Shooting dogs......

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by Tubbs

...If I had a choice I wouldn't stake my safety on a 5.56 round against a dog.

If it was a LeMas, I would.

Any hit in the head or torso, and that is one dead, disintegrated dog. No over penetration either. The round will not leave the body.

TR

[airbornediver]

I'd have to concur with the shotgun. when I was 16 I was deerhuntin in the mountains of NC (where I'm from), came out of the hide to go back to camp around sundown, rabid dog came chargin, and was put down very quickly with the 12 guage 00buckshot.

I don't really see the shield or the blanket being effective. I've a buddy who trains police dogs here in eastern NC where I live now, he invited me to put on the kevlar suit to the get the "feel" of a german shepard goin crazy on me. even though I had the suit on, that shepard damn near owned me. very hard to control the dog when its goin beserk on ya.

that's just my .02

btw, thanks to the guys that run this site for the awesome resource. Since registering, doing my profile, and doing the proper introduction; I've spent a lot of time reading the past and current threads here. So thanks again for the extra education.

[brianksain]

We had to shoot a bitch Doberman a few years back.

We hit the door and only partially breached it. First two guys fought through the splintered wood and a woman sic'd the dog on them.

The woman took off to the back bedroom for a MAC10 and a 1911.

Both guys fired two shots each as they approached and went by the dog ... three hits. CLOSE quarters ... 9mms ...

Dog was out of the fight but had to be put down later.

Woman had her hands on the 1911 when they got to her.

We took no pleasure in shooting the dog. She was just protecting her owners.

They just happened to be dope dealers ...

[Blue]

Of the half dozen or so dogs I have personal knowledge of being put down by officers I work with, none occured in a dynamic entry type situation and all were by .40 handgun because that was the only option the officers had readily available at the time. Given a choice, I'd personally go with shotgun. The .40 took the dog out of the game, but only one dog died immediately (head shot). The others lingered for some time, one as long as a half hour. By the time the situation was settled enough for the responding officers to return their attention to the dog, kids were out and about (you have to love certain parts of town) so walking up and putting the dog whimpering on the sidewalk out of its misery was not an option. The owner could have cared less, so David put the dog in the back of his car to take it to a vet. It finally died shortly before arrival.