Not in this household. I've got 185gr of whoop ass on the ready:
Posted on 11/04/2009 12:09:37 PM PST by Chet 99
Story Created: Nov 3, 2009 at 11:08 PM CST Story Updated: Nov 4, 2009 at 1:27 AM CST
A pit bull terrorized a Greene County neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, killing at least one dog and possibly two more.
A pitbull on the loose made homeowners on Village Lane feel like hostages. The residential neighborhood sits just outside Springfield city limits.
"She was playing by the door, and it was pounding on the glass," recalls Laura Macarthur who says she witnessed a pitbull's rampage. "I could hear the glass cracking." Her daughter, six-year-old Kylen was safe, but three neighborhood dogs were not, Including neighor Linda Polley's schnauzer, Connie.
"She had a puncture in her stomach," Linda Polley, who lives near the pit bull's owners says. "She was bleeding. I rushed her to the vet." As of news time it was unclear if Polley's schnauzer survived the attack.
Polley's three other dogs did survive on Tuesday but she says this isn't the first attack from pit bulls who live across the street. Two of her other dogs have died since the pit bull owner moved in. "I had a white chow," says Polley. "It attacked it and tore it to pieces." Another neighbor's dog met the same fate on Tuesday. "It jumped the fence and killed their new puppy instantly," says Macarthur. pointing to her neighbor's house behind her back porch. "Then it attacked their doberman. It's a sweet dog, probably about 100 pounds, but it took him down real quick." It's unclear if the doberman survived the attack.
Because the neighborhood is in Greene County, no pit ordinances apply. Greene County Sergeant Bob Dante says animal control officers didn't have jurisdiction to take the dog. The Greene County Sheriff's Department issued an animal abuse citation because the pit bull was not controlled. They say they will submit evidence to prosecutors to possibly file property damage charges for the dead and injured dogs.
Polley says she has taken the owner to court for dogs killed before Tuesday but did not have much luck with the legal process. She says she hopes something will be done. The owner of the dog did not want to comment. She told KSPR Tuesday's incident really "tears her up" and then shut her door.
sorry, put this in news by accident. please move this to chat.
There must be a serious lack of firepower in this neighborhood.
The only Pit Bull ordinance I need comes out the end of a gun.
I wouldn’t tolerate this kind of thing in my neighborhood. Those Pit Bulls would be D-E-A-D!!
I have been told, repeatedly, that attacks like this are rare.
Sounds like a job for Anti-Freeze Man...
From the comments below the article....my sentiments exactly!!
“This is unacceptable.... That owner should be charged with something and that dog put down. What will stop that dog from doing the same thing to a child next time?????? If the owner is that stupid, someone needs to play smart and kill that dog before he kills again. All of the agencies arepointing fingers at each other, but the next blood that is spilled, be it animal or human blood will be on someone’s hands..”
dog bite litigation is big business. lots of scum bag lawyers that will turn a pitbull attack into a big payday. Any of you guys that have large dogs, do a google on dog bite litigation and look what comes up. Know the risk you and yours are exposed to.
"Shoot, shovel, and shut up"...
Antifreeze, meet hamburger.
Hamburger, this is antifreeze.
smart. make it sick and possibly MORE angry before it dies.
if you’re gonna do it, do it right.
Guess that means it’s equal. Super.
Most pit bulls weigh under 60lbs so I am a little skeptical of breed stated in the article. However, whatever breed it is, if it’s doing killing it needs to be put down and the irresponsible idiot who owns it needs to be fined heavily. I love large working breeds but I have zero patience for irresponsible owners. If I owned a dog who did what this dog apparently did, I would have no problem putting it down because next time it could be a child.
My dogs, although well-trained and well-socialized, are behind a locked, regularly checked/maintained 6ft fence when they are let outside. I carry liability insurance should anything, God forbid, ever happen. If you can’t keep a dog in your yard with the fencing you have, get better fencing and/or humanely tether your dog when you let it outside. People should not have to live in fear of vicious dogs in their own neighborhoods.
I always tell people who are having problems with roaming neighborhood dogs to document, document, document. With everyone having a cell phone these days (except yours truly), I would be taking photos each and every time a potentially dangerous dog was loose in my neighborhood and I would call the cops each and every time.
About seven years ago, we had some dingdongs who were renting a house in the neighborhood. They had a couple of snarly rotties who got out repeatedly during the first few months of their move to our area, once chasing a neighbor into the bed of a truck, another time standing on a neighbor’s front porch growling at her when she opened the door to shoo them off. My husband and I instructed EVERYONE in the neighborhood to call the police each time the dogs were spotted loose. Also, we found out contact info for the home’s owner and let him know the situation...he had no idea that there were even dogs in the house. Not sure why, but the renters left soon afterwards. With enough neighborhood pressure, the good guys usually win.
Nice story, wouldn’t save anyone if this pit attacks again.
No target practice - pit bull’s been captured. Thank goodness.
I agree with you. Any dog that injuries or kills any of my dogs is marked for certain death. And it would not be advisable for the owner to intervere. Of course, I wouldn’t shoot him but, shall we say, he will be well advised to get out of the way.
Yet again, loose dog. Irresponsible ownership.
I read a story about a vet in Ohio who performed a necropsy on a dead dog whose furious owner believed it was wrongly shot for running down sheep. The farmer had warned the dog owner repeatedly about his dog and how it harrassed and bit the farmer’s sheep.
The vet found wool and torn off bits of flesh in the dogs stomach. Some people just won’t accept two things about their dogs: 1) that they can be a fierce predator, and 2) they are responsible for that dog’s actions and must control their dog. Sadly, the dog pays the ultimate price for its owner’s stupidity.
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