Bull Terrier 'Bites Head Off Harmless Pet' ( UK )

Sky News ^ | Jul 8, 2013

[george76]

Police have seized a Staffordshire bull terrier which allegedly bit the head off a family pet dog in a vicious attack.

Gemma Antell claimed her pet Pomeranian, Elvis, was decapitated outside the home of her mother-in-law in Warrington on Saturday after the larger dog entered the front garden, dragging its handler behind it.

After the attack on Elvis, a member of the public took a picture of the Staffordshire bull terrier and the woman holding its leash, whose arm was covered in blood.

Gemma posted the picture onto Twitter in an attempt to identify the owner.

"The dog literally ripped his head off," Ms Antell said in a post on Facebook. "It ripped Elvis in half. It is my son's birthday and my kids are in tears and my whole family are traumatised.

"The worst part of this is the dog 'owners' witnessed the attack and just walked off saying it was not their fault.

"Two poor children witnessed the attack as well as my mother-in-law and passers-by. I have added (to Facebook) the two photos of the incident as well as photos of poor Elvis who is obviously a tiny harmless family pet.

"The next time this happens it might not be a family pet it could be a local child

[jy8z]

It’s not hard to distinguish the difference between the 3 breeds

I have posted this picture on numerous internet boards and 99.9% of the posters have said Pit Bull. Of course they were wrong. They were not smart enough to check the image info.

[peeps36]

My aunt rescued a deaf white pit-bull puppy 5 years ago. It was raised with 25 cats and never showed any aggression toward them. That changed on Monday when the dog bit off a cats head and crushed it. My aunt took it straight to the vet and had it put down. It only took a split second for the dog to turn into a monster.

[yank in the UK]

That doesn’t look like an American Staffordshire or pit bill terrier apart from the ears being cropped, the head shape is close, perhaps it could be a mix breed