I've lived on a farm, we never shot young dogs for being untrained, that's bullshit.

As the owner, it's your job to train the dog, instead she shot the dog for her own failure.

The dog died for her failure.

But let's set that aside... let's assume it was the right call.

Do you brag about shooting domesticated animals in a book in order to prove that you're tough enough?

No one I knew that lived out in the country would ever brag about that, it was an unfortunate reality of country life, it was sad even if you were used to it, not something you were proud of.

None of what you said about the dog disproves my core point, she killed a dog for her own failure to train it. (And failure to control it.)

We can debate whether it could've been rehabilitated, but the above is not up for debate.

For your question...

What i am describing is her writing it into a book that she's using to bolster her political career...she's bragging about killing a dog and a goat in order to make herself look good.

Most actual rural people that I've known treated killing animals as an unfortunate, but necessary last resort... they don't feel the need to brag about it to try to sound tough.

This is basically a politician LARPing about rural life to try to look tough.

No one that is tough needs to tell you how tough they are.

It's kind of like the rule that no one that calls themselves an alpha is actually an alpha.

Sorry, you think that most rural people will fail to train their animals and then kill them when they behave untrained?

Yes, but it's disingenuous and it's reasonable to point out when politicians try to sell a story that doesn't genuinely reflect how normal people behave.

I'm not debating whether it's sometimes appropriate with you, I'm saying that it's her fault.

She killed a dog because she's a bad owner that didn't train her dog.