Brutal murder in Glover Park

[Anonymous]

Carrying pepper spray on your leash sounds like a really good idea in general, btw...

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Anonymous wrote:My gripe is that OP did not indicate that a dog was murdered. I thought it was a person. I actually wondered about several friends who live in Glover Park!

OP, the dog was not on a leash. Sorry but no sympathy here.

But according to the story the small dog did not leave his yard. Dogs are not required to be leashed in their own yards.

The article says:
Sometimes, said Baroody, when another owner would walk a dog down Tunlaw, Freckles would run off the porch (to the edge of the wall supporting the lawn), and bark.

I dont really understand what this means and if there was a gate or a barrier there. I have to assume no if the larger dog ended up with the smaller on in its mouth. So he should have been leashed. Our dog runs from the porch to the gate sometimes to bark at another dog out of excitement but he cant get into it with the other dog because he is gated. If we take him outside that area he is leashed.
You can blame the larger dog owner for being unfeeling or a jerk for leaving but I dont think he did anything wrong legally here. And sorry but it sounds like his dog was reacting as larger dogs do to a smaller animal. You cant blame him for this if he doesnt have a history of being vicious before now IMO.
It is a horrible tragedy but it is not actionable from what I know.

I assume that means there is a small retaining wall at the sidewalk (usually these are about a foot or so high) and that the small dog was at the top of the retaining wall (in his own yard). Presumably there was not a fence or a gate there. I personally don't like when people let their dogs run in unfenced yards (some in our neighborhood have invisible fences) because you don't really know if the dogs are going to come out, but as far as I know dogs are allowed to be unleashed in their own yards.

I think this would only be if they are contained/cannot get out. If the little dog is on the top of a retaining wall, he is not contained IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carrying pepper spray on your leash sounds like a really good idea in general, btw...

Because the larger dog owner should have pepper sprayed Freckles?

[Anonymous]

http://www.facebook.com/JusticeForFreckles

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Anonymous wrote:Carrying pepper spray on your leash sounds like a really good idea in general, btw...

Because the larger dog owner should have pepper sprayed Freckles?

yes! To avoid him getting EATEN by the larger dog....yes. To get him to back off the way a leash could since he wasnt wearing one, yes.... during which time you can effectively gain control of your own larger dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carrying pepper spray on your leash sounds like a really good idea in general, btw...

Because the larger dog owner should have pepper sprayed Freckles?

yes! To avoid him getting EATEN by the larger dog....yes. To get him to back off the way a leash could since he wasnt wearing one, yes.... during which time you can effectively gain control of your own larger dog.

I would be shocked if the larger dog owner had the time to do that. Maybe if the dog owner had the spray already in his hand.

And if this woman is seeking Justice (?) for Freckles now, I can only imagine the lawsuit the larger dog owner would be facing if he had sprayed Freckles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:maybe now people will leash their rat dogs, not just the bigger ones. Don't expect your tiny unleashed dog survive a dog fight with a bigger one. Ss they say don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

How do you define rat dogs? Because a Jack Russell or some of the other smaller terriers are incredibly strong and could tear a hole out of a larger dog...

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Anonymous wrote:maybe now people will leash their rat dogs, not just the bigger ones. Don't expect your tiny unleashed dog survive a dog fight with a bigger one. Ss they say don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

How do you define rat dogs? Because a Jack Russell or some of the other smaller terriers are incredibly strong and could tear a hole out of a larger dog...

Proof that all dogs should be on a leash. A Jack Russell isn't a rat dog.

[Anonymous]

Freckles owner played an equal part in what happened to the dog. I guess trying to blame the other dog makes it easier for her to understand that she put her beloved dog in a position to be killed. I wish there was a blacklist for dog owners like this where they couldn't ever get a dog again.

[Anonymous]

I'm not an animal lover but find it hard to believe the owner of the larger dog would get off with only a citation. If the animal is that vicious it should be put down. The next time it could be a young child running up to it.

Also, I think this sounds fishy. I think if the police take a closer look they may find that there was no other dog owner. In fact, little Freckles has probably been neglected and missing for months at the hands of the very person that was supposed to care for him. Once again the system has failed us.

[Anonymous]

Why no mention or description of the attacking dog and owner? Was it a german shepherd, a mutt, a pit bull? And the owner just stood there and watched his dog shake this little dog to death?

[Anonymous]

why no description of the other dog? isnt that bizarre?

[Anonymous]

Here is more info on owner and dog --- http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/pet/3009683499.html

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tall skinny dog with a white head?

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Anonymous wrote:heres a real one, http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/18364980/southeast-shooting-leaves-1-dead-another-injured

ME THINKS PG

Police describe the lookout vehicle as a blue Mercury with Maryland tags

Fucking PG County. What a wasteland.

Your ranting is speculation at best.Stop being assholes.