I was chatting on FB with an classmate, Stephanie, who is now ACO in the town where we went to school (population 3000). She was asking for my help, but man this is way over my head!
She has a particular situation in town with a "meth" house. The people who live there have apparently gotten several "pit bulls". They have trained the dogs to guard the grounds and attack anyone who goes there wearing a uniform. I think the area is fenced though so no one has actually been attacked yet. The police want to get in there and catch these people in the act of cooking or using or whatever the meth, but can't get past the dogs. The police have asked for her help, but she doesn't know what to do. I made a few suggestions off the top of my head, like using a tranquilizer to take out the dogs. She sounded like she is actually pretty scared of the situation...made comments about how these dogs "don't feel any pain", etc. (don't worry I corrected her on that one). She also said 95% of the pit bulls she personally deals with in that town are owned by druggies who use the dogs in a similar fashion!!!!
I told Steph I would ask here and see if anyone knows what larger places, cities, etc. do about situations like this. Also for those of you who train dogs for bite work....is there any way for someone other than you to call off your dogs? Maybe it's different because you have trained the dogs to respond to your commands????
I'm still reeling from chatting with her. I've heard about the whole drug dealer/pit bull thing, but I thought that happened in cities, not a little town of 3,000 people and I had no idea the drug problem was soooooo bad there! It's only 15 miles from where I currently live and I still have family there. I'm also thoroughly disgusted with that type of use of our wonderful breeds!!!
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