochester. Bush visited the ideal community when he was trying to privatize Social Security. The former police chief is on trial and a couple of cops were busted for forced sex. Roderick Scott of Baneberry Way shot a 17 year old kid while he was trying to break into a neighbor’s truck. The kid was drunk and high and Scott claims he was “coming at me” so he shot him with his “legally permitted” pistol in self defense. Why didn’t he just stay in the house until the cops came?
We checked the paper this morning to find out if the “Bulldozer Guy” was convicted and he was but then we got stuck on this Greece story. We even listened to the 911 tapes. The story sort of got under our skin because when we were threatened by Jagger AGAIN, on our walk, it crossed both our minds that we could blow the dog away in self defense if we had a legally permitted weapon.
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I’m dealing with a similar situation. My neighbor has a black Lab that charges at me when I go to work at night. She says the dog is harmless, but I feel shocked by that animal. Recently, Jess (the dog) charged my sister’s blind cat, George Harrison, who in his panic fell over the seawall into the lake. Miraculously, George was able to claw his way back up the wall to safety. Jess needs to be on a farm somewhere that she can run around and not frighten people.
“Jess needs to be on a farm somewhere that she can run around and not frighten people.” joel c, respectfully, BULLSHIT! Jess needs a face full of mace or any other non-lethal deterrent to stop these attacks. The neighbors should be spoken to first and then (if uncooperative) be reported to the authorities. CATS SHOULD NOT BE OUTSIDE – but if a dog ever attacked a cat of mine, the dog would never again have to worry about whom to attack.
Yeah, I hear ya. and I appreciate your comments. Those thoughts have run through my head. I’ve talked to them about the dog and they know the problem. As far as authorities, we’re on our own out here. Cats going outside (or not) isn’t an option. This is a delicate, nuanced situation between families going back generations. One wrong turn could lead to an escalation, repercussions, and on and on, etc. To me, mace would be the very last resort. We’ll work it out before that.