I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Pit bulls are completely unreliable and unpredictable. They can seem sweet and docile for years and then turn on their owners or others in a flash. A woman who lived in a community north of Houston owned several pit bulls for years and called them her babies. She was found dead after her “babies” killed her. Some breeds are just more aggressive by nature, and pit bulls have to be at the top of the list.
(One caller said this on 790 the zone, a doglanta sport talk station.)
Correction on “child.” My eyes must be going, I thought it read 14.
Never trust a pit bull when the owner is sporting a mulllet or Fullett.
Even a Chihuahua will bite. But they don’t do massive damage before they say “Oops” and back off.
I know one guy with a pit bull. While playing with the dog, it aggressively lunged at him and growled — I saw fear in the guy’s eyes.
I don’t think that even a well-trained and socialized pit bull is a smart family pet.
I'm sure the owner loved his "sweet baby" pit bull before this attack, and would have defended it against anyone concerned that it might prove dangerous. But in his foolishness, he allowed his real baby to be mauled, which will change her life forever.
“””The 2-year-old white pit bull.””
It is not stated whether the Boyles had the dog as a puppy, or if it was perhaps an older, rescued ‘shelter’ dog.
I adopted an adult small ‘biting’ dog from a shelter that had been surrendered by prior owners. No telling what kind of training or treatment baggage they carry with them, any breed, any size, any age...it is very distressing.
IMHO, the AKC bears some responsibility for issuing ‘papers’ on any and all breeds - when some breeders should be closely monitored - eliminating ‘puppy mills’ and bad genetic traits.
Only 2 good reasons to own a pit bull. 1) You need to protect a meth lab. 2) You are in the dog fighting industry.
Yes, but he was such a good dog. I don’t know what caused him to do this.
DOP® ALERT......
I feel sorry for both the dog and the child. However, it sounds like somebody forgot their rabies shots. I've got more scars on my hands from my wife's Cockapoo then I've got from any other dog and I've handle more than a few. Would I keep a Pit in my house, yes and I have.
Perhaps a shark would have been a better pet. At least that would have been in a different environment.
More of the same - epidemic?????
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/pit-bulls-terrorize-neighborhood/20070728024009990001
Pit Bulls Terrorize Neighborhood
AP
Posted: 2007-07-28 04:00:11
Filed Under: Nation
COVINGTON, Okla. (July 28) - A Garfield County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a pit bulldog that witnesses say attacked this town’s mayor and a little boy during a rampage with another dog.
Mayor Jim Postier, who is also an animal control officer, was hospitalized Friday after the dogs knocked him over and he hit his head on the asphalt road, authorities said. Postier was flown by medical helicopter to St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he was treated for a cracked skull, his son, also named Jim Postier, said.
The boy who was menaced by the dogs was not injured.
An Arnett woman who was visiting a relative said she and her teenage children were held hostage behind a chain link fence for several hours while the dogs terrorized the area.
Denise Kibbe said a young boy, about 6 or 7 years old, was playing across the street when the dogs started running toward him. The boy tucked his knees under his body and put his hands over his head and sat still.