[selzer]

I watched the second video until it ran into the first video. I did not want to watch the dog get shot again.

The cops walk up to the dog, the one bends over it for a long time messing with the collar, finally they walk off with the chained dog.

What we did not see was the dog getting chained to the truck, which I now believe is the officer's vehicle, as he threw the chain in it.

Did the dog spook when they tried to crate it? I can see no other reason that they would introduce the catch pole.

This is really too bad. I do not believe the officers woke up with the intention of killing someone's dog that day. The police were called by a woman who believed her daughter was in danger due to a loose dog.

It is infuriating to see a dog running loose, when it is against the law, and then to have it growl or show aggression toward a child. I certainly understand where she is coming from. This is the dog owner's fault for not properly containing a large formidable dog.

Chances are the dog was just euthed a few days earlier than he otherwise would have been.

We are talking about a TRAILER PARK here. I really do not care who you are. Spending the last 15 years or so living in a trailer (manufactured home on foundation according to the bank) in the country, I have noticed in particular the attitudes people have of us. Living in a trailer park is definitely the lowest of the low -- well maybe people in half-way houses or prisons are lower, maybe.

But officers called to trailer parks are not looking for ways to give people a break. In general people living in these places have plenty of encounters with the police and it is just not a good scene. It is highly likely that the dog was not permitted there in the first place, that the owner has no way to pay the fine, the impound fee for the dog, or to make the necessary arrangements for housing and caring for a "dangerous dog."

It is highly likely that no judge would award him the dog back.

It is almost impossible to believe that the dog would make it out of the pound with a record of having "gone after" a child.

So the final outcome in any event would not have been pretty.

Too bad. too bad. People are such ********.

Should the cops have shot the dog? From what we saw, no. Would the dog be alive now in any event? Probably not. No one would have made this vid public if the dog had not been shot. And the decision to euth the dog would have been made probably.

Compeletely disgusting. On the other hand, the guy on the other end of the phone is probably saying to them, that they will probably euth the dog anyway, don't get bit for nothing, if you cannot get the dog contained, shoot it. Don't take any risks.