9-year-old attacked, bitten by pit bull in Ft Knox's Morand Manor

15 Jun 06 | SPC. IAN BOUDREAU /Turret staff writer

[SLB]

Too bad the military are not allowed to be armed while off duty in their housing areas. That should have been a double tap to the head or a load of #4s or 5s from about ten feet.

[SLB]

The dogs have a place, but that place is not where they are liable to get out and create this type of havoc.

[pctech]

Another reason why these animals need to be eradicated. Sorry for any owners of pit bulls but these animals are bred to kill.

If nothing else, take every single one of them to Iraq and set them loose on the Al Kuckos over there. That'll be one way to put them to good use.

[xcamel]

I hear the moose-limbs just soooo love dogs.

[cripplecreek]

My dogs WILL bite and I have a sign that says so at the gate. They're just Jack Russells so people simply laugh it off. You would be amazed at how many people walk in without ringing the bell and get bitten.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Oh no....here comes the " It's the training and owners, its not my gentle pit bull."

Many dog breeds may bite...but pitt bulls are especially dangerous once they attack. Once they start charging people with criminal violations and jailing them for not being responsible, that will take care of this. No doubt the idiots that own this type of breed have no money so you can't sue them.

Disgusting.

[SLB]

No doubt the idiots that own this type of breed have no money so you can't sue them.

I am not sure what the liability in quarters would be. When we lived in "housing" we did not have insurance as the government would reimburse us as long as we were not at fault in a loss. I doubt if these folks have any type of liability insurance so collecting would be iffy at best.

[solosmoke]

Yeah, they were bred to kill other dogs, not people. And no pit bull is that big at six months, or any other time in its life. Sounds to me like someone sold these idiots a "fad" dog, or a bluff dog, calling it a pit bull, and the owners bought it because they didn't bother to learn about the breed standard. Perhaps that is why so many of these man biters are HUGE. They're overpriced, badly bred mutts with the pit bull name. It's a shame because dogs like mine (43 pounds and extremely human friendly, just as the standard states)are getting a bad name because of these dopes and their thousand dollar "rare" pits.

[Shimmer128]

I might be wrong, but I believe that pit bulls were forbidden on the bases we lived on. But we were Navy

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

I know what the person in the article is talking about in regards to it being a problem with the owners and not the breeds.

I live accross the street from some boobs who would let their dog roam the neighborhood unsupervised. It would chase my cat(it has a license), crap on my lawn as well as other neighbors lawns, dig holes on my property, and basically just run around my yard like it was its own yard which would piss me off to no extent!

I finally had a confrontation with the owner and was basically told that we(neighbors) were blowing it out of proportion, that her dog should be allowed to roam my yard because my cat had killed a bird on her lawn, and that she saw no difference between a cat roaming the neighborhood and a dog roaming the neighborhood.

You can kind of get the calibur of people I am dealing with here. You know, low lifes.

I can see how this kind of stuff happens in a neighborhood, and it is mainly because of the derelict owners. The bitch(no pun intended) never walks the dog and just basically locks it up in the back yard(torture for a dog) and wonders why it breaks free. Sometimes they even just open the door and let it out.

Its a damn disgrace!

[Tribune7]

Goldfinger is playing on AMC.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

That just makes me mad when I read your post. I have a pupster and she is like my child. I know everyone doesn't feel that way about their doggie, but they should at least be responsible.

[xzins]

Ban them.

[Amelia]

I finally had a confrontation with the owner and was basically told that we(neighbors) were blowing it out of proportion, that her dog should be allowed to roam my yard because my cat had killed a bird on her lawn, and that she saw no difference between a cat roaming the neighborhood and a dog roaming the neighborhood.

I don't think cats should be allowed to roam the neighborhood either. If you're going to have a cat in a neighborhood, get a litterbox and keep it inside.

Our neighbor's cats scratched our cars when they climbed on them, pooped in the flowerbeds, killed birds at our birdfeeders and were generally a nuisance, but our neighbor, like you, didn't see a problem.

[kevin_in_so_cal]

I'm an arm-chair dog trainer out of necessity: I have a Chow Chow. The part about earning the AKC title of Canine Good Citizen is really quite unbelieveable, and this may cause many people to rethink the "hows and whys" of this breed's behavior. For those of you that are interested, for a dog to earn the AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate, it must:

1. Accept a friendly stranger. The owner and evaluator shake hands and exchange pleasantries. The dog must not show and sign of shyness or resentment, and must not break it's position or try to go to the evaluator.

2. Sit politely for petting (From a friendly stranger. The dog must not show shyness or resentment.)

3. Demonstrate that the dog will welcome being groomed and examined, and will permit a stranger, such as a veterinarian , groomer, or friend of the owner, to do so. (This also demonstrates the owner's care, concern, and responsibility.)

4. Walk on a loose leash. This demonstrates that the owner is in control of the dog.

5. Walk through a crowd. This demostrates the dog can move about politely in pedestrian traffic and is under control in public places.

6. Sit and down on command. This shows that the dog has training, will respond to the owner's commands to Sit and Down and will remain in the place commanded by the owner.

7. Come when called. (A distance of ten feet is used.)

8. Reaction to another dog. The dog must show it can behave politely around other dogs.

9. Reaction to distractions. The dog must demonstrate that it is confident at all times when faced with common distracting situations. Because some dogs are sensitive to sound and some to visual distractions, one of each is used.

10. Supervised separation. The dog must demonstrate that it can be left with another person and will maintain its training and good manners while the owner goes out of sight.

So who lied - the owner or the news?

[Rodney King]

Weird story. Where is the quote from the owner about how sweet of a dog it is?

[DJ Taylor]

"That should have been a double tap to the head or a load of #4s or 5s from about ten feet."

If you were to ever do that on a military post, you would very quickly find out that the dog had more friends in high places than you do.

[Luigi Vasellini]

"Ban them"
who's gonna guard my meth lab???

[doc30]

I think the pitt bull owner with the CGC was a different person than the one whose dog attacked the kid. And pitt bulls are, by nature, very people friendly. You have to make a pitt bull into a monster, just like you would with any other dog breed. And most people probably could not identify a pit bull, either. And there are a lot of myths about pit bulls. First, they don't have locking jaws. Second, they don't have a strionger bite than other breeds of similar size. However, I do blame owners if they elect to have this poerful breed because when you own any poeerful breed, it is even more critical to make sure you have a well adjusted dog. No one cares if a jack russel or a chiuahua is psycho, but a big dog, that is a different story.

[doc30]

Once pits are banned, you can use rotties to guard your meth lab. Once they get banned, you can use dobies. Once they get banned, you can use German Shepherds. Once they get banned, you can use goldens.