Abilene Woman Loses Both Arms In Dog Attack

[dingo]

Pitbull breeding is banned in Australia...anyone owning a pitbull must have it desexed.
We have friends with Pitties and they are the only friends who cant bring their dogs to my house.
Theres just too many horror stories surrounding pitbulls.

 

[Tristan]

I was Christmas shopping with my boyfriend a couple of weeks ago, and
I stopped a man on the street to say how cute his dog was.
It was a gentle seeming Pit Bull.
I bent down to pet it's head, and it lunged at my face, almost taking a
bite out of my mouth!! I quickly pulled away, but I missed being it's afternoon snack by a nanosecond.
Needless to say, I won't be petting any more Pits.

 

[Malapoo]

To those who have multiple dogs in their home that don't get along with each other, please be very careful. I've seen these cases frequently progress until one is dead or barely brought back from death by a lot of hard (expensive) work. Not in my home, but I've worked at vet clinics over the years. I'm not criticising or attacking anyone, but unless it's a one time thing based on a known outside aggravant, I'd at least keep the thought of placing a pet elsewhere or keep that option in the back of your mind. And I'm not talking about a little tiff where there's some growling and wrestling without blood loss, but a true fight. All dogs have can have spats, but when there are serious bites and especially if the fights repeat and become more violent with time, there's a good chance it could end very badly eventually.

 

[Nore]

Pitbull breeding is banned in Australia...anyone owning a pitbull must have it desexed.
We have friends with Pitties and they are the only friends who cant bring their dogs to my house.
Theres just too many horror stories surrounding pitbulls.

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Pit Bulls are banned in my City.

 

[SadieMae]

I would never have a Pit around me. There is just something in them even other dogs sense is wrong. I walk both my Danes every day. They don't care if other dogs we walk past bark, growl or yap at them. They pretty much ignore the little chi that always crawls under the fence to "scare" them. LOL! They're always calm around other animals, even cats. But one day, a pit came charging at me from around a house. Both Danes lunged at him to fight, and I had to let the leashes go or get dragged with them. I think they sensed that was a dangerous dog. I've never seen my dogs act that way, teeth bared growling and biting at it! There's just something not right with Pits, be it by training or genetics. I also have heard of them just snapping. It's like a wire comes loose in their brain and that's a chance I'd never take.

 

[kidzndogznme]

Hey Sadie, what happened to end that fight? It sounds so scary!

 

[Ella]

and what about the safety of other people's kids, dogs, and animals as well?

it never ceases to amaze me how volatile people get in defense of these dogs.. they actually turn it into something like a race issue... "don't practice breed discrimination"... uhh, yeah, right. i WILL practice breed discrimination, thank you.
the fact is that yes, humans have obviously bred these dogs into monsters, and they still do.. but whoever's fault it is, the fact remains- that these dogs are dangerous. and i want to slap anyone who says "oh it all depends on how you raise them". bullsh*t. just because your darling little pitty-poo sleeps in your baby's crib and is the sweetest thing ever, doesn't mean that 90% of pit bulls, as a general rule, are not potential psycho killers who will snap at the slightest provocation (or, sometimes none!) and do serious damage to an innocent and unsuspecting victim.
i have heard too many stories of pits who were lovingly raised FROM BIRTH who suddenly snap and go berzerk on another dog (even ones who are their best buddy, who they live with)- or a person-- for NO reason... and cause far more damage than other dogs could do.

and you cannot depend on "education" to save this breed. because there are too many thugs, wanna-be thugs, drug-dealers, white trash jimbos, rebels, outlaws, wiggers, and other assorted idiots with a chip on their shoulder against society who want to have these dogs and act like the world is against both of them (hhmm... wonder why?). but unfortunately there are also many intelligent, cultured dog rescue folks who love pits too... who are only contrinuting to the problem, IMO, by perepuating LIES about the breed (that they're not dangerous, it's how you raise them, it's just the evil media making them look bad, their jaws DON'T lock, etc.. all these are outight lies... love alone can't cure everything.)

come on people,, there are so many OTHER fantastic dogs out there to choose from.. why on earth choose a pit bull?? why do you want the trouble?

Haha that is right on mark!
Any one who has one of these dogs should forced to carry $100,000 worth of insurance.
I am GLAD these were her little pets and that they attacked her instead of some little kid or old lady.
That makes her less likely to beg for the dog's life to be spared.

 

[SadieMae]

Hey Sadie, what happened to end that fight? It sounds so scary!

I kept screaming for them to come back to me. I was so afraid they would get severly injured. But only Tyson got a small gash on his front leg. He kept raising up and jumping the pit on the head with his paws and chewing at his head, while Apache was biting at the pits hind quarters. The finally came back to me and the pit took off. I guess two 140# dogs on him was a bit much for the pit. No way would I have gotten in the middle to break it up. I called animal control when I got home and they had a truck out in about 10 minutes. There are a lot of kids playing in their yards and on their bikes in my neighborhood. A pit like that on the loose is a tragedy waiting to happen.

The thing that shocked me most was my dogs' reaction to go fight it. They have never ever shown any type of aggression toward another animal. They either look goofy or try to get out of the way if a dog barks at them. I did feel sheer panic when I realized the pit was charging at ME and maybe that's what they reacted to.

Heck, when my 8mo old cat, Miss BooBooBad, growls or hisses, my boys run to me to protect them or a place to hide from her! She can be such a meanie to them!, especially when she hides their toys under the bed. No way can they fit under there to get them. LOL

 

[reb]

wow thank goodness your dogs were able to hold their own and did not get hurt, and you are right- there is something that other dogs sense in them that isn't right. and your dogs were probably protecting you. good for you for calling animal control, which is what anyone should have done!

well i'm glad to know i'm not the only one who feels the way i do! in fact if i ever move again, i'm going to specifically look at places where pit bulls are banned.. the issue is THAT important to me... and the safety of my own pets.
i had not idea the breeding of them was banned in the entire country of australia?? you guys are smart! america is too much of a lily-livered wimp country to make that a law.. we are too concerned with people's "freedom".. to be able to do whatever the hell they want.. even if it impinges upon others' FREEDOM to be able to be safe from being attacked. we don't want that slippery slope to happen, do we? so we keep giving freedom to criminals, thugs, pit bulls & their owners, etc..... LOL.
well i'll take a little more law & order and a little less freedom. because there's way too many out there who can't handle freedom... who ruin it for everyone else.

 

[reb]

miss booboobad...................??? LOL

 

[OneLostGrl]

Excellent post! Dogs see the owners as another dog, usually the alpha dog. With more and more households trying to raise their dogs as "part of the family" and not putting them in their place, its even harder for some dogs to realize that they're not the alpha dog of the pack.

I know a lot of parents who are the same way with their kids!

 

[SadieMae]

miss booboobad...................??? LOL

Yes...that's her name...here she is! And the name really fits her. LOL

 

[Floh]

Another one: :furious:


A five-year-old girl who has been mauled to death by a dog in her family home.
Ellie Lawrenson suffered fatal injuries when she was attacked *by what was believed to be a pit bull terrier at her house in Eccleston, St Helen's.
She died at the scene, Merseyside Police said.
The dog also attacked a woman, thought to be the girl's grandmother. She is being treated for serious injuries in hospital.


http://www.itv.com/news/index_76262799fd05fd95a7821cac09376570.html

From their track record, i believe Pitts are dangerous and should be in zoos, only.

*if it turns out this dog was not a pitt bull, i still believe pitt bulls should be in zoos.

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Edited to add this further story with 5 year-old Ellie Lawrenson's picture:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/...ve-year-old+mauled+to+death+by+dog/article.do

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What's being done in Northern Ireland:

Pit bull terriers have already been handed in and destroyed ahead of Northern Ireland's first amnesty.
Owners of the outlawed breed in Ballymena, County Antrim, have been given the whole of January to hand in the dogs without fear of prosecution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6219379.stm

 

[reb]

glad to see some countries are finally wising up. how many more deaths and vicious maulings will it take?
to those who have sweet, adorable pits who are truly gentle and will never hurt a fly, then i'm sorry for you, and your dog... but regardless of how much you love them, no one can say if and when it will or will not snap and attack. and even if it never does, unfortunately the situation is so out of countrol, that you may need to make that sacrifice for the good of society. and it's too bad, but that's life. and thanks to the stupidity of humans, they can do far more damage than most dogs because of the way that people bred them to be. so it's sad for the nice ones , that they even exist-- yes it's our fault, but now we need to undo what we've done. and if making them illegal is a huge turn-on for those out there who want to be outlaws and those with small penises, then too bad-- we just need to keep driving the breeders and the macho idiots further underground, and assign the stiffest penalties for keeping and breeding them.. eventually, it WILL make a difference.. because you will not see one in the light of day.
but of course, the hard part is, proving that a dog is or isn't a pit... there could be some grey areas here.

 

[Floh]

Update on the death of Ellie Lawrenson:

The killer dog - a chestnut pit-bull called Reuben - was so out of control that it had to be shot dead by police marksmen after being cornered in the garden.
It belonged to the dead girl's 23-year-old uncle, Kiel Simpson, who was warned by his local council last June after it attacked another dog. But nothing was done and the animal was left free to attack and kill little Ellie in the early hours of New Year's Day at her grandmother's house in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=425850&in_page_id=1770


the story goes on to say laws are inadequate:

The apparent failure to act again highlights the inadequacies of the much criticised Dangerous Dogs Act which came into law in 1991 following a spate of similar attacks.

One really only has to read the article to see how neighbours were afraid of this dog. it has not been established it was a pure-bred pitt-bull and may have been a cross. does this ease the suspicion on pitt-bulls and other dangerous dogs? i don't think so.

The death comes just months after a spate of similar attacks. In September five-month-old Cadey-Lee Deacon was killed in September when she was attacked by two Rottweiler guard dogs in the living quarters of a Leicester pub.

Just three days after that attack, a toddler was underwent surgery for severe lacerations after being savaged by a Rottweiler in West Sussex.

Two-year-old Harvey Lawrence was attacked at the home of his grandmother in Middleton-on-Sea, near Bognor Regis, suffering cuts and wounds across his face and body.


Findings due on breed of killer dog

Results from a post-mortem examination on a dog that killed a girl will determine whether the animal was a breed subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Ellie Lawrenson, aged five, was mauled to death by an adult pitbull terrier-type dog called Reuben despite desperate attempts by her grandmother to save her.
A post-mortem examination on Ellie revealed she died of "severe head and neck injuries", police said.
Owners of pure-bred pitbull terriers are legally to blame for attacks made by them under the provisions of the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6316797,00.html


Vicious? Breeders blame aggression on their owners

It is illegal to breed them, but still they prowl the streets of Britain. Pit bull terriers are reared secretly and illegally to become fighting dogs and sometimes pets.
Pit bulls have been bred to be fearsome, vicious and willing to fight to the death; some are tortured or inbred to make them more vicious.
Owners argue that they are not designed to attack humans and do so rarely, but the dogs have become a macho accessory for many men, who glory in their pets' fondness for growling and barking at other people.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1981124,00.html


Explained: the law on dangerous dogs in Britain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1981118,00.html

 

[kgeaux]

OK, guys. I am a pit owner. I love my dog, he is good and gentle with people, but those who've been reading my posts for a while know that we take extreme precautions with my dog, using a muzzle when little ones or visitors are in our home, etc. He is never unattended outdoors. Never. We have a 6 foot wooden fence around the yard, and still we do not leave him out unattended. My dog has passed the (whatever it is called) test that the vet uses to determine gentleness and likelihood of aggressiveness every single year. He is well socialized and well controlled. I see absolutely no need to put my dog down. But IF he ever becomes aggressive, that will be my only option, and I will take it.

Please notice, the pit in question, in Floh's article, had known problems. The dog was KNOWN TO BE AGGRESSIVE. That dog should have been put down the instant it became known to the owner that his dog had attacked another dog.

Several things went wrong here. The young man who owned the dog did not take responsibility when he was warned. The local council did not have the dog picked up and euthanized when the owner continued to let it roam free. And, worst of all, this aggressive dog was allowed to get near an innocent little girl.

 

[Floh]

OK, guys. I am a pit owner. I love my dog, he is good and gentle with people, but those who've been reading my posts for a while know that we take extreme precautions with my dog, using a muzzle when little ones or visitors are in our home, etc. He is never unattended outdoors. Never. We have a 6 foot wooden fence around the yard, and still we do not leave him out unattended. My dog has passed the (whatever it is called) test that the vet uses to determine gentleness and likelihood of aggressiveness every single year. He is well socialized and well controlled. I see absolutely no need to put my dog down. But IF he ever becomes aggressive, that will be my only option, and I will take it.

Please notice, the pit in question, in Floh's article, had known problems. The dog was KNOWN TO BE AGGRESSIVE. That dog should have been put down the instant it became known to the owner that his dog had attacked another dog.

Several things went wrong here. The young man who owned the dog did not take responsibility when he was warned. The local council did not have the dog picked up and euthanized when the owner continued to let it roam free. And, worst of all, this aggressive dog was allowed to get near an innocent little girl.

:clap: :clap: :clap:

I agree with everything you say. would that all owners were as responsible.

 

[Floh]

Killer Dog 'Was Banned'

A dog that attacked and killed a five-year-old girl was a pit bull terrier-type animal, police* have said.
A post-mortem was carried out on the animal this afternoon.
The finding means the owner of the animal, the girl's uncle,*could face prosecution under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, police said.
A*Merseyside Police spokesman said: "An assessment has been made by a recognised expert on the Dangerous Dogs Act, from the Metropolitan Police, and he has confirmed that the dog was a pit bull terrier type.
"The results of this post-mortem will now be included in the investigation. As soon as the investigation is completed, a report will be presented to the coroner and to the Crown Prosecution Service in terms of considering what offences, if any, have been committed."

More of things you have already seen: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13559771,00.html

 

[jubie]

OK, guys. I am a pit owner. I love my dog, he is good and gentle with people, but those who've been reading my posts for a while know that we take extreme precautions with my dog, using a muzzle when little ones or visitors are in our home, etc. He is never unattended outdoors. Never. We have a 6 foot wooden fence around the yard, and still we do not leave him out unattended. My dog has passed the (whatever it is called) test that the vet uses to determine gentleness and likelihood of aggressiveness every single year. He is well socialized and well controlled. I see absolutely no need to put my dog down. But IF he ever becomes aggressive, that will be my only option, and I will take it.

Please notice, the pit in question, in Floh's article, had known problems. The dog was KNOWN TO BE AGGRESSIVE. That dog should have been put down the instant it became known to the owner that his dog had attacked another dog.

Several things went wrong here. The young man who owned the dog did not take responsibility when he was warned. The local council did not have the dog picked up and euthanized when the owner continued to let it roam free. And, worst of all, this aggressive dog was allowed to get near an innocent little girl.

I've read your posts before and I know you take great care to ensure your dog doesn't hurt anyone but I'm confused by why you'd choose such a breed in the first place.

With so many breeds available why on earth would someone looking for a 'pet' choose an animal that could turn on them or hurt someone else?

I would never want to see you put your dog down, he's not a risk to you or anyone else it seems. What do you think should be done about all these attacks?


Jubie

 

[reb]

kgeaux, you are the ones i feel bad for... and if i happened to fall in love with a dog who hapened to be a pit then i guess i'd be in your position too. and you really are going above and beyond & you are doing a great job. however.. you have to remember that the majority of people who own pits out there are not as responsbile as you. and that is the problem.... and they continue to be bred by irresponsible idiots, violent tendencies and all.