It is such a shame that a dog that has such potential can also have such potential to give it's breed another black eye.
I know several PitBulls that are just big babies, and are very gentle. Still, I don't know if I'd trust them with my grandson, or any of our small Papillons. I would guess that the Police Officer felt that HE had control over his dog, based on how the dog would behave with HIM....what the dog did when he wasn't there, is another story....and a tragic one at that.
WE had a Pitbull-Lab mix...she was a sweetheart, and was good with our little dogs, but we never left her alone with them.....plus, she was quite old when we started getting the smaller dogs. Would I have another dog like Gidget? YES!!
But I'd be nervous about most PitBulls in general.
So sorry for the loss of this family's pet....a real shame
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ArcticDodge wrote: Very sorry to hear yet another Pit Bull kills - mames - mauls - someone or something. I'm so sick of these viscous breeds and even more sickened by the people that defend these leathal ticking time bombs.
Are you kidding??? A viscous breed? Every breed qualifies as a "Ticking Time Bomb" if that's true....
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The article says the Pit Bull belonged to a policeman. Was it a K-9 dog? Did the cop train his personal pet to act like a K-9 dog? At any rate the cop was negligent for not having his dog leashed. He, more than anyone should of known better...IMO..
One night around a desert campfire, our Pit, on a leash laying beside my wife when our Son's Australian Shepard attacked our dog from under the trailer. I think the Aussie bit off a little more than he could chew and we had a heck of a time separating them. We could figure no apparent reason except it was a territorial thing. It was the first time we brought our dog camping. Our Son's dog used to be the only one. They got along fine during the day..... I better sign off. Our vicious Pit Bull is staring at me, growling, barking and squeaking his toy. It's play time..
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1. Dogs of any breed can and to attack/maul
2. Bigger dogs often do more damage
3. Breeding (stability of temperament), training/socialization, dog management, and altered vs intact impact the likelihood of aggression
4. The more popular the breed/type (greater numbers), the more likely the breed will be involved in attacks
5. owners/breeders prone to inappropriate skills in #3 seem to be drawn to certain breeds/types
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Several years ago we had a Rottwiler and she was a big loveable baby. Loved everyone. My neighbor said he was always afraid of dogs because you never know when they will attack. I kissed it off at the time. A year later I had my Rottwiler on a leash and his son, about 7 or 8 years old, just reached out to pet her. Fortunately she was on a tight leash. I never saw such a violent reaction in that dog. Totally unsuspected. She had never done that before.
I love dogs buts no matter how loyal and trained I keep them on a leash and under control in public.
I was in Big Bear in CA camping and a German Shepherd attacked me and my dog that was on a leash. I kicked the dog which gave me time to draw my weapon. The owner actually thought it was funny until he saw my weapon come out. Fortunately the dog backed off. So the ranger comes over and said a camper reported that you have a weapon and was going to shoot his dog. I said yep, almost did. I I.D'd myself and told him about the attack. I told the ranger to tell the guy I'm bringing charges against him and see if he still wants to complain. Bottom line some of these owners should not have dogs. That owner packed up and left the camp ground within the hour.
I not only would have sued the policeman that owned the Pittbull I would have filed a formal complaint with his department.
WyoTraveler wrote: Several years ago we had a Rottwiler and she was a big loveable baby. Loved everyone. My neighbor said he was always afraid of dogs because you never know when they will attack. I kissed it off at the time. A year later I had my Rottwiler on a leash and his son, about 7 or 8 years old, just reached out to pet her. Fortunately she was on a tight leash. I never saw such a violent reaction in that dog. Totally unsuspected. She had never done that before.
I love dogs buts no matter how loyal and trained I keep them on a leash and under control in public.
I was in Big Bear in CA camping and a German Shepherd attacked me and my dog that was on a leash. I kicked the dog which gave me time to draw my weapon. The owner actually thought it was funny until he saw my weapon come out. Fortunately the dog backed off. So the ranger comes over and said a camper reported that you have a weapon and was going to shoot his dog. I said yep, almost did. I I.D'd myself and told him about the attack. I told the ranger to tell the guy I'm bringing charges against him and see if he still wants to complain. Bottom line some of these owners should not have dogs. That owner packed up and left the camp ground within the hour.
I not only would have sued the policeman that owned the Pittbull I would have filed a formal complaint with his department.
Sue away. The problem will be pets are considered property and the only compensation that can legally be awarded will be the value of the pet. In most cases (unless it can be shown it was a valuable stud, show animal, service animal etc) less than $1000.00 Not much compensation for the loss of a companion. Absurd as it sounds, I am not really sure it should be changed to allow for additonal compensation. If they did allow for something similar to "pain and suffering" or "loss of companionship" it wouldn't be long before lawsuits looking for thousands of dollars charging the housekeeper with killing the family's guppy by being careless with the Lemon Pledge. Higher compensation I fear would just be wading deep into the laws of unintended consequences.
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1. Dogs of any breed can and to attack/maul
2. Bigger dogs often do more damage
3. Breeding (stability of temperament), training/socialization, dog management, and altered vs intact impact the likelihood of aggression
4. The more popular the breed/type (greater numbers), the more likely the breed will be involved in attacks
5. owners/breeders prone to inappropriate skills in #3 seem to be drawn to certain breeds/types
You know fully well statistics show that overwelmingly serious injury and fatal animal attacks can be attributed to a very small number of breeds. Pit Bulls by far, lead the way, followed by Rottwielers, german shepherds, chows, and dobermans. There are other very dangerous breeds, but they have statistically insignificant impacts due to the fact there are very few of those dogs in the animal population. You can use antedotal evidence to show that almost anything can be deadly. People have been been killed by paper cuts that get infected, but to say that handling paper is as dangerous are being a front line soldier in a war would, of course, be incorrect. Certain dogs are much more dangerous than the general dog population. It is due to their dispositions, their breeding, their training, and their sheer power and size. Like it or not, the pit bull is more dangerous than a teacup poodle.
Michael Vick was not fighting and training Labs, Shepherds or Spaniels, he had Pits, Rott's and other larger/stronger breeds. It only follows that theses breeds get MUCH MORE press when incidents like this happen. When you have people training these specific breeds for nothing but Killing machines, the remainder of the animals in this group get stereotyped. My brother has a very large Pit....she's friendly enough but I too, tell him all the time, he must keep her on a tight leash. I keep my Cavalier's on a tight leash.....lets face it, if a dog of any breed is out of control, who's fault is it? (should be fairly easy for most to answer)...I think!
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