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Bitter Clinger wrote:

Funny, my wife bought me a T-shirt that says" Chocolate Labs Matter" I was wearing it at the Azle Wal-Mart and a fellow that was walking towards me saw it and it seemed to upset him, he said something ugly under his breath as we passed each other, my wife asked me what his problem was, told her I don't think he likes Chocolate Labs, she gave me a puzzled look, I told her I think he objects to the shirt. I honestly believe this did not turn into an altercation because I was OCing at the time.

I would never let my dogs out without me backing them up in a armed manner, my dogs as others have stated are part of the family, but a dogs sense of smell and night vision is a definite advantage, they would locate an intruder first, wether they attacked or simply stood there and barked and growled would be a distraction from whatever nefarious business the intruder had in mind, if said intruder chose to pull a knife or a gun, now we are talking deadly force and deadly force would be applied from my side of the equation. If said intruder managed to get away with a couple of dog bites, they would very likely seek medical attention, dogs bites are a required reporting incident by law, let the BG explain how he got bit!

TresHuevos wrote:I'll let my dog out and he'll let me know if someone is out there for sure. To those saying to wait for authorities, this trooper is and LEO. He knows his property better than anyone that would be responding and would know all the angles to take. I suspect that this trooper may have let the bad guy get too close and a physical confrontation ensued.

I concur, i would let the dogs out, let them deal with 4 big dogs while I back the dogs up with my carbine, i live out in the county, sheriff's office will be at best 20 min away!