Posted on 04/14/2017 7:49:12 PM PDT by PAR35
Only dog that ever bit me was a friend's labradoodle.
We have been watching humane society/rescue sites since our pup died in Jan. Almost impossible to find a dog that is not a pit or pit mix. We want nothing to do with even a puppy that might have be pit bull.
Feel sad for the pits, but the type of persons here that own the pits tend not to have them spayed or neutered so the pits over populate.
The pit bull apologists will of course now do what they do.
Once again the devil is in the details and stupidity is exposed.
The child climbed over a fence. He intruded on the dog’s territory. I’ve seen rat terriers react violently in similar fashion. Dachshunds as well.
In nearly all cases of dog-on-child attacks it is due to a strange child in the presence of another person’s dog. Usually it’s reckless disregard for the safety of the child with lack of supervision or crating the dog in the presence of strangers.
In this case, the dog was in the fenced owner’s yard, HIS property. Though to tragic effect, the child trespassed, for reasons we can only presume to be failure of parenting.
Anyone here suggesting that they as a child climbed a fence to challenge the neighbor’s dog without believing there was risk is dumb as rocks.
Based on info in this article, the parent of the injured child is at fault (neglect), not the dog owner (who also happens to be a parent).
If you don’t like my .02, ignore my comment or KMA if you choose to rip me for stating facts.
I’m an equal opportunist: I hate stupid dog owners and biased dog haters equally.
Pit bulls need to be placed on the “must exterminate” list.
They are great dogs.....IF you run a drug distribution business.
After reading up on documented pit bull attacks, I formed the opinion that pit bulls never accepted the “pet/owner agreement.” Pit’s don’t “agree” to be leashed or caged. A young man I knew accepted a stray pit bull (!!!!) This after people always excuse maimings and maulings by saying it must have been a stray that was previously abused (!!!) Anyway, this dog refused to be kept behind a fence so she methotically chewed hurricuane wire until some of the wire broke and impaled her face. The dog cried but still chewed to get through the fence. He managed to pin her (she was young) body to his chest long enough to pull the broken wire out of her cheek. He took her to a vet for $450 and then brought her home. Since she wouldn’t tolerate a fence without hurting herself, he let her roam around the yard free. Nice young man but obviously immature - he’s liable for a dog that would chew through wire fence (break the pet/owner agreement to be restrained from roaming free).
So she ran away and who knows what she became. I’ve read that before, “I let him/her out because they just break the leash or won’t stop banging against the fence until they break it or dig out through it or jump over....so I let him loose.”
There are so many pit mixes because pit bulls are always getting off leashes, out of fences, out of cars, breaking through and under and out. So many pit bull attacks happen because the owner opens a door and the dogs are instantly out and in attack mode.
There are documented accounts of pit bulls breaking through locked screen doors in the summer just to attack and kill people inside. Pits are known to “go crazy” and hurl themselves at enclosures, including glass doors, until they get their prey...which may be other pets or people. No agreement to be a pet. Pit bulls break out, kill or mate with other dogs and then those mixes are too often a threat to safety. Lamest, worn out excuse for a pit bull owner? “He got out....” And by that I am pointing to the fact that the owners frequently indicate they were powerless to contain their dog from running free through the neighborhood, terrorizing others or worse.
Animals who “agree” to the pet/owner contract do not “hunt” people . Pit bull types were bred to accentuate instincts like killing and maiming - they just aren’t suitable pets for civilized societies.
There’s a freakish program on TV where convicts “rehabilitate” pit bulls that have been abused/abandoned. I commend the intention of the convicts to “do good” but it sickens me to see abused pit bulls represented as suitable pets. I read an account of a elderly military vet in his yard pruning his trees. The pits jumped his fence, stripped his arms off (ripped them right off) and killed him (he bled out) and yes...even those pit bulls had defenders who said that pits are loving and those that killed him must have been abused. It’s often the lie used to excuse these wild animals - they were abused. Okay, so why focus on getting these abused animals back into positions of trust when you’re just going to excuse their behavior later when they go postal.
One episode of this excons/pit bull rehab show featured extra caution needed because a potential owner likes to bike and wants to take the dog on a leash while biking.
Can’t assume that’s safe, we’re told, because “pit bulls have such a strong prey drive” that running alongside a bike may trigger them to violence. So the pit bull “expert” got a special device to keep the dog in a position behind/alongside the bike and gingerly practiced pedaling to test if the dog would attack. I watched that in disgust thinking HEAVEN HELP THE POOR KID WHO GIGGLES AS THEY PEDAL PAST THIS DOG. Not everyone has that device, not everyone gingerly tests the waters “expertly” to see if the act of pedaling a bike drives a dog to maul and kill. That is not a domesticated animal nor a suitable pet. It’s a freak that has to be handled like a grenade.
Rehoming Pit Bulls AKA American Bulldogs AKA Staffordshire Terriers
Pit bulls have been selectively bred for extreme aggression for hundreds of years for violent blood sports with a deadly bite. They are not safe or appropriate pets and should never be considered as such. Not all pit bulls will maim or kill but predicting which ones will is impossible.
Pit bull type dogs make-up 6% of the U.S. dog population but this is the breed-type which cause the deaths of more than 66% of the people killed every year in the U.S by dogs. If you take the time to read these tragedies most of the pit bulls that killed came from loving homes. No other breed of dog even comes close to the carnage pit bulls cause.
Two words to prove pit bull type dogs are inherently dangerous, “BREAK STICK’.
Pit Bull Rescue Central recommends ALL pit bull owners to have a “break stick”, a wedge-shaped piece of wood used to pry open a pit bull’s jaw during an attack. “Since pit bulls have a strong fighting background, we recommend that pet owners also have a breaking stick as a precaution, even if they don’t plan to use it in an illegal context. However, please be discreet. Breaking sticks are not something to brag about and the general public might have the wrong impression if you walk around with a stick in your hand. Breaking sticks are not illegal, but they are considered dog fighting paraphernalia in certain states and/or with certain law enforcement agents.”
Good post.
I’m in a perpetual state of alertness whenever I’m walking my 14yo fox terrier.
I carry a knife. The type made for fighting. Literally!
Pits are killers.
Not fond of pits in general, and at this point in time, am wary of folks that own them.
But stay the hell out of my yard. I have a completely fenced in yard to keep my dogs in, and also to keep uninvited guests OUT. teach your kids to respect other peoples boundaries.
Kids will be stupid and it’s your job mom/dad/whatever to watch them and teach them.
Parents of the kid, this is on you.
People have to separate the “nature” of an animal from the potential harm it may cause. These are not people (despite great efforts by pet lovers to portray them as such), and their bodies are designed in such a way that they can cause great harm (or death). I would never have any animal with teeth like a dog’s around my children; like leaving scissors around a toddler. Why risk it? Horses may be gentle creatures, but if they even accidently put their weight on someone there will be injuries; same concept.
Sadly, many dogs are just lawsuits on leashes. I was “dog-sitting” once for a friend’s nasty little dog, and was shocked at how many people feel quite comfortable approaching and touching it when you take it for a walk. I’d warn them off, and one who persisted was almost bitten. I could’ve slapped her for being so stupid; if I tell you he’s not a nice dog, take my word for it. I kept him on a VERY short leash (and avoided a lawsuit by doing so).
People think I’m being unfriendly, I’m sure, when
I reject their overtures to pet my pup or allow their pup to greet mine.
SFT’s are very friendly but you just don’t chance anything.
Terriers are terriers regardless of their size.
(you every seen a tea-cup size Yorkie *terrify* a black lab? i have.)
Retractable leash at the shortest position.
Retractable leash locked.
I’m between other people, other dogs, and my pup.
Large bamboo walking stick firmly held in free hand and ready!
Pit Bulls never do it. Until they do it.
I would keep the retractable leash at the shortest distance (practically straight down) so when the dog lunged he would swing in an arc (and could be held back easily). I’d also simply step between myself and the naïve potential victim; the dog had bitten me when we first met and I ensured he’d never do that again (and he hasn’t).
Small dogs compensate for their small size; even pit bulls are much smaller than other breeds.
Caesar Milan would totally agree with you, his specialty is aggressive dogs. We watched Dog Nation last night, he taught an aggressive German Shepard who was a rescue, and was being trained as a K9 dog, poor dog was always on “duty” didn’t know how to relax, nor did the woman who rehabs them know how to handle him. It is 9 times out of 10 the humans fault.
We had a couple who had 2 Pits, they dragged their owners down the street, they had NO control of the 2. They should have learned to Muzzle them, if they were not going to learn the proper way to train them.
I’ve improved my 3 yr old 12 lb Morkie’s behavior using his methods. She is just an excitable wanting picked up and loved on. You have to tell her to sit, make her do it when she does tell her good dog, and when she does reward her with that attention. We now own a slip leash. No more so called “humane” ones. Our 17 yr old who is neutered can’t see or hear, so he has to be watched when you open the door. Libby is leashed before that door is opened. She is also CHIPPED, and Spayed.
Your point about your yard is the crucial thing. If some kid jumped your fence, after being warned not to, and one of your dogs responded like a dog and bit the kid, that’s to be expected. If the incident in the story had involved a GSD, Doberman, or Lab, nobody would’ve thought anything about it. Kid did something dumb and got way he asked for.
we have signs “beware of dogs” all over the front yard, and now in our backwoods, because of the neighbor kids cutting thru. i don’t know what my female dog will do to a stranger. She is super protective of my property. and vigilant! She does perimeter walks 3 times a day.(she is aussie/golden mix)
If she bit a kid, i am sure their parents will try to sue us into outer space!
My two dogs, one a 92 lb. AST/Black Lab cross and the other a 115 lb. Great Dane, are so laid back and friendly that they don’t even manage to intimidate deliver persons and contractors. Of course, the do lay land mines in the yard. Maybe that’s why I’ve never seen any kids crossing the yard.
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