Regional Districts Proposal Could Save Diesel.

[janalta]

The RDCO did not attend to incidents in a timely fashion.
Things were let go for months even years and then the RDCO
comes along and says we got x,y, and z on you from along
time ago and we are taking your dog.
Just because you or anyone else have not had a complaint or warning
about your dogs don't think it can't happen.
All it takes is for a neighbor to make up any lie and you and your dog
are in trouble and you have no recourse.

True...IF it had been just one bitter neighbor doing the complaining and not the whole neighborhood.

[janalta]

Dave does not believe (nor do I) that the RDCO will adopt Diesel to another.
Who would know if the RDCO just euthanized Diesel instead?

Either option would be kinder and more humane for the dog than the situation he's in now.

[Fancy]

What part specifically?

You seem to be on Smith's side yet the judge questioned him and found the witnesses more reliable.

[Lore]

True...IF it had been just one bitter neighbor doing the complaining and not the whole neighborhood.

Some of those neighbors complaints were a joke.
Like the man who said Diesel chased his cat and now the cat is nervous
and excessively grooming itself causing hairloss.
Come on now.
Stupid complaint.

[Fancy]

Address the complaints in the decision - they are relevant.

[Lore]

Either option would be kinder and more humane for the dog than the situation he's in now.

I don't believe that obviously.
Also don't suspect that Dave (or anyone) would think it
would go on this long.

[Lore]

Address the complaints in the decision - they are relevant.

If you have a specific question go for it.
I don't have time to rehash the whole decision--its long
and I'm outta here soon---other things to do,like take
care of my pets.

[Fancy]

Seriously - from 2007 a leash couldn't have been used?

[Lore]

Seriously - from 2007 a leash couldn't have been used?

From things I have read Diesel was not always off leash.
Yes Diesel should have been leashed and so should the
many many many dogs I see off leash every single day.
That does not warrant death.
Actually nothing that Diesel is accused of warrants death.

[Carmencat]

It is too bad that pets can't pick their owners. If Diesel had been able to pick an owner who put him ahead of his own need to always be right, the dog would not have been in this position in the first place.

I was unfortunate enough to come across Mr Smith in my previous job. He was banned from my place of work for repeated belligerance to the staff - only person in the 9 years I worked there that had to be banned.

Bottom line - his is more interested in being right, and being a bully, that he is in his dog's wellbeing.

[motorhomebabe]

Alll this sounds real good .and Deisel is stil in Jail . 22 months ,I said at the beginning that The dog should be put down from a merciful aspect.Iwas totally shot down by a poster that is noticeably absent since Daves latest decision. I notice there are a couple of his staunch supporters not weighing in on this.

[Bsuds]

Actually nothing that Diesel is accused of warrants death.

Can't say the same for his owner though.

[dogspoiler]

I cannot support the idea of doing diesel a favour by killing him.

[Lore]

Alll this sounds real good .and Deisel is stil in Jail . 22 months ,I said at the beginning that The dog should be put down from a merciful aspect.Iwas totally shot down by a poster that is noticeably absent since Daves latest decision. I notice there are a couple of his staunch supporters not weighing in on this.

Everyone posting is not changing which side they are on.
Could be why they are not weighing in on this.
Almost like why rehash all over again.
I'm at that point.
My concern is for Diesel and I do not believe that
the RDCO will adopt Diesel out.
I don't trust them period!
I am sure that Dave has had the "bleep" scared out
of him and that this would not happen again.
Thats where I stand on it---not going to change.
Diesel did nothing to deserve death.

[Fancy]

Yes Diesel should have been leashed

And the owner should have done that from the first warning and didn't. Irrelevant to any others that have escaped unnoticed as life is unfair so deal with it. A responsible owner doesn't let it get to the point that there would be any complaints to start with.