Posted on 05/24/2006 8:42:10 AM PDT by rawhide
Cecil Wallace awoke about 4:30 a.m. Saturday to the bawling of cows and the howling of dogs. The Buford farmer grabbed his shotgun and went running out the back door.
His son and next-door neighbor, Kenneth Wallace, also jarred awake — also carrying a shotgun — joined him. Father and son ran toward the pasture...
...Reaching the pasture, the Wallaces saw a cow, bloodied and torn, its calf standing nearby. As they approached the animal, according to reports, two dogs came running towards them.
Kenneth Wallace raised his 12-gauge. Boom! The larger dog hit the dirt, howling. Wallace fired again, and the dog was quiet.
The female kept coming. Kenneth Wallace fired a third time, the blast echoing along the darkened reaches of Bart Johnson Road.
The Wallaces dragged the dogs' bodies aside and tended to the cow, Betsy. She looked bad — right ear torn off, the left shredded like paper. Her nose was ripped and torn. Two teeth were knocked loose. Not long after daybreak, Cecil Wallace took Betsy to a Cumming veterinarian, who prescribed painkillers and antibiotics for the Angus/Hereford cross.
"She's still in bad shape," Cecil Wallace, 73, said Tuesday. "She tries to eat, but she can't; her mouth's too sore."
Animal control officers have cited one dog owner with failing to have the animal on a leash.. They also charged the owner with violating the county's vicious-animal ordinance, which requires owners of a dangerous dog or cat to have it muzzled whenever the animal is off the owner's property.
Meghan Martin, who lives near the Wallaces, said she is the owner whom officers cited...p>
When I went to sleep, my dog was in bed with me," she said. A roommate let out her dog, plus a friend's pit bull, Martin said...
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
LOL ;~D
That is hilarious.
From my experience with such much loved pooches of this breed the only thing they will do is lick the PETA brownshirt to death. If only people had so much compassion!
Been following it, you're doing a good job with the updates.
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This confirms my experience with the breed.
The Libs have wasted time worrying about people's pets when they should have been worrying about terrorists in waiting.
That is horrible! I feel sorry for your poor little guys. Good thing the offending dogs were killed. I really wish people would just keep their dogs contained. If it's in the city, there are children, and in the country there's livestock. Either way, nowadays there's no excuse for strays.
I think I would not be so nice to strays if I had livestock. I don't, but someday I might (I have always wanted that life) and you are right. You can't afford to wait until something happens. By then it's too late. I would probably at least try to find the friendly dogs homes, like I do now, but I would not tolerate the rest. There are just too many nice dogs out there for people to adopt. It's really too bad that people dump them, as many behavior problems are the owner's fault anyway. Some of those dogs never had a chance.
Our collie was dumped. She was pregnant and I guess they didn't want the puppies. She is wonderful and sweet. She was easier to take a chance with because of her breed, and we had a reasonable explanation as to why she had been dumped. Mixed breeds that are dumped are more likely to become a danger. I guess this also depends on the mix. I think I'd be willing to give something that appeared to have lab, terrior, or collie a chance. German shepperd mixes seem agressive, though it could be that they are mixed with pit bulls. Don't ask me why, but that seems to be a popular breed for non ranchers in these parts.
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"Goodpooch?! Thats a Pit activism site...wouldn't trust it." (259 posted on 05/30/2006 2:54:28 PM PDT by Wristpin)
An amused reader directed me to the above comment.
Granted, this comment was made a while ago. Still, it is no less spurious; bordering on libel. As such, I must say it is the author of this comment who shouldn't be trusted. A minute of fact-checking would have sufficed.
For the record, GoodPooch.com is not a "Pit activism site".
When my associates and I founded GoodPooch.com, several years ago, it was to promote the highest standards of responsible dog ownership.
After decades of experience training dogs; (successfully!) re-training aggressive dogs; and researching dog biting incidents around the globe, it was clear to me that many of the myths about dogs actually tend to exacerbate problems with dogs, rather than solve them.
There was an obvious need to help dog owners learn how to be more socially responsible, and to better understand the needs of their dogs. (A competent, knowledgeable, responsible owner does not raise a dangerous dog. Period.) At the same time, my colleages and I use fact and science to dispel the overwhelming number of the myths promulgated about dogs.
Being an expert in dog bite statistics, myself; and having being asked to consult on dog care and legislation matters around the world; it should come as no surprise that I've published a great deal of information on the absurdity of breed bans, as a means of dog bite prevention.
To put it simply, breed-specific legislation is unfounded, misguided and, ultimately, ineffective.
No one breed is responsible for the majority of bites, attacks, or fatalities. Banning one breed will, therefore, have little impact on the 75-100% of bites, attacks, and fatalities that don't involve the banned breed. Similarly, less than 0.1% of the members of any one breed are involved in attacks, leaving nearly all members of that breed innocent of the accusation they're dangerous. And finally, dog bite numbers have often risen, after a breed was banned in an area.
Personally, I don't really care which 'breeds' are targeted by breed bans or restrictions. A support for breed bans is always the misinformed person's view of dog bite prevention; without any understanding of the most basic factors common to unprovoked dog biting incidents. Linking breed to unprovoked bites is as unscientific and baseless as linking the dog's collar colour to unprovoked bites.
The factors common to virtually all unprovoked biting incidents ramain the same, no matter what the biting dog's breed. Clearly demonstrating that THOSE are the factors that need to be addressed (not 'breed'), in order to reduce the number of unprovoked bites.
There isn't a single, reputable, expert individual or organization that supports breed banning. Even organizations that have no interest in dog ownership oppose breed-specific legislation: such as the Centers for Disease Control and the Canada Safety Council.
(By the way, as of 2006, the CDC no longer tracks dog bite statistics by breed, as they consider breed to be "irrelevant". For more information on the CDC's stance against breed bans, please contact Dr. Julie Gilchrist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, 1-800-232-4636.)
Having expertise in a number of scientific fields, I am primarily concerned with verifiable facts and figures, not hearsay. I don't pass along information I merely hear or read. I have conducted years of accredited research.
(The media is a very poor resource for objective and accurate information about dog biting incidents in one's community. Merely collecting media reports is not scientific "research". For example, when I reviewed the Denver media's coverage of dog biting incidents, I found nearly 100% involved 'pit bulls'. Yet the city's own dog bite data shows just 2.6% of bites are actually attributed to 'pit bulls'. That leaves at least 97% of dog biting incidents unreported. I doubt this is anyone's idea of fair and impartial reporting. Most people simply don't realize they're being lied to, and manipulated. However, the black and white facts speak for themselves.)
In the United States, 'pit bulls' are estimated to make up 9% of the dog population, yet they typically only make up 1-4% of bites. (Some regions have no 'pit bull' bite reports, and a few claim over 10%. The average tends to fall in the 1-4% range, depending on the number of data sources and the reporting period.) Overall, this means that 'pit bulls' are actually LESS likely to bite than should be expected.
When it comes to 'pit bulls', I have no particular affinity for them or, say, Labrador Retrievers or Golden Retrievers or Shih Tzus. They're all dogs, and I tend to enjoy the company of dogs, for the most part. But would I own one of those breeds? Probably not. I've trained enough of them, but they're just not my cup of tea. Still, all dog 'breeds' are perfectly capable of being properly reared.
As the Founder of GoodPooch.com, I'm not sure if I should be angry or amused by the statement brought to my attention. (top)
I don't have a love affair with 'pit bulls'. I have a love affair with the truth.
It seems when people, who only know what they hear or read in the media, are faced with black and white facts and experts who contradict their misguided views, their only tactic is to use ad hominem attacks. ...Pretty pathetic. So, ultimately, I suppose it's more humourous than anything.
For the record, I will happily 'eat humble pie' if anyone can provide documents that refute the fact that non-'pit bull' dogs cause the overwhelming majority of bites, attacks, maimings, and fatalities. In reality, it's sometimes 97 to 1, or more! Meaning, for every 'pit bull' bite and attack, there may be at least 97 bites and attacks caused by non-'pit bull' dogs.
(And just to avoid further embarrassment, I must point out that the commonly-misused CDC data relating to dog bite-related fatalities over the past several decades show 'pit bulls' accounted for as much as 26%, 17.4%, down to less than 2%, depending on the study period. If there have been over 1,700 U.S. dog-related human fatalities over the past 100 years, and only about 80 of them can be attributed to 'pit bulls', it's clear that non-'pit bulls' are far and away responsible for the most human fatalities.)
I will also happily eat my words if anyone can produce documents which prove more than 0.1% of all 'pit bulls' (or any 'breed', for that matter) will be involved in an attack at some point in their lives.
To blame 99.9% of any group for the actions of less than 0.1% is ludicrous. Then, to blame a dog for the bad rearing it has received from some vacuous or miscreant owner borders on offensive. Having rehabilitated even 'pit bulls' from fighting rings, I can unequivocally state that blaming the dog or its breed for its bad behaviour is the ultimate owner cop out.
Despite years of research, I have yet to find a dog, involved in unprovoked attack, that was responsbily-owned.
But hey...I have no particular interest specifically in 'pit bulls', so believe what you want. It's up to each individual if he/she chooses to hang onto notions he/she (now) knows are false.
I encourage anyone interested in learning about EFFECTIVE ways to prevent dog bites, to do some proper research. Please feel free to make use of GoodPooch.com's site map, and read about all sorts of dog-related subjects, from breed banning and dog bite prevention, to teaching your dog to heel and pet travel.
Regards,
Marjorie Darby
Founder,
GoodPooch.com
http://www.goodpooch.com
info@goodpooch.com
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