I don’t think the tangents off the topic are really helpful to the whole conversation.

The owners rights were not violated. The dogs were not taken under protest. Other complaints were filed about the dogs. The owners relinquished the dogs to animal control.

If the owners felt their rights were being violated, then I believe they would have stood up for their rights. They were also given the opportunity to appear on the news report and did not.

Again, I would not wish for anyone to have to be in this situation…on either side.

mike seems to be a know it all or a smartbutt. mike get this in your small pee size brain of yours .the woman put flyers up followed tips and found the house where the shepards lived plus found the woman of the shepards at the same house . and that woman would not talk with her about the attack .so the animal control came in and took the dogs after mumerous complaints about the shepards. now mike what if this happened to be your dog or maybe your son/daughter that was attacked and killed by these dogs .would you be like oh well stuff happens .no you would be at the police station /running up and down the streets yelling/ looking for these dogs .so mike please do all of us a favor and shut the f-word up .cus you make no sence at all.

Ok now thats a good one…..the dogs felt that the lady with 2 great danes and a
pocket dog were threats so they attacked them…wouldn’t you want your dog to
act in those situations??? NO! I would want my dog to do nothing and let me decide if they were a threat or not. I laugh at these people who get dogs for protection.It’s just as dangerous as an idiot with a gun if not more. Never met
a nice German Shepard in this area.Theres to many weak people that own them and can’t control them.

Mike, you obviously have a relationship with the german shepards. Your ranting will not change the facts. Teach a dog to be agressive and you are sending it to it’s death. You are not cool because you have the meanest dog on the block.

AHHH so the big dogs were merely defending themselves against the threatening chihuahua that attacked first.

really.

Unbelievable! We have sociopaths, that hide behind their military service, commenting here. You are a disgrace to all of the decent, law abiding people in the military.

All you know how to do is blame the victim and make excuses for the vicious murdering German Shepherds and their incompetent and uncaring owners.

I’d love to know your real names and who your C.O. is so I can forward your comments here to him or her.

Sociopaths that justify criminal behavior should not be allowed to carry weapons or serve in the military.

Kathilynn, sorry for your loss. Make sure you follow up with the criminal charges along with civil. The woman took the dogs away, saying she would come right back, decided to hide and avoid responsibilty Shame on her! She needs to be taught a lesson.

Why would someone randomly acuse dogs of murder. Did you not read the part where it said dogs were still healing from wounds too? The owner most likely admitted to the offense as well.

I find it heart-wrenching as an ANIMAL LOVER and OWNER that 3 dogs are NOW dead!
For 1 dog it’s death was a brutal mauling, a scenario too horrible to visualize …
It seems you desire empathy for your friend’s dogs (which I TRULY have) yet lack empathy for the owner who actually witnessed it?
Instinct or not, family dog or not WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER??…YES THE HUMAN CARETAKER … it’s the HUMAN who buys the leash for the DOG, THE HUMAN SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THE DOGS ….the HUMAN……..

NOW the 2 dogs are DEAD too! My empathy is that they unfortunately ONLY had you to “C A R E” for them, that was their downfall….

You are lashing out because “your friend’s” 2 dogs have now been put down …but who’s FAULT is that?

Why wasn’t it PREVENTED?

You may NOT care about poor Mocha NOR her FAMILY MEMBERS…

BUT What do you say to your “friend” ?

What did you say to his dogs before they were taken to their death?

I think that it is a DAMN SHAME as this service man’s friend(s), as “his” people

THAT YOU COULD NOT TAKE BETTER CARE OF HIS BELOVED DOGS,
THAT YOU DID NOT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR HIS DOGS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING,
AFTER ALL HE ENTRUSTED THEIR LIVES WITH YOU and NOT the LADY AT THE PARK,

IT WAS THROUGH YOUR LAPSE IT OCCURRED, BUT YOU PASS THE BLAME

ALL the while as you put it- HE SERVES HIS COUNTRY,
Is that how you HONOR and RESPECT him??…

SO YESSSS BLAME, BUT LOOK INWARD… PERHAPS YOUUUU WILL SEE WHO REALLY HOLDS THE BLAME,

These two German shepards had prior complaints with animal control. The owner should have been responsible and never been allowed the shepards to run free without a leash and a muzzle. Appreciate and thank the owner for being in the military, but this has nothing to do with this issue.

I HAVE 2 FEMALE PITBULLS, now 9 and 10, to this day, without incident…..

IF left to “INSTINCT”, “UNLEASHED” “UNCARED FOR”….. a chance encounter at the park with MY PITBULLS
(with behavior as fore mentioned) your GS would be dead…………….

Yet somehow my “born vicious” pitbulls have an immaculate record, Do YOU THINK that’s luck!??

Though they could “instinctively” kill cats, Yet they do NOT kill cats and in fact they live in the same household with felines,
neither disturbed by the other.
they are even able to ignore unleashed yappy chihuahuas when we go for our walks
Still LUCK!?
I assure you sir that it has been through my love for my dogs with effort, diligence, patience, the knowledge, the ability and the desire for them to have an enjoyable life that my lucky dogs remain with me….. MY DOGS WOULD BE DEAD LIKE YOURS OTHERWISE.

It is sad though that the 2 Shepherds where Euthanized (murdered) because their owner did not OBEY the leash-law we have in California. (Dogs like that can be retrained) I feel for the Chihuahua owner, but she should pull all resources open to her to but the owner in Prison for neglect-reclesness-disobeying the law-and for fleeing the murder scene, which she had created, not her dogs- which she is 100% responsible for. If you read it go to the Law library, they help you legal free.

See Pit Bulls aren’t the only ones who kills little dogs.The owners raised aggresive dogs, and were not responsible, Those dogs were born Loving puppies. But then again who knows little dogs are good at kickin stuff off, then people get mad when the big dog finishes it. I have seen it many many many times the little ankle biters think they are big dogs. Either way those dogs shouldn’t of been out. That sucks the little dog died. I don’t think anyone needs to go to prison, just not allowed to a own a dog again. Save the prison room to keep the chesters in there.

I am sorry the woman lost her little dog because they become a big part of our lives. But I do have a problem with them killing dogs for killing another dog but won’t even impound a dog that mauls a child and tells the owner that the dog was only doing what it was supposed to do when the children were just playing on a trampoline.

This was a short news story and the entire story and all the facts are not included. But I want to emphasize that these dogs were on the other side of the park. I cannot express how quickly they got to us and in seconds ripped Mocha open and snapped his neck. Did he try to fight back, of course. Both my Danes defended themselves Altho one is a rescue with some issues so he was very confused. My dogs did not attack first. They didn’t even know the shepherds were there until they were on top of them biting and tearing at them. I saw the shepherds first and tried to slowly move my dogs out of their line of site. I am capable of controlling them because they obey me. Again I am sorry they were put down. It would be very difficult to rehab these dogs at this point. Still I did not ask they be put down.

Glad the dogs were put down.Has anyone thought that these dogs were retired military dogs they are trained to attack.I have a friend who HAD a retired K9 ,when you go to there house you have to be careful not to make any sudden moves or that dog would be all over you.I glad she found the dogs that killed her little dog.When the two sheperds were put down they did not feel any pain not like the little dog had to suffer and feel so much pain.Just remember people killers start with animals then move up to people.

It is heartbreaking that three dogs had to die because of one set of negligent owners. I hope that everyone reading this story takes away how important it is to keep your pets on a leash in public places. Most importantly, to be aware of the animal that you have, and take the necessary precautions. Hopefully tragedies like this one can be avoided in the future and little Mocha’s death, and the two Shep’s, won’t have been in vain.

This is all obamas fault

hey mike don’t give them to much i

you all are missing the point here, dogs no matter the breed or size don’t have any business roaming parks or anywhere in the vicinity of a city without being leashed. Its not unfortunate for the dogs who killed the other dog to be put to sleep. It’s the consequences of the actions of the owners.

There is sadness all around for everyone here. Kathryn, I’m so sorry for the tragic loss of your chihuahua, just terrible.

The caretakers of these shepherds are at fault here, not properly controlling the dogs after taking responsibility for them. GSDs (like many dogs) can have high prey drive, can be reactive, and in a pack of two, these traits can be amplified. I seriously doubt that this was protective, but clearly it was reactive behaivour. With proper training, this should have been controlled, but unfortunately, many, like the owner of these dogs, don’t put the time and effort into training their dogs for all situations.

Once again, the negligence of humans have cost the lives of our best friends. Three canine lives have been needlessly lost.

Rest peacefully.

the woman has 3 other dogs she could live without one

Dogs attempt to attack me about twice a week while working (3 guesses as to what my job is!).

Idiot dog owners JUST DON’T GET IT – when a dog attacks someone or someone’s pet the line is always the same: “My God, he never does anything like that” Yeah, until he DOES…. Here’s another thing they just don’t get – if a dog attacks someone the owner is liable. Period. There is no proof of negligence required, nothing. Average settlement? Try $25k. Yet every single day, sometimes every single hour I come across some IDIOT’S loose dog…

Rachelle, is this meant for me,
Kathilynn