[AmeriBrit]

I'm sorry your companion was attacked and I hope her recovery will be swift and complete. After giving her my best wishes I now have to say I don't understand why you seem to separate yourself from any of the blame. The Pit Bulls were probably protecting their territory while you were allowing your dog to run loose in the neighbourhood. I at one time owned a Pit Bull who was a sweetheart and the biggest baby you could have in a dog UNTIL she thought someone was threatening me, at that point she would have protected me with her life. I feel quite confident my mini-Dachshund would do the same.

Since you were at fault for allowing your dog to roam around the neighbourhood at will, I don't think you'd have any luck with the courts.

[GVnana]

It's one thing for an animal to protect it's territory. It's another thing to own a killer breed.

[JCEccles]

Pit bull owners whose beasts inflict injury on other people or their property should face felony charges as if they themselves intentionally inflicted the harm or caused the damage. They should rot in jail and their animals should be put down. If at trial they make some cockamamie attempt to blame the victim for the harm their their beasts caused, their sentences should be doubled.

Citizens should also have the legal right to kill any pit bull found wandering loose off its owner's property.

I'd go further and suggest a bounty of $500 for each pit bull hide, but I'd be willing to wait to see if the other measures reduced the attacks first.

[Mr. Silverback]

Since you were at fault for allowing your dog to roam around the neighbourhood at will, I don't think you'd have any luck with the courts.

Sorry, you're wrong. An owner who fences in his dog--of any breed--with a fence they can easily jump, has a dog at least as "un-controlled" as GV's was.