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Girl, 10, was killed trying to help dog
San Antonio Express-News ^ | 14 January 2007 | Michelle Mondo

Posted on 01/14/2007 5:00:17 AM PST by Racehorse

Lori Jones heard her daughter's screams. She ran into the backyard and saw the pit bull on top of her daughter. It had bitten Amber in the stomach and was now attached to her neck. Frantic, Amber's mother tried to push the dog off. A man rushed to help and added the needed strength to get the dog away from both mother and daughter.

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As they waited for the ambulance Lori Jones held her hands over the wounds in her daughter's neck and stomach. The dog continued to hover. Amber's father, Robert, drove from his job at the Hilton Palacio del Rio downtown to University Hospital, where Amber was airlifted.

Amber died just a couple hours later at about 6:30 p.m.

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The family wants Amber's death to be a lesson to others about the dangers of dogs. But, they said, they had no reason to think this dog, whose name they did not know, would ever attack their daughter.

"She was in the back just like she had been 100 times before," Megan said.

(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: dogattacks; dogofpeace; pitbulls; rdo
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To: Clara Lou

Perhaps we could outlaw and abolish stupid people! ;)
susie


121 posted on 01/14/2007 10:56:38 AM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: brytlea
to chain a dog outside (a poor practice that can easily lead to aggression)

Ran across this link today...

Attacks Involving Tethered Dogs

122 posted on 01/14/2007 11:01:14 AM PST by kanawa (Don't go where you're looking, look where you're going.)
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To: brytlea

Egads! I didn't look at who ran that site.
Even a broken clock...etc.


123 posted on 01/14/2007 11:08:15 AM PST by kanawa (Don't go where you're looking, look where you're going.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama
Is there a difference between the jaw of a pit bull and a lab? Is there a difference between the pressure applied and is there a "locking" of a pit bull's jaw vs. that of a lab? I have heard that there is a huge difference. Is this true?

I have always heard that the "locking" story is an urban myth that actually reflects a perception of the pit bull's stubborn streak. Being stubborn myself, it makes for a good match...

124 posted on 01/14/2007 11:12:40 AM PST by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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To: kanawa
Bwahaha...!

How are those fine animals of yours, bro... Any bears lately?

125 posted on 01/14/2007 11:14:43 AM PST by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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To: Sally'sConcerns
I own a terrier mix who would, if given a chance, lick a person to death.

My dog licked my father-in-law to death.


126 posted on 01/14/2007 11:14:54 AM PST by Polybius
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To: solosmoke
My mom and dad had a german shepherd when they were first married. One night, he got a chicken bone stuck in the roof of his mouth and was going nuts. My dad was scared to death to not help it and scared to death to help it. His dog did not recognize that he was trying to help him and it took quite a lot of manpower to keep the dog wrestled to the ground and my dad getting bitten while dislodging the bone.
127 posted on 01/14/2007 11:17:54 AM PST by WV Mountain Mama (2007 resolution: learn how to rail a berm.)
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To: maxwell

That is why I was asking a vet those questions. So, you bite people and don't let go because you are stubborn? ;)


128 posted on 01/14/2007 11:20:41 AM PST by WV Mountain Mama (2007 resolution: learn how to rail a berm.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

Your dad was probably nearly as panicked as the dog, and that was part of the problem.

Bottom line is: dad lived, dog lived, no serious injuries even though there were a couple of lives momentarily in danger.

No hit, no harm, no foul.


129 posted on 01/14/2007 11:21:13 AM PST by Don W (Stoneage man survived thousands of years of bitter-cold ice. Modern man WILLsurvive global warming.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

Exactly. And I will bet the dog was a great dog, too. Dogs definitely think differently than we do. Having said that, I can't help but think of some of the hospital documentaries I have seen where people, so confused from their injuries, have lashed out at their doctors.

It's all a matter of perspective, I guess. The lesson, though, is that no child should be handling a distressed dog, and a large dog needs the utmost respect and care when panicked and in pain in order to eliminate or reduce the probability of human injury.


130 posted on 01/14/2007 11:24:49 AM PST by solosmoke
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To: WV Mountain Mama
So, you bite people and don't let go because you are stubborn? ;)

You better believe it.

131 posted on 01/14/2007 11:25:50 AM PST by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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To: maxwell
Sam was in the January issue
of Dogs in Canada..

and they used one of my photos!
132 posted on 01/14/2007 11:29:52 AM PST by kanawa (Don't go where you're looking, look where you're going.)
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To: kanawa
Congrats, great pic, bro.

Now, if I could even get mine off the couch and away from Oprah long enough to pose in front of nature-type places...

(Just kidding, they like Fox News and Animal Planet.)

133 posted on 01/14/2007 11:34:43 AM PST by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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To: Don W

My dad's only problem was that he knew that his dog was going to most likely bite him, etc because he wouldn't understand my dad was helping him. My dad knew he was going to be taking several bites for the team in order to get the chicken bone out. Growing up on a farm teaches you that animals, no matter how wonderful they are, are animals with an animal instinct. Fight or flight instinct kicks in when they are distressed. I speak from experience with that.


134 posted on 01/14/2007 11:36:30 AM PST by WV Mountain Mama (2007 resolution: learn how to rail a berm.)
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To: maxwell

LOL, When all the hoopla was going on I told my friends
that if Oprah called I was heading back to the woods!


135 posted on 01/14/2007 11:37:51 AM PST by kanawa (Don't go where you're looking, look where you're going.)
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To: Polybius

Snicker!

My poor little pup isn't big enough to slurp out of the toilet. It's funny because he'll follow the 2 big dogs into the bathroom and watch them drink. It doesn't matter whether I've just filled their water bowl or not, they much prefer freshly flushed toilet water.

Oh, and he only gets to check out what the other dogs have had recently when they lay down. Their hindquarters are a bit too tall for him unless they're laying down.


136 posted on 01/14/2007 11:39:48 AM PST by Sally'sConcerns
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To: Sally'sConcerns
I wasn't trying to argue with you at all, just explain how animals react when they get in certain modes. And, most dogs in pain aren't the nice pets we've grown to love.

Maybe Rufus had settled down just enough to let your fiance' pick him up:-)

137 posted on 01/14/2007 12:05:33 PM PST by moondoggie
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To: WV Mountain Mama

My dogs know that *I* am boss. At most, they would "nip" or "mouth" me when in serious pain. Weird as it sounds, they don't even "yip" if you step on any of their feet by accident. Any more than an "I'm in pain" mouth action, they will be put down. I honestly think they know that, too.

Fortunately, that scenario has never occurred, though I've been forced to put down many critters. Never for any violence or danger towards humans or other critters, either.

Then again, I've only dealt with about 2 dozen dogs as pets. My brother, my girlfriend, and I only have 5 right now ranging in size from 8 lbs to 130 lbs, so we're not NEARLY as experienced as you.


138 posted on 01/14/2007 12:11:44 PM PST by Don W (Stoneage man survived thousands of years of bitter-cold ice. Modern man WILLsurvive global warming.)
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To: kanawa

Yeah, they do occasionally make a good point. Doesn't cancel out all the bad points they make tho... ;)
susie


139 posted on 01/14/2007 12:12:53 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: kanawa
Good plan, bro!

Dagnabbit, these threads always get me to checking out the latest pit rescues on the local shelter websites. I need a bigger homestead property.

140 posted on 01/14/2007 12:16:06 PM PST by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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