I get SO TIRED of hearing ... "there are NO dangerous dogs, only bad owners!" That's an argument that leads to NO solutions. Yes, I was torn up by two Dobermans (sp?) when I was ten ... spent two weeks in the hospital.

It seems to me that "Stilly River Sage" is doing the responsible thing, trying to protect the public AND her dog. That's as good as it gets.

Some years ago, my next door neighbor's German Shepard attacked my brother as he stepped out of his truck at my house. This was one week after that dog killed my cat. My brother shot the dog, called the cops and had a ciggarett. They checked him out for gun license, warrents, shook his hand and thanked him ... end of story.

In my improving neighborhood, we now have lots of walking families, kids, baby strollers, dogs on leashes ... even some level headed teenagers. It's becomming downright pleasant. Yet when I work in my shop, close to the street, I always have a legal gun close by. bob(deckman)nelson