in the vein of the dog's behavior being the owner's fault, let me tell you what happened in NM one day.

i heard a child screaming....i was at the front of my property and i grabbed a hoe and ran to the road that goes through the village. the screaming was caused by the fact that a pitbull had my neighbor's dog, Chura, by the throat, through her fence and was killing her.

the owner had her on a big log chain and was standing there, watching this, with a plate and two pieces of cake on it.....i yelled to get your dog off and he told me he didn't want to drop the cake. i picked up a flat rock that probably weighed over 5 pounds and started hitting the dog on the head. the dog didn't budge.

suddenly, i knew what to do. i started hitting the man over the head with the flat rock and it took him no time to get his dog off of Chura and run, with me right behind him, down the road to his house. i called Annie, dog's mom, and animal control.

the man was told that if the dog left his yard again, the villagers had the right to take whatever measures they felt they had to take to be safe. and someone did.......in about two weeks....

Chura almost died from loss of blood but made it and lived to be a ripe old age. i've never seen such a grip as that dog had on Chura's throat. and to think that the idiot own er didn't want to drop his cake. well, he dropped his cake all right......and i threw it at him......

annie's daughter and her best friend gave me a "commendation" for saving Chura. i still have it and will treasure it always. i cannot stand any kind of animal fight. obviously, it wasn't bothering the dog's owner at all............pat