Posted on 06/18/2009 9:12:11 PM PDT by Chet 99
Pitbull attacks owner 24 hours after adoption
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 18, 2009 8:52 PM PDT
COEUR D'ALENE -- A pitbull adopted from the Kootenai Humane Society attacked its new owner a day after it was adopted and then got away when police tried to corral the animal.
During the attack the victim, Kip Legaard, called 9-1-1 and when police officers arrived and tried to taser the dog it ran away. Legaard, who lost nearly two pints of blood in the attack is now angry because he had been told by the Humane Society the pit bull could be a family dog.
Kip Legaard adopted the pitbull named Mojo on Friday. He says the humane society told him the dog was nice.
"The lady's like he's so sweet, so sweet, so sweet," Kip said.
On Saturday Kip says that out of nowhere the dog suddenly lunged at him.
"All of a sudden BOOM the dog had my arm," he said. "It felt like someone put my arm in a hydraulic press."
Legaard's arm was bleeding and then the dog attacked again. He managed to free himself and run inside into the bathroom. Bleeding from his wounds Legaard called 9-1-1 and then waited until the dog went downstairs before he bolted from his house into a waiting ambulance.
"The dog followed me out to the ambulance ... the guys are like run, run," he said.
Now, as his wounds heal Legaard still can't believe what happened and he can't believe the Kootenai Humane Society let someone adopt that dog.
"I think they should do way more assessment on the animals behavior before they adopt it out," Kip said.
Eric Hess is the behavioral specialist for the Kootenai Humane Society and he did assess Mojo prior to adoption. Hess says the behavior assessment is 15 pages long and the pitbull passed it.
Before any dog goes out Hess analyzes the dog, how do they act when they're fed, when they're played with, walked, how do they react to children and how do they react to strangers. Mojo passed every scenario Hess threw at him.
"If I wasn't confident in adopting the dog out he wouldn't have passed his behavioral analysis in the beginning," Hess said.
Hess added that Legaard did lie on his application form to adopt the dog. Legaard said he didn't have other dogs in the house when in fact he does. Those other animals, the Humane Society says, could've triggered the attack.
Mojo, meanwhile, remains on the loose.
Owner’s fault. :P
The bulldog is smarter than Mr. Hess...
Sorry... pitbull not bulldog...
“... after adoption.”
Maybe they just want to fed?
I guess that this guy doesn’t monitor FreeRepublic for the pit bull stories.
Sorry, but just get the feeling the dog was provoked somehow. Hope Mojo gets a good home.
This would be “mojos” first and last lesson in pack hierarchy if it was me.
Oh look....another sweet “Pittbull mauls someone” story. All these dogs should be killed. They are trash.
no..they don't want to be fed..they want to hunt and kill..oh..sorry..saw that in Jurassic Park..
The fellow did lie on his app. Pit bulls aren’t to be taken lightly.
Last darned thing I would do is run away.
A long time ago, when America was a much saner, common-sense place, this breed would have simply vanished without even making the front page of the newspapers.
Even suggesting such a thing today is considered some sort of hate crime.
Poor pit bulls. There’s so much discrimination against them. They’re just mis-understood, you know? Someone ought to write some legislation to protect them.
Whey arr yoo pooking foon?
Well, if you do you look like a freaking scared animal that these wild animals want to pounce on and kill!
Heyup
I thought this was about Rachel Maddow.
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