Right verdict and the right charges.

I get a little concerned over comments like "dogs need to be out on a farm/country, etc." Some breeds are obviously bred to live in small spaces and some, even very large dogs, may need exercise but adapt well to the home. I have loved all my Weimaraners and each has needed their exercise, but all have been excellent house dogs and superior companion dogs.

Got a good "bad dog" story...........My friend Ron was living with his parents (he was about 22 at the time) and they lived in a beautiful neighborhood with a next door neighbor who was a total jerk. Everyone around detested the guy and especially his attitude toward his dog, a German Shepherd, that ran loose a lot and destroyed property, got into garbage, and was thought to have killed another small dog down the street. Ron had a cat that was 23 and older than he was. He had literally grown up with the cat and now at age 23 it was still in pretty good shape. It only went out once a day and would go into the bushes just down from their door for about 5 minutes and come back in.

One day after letting the cat out, Ron and his Mom heard a commotion outside and found the dog had killed the old cat. Obviously they were really upset and Ron, after a bit, called the guy on the phone and told him what the dog had done. The asshole replies, "Hey...No big deal.....It was just a cat." Now Ronnie was about ready to kill the guy but his Mom had better sense and called the police who couldn't really do anything. Ron decided to wait.

Two days later Ron heard a noise out in their back yard and there was the dog ripping through some items around their brick barbeque in the center of the yard. Did I mention Ron liked guns? He got out his 8' barreled, .357 Colt Python, poked a hole in his bedroom window screen, took aim, and squeezed the trigger. The blast sound in a small bedroom damn near deafened him, the small hole in the screen became a 15" rip, and the dog lay dead out back!

After regaining a bit of hearing, Ron called the jerk and told him his dog had been in their stuff and he had shot it....and please come remove the carcass. The neighbor shows up in about 10 seconds screaming and cussing and picking up the remains of his dog. When his ranting was over, Ronnie looked at him and said, "Hey....No big deal.....It was just a dog."

Spaw