How's this for LAME?

[bklyn]

Sorry to hear of the loss of your cat, an important part of your life for so many years.

Certainly she deserved a better end, but maybe her sacrifice led to raising a big red flag and the future safety of your children.

I've tried to think of a silver lining in this cloud, but I AG hit it on the head. Her sacrifice may have saved your kids' lives.

[truth]

That's fucking harsh ONS. Can't really blame the dog, but the owners on the other hand...

[Woodsy]

spongedog hairpants ,
sick neighbor dog!

sorry for your loss CO, that blows.

[iceman]

That's fucking harsh ONS. Can't really blame the dog, but the owners on the other hand...

Unfortunately, shooting the owners probably isn't an option.

[mr_gyptian]

I have a 19 year old cat named Lola. I got her when I got my first appartment. Super chill cat that survived my many youthful indiscretions, roommates, kids, and outlived and dealt with a host of various dogs.

She has been declining over the last couple of months and I came to the conclusion that it is finally time to put her down after a good long (if not miraculous) run. I had an appointment for 8:30 this morning to put her down.

Last nightat about 8:00, our neighbors dog grabbed her off my doorstep, broke her neck and GUTTED her.

She was 12 hours away from a dignified peaceful end and this is how it ends after 19 years. I can't even begin to tell you how pissed I am.

LAME.

owens, that dog did you a favor.

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[truth]

Unfortunately, shooting the owners probably isn't an option.

Oh it's an option...just not a viable one.

[Alioops]

I would be more inclined to shoot the owner of the dog. When it comes down to it, it is her fault.

Sorry to hear about your loss ONS.

[Mr.Scruff]

It's not really about whether it was the dog's fault or not, it's more about not letting the fucker do it again, especially as it's growled at the kids.

[Stone-Free]

Wow, that rattles me that the neighbors dog was a lab. My brother-in-law had a beautiful black female lab and was a great dog. She hunted and was awesome around his kids. When he got a job transfer and had to move, he told me she was acting strange and very different after they got settled.

He told me something snapped in her, and she was not right in the head. She would pace around the house in the middle of the night, chase cars, growl at the kids, and started randomly drooling. One day, the lab turned on his 2 year old boy and bit his head and face, requiring 20-25 stitches. My nephew was mildly but permanately disfigured by the dogs attack.

When he got home from the hospital, he went in the back yard, grabbed a .45 and took care of the dog.

He was very broken up about what he had done. He called me and we talked about it at great length, and I supported his actions in full. A dog that turns on people- especially children, is a danger and a threat to everyone.

I dont think ONS wants to shoot the neighbors dog. Fuck, nobody wants to do anything like that. But if he had to to protect his family, I would not blame him a bit. Bottom line- the neighbor bitch needs to control her fucking animal so ONS doesn't have to.

[cj001f]

Owens - that sucks in so many ways

He told me something snapped in her, and she was not right in the head. She would pace around the house in the middle of the night, chase cars, growl at the kids, and started randomly drooling.

How long was she different? That sounds like rabies, esp. since the dog hunted.

[scarlet begonias]

Tell that stupid neighbor of yours to invest in an electric fence for the dog. Obviously there is a MAJOR issue with the dog wandering off his own property, and even worse he is a vicious, killing dog.

Sounds to me like she has two options- electric fence and keep the dog in, or three end up with a dead dog. Her first option, controlling/training/discipling the dog wasn't an option in the first place it sounds like.

Again, very sorry to hear of your loss. I just love the cat/moose picture- VERY cool!

[The AD]

What a shitty story. Really sorry about your cat, Owens.

[iceman]

owens, that dog did you a favor.

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You are either a very poor reader or a sociopath. What the fuck is wrong with your brain? Seriously. Seek help.

[summit]

gyptian are you smoking crack or do you just hate cats???

And is there a new sales guy at work named Steve?

[Will]

I had a 19-year old cat until a few weeks ago. A crazy affectionate cat who once survived a drop off a five-story building with no almost damage and who had recently become increasingly... well.. crazy.

We weren't about to put her down, but it was clear that she did not have much time left.

One day in May my brother came home from work to find that she had knocked an air conditioner out of the window and jumped 15 feet to the sidewalk below. She then disappeared into the wilds of Brooklyn. This was pretty impressive considering she weighed probably less than 10 pounds at this point and had a hard time jumping off a bed.

Apparently, she decided it was her time to go, and she was going to do it her way.

[The Dad]

ONS -- sorry for your loss, +++++++ vibes. And call animal control, because you don't know what that dog is going to do next.

[ak_powder_monkey]

thats super lame dude, shoot the dog, if it'll kill a cat it'll kill a kid.

[Art Shirk]

My views are clear by now but I have to say it again. Shooting that dog is not making 2 wrongs. It is preventing two wrongs.

I had a friend who lived out in the country. He had a dog that he loved and this guy would roam the fields. He routinely trespassed into the neighbor's property and would rile up the neighbor's livestock and disrupt the neighbor's business. The neighbor kept telling my friend his dog was going to get blasted if it persisted. My friend did little to prevent his dog from trespassing despite the warning. A week later, dead dog. I really couldn't blame the neighbor.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

Damn, ONS. That's probably the worst thing I've heard about in a while. Sounds like that dog has been up to shit business for a good while now....

I hope this doesn't some out the wrong way, because I really love dogs and all.....

BUT: A strategically placed bowl of anti-freeze under cover of darkness may be in good order for the neighbor's mutt. No threats, no carnage, no bitter neighborly quarrels, nobody to blame, no cops involved, just a dead dog. Problem solved.

Good luck mang.

[soul_skier]

just use bear spray on it, that will make it afraid of you, if it comes back after that, shoot it.

[Crinkle]

just use bear spray on it, that will make it afraid of you, if it comes back after that, shoot it.

i like this suggestion...but

f- two wrongs, it would make me feel better. I require vengance, screw civility.

put in a call for the "neighborhood whisperer" to solve your problems.

that dog would be whispering into my 12 gauge the next time it comes around.

...and owens, huge bummer about the cat, especially one that long lived. Tough enough to have to come to that decision, then to have Lola taken from you.

[P_McPoser]

ONS, sounds like you need to take animal control into your own hands.
Good luck, and sorry about the cat.

[Out_to_lunch]

Unfortunately, shooting the owners probably isn't an option.

I was going to suggest it...

[refried]

Sorry to hear about your cat, one of mine was killed a few weeks ago by a neibors pit bull, the dog came back the next day after my barn cat. another cat also disapeared just before this from another niebors place,and the dog was seen running home one day with a chicken. The dogs owner has denied his dog would do anything like this, and says he will keep the dog tied up but it's been seen running free even though he has a big enclosure for the dog.I've(along with my 5 other niebors) told the dogs owner if we ever see the dog running free we will shoot it, I've been blowing off about 12 rounds a night and it seems to be working,I havn't seen him in a week,maybe he'll even go back to L.A. (it's legal to shoot loose dogs in this county who are killing domestic or farm animals)
The best advice I got was from Uncle Phil who told me "Shoot him in the gut, that way they go somewere else to die" he never had another ram eat his strawberrys again

[summit]

My cat died,

16 years old...

His name was Andrew for Andrew Lloyd Webber (put music to TS Eliot's "Cats" poems... that musical ya know... "Cats")

He was a Jelical cat... black and white...

Bye Andrew! I miss you!