[Bosterson]

Please keep in mind that this tiny thing is the dog we're talking about here.

[catsp]

[Vertec]

[fourteen410]

[catsp]

[catsp]

The night is dark and full of terrors.

[Slugman]

If someone proved to catsp 100% by showing the actual dog on the day in question, the response would be “if you say so, I have no idea”. Funny how someone can have an unshakable belief that they know nothing and never will. But then they post on and on and on about that very subject.

[Vertec]

[Cyclopath]

[catsp]

I apologize for my efforts at nuance, specificity, and most of all, for acknowledging the limits of what I think I know. I realize that many of you don't suffer from such afflictions and maladies, so I appreciate your compassion and understanding given my limitations. The pic posted shows a very small dog that likely couldn't even sound capable of harm, much less be capable of inflicting any. I assumed (though (sorry!) I don't know) that that's not the size of the dog at the time of the shooting. If that is the size of the dog at the time of the shooting, then yikes, it seems problematic for the narrative. If not, then I openly acknowledge that I have no idea how large a dog of that breed might be at 4 months or whatever it was, and to what extent (if any) it might plausibly sound threatening. There is probably some actual factual info on this posted somewhere, but notwithstanding the certainty and vehemence with which various opinions are stated here, there's none that I've seen on this thread. Still, this clearly leaves open the distinct possibly that these (your) various opinions are correct.

[kiliki]

Cattle Dogs are 30-ish lbs full grown. Not big.

[fourteen410]

Speculating whether the dog was a threat or not assumes that the shooter is telling the truth about the encounter. I don't believe he is.

[trestle]

The DA declined to prosecute. This is a travesty at the least. Meanwhile, also in Lewis County, a sheriff failed to discover a dead body in a burned out and abandoned car. It was found a few days later by the tow-truck driver who hauled the car out of the woods. I've changed my summer plans.

[treeswarper]

Heelers, and that is the breed in the picture, are on my most likely to bite list. MY list. They tend to sneak up from behind and nip you. Not all, just like not all Lewis County people are rednecks. That's what the dogs are wired to do, and what the term Heeler means. Sneak up behind a cow and nip it to get it going. It depends a bit on how it is trained, but around here, mean people have mean dogs. The billboard and tacky store don't really have anything to do with this. I've got a good friend who lives in that part of the world and his appearance scares the lost people to death. The guy is a big teddy bear and would help you as long as you don't insult him. Or insist that your cell phone works and that's all you need to find your way out. Lewis County never has had a very good sheriff and luckily these shootings haven't come up too much. Not sure who won the election, but it was close.

[fourteen410]