What would you do?

[Haiw]

Only give a reaction when you've read the whole thing, no bullcrap please...

Just a hypothetical story. Imagine:

You’re just a regular guy, living a regular life. You have a regular civilian job, you’re single, and you life in a nice little home.
Feeling kind of lonely you think of taking a dog. After some consideration you decide to go for a German shepherd. So off you go, and return with a cute little puppy you do. The cute little doggy is as sweet as the puppies in the advertisements…

The puppy grows bigger and bigger, and stronger and stronger. After a year and a half the little puppy has almost become a fully grown badass German shepherd, but deep inside it’s still the lovable sweet puppy you’ve always known.

One night, when your dog’s already 2 years old, you wake up to the sound of some footsteps downstairs. Suddenly the dog starts barking. There’s some stumbling on the stairs, and before you realize what happens some crazy ass burglar comes in your bedroom. It doesn’t take you very long to realize it’s some bloodlusty maniac on crack…

Eyes red, making a low grunting sound the guy suddenly draws a kitchen knife from his jacket. Threatheningly he starts to move toward you… Slowly he pulls the knife up in the air, ready to strike it down into your shivering body. Down the knife comes…

…only to be stopped by your dogs claws grapping the attacker’s arms. Ferocious he bites in the guy’s arm, protecting you from the harm his knife could bring to you. The dog and the burglar get in a fight, and for thirty seconds all you see and hear is the flashing knife, the grunts and barks of the dog and the burglar, some shrieks of pain, and suddenly…silence. You hear your dog breathing heavily while he walks away from the burglar’s body, his throat bitten by the German shepherd’s mighty jaws.

The police comes over, and all is settled. Your dog even makes the newspaper as ‘heroic animal of the year’. Your dog saved your life, even though he didn’t come off unscratched either… It takes a full year for the dog to recover, and even then he’s still limping a little with one of his hind legs. Yet you don’t really care, for this dog saved your life…this dog is truly your best friend. This is the dog you’ll love till it’s last days, for it is the best dog there’ll ever be in your life.

And so life goes on, year after year. You and your dog get older, and at one point the dog is already 8 years old. It’s a nice summer day, and nothing beats walking the dog in such nice weather. After you’ve walked for like 10 minutes or so, you get to a playground that’s not far from your home. Between the playing kids you see the little neighbour boy, only 5 years old.

You say hello to the kid while you walk by, and the kid shouts back. You’re just about to continue your little stroll with the dog, when suddenly your dog runs straight at the little neighbour boy, jumps at him, and bites the kid in his leg. Quickly you manage to pull the strong dog off, saving the child from almost certain death by your dogs jaws. Confused you run the dog home, while keeping the neighbours boy in your hands. You leave the dog at home, and rush the child to the hospital in your car.

The child’s ‘lucky’. ‘Only’ 25 stitches in his leg. No matter how much thought you put into it, you just can’t figure out why the dog bit the little boy. Anyway, you come off without a law suit, and after some good conversation with the neighbours you agree it must be a ‘rare’ case.

Or so you thought. One year later, the dog attacks another kid. Even though the kid was an annoying bully, throwing little stones, there wasn’t any real reason why your dog bit the little kid in the face… The kid comes off with 38 stitches, and even though by your fast action more suffering could have been averted, the kid will carry some scars on his face for the rest of his life.

Sadly you come to a dilemma… This dog, that has saved your life all those years ago, now has attacked two kids…
What are you going to do? Are you gonna stay faithfull to his heroism all those years ago, or are you going to put him to sleep because he’s simply becoming too dangerous?

[Merik]

Keep it in the house and dont let anyone be around him that doesnt know him.

Did it happen to a "friend" of yours or something?

[ArmedPacifist]

Keep it in the house and dont let anyone be around him that doesnt know him.


That was my conclusion also.

[Herrmannek]

I always keep my dog on leash if anybody is closeer than 300metres from me or I haven't clear wiev for such distance :)

[mocking_loudly_died]

Your tale of woe is to long!!!!

My cave man brain cannot bother with it.

:D

[Vance]

Only take him on walks with a very short leash. Never let him outside without a leash, except for him being in the backyard.

[California Joe]

"Feeling kind of lonely you think of taking a dog."

Probably not a great choice of phrase after the whole Swedes banging animals thread. ;)

Honestly? You have to isolate him or put him down. Bad choices huh.

[Argyll]

Shoot the foker!.........one bite of a kid is enough!
Take a good hard look at yersel in the mirror and wonder why you never put a muzzle on him after the 1st time!

I'm no lover of animals or people who attack kids! It is the owners responsability to ensure that these things never happen,even if he did save your life!

[Merik]

My dog bite a kid one time, but the kid deserved it cause she kept bugging him while he was trying to sleep and warned her by growling several times and finally snapped at her hand. Biotch.

[Herrmannek]

Shoot the foker!.........one bite of a kid is enough!
Take a good hard look at yersel in the mirror and wonder why you never put a muzzle on him after the 1st time!

I'm no lover of animals or people who attack kids! It is the owners responsability to ensure that these things never happen,even if he did save your life!

Why shoot the dog...Shoot the owner...And I'm serious...it's normal that dogs bite children, I was biten many times, and this was never direct fault of dog, it was me puting fingers where I shouldn't or owner who didn't took proper care for his pet...Ussualy owners are quilty for such accidents and they should take full responsibility, not dogs with ussualy behave like mother nature told him....

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

A trip to the vet for the big sleep, or if you cannot afford a vet bill take it a walk down to the canal and concrete block, leash and you can imagine the rest. Kids are precious.

[California Joe]

I'm thinking Haiw has a personal stake in this one.....

[Ratamacue]

Try to keep him in or in a fenced-in yard, and if you do walk him, keep him on a short leash.

[Midav]

Personally, I would keep the dog.

If it wasn't on a leash, then start doing so. If you have a yard, let it go out there more, or, take it out in the land more often where there is little chance of bumping into people.

The kid's ok and will live. After such an event that the dog went through years earlier, it just may have become more protective in certain circumstances.

My 2 cents.

[Argyll]

In the UK he'd be destroyed after the 1st kid!

[Haiw]

Err to clear things up; it's hypothetical... I don't have a dog and this case hasn't happened anywhere around me. So don't worry... :)

Maybe if I feel like it I'll tell you why I posted it tomorrow... :P
(there's a reason I haven't posted it in the off-topic forum)

[mocking_loudly_died]

I hate kids, they should be in prison.

[Herrmannek]

I hate kids, they should be in prison.

Youp

[SOG]

My dog bite a kid one time, but the kid deserved it cause she kept bugging him while he was trying to sleep and warned her by growling several times and finally snapped at her hand. Biotch.

yeah my nephew was sticking his ****ing finger in a bulldogs eye and it started growling at him. luckily my cousin pulled his retarted kid away before the bulldog swallowed the stupid ****.

if the dog snaps and has a bad day thats one thing, but to physically torment a dog and even have it warn you, nah, aint **** on the dog. some people just to damn dum.

[usa320]

What hes trying to say is the US saved Europes ass back in the day, and now in his view the US is "biting" Europe. So is Europe going to finally help us after all we did for them, or are they going to bitch...

[EvanL]

What hes trying to say is the US saved Europes ass back in the day, and now in his view the US is "biting" Europe. So is Europe going to finally help us after all we did for them, or are they going to bitch...
Yes. The U.S. saved Europe. It was there throughout the whole war singlehandedly saving Europe.
I hate it when people do that. The U.S. sacrifice was great and shows the strength of the american armed forces, but it was not the U.S. taht saved Europe.
We have had these arguements before on this site. No need to change the subject. p-)

[mocking_loudly_died]

If this thread is a metaphor then I'm going to beat the **** out of some one.

[California Joe]

What if it's just an expression of love between a man and his dog with a heaping helping of Skippy peanut butter......on his arse........while the dog......you know.....

[DE_Six]

CJ, that is...disturbing.

You sick rofl

[SOG]

If this thread is a metaphor then I'm going to beat the **** out of some one.

im gonna stand behind mocking, laughing as he beats the **** outta someone. i feel so used. i thought this was about a boy and his dog, not some disturbing political game. sick sonna bitches. so used.....


What if it's just an expression of love between a man and his dog with a heaping helping of Skippy peanut butter......on his arse........while the dog......you know.....

i heard that happened in new york when a guy and his wife were getting kinky and decided to let the dog in on it, smeared peanut butter on his twix and the dog started licking then nibling then chewing. made my morning!

[California Joe]

I'm gonna stand behind SOG as he stands behind Mocking and the dog, and the peanut butter. Oh the humanity.

Does anyone know what happened?

[SOG]

ah, here it is: it was WA not NY



BREMERTON, WA - Christopher Coulter and his wife, Emily, were engaging in bondage games when Christopher suggested spreading peanut butter on his genitals and letting Rudy, their Irish Setter, lick them clean. Sadly, Rudy lost control and began tearing at Christopher's ***** and ********s. Rudy refused to obey commands and a panicked Emily threw a half-gallon bottle of perfume at the dog. The bottle broke, covering the dog and Christopher with perfume. Startled, Rudy leaped back, tearing away the *****. While trying to get her unconscious husband in the car to take him to the hospital, Emily fell twice, injuring her wrist and ankle. Christopher's ***** was in a styrofoam ice cooler. "Chris is just plain lucky," said the surgeon who spent eight hours reattaching the *****. "Believe it or not, the perfume turned out to be very fortuitous. The high alcohol content, which must have been excruciatingly painful, helped sterilize the wound. Also, aside from its being removed, the damage caused by the dog's teeth to the ***** per se is minimal. It's really a very stringy piece of flesh. Mr. Coulter stands an excellent chance of regaining the use of his limb because of this." Washington Animal Control has no plans to seize Rudy.

half gallon bottle of perfume? costco? damn!
and while searching for dog+*****+peanut butter on google, something i hope do never do again, i saw this
http://www.defenselink.mil/dodgc/doha/industrial/98-0698.h1.html
scroll down to finding of fact about one page down.
shhhh, dont tell the swedes in off topic, theyll use it against us ;)

[California Joe]

Jesus H. Christ that made me giggle like a schoolgirl. OK, a schoolgirl with a Stephen King sense of humor.

The search part was the best...dog+*****+peanutbutter....Like anyone forced you to type...... ;)

[Cael]

Human life to me is much more valuable than a dog's, so off the dog goes. I've done it before.

And after mocking gives a good beating, i'm gonna poke the bastard with a stick.

[Cael]

"BREMERTON, WA - Christopher Coulter and his wife, Emily, were engaging in bondage games when Christopher suggested spreading peanut butter on his genitals and letting Rudy, their Irish Setter, lick them clean. Sadly, Rudy lost control and began tearing at Christopher's ***** and ********s. Rudy refused to obey commands and a panicked Emily threw a half-gallon bottle of perfume at the dog. The bottle broke, covering the dog and Christopher with perfume. Startled, Rudy leaped back, tearing away the *****. While trying to get her unconscious husband in the car to take him to the hospital, Emily fell twice, injuring her wrist and ankle. Christopher's ***** was in a styrofoam ice cooler. "Chris is just plain lucky," said the surgeon who spent eight hours reattaching the *****. "Believe it or not, the perfume turned out to be very fortuitous. The high alcohol content, which must have been excruciatingly painful, helped sterilize the wound. Also, aside from its being removed, the damage caused by the dog's teeth to the ***** per se is minimal. It's really a very stringy piece of flesh. Mr. Coulter stands an excellent chance of regaining the use of his limb because of this." Washington Animal Control has no plans to seize Rudy."

I feel sorry for the dog, I wonder what else they made that thing do...

Edit: Forgot to show sarcasm.

[UkrainianAmerican]

to get back on topic:
The most fitting punishment would be for a dog to spend a month. Alone. With a nice swedish man.

[ShotOver]

Don't you guys see... this story is the story of America.

Afghanistan, and Iraq being the neibourhood kids, the burgler being Nazi germany... etc.

:|

[usa320]

yeah, i called that on the last post of the first page.

[ShotOver]

Yeah, i saw that mate... but people didnt pay much attention to it.

[Flagg]

hmmmmmmmmm.......and here I thought we were talking about dogs.

My partner and I have a dog:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid97/pfba7a036cca33e62bf615639c6be888e/fa1354c1.jpg

Our 1 year old rottweiler is the most gentle, loyal, and friendly dog I've ever had...and I've had a bunch....but the big difference is when any unknown male adults approach his "Mummy"....the biggest concern will be cleaning up the mess....because it would be a very big mess.

My thoughts on the "scenario" are:

*Pay any necessary reparations to make the victim whole.

*Send the mutt to some mates in the country where the dog cannot do further harm....ever.

*Tell the police "I've taken care of it....The dog is in a better place."

*Then pimp slap the owner...since the owner's ultimately accountable.

[Kenshin]

to get back on topic:
The most fitting punishment would be for a dog to spend a month. Alone. With a nice swedish man.

I second the motion...

" Here little doggy u.."

[Roger Rabbit]

My first ****** encounter with a dog was when I was about fourteen years old. We had a female family dog, named [name of dog]; she was a husky. [The dog] was not house broken well enough to stay in the main part of the home so she mainly stayed in the basement with my cat. I was initially afraid of [the dog], but after many trips to the basement to feed her and my cat I lost my fear of her. I then became very fond of [the dog] and liked to pet her. [The dog] had a habit of putting her nose in my crouch. When she did this it ******ly aroused me so [the dog] basically initiated ****** encounters. The ****** contact between me and [the dog] only consisted of allowing her to lick my ***** and nothing more. The first time I allowed her to lick my ***** was on a dare. A friend was visiting, and he dared me to let her lick my *****. So I unzipped my pants, exposed my ***** and [the dog] licked it a few times. I cannot recall how many times I engaged in this type of activity with [the dog]. [The dog] died about a year later.

On topic: You can't inprison the dog, either give it to someone who has a wide area of land where its unlikely to come into contact with the public it can enjoy and make sure the new owners know its history, or keep it on a muzzle and leash when walking it through busy public areas, or have it put down.

[mocking_loudly_died]

This is my metaphor relating to France:

There once was a pile of ****.

The end.

[Roger Rabbit]

What type of ****? i mean was it the sloppy type, lumpy? sweet corn filled? theres so many types, you shouldn't try to generalise.

[mocking_loudly_died]

What type of ****? i mean was it the sloppy type, lumpy? sweet corn filled? theres so many types, you shouldn't try to generalise.

It has a fruity odor.

[Sierra]

I would keep the dog, heroic or not. Id NEVER put it to sleep.

[Upfrontreporting]

Put it to sleep, can't "trust" a dog that unprovoked bites an innocent.

[Herrmannek]

Put it to sleep, can't "trust" a dog that unprovoked bites an innocent.
Define unprovoked :)

[Upfrontreporting]

As mentioned in the beginning of this thread: If the dog passes a child and out of the blue bites that child and similar situations.

It's of course different if you hurt a dog (kick or punch) then there is the chance of the dog biting you but then the situation is no longer un-provoked.

Of course it's also a matter of responsibility from the owner of any given dog, especially strong big dogs, that the dog is trained in such a way that the dog will not bite unprovoked. The dog has to know.

I grew up with big dogs, as did my kid-brother and as a baby he would crawl all over our dogs, once in a while pulling their ears. They never ever hurt him, they knew that it was a no no to hurt him, if they didn't want his company they simply walked away.


regards.

[Herrmannek]

As mentioned in the beginning of this thread: If the dog passes a child and out of the blue bites that child and similar situations.

This ussualy isn't guilt of dog, but lack of training&discipline and imprudence of the owner... Most of the dogs don't like children because of their unpredictable behavior, like puting fingers in the eyes, puling ears&furr, screaming, running, kissing, so dogs are suspicius and ussualy give signs of that by burking or biting children once or twice in hand, or leg esspecialy in case of strange ones...So if owner don't train dog how to behave, or don't use leash and muzzle he is guilty...Mad dogs are realy very rare cases...

[Haiw]

Allright... usa320 was the first to get it. My compliments :).

Sorry for all of you that felt used or anything, that wasn't my intention. What WAS my intention was to find out how you would answer; which is in general that you would at least do SOMETHING against his behaviour, no matter how heroic the dog ever was to you. I know some of the things were rather exaggerated, but in the end the exaggerations kind of cancel each other out.

Long story short; basically all of you just said that Europe should not just stand by the sideline and shut the hell up about the US and their politics 'because they got their asses saved by the US 50 years ago'.

[Merik]

Nah Europe just needs to shut the hell up cause the French are a bunch of pussies that somehow or another got hold of the UN and tells them what to do. Or thats what it seems like.

[usa320]

This is my metaphor relating to France:

There once was a pile of ****.

The end.


rofl

ROLF. LITERALLY.

[Cael]

Hmm... A dog and a country, I definitely see the connection. Shoot I hope our leaders treat other countries as they do their dogs, since their value is the same. :roll:

[hahaha]

Yep, I see America as an ass sniffing, ball licking nation.

[reverence]

Heard of the Off Topic and Humour section what has any of this got to do with the military.
PS Put the dog down

[MetalBoy]

This metaphor has no validity. Comparing the repressive regimes of Afghanistan and Iraq to innocent children is sickening. It would make more sense if the first kid harbored terrorists in his treehouse who flew explosive filled model airplanes into an innocent families home blowing it up and killing all inside.

And if the second kid had killed his family memebers with chemicals built in his toy science kit later invded his next door neighbor raped and plundered their house, was allowed to stay in his house and not go to juvenile hall, to continue his plot to one day build a new toy science kit to build a new stockpile to blackmail the neighborhood with.
The End. :bash:

[Cael]

Hehe, you said it much less sarcastic as I metal. Well put.

[Haiw]

Heard of the Off Topic and Humour section what has any of this got to do with the military.
PS Put the dog down
Well as you might have noticed the General forum is the place for political debate as well... ;)

BTW for those of you complaining about the 2 kids to be too innocent to be coompared with Afghanistan and Iraq; I was quite generous with exaggerating the role of the dog in the past as well... Besides it was more to make a case that Europe should be allowed to complain about the US's behaviour at all, no matter what the US had done for Europe in the past.