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Today a dog came in with an eye injury. The owner says that their neighbor saw the mailman shoot the dog with a BB gun. She said the mailman didn't know that the dog had an electric fence so he was scared it would attack him. Then the dog comes to us. It's a CHIHUAHUA. There's supposedly still a BB in its little eye. Here's the article from the Greenville News. Who knows what actually happened. But the poor little thing with its eye all sewn up is pretty dang pitiful.

Witness Claims Postal Carrier Shot Dog

GREER -- Authorities are trying to find out who shot Jack the Chihuahua.

"From the way that the neighbor described it, he basically pulled out an air rifle or a BB gun of some kind and just shot at the dog until my dog started yelping," said Tiffany Gorseth, who said the dog is recuperating at a veterinary clinic from an eye injury.

A witness told Greer police that a U.S. Postal mail carrier shot the dog outside the Greer residence on Tuesday, according to a police report of the incident, which occurred sometime between noon and 4 p.m. But Greer police spokesman Lt. Cris Varner said that after an animal control officer spoke with a different witness today, "We do not believe it was a postal carrier."

Harry Spratlin, spokesman for the Greater South Carolina District of the U.S. Post Office, said the postal inspection service is investigating.

"We’ve talked about this with the person that’s being accused," Spratlin said. "We’re really concerned."

Postal carriers are prohibited from carrying weapons, he said. They’re instructed to avoid dogs, even those who only want to be petted.

If a dog attacks, they are to fend them off with their mail satchel, and if it appears the dog might bite, they are to spray them with Mace, he said.

Gorseth, who said Jack belongs to her son, was at her contract job at BMW Corp. when the incident occurred. Jack and her mother’s dog, a golden retriever named Miss C, were in the yard, which has invisible fencing to contain the dogs, she said.

"He did come through surgery OK, and they said everything’s looking good," said Gorseth. "He will fit inside your pocketbook," Gorseth said. "There is no way that this person could say they feared for their life."