Pit bull attacks Petaluma woman for second time

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT ^ | May 19, 2007 | JEREMY HAY

[csvset]

The third time will be a charm.

[HossB86]

Should’ve been “the charm” the first time. :(

Hoss

[Darkwolf377]

But they’re harmless dogs, it’s all about how they’re trained, it’s the owner’s fault, and why was that woman near the dog, probably got the poor thing excited, poodles kill more people than pit bulls, blah blah blah...

[calex59]

Of course it was the victims fault since she should have known the triggers that set this physco dog off!/SAR What asshats!

[Trteamer]

Call that dog whisperer guy.

[BlackVeil]

Yes - this dog will kill.

A good example of how in these cases, there is always a problem with the owner, as well as the dog. There is always some level of denial.

[sgtbono2002]

Living with one of these beasts is like living with an open container of gasoline in the corner of the room. Sooner or later its gonna burn your house down probably.

[BuffaloJack]

Euthanize the dog and owner. The dog for being viscious and the owner for being stupid.

[TheBattman]

Once bitten, twice shy???

[Red in Blue PA]

It IS largely the owners who allow these dogs to become so menacing.

It’s not the dogs fault!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

exactly...I passed on a relationship with a really nice girl because her 3 pets were a pit and 2 rottweilers..I refused to visit her even though she said that all 3 were extremely gentle..all it takes is one time..

[TheBattman]

"He's such a good dog, and we do everything in our powers," she said.

This sounds exactly like the gang -thug's mothers on TV interviews when their "good little boy" gets busted for murder in a drive-by or other gang violence...

Criminal enablers make me sick. This dog should have been put down the very first time it showed violent tendencies towards others.

It is irresponsible owners like this that get the breed banned from cities.

[Thinkin' Gal]

A magazine, "Training Secrets for Bully Breeds," was on her coffee table; it was among a stack of material Haltom said her family had procured to help train Dozer.

Dozer needs a dirt nap.

[PeteB570]

Ya’ know, I don’t usually stick up for the dog but this happened “inside” the owners apartment. An apartment with warning signs.

This was the second attack on the lady. And she spent the night at the apartment?

How about a little of the “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”.

Disclaimer: This post in now way is to be considered as support for Pit Bulls or other vicious dogs. But come on folks, the lady is trolling for a Darwin Award.

[Doogle]

......just another example of PC stupidity. Tag an automatic 10 year jail term on ANY owner of a “misunderstood” or “loved” PITBULL when a human is attacked, or another pet is destroyed, pure and simple.
NO adjustments,no bargaining,you want one, keep it an a cage, it gets out...YOU GO IN!!...TEN YEARS!

[gotribe]

Memo to Isabel: Break a small glass and grind it until fine. Mix with 1 lb of hamburger. Toss glob over fence to pit bull. Stubbornly deny any knowledge of why crazy dog died.

[CDHart]

I had a dog (not a pit bull - looked like a shepherd/husky mix) who had been abused before we got her. She was a good dog, except if people she didn't know started yelling and running through the house, like kids do, she would go after them. We had to be very careful to have her confined when there were children around. Sometimes dogs do have 'triggers' but if that's the case they need to be muzzled or confined even in the house.

Carolyn

[Darkwolf377]

It’s not the dogs fault!

Not it's FAULT as in it has no sense of right or wrong, but it is the dog that is the PROBLEM.

[Darkwolf377]

This sounds exactly like the gang -thug's mothers on TV interviews when their "good little boy" gets busted for murder in a drive-by or other gang violence...

I never thought of that. Excellent point.

And like those parents, the owners don't want the DOG/THUG blamed, but of course THEY don't wanna be blamed for enabling the thing, either.

[Recon Dad]

You’re correct wouldn’t have been bit at all if she was not in the apartment.

Dozer, who weighs about 90 pounds, is “scary,”

I personally have no use for this breed and the world would not be worse for all of them disappearing.