GUN-TOTIN'?! Dog catchers TOTE GUNS? That's scary. Do you still have the pup?
--- In [email protected], "i_nourider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, (please excuse the typo) a real live gun-totin' dawg ketcher. > > Went several rounds with those glorified DMV workers that summer. I > went to jail twice over refusing to pay the "dog at large" fines. > > My young naive logic thought that the law would make sense. No harm no > foul. That's what led me to investigate the pups routine. > > The third time they took him to doggy jail my neighbor was there. She > tried to get them to release him to her and give her the ticket, but > the doggy pigs weren't playing nice. The dog was on my porch, but > alas, he wasn't tied to the porch. Therefore he was according to the > law, "at large". > > I was so mad when I got home and heard of this that I (Hope the > statute of limitations has run out on this) drove to the dog pound and > broke him out. When this episode eventually wound up in court, I > claimed ignorance as to how the dog ended up back at my house the very > next day after the doggy jailbreak. I offered no defense to what was > then my fourth "dog at large" ticket of that summer. I did however ask > the judge if I could say a few things. He agreed. Remember now that I > was a twenty-two year old hippie looking guy. > > First I asked if the dog catcher had received any complaints about my > pup. I'd already polled all the neighbors and the mailman, so I knew > this wasn't the case. Then I informed the judge that my street was > only one block long; not likely that the dog catcher was just passing > by and noticed from the street that there wasn't a rope on my dog. > > Then I asked the judge to clarify a rule of evidence for me. I said > that if the police thought there might be a smoking gun from a murder > on my porch wouldn't they need a warrant to come search for it? He > agreed. Then I pointed out that it seemed that the dog catcher had > more authority than the police to enter property and sieze evidence. > > The old judge laughed and said I had a point. He told me that his > hands were tied as to the ticket, fined me $250 (near a weeks wages > then) and told the dog catcher that if I ever received another ticket > that they'd better produce a complaint to go with it or he'd give me > and my pup free rein to roam the city at large. > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > > > Dog cather? Would that be dog catcher? I've never actually seen a > > real dog catcher. I thought they were only in cartoons or something. > > > > > > > > > After several not nice encounters with the dog cather, he did snap > > at > > > the mailman once, but I explained the situation and reintroduced > > both > > > of them and both dog and mailman were fine after that. > > > > > > I can only think of two explanations for this. Either the dog picked > > > up on the bully mentality and cruelty in the pigs heart when they > > > encountered us, or he caught a vibe from me about being hassled by > > the > > > police. The second one is not likely since whenever we were OTR I > > had > > > nothing to hide. All the pot was rolled up in the bandana tied > > around > > > the dogs neck. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > it was unheard-of to me before I met my brother's dog. The dog I > > > > grew up with didn't have this tendancy--he was prejudiced against > > > > professions, not skin colors. Anyone driving a truck or wearing > > a > > > > uniform. Who knows how a dog's brain works? Apparently not very > > > > well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "lovett1979" > > > > <lovett1979@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There was a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" where Larry had a racist > > dog, so > > > > > this is definitely not an un-heard-of thing. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > > > > > <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't even finished reading the chat transcript, but I > > had to > > > > > say > > > > > > something about the racist dogs thread. Actually I can't > > believe > > > > > this > > > > > > was discussed at such length, because the last time my dad > > and I > > > > > were > > > > > > at my brother's house, he commented that he thinks my > > brother's > > > > > dog is > > > > > > racist. I have no idea if my brother is aware of this. We > > > > > thought it > > > > > > was a fluky, freaky thing that is not a common trait among > > dogs. > > > > > Then > > > > > > I read the chat and learn that a disproportionate number of > > dog- > > > > > owning > > > > > > chatters have this problem. How weird is that? So my > > brother's > > > > > dog > > > > > > isn't the freak we thought he was. It was quite noticeable, > > too-- > > > > > the > > > > > > dog normally loves people, but would bark whenever there was > > > > > someone > > > > > > there who wasn't caucasian and continue until the person > > left. > > > > It > > > > > was > > > > > > eerie. Anyway, this appears to be a well-documented > > phenomenon, > > > > > which > > > > > > was eye-opening to find out. I will see my dad at my > > brother's > > > > > house > > > > > > at Thanksgiving--if my brother's dog is still exhibiting this > > > > > racist > > > > > > behavior I can reassure my dad and maybe my brother too if he > > has > > > > > > figured it out that his dog is not alone in acting like > > this. > > > > The > > > > > chat > > > > > > is so educational! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
