Posted on 05/19/2007 4:05:05 AM PDT by csvset
Once bitten, twice shy???
more like “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me” she should have pressed charges the first time.
My neighbor had one of these evil dogs some years ago. It would silently sneak up on me in the back yard and and as soon as it hit the end of the chain it would start barking it’s head off. Scared the crap out of me more than once. It’s name was “Princess”
My heart is just breaking for poor Haltom...
This is not so much an indictment of the breed as it is of nitwit owners. If you need a book to teach you to establish dominance, you shouldn't have the dog.
In my experience, one has to go out of one's normal way to acquire ANY dog. I cannot understand why someone would wish to acquire a pit bull.
Not for me, thanks, and I have had Dobermans and a wolf hybrid, the latter of which was the best dog (and smartest) I have ever had. She’d play with the kids, (pull their sled in winter, wagon in summer), was extremely careful around children (especially toddlers whom she could knock down with one exuberant swipe of her tail), and was a gentle dog, with just two exceptions—she did not like cats or poodles. We just kept her away from those.
Shoot the damned dog!
Which pure breed?
Other than defending a person from harm, any dog that attacks without provocation should be put down immediately.
Great choice for kids, then. [/s]
Get a corgi. They're great with kids.
This was the second time the dog had bitten Isabel Pollium, said Nancee Tavares, Petaluma's animal services manager.
But ...
even Pollium "doesn't want him put to sleep."
Dirt nap for Dozer, institutionalization for Pollium.
That said, the first time that a large dog bites a human in anger, except in cases of break-ins or when the owner has commanded the dog to attack for her own protection, the owner needs to take responsibility and put the dog down. Also, IMHO.
It’s not the dog’s fault. It’s our fault for letting people keep these dangerous beasts in residential neighborhoods as if they were house pets. They should be treated like tigers, and ownership should be licensed with proof of bonding and training.
I hear many pit bulls are friendly. Great. But why get one when you can have a friendly and loyal dog of another breed that doesn’t have the power to rip your face off if he has a bad day? It would be like getting a cougar instead of a house cat. Stupid and dangerous in a crowded neighborhood or if you have kids. There is a reason that street thugs like these dogs and thats because they are dangerous and hence macho.
If this thing weighs 90 pounds, it isn't a pure bred pit. Pits are typically 30 pounds, and almost never over forty. Probably a mix of Mastiff or Cane Corso with a Pit.
"An elderly Petaluma woman suffered major injuries to her right arm Thursday night when she was attacked by an intact male pit bull terrier that had bitten her before."
link"Intact (unneutered) male dogs represented 80% of dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for dominance aggression, the most commonly diagnosed type of aggression.
Intact males are also involved in 70 to 76% of reported dog bite incidents."
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Unless one is a responsible breeder there is no excuse to keep an intact male.
“He’s like my daughter’s child. A child misbehaves, you don’t put him to sleep,”
Once again, a dumb human imagines that an animal is human. Big mistake. This is the fault of the owner. Unfortunate that the dog needs to be euthanized.
Any medium to large size dog has the capability to "rip your face off".
When people tell me these dogs wont bite, my answer is,
” He has teeth doesnt he?”
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