Meet and eat, rot in hell
Last night after work I was at a meeting at the running club president’s house to talk about club business. The last time I was at his place was Christmas night for a party he held. At the party I met the dog he had recently adopted, Diesel. Well in the 6 months since I last saw Diesel he looked like he doubled in size, he was huge, nearly great dane size.
Diesel is super friendly and was instantly all over me, something that some people might mind but of course I welcomed his friendliness. He doesn’t seem to have a firm grasp on just how big of a dog he is. When he bumps into you, you wind up getting propelled the other direction.
Diesel is also a canine wood chipper. He has an incredible skill for destroying items with his powerful jaws. He is only around a year old so he hasn’t gotten out of the chewing stage yet. As we were meeting I watched the dog turn a large foam covered bat into shrapnel in the space of 5 minutes. Despite his destructive tendencies you can’t help but love him.
After the meeting I had to head right home to put a large pile of paper entries for tomorrow’s 4th of July race into the system, which is shaping up to be the largest 5K ever put on by the club.
Keeping with the dog theme, however in a much sadder and tragic manner, I saw the story about the LA cop that shot a guys Rottweiler on video. The shooting was completely unnecessary and a prime example of shoot first mentality that plagues law enforcement.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting make the dog’s death even more tragic. The dog’s owner was accosted by police for playing loud music and being a nuisance while they were investigating a robbery. The guy put his dog, which was on a leash, in his car, albeit with the windows down. He then willingly returned to the officers and allowed them to handcuff him.
Well the dog didn’t like what was going on and started barking. It then jumped out of the window, with it’s leash dragging behind it and ran over towards it’s owner. So there are now 3 officers standing there, two “restraining” the man that poses no threat and then a third, the asshole that decided trying to restrain the dog safely was too much trouble. It was far more convenient to simply shoot the innocent animal that was just trying to come to it’s owner because it sensed the trouble.
I saw many stills from the video and that was upsetting enough for me. I didn’t watch the gruesome video, I just don’t need that visual imprinted on my brain.
Of course there has been an uproar regarding the shooting and rightfully so. Shooting the dog should have been a last resort, not the first choice. I hope the officer that pulled the trigger is punished in the fullest manner possible.
I took off Friday as well so I am hoping after what is going to be a very hectic next 24 hours I can settle in for an enjoyable extended weekend.
Oh, last night I had fire ants swarming in my mailbox. It’s the end result of the days of rain that has saturated the ground. The bastard ants head for high ground when this happens, I never have seen them head this high however.