Re: [Lockwood] NBC-17 dog attack follow

Unreal! Honey's owner claims that her dog was assaulted by the victims? I've personally witnessed that dog on the loose go after dogs on leashes. Honey was not muzzled this weekend. The owners walk her after dark in the Greenway easement. According to Ron Stacy, the property owner of 2239 Rumson is claiming that the pit was also provoked by Mr. Daughtry! I guess the pedestrian walking along the sidewalk was provocative too? Unreal, this is absurd. http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/apr/02/raleigh-could-examine-how-ordinance-… Complaints about dogs running through a Raleigh neighborhood and attacking people and other animals could lead to some changes. Mayor pro tem Russ Stephenson told NBC-17 he hopes to get the City Council talking about the animal ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. He said he wants the city’s Law and Public Safety Committee to study the differences between Raleigh and Wake County’s ordinances. He said the city may need to create a stricter ordinance to address problems created by “dangerous dogs” and “repeat escapees.” Neighbors along Rumson Road and Millbank Street said dogs are running loose and attacking pets and people. Ronald Stacy has lived in the area 45 years and has never seen this problem before. He said his lab, Holly, was attacked by a neighbor's Saint Bernard. By his count, four or five dogs and one person have been attacked on his street. He said he’s ready to take matters into his own hands if the city does not make changes. "I told the policeman, ‘If the dog comes in my yard, I kill her. I'm going to make it plain.’ I said, 'You can lock me up, whatever you want to do, but I came from the old school. You don't let a dog bite people and tear people's dogs up. Somebody's got to pay the bill.'" NBC-17 spoke with Michelle Gilchrist, who said she owns the Saint Bernard, Honey. She said Honey has never bitten anyone and never attacked another dog. She said it’s actually the other way around - that other dogs attacked hers. In one case, the other dogs were chihuahuas that she said initiated a fight with her 175-pound dog. Honey now only comes outside on a leash and wears a muzzle, Gilchrist said. Stacy said dog discipline begins when they are puppies. “It’s just like a child. If you don’t treat them right when they’re young, you don’t know what they’re going to grow up to be,” he said. If it is a rose, it will come into bloom sooner or later. ~Goethe Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Lockwood mailing list Lockwood(a)eastraleigh.org http://www.eastraleigh.org/mailman/listinfo/lockwood