Posted on 02/01/2007 6:16:35 AM PST by Cagey
CONROE — Von Pardue leaves his north Conroe home at 5 a.m. every day for a mile walk, but today his exercise routine unexpectedly turned into a wrestling match with a vicious pit bull.
The dog lost. Pardue unwittingly choked him to death.
The 65-year-old retired truck driver, who suffered bites on his arms and hands, said the dog attacked him about five minutes into his walk. He said he heard a dog barking and thought it was in a yard, but then seconds later saw the dog running toward him from the corner of his eye.
''I turned to face him and when I seen it was pit bull, I knew I was in trouble," Pardue said. ''I put my hands up and I hollered at him. He immediately jumped to my throat."
Pardue said he swung at the dog with his fist and grabbed its head and ears to keep it from biting him. The dog shook loose from his grip and began chewing on his right hand.
With his knee, Pardue said he hit the dog in the ribs and it let go of his hand. He grabbed the dog's thick. white collar and while keeping a firm grip on its neck, dragged the dog to his house, where his wife called 911.
Pardue said he did not realize he had killed the dog until police arrived.
''If not for the collar, I don't know how I would have ever been able to wrestle him down," he said. "The dog was about 80 pounds and very vicious. It was hard to believe the viciousness in which he attacked me but I was able to contain him."
Pardue said he did not have time to be scared. He said he knew he could not run from the dog, so he followed his survival instinct.
He said emergency medical personnel washed his bites and he went to the hospital where he received a tetanus shot and an antibiotic, he said.
The dog that attacked Pardue is a 2-year-old male, according to Conroe police officials. The dog was picked up by Conroe Police Animal Patrol officers on Dec. 12 for running at large and was later claimed by the owner at the animal shelter in Conroe. It did have its rabies vaccination at the shelter before being released back to the owner, police said.
Pardue said he might have to reconsider walking in his neighborhood.
''I don't know if I'll continue to walk on the street or not," he said.
To all,
I stand corrected and failed in my never ending mission to fully read articles before commenting.
Have seen too many articles where the dog wasn't destroyed after attacking a human. Reacted to the statement.
Congratulations to this man for surviving a harrowing ordeal.
I'm one of these guys who always has a plan for any kind of possible disater/life threatening situation, etc.
I'm VERY protective of my dog and will be taking home a new puppy soon. When I'm with my dog at the "bark park" I NEVER sit and chat with the other owners, I'm always on the periphery of where my dog is playing, not interfering, just ready to protect him. I can tell when another dog is on the verge of being aggressive and will move in and get my dog to start playing with other dogs who are well behaved.
The couple of times a dog went after my dog I was there in a microsecond and aggressively backed the dog off, I didn't scream, I said "hey" in a firm tone of voice and made an aggressive move towards the dog showing dominance and the dog's backed off, luckily-I was ready to fight and kill though.
I know in a life threatening situation, I will be able to kill any dog unless they sneak attack me and sever an artery in my neck. My first move will be to throw one devastating punch to whatever area is exposed, I might not recommend this method to a woman or weak man. I know how to throw a punch and deliver a blow, I'm a big lifelong athlete and can hit a golf ball 350 yards. If a dog has locked on to my dogs neck I will try to punch and break it's neck if possible, followed by tackling(getting my arms around) the dog by the body and trying to land with my full body weight on the dog, if done right it will break ribs/knock the wind out of the dog and damage it internally. If the dog is still fighting I will grab at any leg and try to snap it. All of the above actions should take no more than a few seconds in total.
And you call this an argument against exterminating the breed?
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Yes, absolutely. It is not the breeds fault, they can be lovely dogs, they are just more prone to aggressive behaviours as are MANY breeds.
To extrapolate your argument, young black men can also be very violent and dangerous, largely due to their "owners" (parents) who abandon them (mostly the fathers) or are unable or unwilling to control them (mothers) or a bad combination of both. They wind up in wild gangs (wild dogs wind up in packs) and will indiscriminately kill for being "dissed" (or looking in the eye in the dogs case).
Inherently there is nothing wrong with pit bulls or black people.
You have a couple of beautiful dogs. I understand why you would watch them like a hawk.
Thanks grammy, you can see more pictures of my new puppy here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1773155/posts
"he heard a dog barking".... okay no big deal
"saw the dog running toward him from the corner of his eye."
A normal person would be concerned, Is this a friendly dog or not?
Our hero though, "when I seen it was pit bull, I knew I was in trouble"
He saw it was a "pit bull" and he knew he was in trouble.
So he puts up his hands and "hollers"
Any of you folks know of a friendly dog that will jump up to say hello?
What do you think the reaction of a person who was predisposed to fear dogs would be?
Would it be something like Mr. Pardue's...
"Pardue said. "He jumped for my head and when he jumped, I got him upside the head with my fist." link
We don't know from this report if the dog was being friendly or not.
What we do know is that this fellow when he saw the type of dog knew he was in trouble. Let's assume for the sake of arguement that the dog was being friendly,
not a great stretch because according to the report the dog didn't come right up and bite him,
so imagine its surprise when this fellow greets it with a punch in the side of the head
and violently grabs it by the ears and head.
You think the dog just might become afraid and try to defend itself?
Now this guy continues his attack "With his knee, Pardue said he hit the dog in the ribs"
or as another report quotes him...
"I just bounced on him right in the ribs as hard as I could and when I hit him in the ribs, his jaws just popped open and I got my hand out," he said.
Not up on my WWF terms but sounds like a pile driver knee drop.
At this point he drags this 'viscous' dog,
whom we are supposed to assume is still alive, home and calls 911,
and doesn't realize until he puts the dog in the patrol car that its dead.
Well color me sceptical about that.
I'm wondering if the dog wasn't dead from the moment it had its ribs broken and thrust through its heart and lungs.
Now putting all speculation aside, what the hell kind of owner lets their dog get loose?
Once might be chalked up to error but this dog had been loose before.
The owner had his warning and did not ensure that there would be no repeat.
For Dog's Sake people, if your not worried about your dog attacking anyone
at least be worried about humans assuming your dog is going to attack and killing it.
This owner woun't be getting a third chance.
Off to work...back later to put out the flames :)
He's a cutie. When do you bring him home?
Give 'em hell Von!GREAT work.
BTW if they have no collar, feed them your left arm and rip their throat out with your right.
2 weeks!!!
The article states that the dog was caught for "for running at large," not because of a biting.
An end should be put to pit bulls (rottweilers, etc.), but through birth control. Many people have pit bulls and other aggressive species of dog that are not particularly violent.
Don't mess with Texas!
I wouldn't mind seeing a mandatory steriliztion program but how would it be enforced?
Every time I read a story about a pit bull that mauled or killed someone the owner always says it was the sweetest dog they ever had, blah blah blah.
It's obvious that you did not intend to be offensive with your post, but guessing that freepers (or other readers) of African descent wouldn't view the comment particularly kindly.
It's obvious that you did not intend to be offensive with your post, but guessing that freepers (or other readers) of African descent wouldn't view the comment particularly kindly
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I didn't mean to be offensive, I was making a point about wanting to exterminate a breed or race of people by the actions of a few, I don't think anyone can argue about the crime rate of young black men. Anyone who reads it as offensive is looking to be offended.
Some upside! I think i'll stick to the gym, thanks.
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