Posted on 04/11/2006 6:51:47 AM PDT by Wristpin
IRWINDALE - A 6-year-old boy suffered lacerations to his face and torso when a pit bull attacked him Wednesday in the back yard of a home, police said.
Police officers killed the dog in an effort to free the boy from the attack, said Irwindale Sgt. John Falone. The boy, whose name was not released, was airlifted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and is expected to recover, said a relative who identified herself as the boy's aunt.
The boy's father, reached at Childrens Hospital, would not comment.
Falone said the boy was attacked while playing with his sister in the back yard of a home in the 5000 block of Allen Drive about 4:30 p.m.
It is not known why the dog attacked, but it mauled the boy's face, leaving a severe laceration on his left eye and lacerations on his upper torso, Falone said. Neighbors called 9-1-1 while the boy's grandmother tried to ward off the dog with a water hose, he said.
"We've kept pit bulls here for 20 years and never had a problem," she said.
Well honey, the dangerous acturials of your breed finally caught up with you.
Think the pitbull was bad? Well, don't get those officers mad at you! ;)
As predicted, yet another "pit bull attack" thread!
Here's the list of dangerous breeds I received from my insurance company: Pit Bulls, Rottweillers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alsaskan Malamutes, Doberman Pinschers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St Bernards, and Akitas.
Some day owning a dog will only be possible by the very wealthy.
Pitbulls and children don't mix. I can't imagine why anyone would want to own that breed, especially if they are going to be around children. You would be better off leaving loaded guns laying around the house.
But the other breeds don't do it with the frequency and aren't as dangerous as pitbulls when they attack.
The officer saved himself a weeks worth of paperwork by not using his gun.
ESPECIALLY if there are pitbulls nearby...
So you've weighed in on the great nature - nurture debate, have you? What about mixes and other variations? How do we assess such things? Is 1/4 Pit Bull too much? 1/8th? Or do all dogs with a drop of Pit Bull blood go to the chamger? Sort of a "where does it end?" question.
And just FYI, pit bull in that list should be lower case. pit bull is a class made up of 9 different breeds and includes mutts. The actual quoted definition is:
>>>American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, American Pit Bull Terriers, Olde English Bulldogs, Presa Canarios, Cane Corsos, Boxer mixes, Mastiff mixes, and any other breed or mix that resembles these dogs.<<<<<
A water hose... SNORT!
Most of those on that list dogs are large and powerful carnivores. Pitbulls are massively muscular with enormous jaws. Regardless of how well trained you think your dog is, why would anyone want such a creature around their children?
I dunno, but clearly Pit Bulls are a public health and law enforcement issue.
But they are on the Dangerous Dog list.
>>>Or do all dogs with a drop of Pit Bull blood go to the chamger?
Yuppers. That is what is on the dangerous breed legislature.
Vets have now started calling many breeds "mixed breeds" to try and avoid some of the problems discussed on this thread.
Robo-Dog.
For reporters it doesn't even matter if it's really genetically related to any of the "pit bull" breeds. It will be called a pit bull if it looks vaguely pit-bullish (boxer/lab cross, for example).
Define "pit bull."
The list looks more like a CYA list for the insurance companies. Pit Bulls and Rottweillers make up over half of the fatal attacks. The dangers of pit bulls are real, but even so it is a low risk that is elevated by the media always reporting pit bull attacks.
And that is EXACTLY what they have been doing.
Actually, I took the list from the dangerous breed legislature. The insurance companies have picked up the same definition.
You do realize when you say the 'dangers of pit bulls' are real, you have no specific dog you are speaking of.
Yes, but that is why Buckwheat was always running around looking like this.
We had a home insurance company cancel our insurance because we owned a FERRET!
Can you imagine that?? A Ferret!
Any animal will attack if scared or provoked. Maybe the law should ban owning any pets at all. Less children would get bitten that way. ;-)
Ferrets are dreadfully dangerous beasts. I'm amazed you are foolhardy enough to own one. ;-)
Heck, children will bite if scared or provoked. I think we should ban them too.
ALL dogs bite.
You don't realize how close to the issue you have just come. Now take your thought and read up on the NAIS and PAWS legislatures.
PAWS
http://www.dfow.org/paws.htm
NAIS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607436/posts
A pitbull mix puppy came by the house last night. It was blind in one eye and had a deformed paw. Sweet as can be. Luckily its owner came after it.
You and I know that, but people like my sister-in-law, with a brand new baby and a five year old have no sense. She just can't wait to get another pit bull, "My last pit bull was so good with children."
There are a lot of people like her out there. Scary, isn't it?
That it Cal, try to confuse em!
http://dogs.about.com/cs/breedprofiles/a/pitbull_history.htm
Do you mean actuarials, as in insurance risk factors?
We had a tenant who claimed his dog was part boxer, part lab. 56 stitches on the neighbor's leg later, we evicted him and his dog.
I'd evict him too, but that doesn't mean the dog wasn't a boxer/lab cross.
Oh yes.. I guess I'll have to remember that the next time my Ferret is attacking my shoe lace as I'm walking across the floor lol.
he could after all.. tie my shoes in a knot and trip me :o)
I have been told, repeatedly, that attacks like this are rare.
Not me trying to confuse people.
'Pit bull' doesn not equal American Pit Bull Terrior. BUT, American Pit Bull Terroir is included in the pit bull class of the Dangerous Dog legislature.
"We've kept pit bulls here for 20 years and never had a problem,"
This sounds like so many who are sympathetic to this breed. If my JRT had the size and power of a pit, I would be dead by now. Terriers are aggressive, that is why we like them. Just like women who like the bad boys with the long hair, unshaven faces and bad attitude. It is sexy and dangerous and thrilling until they are turned on. "He only hit me once and I only stayed in the hospital a few weeks, besides I probably had it coming anyway."
The pit owner's logic is as twisted and warped as a battered women, making excuses for why she gets beat on.
If you own the breed, be prepared to have a small child or elderly person attacked. Plain and simple. These owners are just fooling themselves when they think it will never happen to them. Why not admit you are taking a calculated risk? But if you did admit it, you would also have to admit that you are putting everyone who comes in contact with your dog at risk, which is a statement you will never admit, even to yourself.
Which breed?
Oh man, JRT's are the very embodiment of "type A" personality!
AMEN! Petey was a pit bull! Whattalotta nonsense about the breed.
parsy, who loves his little pittie.
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