Posted on 06/06/2010 9:51:54 AM PDT by Chet 99
Published: Saturday, June 05, 2010
By JOEY KULKIN Staff Writer
BORDENTOWN CITY — The pit bull that attacked a beagle in front of schoolchildren Friday morning was adopted by a woman who defended herself in a phone interview with The Trentonian yesterday.
“I have not gone away in about two years because I don’t like leaving my animals alone,” the 27-year-old woman said while crying. “I go away for one night, and this is what happens. I am not a bad person.”
The woman said she rescued the female pit bull from a Hamilton shelter in 2007 and that a year later the pit was attacked by another dog in Hamilton. “And ever since then she’s been weird about dogs.”
She said the yellow labrador wandering the streets with the pit bull is hers, too. She left them in the care of her sister when she went to a friend’s wedding. The dogs broke out of the yard Friday morning and found their way to Crosswicks Street, which runs between the Clara Barton and MacFarland schools.
Lori Boberg had walked her kids to school and said she was standing at a corner waiting to cross the street when the pit bull leapt over the lab and attacked Allie, a 15-year-old beagle mix with terminal cancer — and then all hell broke loose.
“I feel bad for her, too. You never want to hear that your dog does something like that,” Boberg told The Trentonian yesterday in a video taped at the site of the attack. “She was very sincere and felt terrible and said right away that she wants to pay any bills we have.
“She was very, very nice. I don’t hold a grudge against her, I just wish her dog hadn’t done that. But I don’t blame her.”
The pit bull’s crying owner said her dog has rabies shots and that she reads book after book on how to raise the controversial breed.
“I have a big fence. I take precautions,” she said. “I’m not the kind of person who has a pit bull as a status symbol. I care for her very much.”
She said her pit bull will be quarantined for 10 days.
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Reporter's note: For the next month I will be working on a series of stories about pit bulls. I urge anyone who wants to be a contributing part of the conversation to e-mail me at jkulkin@trentonian.com. I will be delegating responsibilities so that we can collect the best data and provide the most well-rounded series possible. Time is of the essence. July 4 is the target date for the first set of stories to appear in The Trentonian in digital form and in print.
“I have not gone away in about two years because I don’t like leaving my animals alone,” . . . “I go away for one night, and this is what happens. I am not a bad person.”
No, she's a stupid person. Just one episode of The Dog Whisperer will tell you that dogs suffer emotional distress when their "pack leader" leaves them alone for an extended period of time. Leaving a dog for one day after two years of constant companionship will send any breed over the top. Idiot.
Pretty broad brush there.
Well maybe not for an idiot.
NOT an idiot here, Eaker. Pit bull owners are typically people who care more about animals than people. I know, yet another “broad brush”. If you like tour pits, keep them on a leash always. To me, any pit that unwarrantedly goes after another creature should be killed. That includes three in my neighborhood. Bob
NOT an idiot here, Eaker. Pit bull owners are typically people who care more about animals than people. I know, yet another “broad brush”. If you like tour pits, keep them on a leash always. To me, any pit that unwarrantedly goes after another creature should be killed. That includes three in my neighborhood. Bob
My neighbor has a Pit who is fine around people but is on it’s last leg with the county for attacking other dogs. She cane after my pup years ago as I walked him. Had I not know the Pit she would have attacked. They have since secured the fence gate ... but never underestimate how clever a Pit can be if it see’s another dog being walked down the street.
They also have a huge German Rott named Bear and the name fits. His head is the size of a small Bear. He has the best disposition of any Rott I’ve ever seen. A big baby. Scares the hell out of most people though. They are going to breed him soon and I have 2nd choice of the litter. The county made them fix the Pit.
This is a forum that allows disagreement and I disagree.
I disagree big time. I'll also add ignorant.
You'd better follow alstewartfan's orders, Eaker, if you know what's good for you.
He's in CHARGE, dammit!
;-)
I can relate to this. My dog was attacked by a vicious dog- through a fence, nonetheless, and he's never been the same around other dogs. When we're out for a walk, which is when the attack occurred, he thinks all other dogs are going to attack him the way the other one did- and he automatically takes an aggressive posture.
I like don't speak California girl!
I would also never tour my pit. I did give him some coffee this morning and we are now waiting to see what he does. Pom-Pom and the Min Pins are making bets on his wall bouncing ability!
;<)
I was wondering what a "tour pit" was.
I kept thinking of the La Brea Tar Pits.
I guess you can skim a rock but not an elephant!
Who’s the pit in Post#24? It sure ain’t Pitsy.
CUTE!
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