Woman Hospitalized by Dog Attack ( Stockton )

FOX40 ^ | 06/11/13 | Andria Borba

[george76]

Sitting in her hospital room at St. Joseph’s in Stockton, Samantha Williams can manage a smile despite the vicious Pit Bull attack that nearly killed her on Friday.

Williams says she was sitting in her boyfriend’s bedroom while he was at the store buying a soda, when his roommate’s dogs, Rhino and Watters, walked in.

“They had me. They had me. I was just trying to keep my arms up. My face away. They had me. They had my leg,” Williams told FOX40.

She says the attack lasted only 20 seconds before another roommate heard what was going on.

“If Leo didn’t come up there when he did, I would be dead,” Williams said.

[Bobalu]

Thanks for posting these stories about the
breed-of-peace....may they soon be extinct.

I speak as one who has been attacked by a breed-of-peace dog.
The Colt1911 I had on me won the day.

[Doogle]

the pit bull have become the Amish of the dog world...

[informavoracious]

Enough stories about the poor, maligned pit bulls. When will you post about the vicious dachsunds or the brutal schnauzers that I’m always hearing about?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

An old friend was almost killed by his Staffordshire. She was a great dog! Doug would tell her I was at the door, and she’d get so excited, flopping over immediately for a belly rub. He came home from softball one day, was on the phone, and she snapped and attacked him. He started screaming, and his friend on the phone called the cops and emt guys. Doug killed her with his aluminum bat. The emt guys said that if they’d gotten there even three minutes later, he would have been dead. Bled out. 80 some stitches.
And she was such a sweet dog! Raised right and treated right. Hmmmmm.

[SENTINEL]

I've heard pitbull hunting is all the rage these days. Rent or borrow a small breed dog for bait and walk it in the dog park or a ghetto neighborhood.

Of course here in Alaska that's also known as "trolling for eagles".

[Salamander]

Ask and ye shall receive.

http://voices.yahoo.com/after-puppy-kills-2-month-old-zane-alen-earles-people-1740591.html?cat=25

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/09/local/me-34015

http://www.khou.com/news/local/13-day-old-baby-killed-in-attack-by-family-dog-129221558.html

http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/118964/baby_killed_by_family_dog

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120421/PC16/120429826

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dog-killed-2-month-old-baby-ripped-child-legs-father-slept-room-police-article-1.1065711

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/29/baby-killed-by-dog_n_1462963.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132912/Horror-family-dog-kills-dismembers-month-old-baby-father-slept.html

http://www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/2000/dog_kills_baby_los_angeles.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/21/family-baby-boy-killed-by-dog

http://www.wcti12.com/news/Baby-killed-by-family-dog/-/13530444/16581734/-/4fpqd5z/-/index.html

http://globalgrind.com/news/babys-first-birthday-party-turns-deadly-when-he-was-killed-family-dog-details

http://www.examiner.com/article/two-month-old-baby-left-child-swing-is-killed-by-family-dog

http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/13-day-old-baby-killed-in-attack-by-family-dog-129241248.html

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/infant-killed-by-family-dog-in-hertford?hpt=us_bn8

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/04/20/cops-family-dog-kills-dismembers-2-month-old-boy/

http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/2012/04/loving-family-dog-kills-baby-could-it-have-been-an-accident/

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mild-mannered-family-dog-killed-baby-boy-125119981.html#qTz0AW4

[CatherineofAragon]

(grin)

[informavoracious]

These attacks were all committed by a single breed? Which one?

[Standing Wolf]

If Frisky the wonder tigress ever tries that, I’ll threaten her with making her wash dishes every night for a week.

[Salamander]

You did not request information pertaining to a specific breed.

You mentioned Dachshunds and Schnauzers as a sarcastic example and I merely provided you with links to other non-”pit” breeds killing people that we never hear about.

Don’t ask for things you don’t really want to see.

[Salamander]

That was about a five minute search.

There’s *lots* more out there but I felt those were sufficient for an “alternate view”...:)

[CatherineofAragon]

I thought it was quite helpful....

[Salamander]

My pleasure.

:)

[Marcella]

I was attacked by a German Shepherd and the owners knew this dog was vicious and they kept her in a big cage inside the house if a visitor came. They loved her. If someone knocked on the front door and the dog was loose in the house, she would attack the door, slamming into it to try to get whoever was on the other side.

I went to see them, didn’t know the dog was out, and she ran like lightning toward me with major growls and leaped on me. She heard the husband of the house yell just as she leaped. She clamped down on my leg just above my knee and then backed off because he yelled.

When I saw her, knew she was attacking, I stopped and stood completely still. I knew I was going to be bitten and waited for it. If I had moved, I think she would have knocked me down and hurt me badly. I didn’t want my face or neck near her when she attacked.

That dog should have been killed no matter how beautiful she was. She looked like a snow dog, white with some black but was a German Shepherd. A few years later, she died from some disease. They had money and took great care of her so whatever it was, they couldn’t prevent her death.

I have a Yorkie and the danger with her is, she may kiss you to death. She is precious.

[peeps36]

My aunt rescued a deaf white pit-bull puppy about 5 years ago. She is also a cat lady who has 25 rescued cats living at her house. The dog was raised with cats since it was a puppy and never showed any aggression toward them. That changed on Monday when the dog turned towards a cat and bit its head off and crushed it. My aunt couldn't stop it because it happened so fast. She took the dog to the vet on the same day and had it euthanized.

[Marcella]

That must have been terrible for your aunt to see that. She had to get rid of that dog. There must be something in the genes of pit bulls because they can turn from fine to deadly so fast. Your aunt’s dog wasn’t a trained fighter like some are trained so that wasn’t why the dog turned deadly.

Certainly if a pit bull is made into a fighter, that’s one thing, but there are too many treated well that turn and kill.

My parents had two German Shepherds when I was little and I rode them like horses. They would not have hurt me and didn’t. However, the one that attacked me has made me leery of German Shepherds now. I would have walked where a German Shepherd was without fear, but not now. When you see one charging at you, your attitude changes.

[Salamander]

Kudos to you for doing exactly the right thing in face of an imminent attack.

Most people don’t have the necessary nerve to just stand still and brace for it.

“A few years later, she died from some disease.”

I’ll bet money it was a either a tick borne disease or thyroid issue.

Inappropriate aggression is a classic symptom of both but only relatively recently has either problem been addressed in initial diagnostics.

I am glad you survived the attack.

[informavoracious]

If you wanted to be literal and not sarcastic back, you would have sent only stories about dachsunds and schnauzers. :-)

[Salamander]

” they can turn from fine to deadly so fast.”

Sudden ‘abnormal’ aggression demands an -immediate- trip to the vet for a diagnostic exam.

Been there, done that.