Posted on 08/05/2009 5:09:35 PM PDT by solosmoke
A 32-year-old Hermitage woman faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment after her 1 1/2-year-old Rottweiller named “Cruz” bit a Farrell boy July 15 at her apartment in the Orange Village apartment complex, police said.
April Hughes of 400 Orange Drive, Apartment 2, was also cited with harboring a dangerous dog because this is the ninth time Cruz has bitten someone, police said
Police allege Ms. Hughes left the boy alone with the dog in the apartment and he was attacked. The boy needed 60 stitches for a head wound, police said.
You missed one!
“Just thought I would add to the list, seeing as how these articles are so well-written. Notice the first paragraph compared to the title....”
Yea, I noticed that right off. lol
It’s not a pit bull so it doesn’t “qualify”.
I’m guessing they put “pit bull” in the title because they want ratings, and not because they think a rottie is a type of pit bull....then again, I have heard worse.
Wrong dog, true, but they’re both potentially lethal. My sister had two Rottweiler’s and was ALWAYS very careful about them being around new people or children. Unlike some of the fools who own powerful dogs, she never pretended they were harmless.
That’s what I missed.
So much for “reading for comprehension”.
Yeah, I guess the mediots are starting to use “pit bull” whenever possible - kinda like “assault weapon”.
Well, Rottweiler *does* have a “t” in so I reckon that’s almost a piT bull.
Ban pit Rotts!
The jab was still a good one....:)
“Wrong dog, true, but they’re both potentially lethal. My sister had two Rottweiler’s and was ALWAYS very careful about them being around new people or children. Unlike some of the fools who own powerful dogs, she never pretended they were harmless.”
All dogs, and many other animals for that matter, are potentially lethal. Responsible ownership is the cure.
OMG...don’t ever post that scary page again!
I just happen to live in abject terror of being mauled by a Great Swiss Mountain Dog!!!
/s
:)
“Responsible ownership is the cure.”
Great wisdom that will be utterly wasted on some.
Heh heh heh ....
unbelievable! slandering pit bulls for readership.
I like you already...:)
I’ll be here all week. Make sure you tip your waitress.
Will do.
[and you keep that sharp stick good and pointy]...:)
At least he got his 60 stitches.Under zerobamacare he would only be approved for 15..
You know what?the 15 zerobamacare stitches would probably cost 10 times that of regular stitches....
One stitches a dress or a baseball, one sutures a human or an animal in a corrective surgical procedure. Its like the difference between “dirty” and “filthy”; there is a difference.
Ban Pit Journalists!
LOL
“Great wisdom that will be utterly wasted on some.”
Yea, I’ve noticed that. Sort of like the anti-gun people only different subject.
Merriam-Webster On-Line
Main Entry: 1stitch
Pronunciation: \stich\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English stiche, from Old English stice; akin to Old English stician to stick
Date: before 12th century
1 : a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side
2 a : one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing, embroidering, or suturing
b : a portion of thread left in the material or suture left in the tissue after one stitch
Medicinenet.com
Suture: 1. A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. 2. Thread-like material used to sew tissue together. 3. To stitch a wound closed.
The word suture came with little change from the Latin sutura, “a sewn seam.” In Latin, the verb suere is “to sew, stitch, or tack together.”
Don’t even mention St Bernards around me.
Can you imagine being slapped upside the head with a full cask of brandy and half a quart of slobber?
{{{{shudder}}}}
Odd, then, how we are still waiting for these headlines:
"Yorkie goes on rampage! 1 killed, 2 mauled!"
"Squirrels attack, terrorize park!”
Maybe I missed them –on page 2 behind the latest batboy article. All dogs are not potentially lethal. Can they cause damage? Yes, but the likelihood of serious damage from some breeds is nil. Of course proper ownership is vital. But implying there is little or no difference across breeds is like saying a 10 gauge shotgun is as dangerous as a BB-gun. One will but Ralphie's eye out. The other will put his brains out. Which would you prefer?
Is the headline problematic? Yes - it shows the press cannot be trusted to be accurate. In other starteling news the sky is blue. But anyone thinking that poor poor pits and rotties are (snerfel-sniff) being maligned needs to just give it up. Don't fret, an article that headlines a rottie attack when it was actually a pit is only a week or two away.
Aw, that ain’t nothin’. Imagine drowning in a pool of drool. Now THAT creeps me out.
Yeah, but you are ignoring the converse - drowning in a pool of brandy...
I hear they can be rather wild.
Thank you for that marvelously disgusting mental image.
I have to go claw my inner eye out, now.
Bottom line is this:
The one who has *thumbs* is ultimately responsible.
[and dew claws don’t count]
Pomeranians, Dachshunds and Yorkies have killed infants in their cribs.
ALL animals have the potential.
You need only hop over to YouTube to watch squirrel attacks.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=squirrel+attack&search_type=&aq=0&oq=squirrel+atta
I was raised a farm girl.
Sweet, adorable little suckling calves can kick your brains out.
A gentle Jersey milk cow can gore you accidentally just because she swung her head around to shoo a fly and you were standing in the wrong place at the right time.
You learn the law of “nature red, in tooth and claw” really fast or you’re not long around.
But you know as well as I that Pomeranian murders are extremely unusual. None of it changes the fact that pits and rotties and a few others, are particularly dangerous. Some here want to pretend that it is all about the owner and that a dog is a dog is a dog. Any dog owner who thinks that is self deluded.
And BTW, I was talking about organized squirrel rampages only. Anyone who had sat and watched swan boats in Boston has been mugged by a squirrel. They are only truly dangerous when working in hit squads.
Talk about yer disgusting images...
Squirrel hit squads???
I live in the woods and there are *hundreds* of them all around me.
Time to build a bunker!
[and only sensationalist dog attacks make the news]
90 minutes of gorge-rising inanity.
drum set
LOL!
[never lose your inner T Rex]
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