https://news3lv.com/news/local/family-mourns-great-grandmother-after-fatal-dog-mauling-in-las-vegas-lvmpd-animal-foundation-joan-cafflel-southern-nevada
" .. . When Wally Roberts saw the mangled body of Deborah Pernell, he knew instantly that she had been killed in her bed by his pit bull terrier, Napoleon. "Debbie`s body was all chewed up," Roberts recalled. "Her entire face had been chewed away. Her scalp was gone. Napoleon was standing beside the bed. He was covered with blood … the dog's owner insists that the killing was "a freak accident." - Leon Daniel. United Press International, 1985
There will not be criminal charges in connection to Caffiel's death, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. Because the victim, was also dog's owner, according to police. The City of Las Vegas supplied an image of "Buck," after the dog had been detained by authorities. Buck's muzzle is seen covered in blood, an image that is far removed from the casual Buck seen wearing sunglasses on a bed lying near the victim that was supplied to news organizations by Peyton.
KLAS spoke to the hired caretaker, Gelena Kelly, who began helping full-time as Caffiel's dementia worsened. On Tuesday morning, she left Caffiel with Buck in the bedroom as she went to the kitchen. "I heard like a strange noise," Kelly said. I returned to the bedroom and saw Buck attacking Caffiel. "He had her by the neck and was dragging her body into the second room," she said. Kelly stayed in the second bedroom, too "terrified to come out" and began yelling at Buck.
"At that point, he was pretty much eating her alive," Kelly said. "The room was a bloodbath, oh my God," Kelly said. "His whole head was full of blood already." Kelly called Peyton Faircloth and 911 right away. When first responders arrived at the home, the damage was already done. Caffiel was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities took "bloody Buck" into custody. The pit bull continues to be on a legal hold at The Animal Foundation. The family does not want the dog euthanized.
” . . .LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A great-grandmother is dead after Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say she was mauled by her family dog Tuesday.
The family of Joan Cafflel tells News 3 that her caregiver called the police.
“She called me, and she was screaming, and she says, ‘Bucks attacking grandma’ and I said call 911,” said her nephew Peyton Faircloth.
However, by the time help arrived at the home Peyton Faircloth shared with his grandma, it was too late.
LVMPD officers say Joan had been mauled to death by their family pitbull, Buck.. .”
Pit Bulls are sweet and awesome dogs....until they’re not.
Some dogs require dominant and assertive (not necessarily physical) owners.
Pitbulls are one them. They have a strong prey drive which can make them stubborn. They require socialization with people and other animals as well as an owner who can set boundaries and control them.
That said, when properly trained, they are wonderful dogs.
So, like, who's crazy enough to take this dog home?
Owners are either telling the truth, lying, or are totally oblivious when they insist that their precious pet that just ripped someone to shreds (grandma, toddler, neighbor, mail carrier...) never showed any signs of aggression.
Not my Snookums! He was only cuddly-wuddly all day every day...
Which reality is it that would make it a good idea to head on over to the pit bull asylum, er ‘rescue shelter’, for a trusty family pet often described as a “lab mix”?
Lab mix, how sweet! Good with children!
“Buck would never intentionally hurt her,”
Buahahahahahahaha!
Buck was “rescued”. Before hs time with the family dear knows what the dog had suffered through.
Whatever it was...he was triggered.
And now Granny met her end.
Its not a good idea to have a dog like a pit bull with unknown triggerable history. Its a lot like voting for Barrack Hussein Obama.
>>Peyton Faircloth
A name right out of a Dickens novel. The scheming, pampered grandson with a devil-may-care attitude about his trained (”rescue”) fighting dog. His benefactor grandmother, unaware of the low associations and reckless behavior of Master Faircloth.
“Family does not want the dog euthanized.” Crazy. That would be the first thing I would want done and I would be willing to kill it myself if it had killed one of my family.
Pack animals who are unsure of their place, if, for example, the human acts subservient to the dog, sometimes have the dog attack as a way of asserting its dominance.
So, a young dog may naturally feel subservient, but upon reaching maturity, may attempt to assert its dominance with an attack.
In breeds bred for aggression and fighting, once an attack starts, it may be difficult to stop.
The old “not a mean bone in his body” canard.
Dogs of Peace.
Whatever loser picked out this pit bull for an elderly woman should be put down with the dog.
...there is always someone who was tired of her sh!t...
Pit bulls should be bred out of existence.
LOL 🤣
I see you are still on your evil quest to rid the world of dogs.
GFYS.
Of course, because pit bulls are such love bugs.
Yeah,..... no.
It is a fair assumption, when reading a headline like that, the dog is a pit bull.
It is no wonder, insurance companies require you to report to them you own this breed, they are a serious risk and liability.
I'll say it; "Where's Chet when ya need him"?