dog 1, cops 0

[Cazzie]

Look to me like the dogs were having fun and playing, their tails indicate such. certainly not the tail of a mad dog. The cop in the car kept backing up and to the dogs, that's play, any one with a rag or rubber toy knows that. I would like to see what caused the incident in the first place, but those three dogs do not look angry, they look like they're playing. Almost as if the whole stunt was a joke. If I were one of the cops and those dogs were serious, they would have long been put down by lead. They sure do not hesitate shopoting feral pit bulls here in danville, been four such shot this year, something like a dozen shot by cops last year. Danville has a leash law and any dog wandering free is open game, put up a fight and he's dead game.

Caz

 

[tigisfat]

Look to me like the dogs were having fun and playing, their tails indicate such.

The wagging tails only indicate excitement, not happiness or play. I've seen dogs flat out attack people with wagging tails.

 

[gecko65]

Usually dogs wag their tail when they are excited, playful, and/or happy.

Aggressive dogs have a rigid tail that sticks out or up from their body.

Different dogs key on different things. If you saw my Lab go off on the lawn mower after I start it, you'd see that she acts in a manner similar to the dog in the video. I have to put her inside or I can't mow the lawn, as she is constantly trying to rip the wheels off the thing. It's hilarious. Personally, I don't think she should be shot for attacking the lawn mower, because . . .

same dog has NEVER shown even the slightest aggressive behavior towards anyone in my family EVER! Does the possibility exist that one day she might devour us all? Yes, it is possible. And it is possible we'll be hit by lightning, or die in a plane crash. And it's probably more likely that we will become victim to some deranged psychopath high on drugs or drunk or whatever.

At this very moment, my 5YO son is out in the backyard with my lawn-mower-killing dog - I ain't worried about it. And don't think I don't love my son and worry about him more than anything else in this universe, on top of me being one of the more paranoid humans on the planet. I'm just not that damn worried about the dog.