Posted on 03/07/2023 9:48:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
First responders were alerted to the situation after a 911 call reported someone screaming.
The property owner, who was not present during the attack, later “surrendered his dogs to Animal Services for humane euthanasia,” a department news release stated.
Officials said that three of the dogs were Belgian Malinois and another was a Cane Corso.
The victim, who has not yet been identified, was reportedly at the location to do some work for the property owner. Officials also said the victim had worked for the property owner before without incident.
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I love my cat.
As do I— both of them. Really glad, though, given their proclivity to attack without warning, that they’re not 60 pounders!!!
I was a Maine Coon fanatic for a couple of decades with 4 at one point
I had a Maine Coon once and he was a great cat. Very loving but could very stubborn. Now I have a male tabby and he is a little lover boy.
I know what you mean. Cats are wonderful creatures. I wouldn’t mind having a dog but I don’t want a little yep-yep (I call them). I’d rather have a medium size but I don’t know if my cat would go for it...he IS the king of the castle! My hubby says we don’t need both! Period! LOL
NEVER heard of either of these breeds!
I was probably thinking of Presa Canario, which is a mastiff but also a fighting dog.
There are sociopaths breeding mastiffs to pits to obtain supersized pitbulls and evade breed specific bans.
“No, this isn’t a pit/ bull terrier/ American Staffordshire. It weighs 140 lbs, way out of their range.”
I define vicious as unprovoked attacks.
Guess I’ve been around too many mastiffs in day. The and the coonhounds.
I think that we would have a different definition. A lap dog could nip at you in an unprovoked attack. Annoying but not threatening, so in my book, not a vicious attack. I see a vicious attack as having a more serious outcome. I see vicious as a serious, determined attack that is not easily broken off, even by the dog's handler.
Unprovoked is difficult to judge. The person may have no idea why the dog attacked but to the dog, there was a triggering event that was clear to it. Remember yesterday on FR, there was a pit bull attack that was allegedly triggered because the guy's girlfriend had her teeth whitened and she smiled at the dog who took the smile as a threatening growl and attacked. She had no idea this would trigger the dog who savagely mauled her and torn off her nose.
Pitbulls are a whole different topic. I’ll never own one. I do like some protective breeds though. I can handle the Belgians, shepherds, coons, mastiffs easily enough. Need a strong alpha presence and be able to read body language.
These dogs clearly had a terrible owner who just wanted to be tough and let the dogs do whatever.
English mastiffs, I assume. Much more domesticated, if you will, than most of the other mastiff breeds whose aggressiveness has not been bred out.
Bkmk
I do have a Cane Corso too. He goes everywhere I do.
Thanks. Good info.
The only dog I have ever been bitten by was a Mastiff. He wasn’t aggressive, just walked calmly up to me, and I was thinking I had it made, once I passed him and he just walked up to me and bit me hard right on my gluteal.... then turned around and walked calmly back to his house.
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