Posted on 04/19/2006 11:26:29 AM PDT by Wristpin
people including two small children and a police officer were attacked Saturday afternoon by pit bull. The incident happened in front of a house on Maplehurst Street in DeKalb County, witnesses said.
Neighbors said the attacked was unprovoked but the dog's owner told police that several neighborhood children had been harassing the animal.
A neighbor said the pit bull first attacked the dog owner's daughter, then tuned and bit him in the arm after he stepped in to defend the child. Witnesses said the animal later attacked two other children and their mother before police arrived.
An aunt of the two of the children said her nephews sustained serious injuries in the attack.
"The four-year-old has a gash near his eye and the gash is large enough to put your hand in", Altrosia Tookes said.
"My seven-year-old nephew, he got gash in the back of his head that looks like someone just pulled his skin off. He's in surgery now."
Question for the owner: How were these children able to get access to your dog?
Where were you?
Another question: Why have a Pit Bull in the first place?
/sarcasm
It's not the animal's fault, poor training!
/more sarcasm
My Pit has never attacked my toddlers!
/insanity
The first child the dog attacked was the owners. Then he went after the owner. I don't understand how anyone could have one of these monsters in a house with children.
I know...just doesn't seem like domesticated dog behavior.
When the dog comes at you with mouth open, ram your cloth-wrapped fist down the animal's throat. The animal will either release (not likely with a pit bull) or pass out from lack of O2.
To intimidate your neighbors, of course.
You have to be CRAZY in the head to have these things in your house with your children! But then again, I'm sure this is a very gentle animal and is only misunderstood. /s
The owner gives a patently lame excuse that kids were teasing this dog, but yet the dog bit HIS kid and HIM first!
The rest of the article:
"One of the officers at the scene was also attacked and bitten on the leg. Witnesses said the dog continued to clamp down on the officer’s leg even though she repeatedly beat it with her police baton. The attack ended when the officer’s partner shot and killed the animal.
Police said the injured officer was taken to an area hospital. She is in stable condition.
Animal control officers confiscated three other pit bulls at the home. No word yet on what will happen to the animals."
"Why have a Pit Bull in the first place?"
To keep the crackheads from breaking into your house.
I will say I did have a dog that was a German Shepherd Terrier mix as a child. There were a couple of boys in the neighborhood that would come up to the fence and tease the dog every chance they got.
The dog went berserk every time he saw them. They thought it was funny. My parents were worried to death the dog would one day get loose and take their arms off.
He did attack a bunch of boys that were beating up our paper boy. He was great protection, and a good family dog, but we were lucky we didn't get sued.
Some drug dealers keep several pit bulls for obvious reasons.
I thought I read somewhere that the dog that bites people the most is the golden retriever, could be wrong.
In the early 70s my neighbor had a nice Doberman. Always nice with him and his family.
I asked him about the breed's reputation. He said yes, they can get nasty. He said they can turn on their master.
He said you put the animal down, the first time it turns nasty with the master.
The Pit Bull today has the reputation of Dobis 30 years ago. Apparently earned by behavior.
I think there are many owners who train for (or don't train to remove?) the extreme aggression. They want a mean dog.
A lot of folks are NOT good pet owners.
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