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Anonymous wrote:I feel terrible for Freckles and his owner.

I do too. But she is going on a campaign against the other dog owner. She should feel terrible herself for letting her dog get into the situation.

ITA. If my dog was ever threatened to get put down for an incident like this, I would fight like hell. I wouldnt have walked off either but I bet that is what they are fearing and it doesnt seem like they are far off...

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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.

The truth is that whatever evolutionary impulse brought humans and dogs together does not extend to teeny tiny dogs. Most adults find bitty dogs repulsive or annoying and have little in the way of immediate emotion for them.

Anonymous wrote:I feel terrible for Freckles and his owner.

I do too. But she is going on a campaign against the other dog owner. She should feel terrible herself for letting her dog get into the situation.

I feel terrible for Freckles and his owner.

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.

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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.

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

ME THINKS PG

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.

Anonymous wrote:This was not a brutal murder in Glover Park. Get a life, OP.

Do you know how many REAL murders there are in DC every day? And I'm not talking about rat-sized dogs named Freckles. I'm talking about people.

150 a year. So about 1 every other day. In a city of 620,000.

Both owners should share some blame. The owner of the chihuahua apparently lets this dog run to the edge of the property, unrestrained, and bark at passing dogs. There is no fence as far as I can tell from the story.

The other dog owner did not appear to help, or show remorse, although the entire incident occurred in what the victim's owner says was about 20 seconds.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:seriously?

get a grip.

That's what I'll say when this vicious dog mauls a toddler.

Dogs that KILL other dogs are usually not well adjusted and can react with little provocation - with people or dogs. The owner needs to be found.

Possibly. But to a larger dog this chihuahua was more like a squirrel than a dog. Many dogs would shake a squirrel to death if they could catch one.

I read the flyer posted in GP and according to the owner of Freckles (the small dog), the owner of the larger dog didn't even react when the large dog was assaulting Freckles. He just let his dog kill Freckles and then he walked away. It's one thing if the dog was off leash shaking a smaller animal, but it wasn't.

The owner behaved badly. That doesn't mean this dog is dangerous.

Look, you have a tiny dog, you need to protect it from other dogs.

I totally agree with this. Who are you going after? The owner for being an asshole or the dog for being vicious? You dont know that the dog was vicious - you just know that it reacted and that that reaction killed the other dog. When you are dealing with a size difference as described here that doesnt take very much. This is why we dont let our larger dog play with our guinea pig. He could kill it by just trying to play with it - it would take under a minute. I know the dog wasnt playing with the chihuahua but it wouldnt take much of a reaction, much less a vicious one for him to die - that is my point. And I dont know that there is a law requiring a person to be "good" and stay and help after an incident like this. Some people are assholes. But I am not sure he is under any legal obligation to stay around. And if the implication is that he allowed his dog to kill the little one - I dont think there is any legal obligation for him to physically intervene and risk his own safety when the other dog is off leash. You can argue that you would have or he should have but there are lots of reasons why people would not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously?

get a grip.

That's what I'll say when this vicious dog mauls a toddler.

Dogs that KILL other dogs are usually not well adjusted and can react with little provocation - with people or dogs. The owner needs to be found.

Possibly. But to a larger dog this chihuahua was more like a squirrel than a dog. Many dogs would shake a squirrel to death if they could catch one.

So true. I listened to the chihuahua owner last night talking about how the large dog had it swinging from side to side (rag doll like). Yes, probably thought it was a squirrel or something else small to attack and eat. Cats behave like this all the time towards animals they identify as prey. Anyway, aren't most chihuahuas "inside" dogs that lie about in their fluffy beds or on the sofa or on someone's lap or inside a shoulder bag?

Brutal murder? OP, you should be ashamed of yourself for posting this.

Seriously thought a person was murdered...OP, get a grip!