Apr 12, 2022·edited Apr 12, 2022Liked by Angela Volkov
Many years ago, outside a hospital (of all places) I had to kill a dog that was gnawing on the leg of a terrified pregnant woman. The owner, a typically clueless middle-aged woman, stood passively watching and exclaiming that her "little darling" wouldn't ever hurt anyone... And then there was the time a large black dog attacked my two infant children in a playground - which, as one may imagine, did not end well for dog nor owner. Fortunately, dogs -even large aggressive ones - are easy to dispose of if you happen to know the correct techniques. Over the last four decades I've had to deal with five separate dog attacks (only one of which was directed against me personally) and in all five cases the owners were standing ineffectually as their animals attacked innocent people. I've never understood why people buy pets, but it is apparent that a condition of being permitted to own one ought to be the necessity of attending rigorous training courses for at least 12 months, on pain of having one's "little darling" removed and destroyed for non-compliance.
Many years ago, outside a hospital (of all places) I had to kill a dog that was gnawing on the leg of a terrified pregnant woman. The owner, a typically clueless middle-aged woman, stood passively watching and exclaiming that her "little darling" wouldn't ever hurt anyone... And then there was the time a large black dog attacked my two infant children in a playground - which, as one may imagine, did not end well for dog nor owner. Fortunately, dogs -even large aggressive ones - are easy to dispose of if you happen to know the correct techniques. Over the last four decades I've had to deal with five separate dog attacks (only one of which was directed against me personally) and in all five cases the owners were standing ineffectually as their animals attacked innocent people. I've never understood why people buy pets, but it is apparent that a condition of being permitted to own one ought to be the necessity of attending rigorous training courses for at least 12 months, on pain of having one's "little darling" removed and destroyed for non-compliance.