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It sounds like these Pit Bulls had a serious case of ball aggression.. Thank goodness the Shepherd and the man were not seriously injured.
This happened at a park.. I doubt any of the dogs were supposed to be off-lead.
At the off-lead dog park I go to, a small dog was killed by a Greyhound and a Lab had his stomach torn-up and both legs broken by a Pit.
No matter where you are with your dogs.. please be careful and observant as to what dogs are in the vicinity.
Trust you instincts in sizing up a dog and the dogs owner.
We used to take our maltipoo to the large dog park in Redmond. Now, we get out of the car and as soon as the dog gets in the first part of the park, he will go no further. Three times we tried. We don’t take him to dog parks at all any more.
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