Posted on 02/26/2016 11:38:39 AM PST by DCBryan1
CABOT, Ark. - A pit bull attack almost turned deadly for two horses at Roman's Training Center in Cabot.
Trainer June Roman said a pit bull came out of the woods Sunday and attacked two of her American Paints, Porche and Flashy.
"No provocation whatsoever," Roman said. "Just murder on his mind. He was ripping Flashy's nose and leg off."
"She [Porche] was covered in blood on her legs, her face, chunks hanging off," said Dana Bailey, Porche's owner. "I was just crying because I have the horse gene and she's my baby."
After the horses stomped the pit bull, Roman said a Pulaski County deputy contained him.
"The dog then jumped up, grabbed a cat and the deputy shot him," Roman said. "The dog ran off and eventually they followed the blood trail across the highway and someone else had shot and killed him."
Porche and Flashy spent the next three days in a vet clinic. Roman said each owner is facing at least a $2,500 medical bill.
"Someone needs to be responsible for this," she said.
"It was an irresponsible dog owner that led to my poor horse getting attacked," Bailey said.
While they try to track down the pit bull's owner based on the information on his dog tags, Porche and Flashy were able to return home Thursday.
"The second she saw me she nickered and it made me tear up a little bit like, 'Mom, pick me up, bring me home,'" Bailey said. "Their injuries look amazing compared to what they looked like Sunday."
Roman expects the horses to recover in several weeks and plans on purchasing a donkey to help protect them and the other animals. She said they are known to get rid of predators.
"This probably won't happen ever again," Roman said. "And it hasn't happened in the 30 years I've been a trainer here. The vet told us even coyotes or wolves would not have done this."
Uh, what happened to the cat?
How about she goes about armed to take care of these things her self.
It’s a cat.
Note: I have 5 cats.
The deputy shot him!
Good question. Most cats I've known would have hunkered down away from all the commotion, not been out in the open to be targeted.
My old head’in horse would have made short work of that dog.
Geez, that’s pretty scary. Paint horses are quite a bit bigger than a pit bull. Feel terrible for the horses, but the owner is lucky that thing didn’t turn on her.
She needs a cattle prod or something to shock the crap out of something like that next time.
I saw a cow with a calf go after a dog one time. Suddenly, there was a pile of angry looking cows coming through that field. That dog beat feet like it was on fire.
Even coyotes don’t mess with horses.
I'll sneak across a field if I don't have a dog with me. With a dog, I'd rather go around.
Speaking of cats, it would be cool to see a dog like this put into a cage with a mountain lion.
Our rancher friend says to keep a llama with any livestock, to keep the coyotes away. I don’t know if that strategy works with pit bulls tho...
I have a friend who has cows. He was in the field one day and saw something strange. Upon further examination, it was a dog carcass that had been stomped to death.
Suddenly, he noticed all the cows were staring at him. He got out of there fast.
All pitbulls should be shot and their owners imprisoned. Might as well have a pet lion or grizzly bear.
A friend raises sheep and has coyotes. She says two llamas are required. Any pack animal will know to isolate one llama.
That’s the trouble with stock they take a lot of time and effort.
I grew up on dairy farm know all about those hoofed critters.
“The only way to deal with a pit bull is to shoot it.”
Multiple times!
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