What does recent pit bull mauling of girl mean? (graphic photo)

Reading eagle ^ | September 28, 2007 | By Susan Miers Smith

[BJungNan]

Photo by Ryan McFadden: Reading Eagle Erin Dickinson, 7, was mauled by a pit bull May 24 near her south Reading home.

I'm sure you have read the accounts of how a 7-year-old girl, above, was attacked by two dogs near her home on the south side of Reading.

[miliantnutcase]

lmao! Looks like every pit-bull owner I’ve ever seen. They only have the dogs to protect their meth labs.

[Redcloak]

Why do the pit bulls hate her?

</sarcasm> 

[Lurker]

Right now I share my home with a Chinese Pug and a Papillon. In the last 20 years I've owned 2 Cocker Spaniels, a Golden Retriever, a German Shepherd/Malamute mix, an American Bulldog, and an American Bull Terrier.

And that's just a short list of the canine companions I've had. If I toss in the various breeds of cats, rabbits, birds, lizards, and arachnids I've kept I guess most folks would think my appearance must be a combination of Lon Cheney, Peter Lorre, and Marty Feldman.

But I ain't quite that pretty....

There are no dangerous breeds of dogs. There are only dangerous breeds of people.

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[Tainan]

Is than an old Sionics(or “Sionics type”) hacked on that?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> There are no dangerous breeds of dogs. There are only dangerous breeds of people.

I guess I could *almost* agree with that: I would say that there are definitely individual dogs that have been bred to be dangerous, and then have been “trained” to have these genetic traits brought to the forefront.

And that these dogs tend to be labeled as “Pit Bulls” — when in fact they are not bred to any particular breed standard at all: just a mungrel muttly collection of bad genetics, where you could find a fair ol’ mix of any DNA you went looking for in the deepest cesspits of the canine gene pool. Where a responsible breeder would cull such misfits from the litter, there are mungrel breeders who will actually emphasize the undesirable traits, ultimately breeding, thru enough generations, a dog that is untrainable and probably psychotic and sociopathic.

I don’t think any sentient human being could possibly disagree with that observation.

Such dogs have very little opportunity or scope for adjusting to “normal” pack behaviors, and the kindest thing to do for these mungrel mutts is to euthanize humanely. This, naturally, can be easier said than done...

I have suggested (in jest) a flame-thrower: on reflection I guess I’m only half-kidding. Some of these dogs would be too jolly dangerous to approach with a needle. A firearm may not kill humanely, or on first-shot — so now, instead of having a merely-dangerous-and-psychotic dog to cope with, you have a wounded one as well, who is now very, very angry and very motivated to inflict injury in like manner, with a very hi pain thresh-hold and a drive to fight to its last breath (this is what it has, after all, been bred to do) despite horrific injuries...

Yes, dangerous, bad people make these dogs what they are. Generally, the fault lies with people.

[Eaker]

Its not my weapon and I have no idea.

It was fun to shoot with 9mm subsonic rounds. Really quiet!

[cowboyway]

Please apologize to me!

It was a butthead comment and I will not apologize for stating the obvious.

[A knight without armor]

Your comment reminds me of...me. I had this little dog and we looked very different but were inseparable. One day I was at a friend’s talking about her and the friend said, “Oh you two are twins just like Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger!!” (in the movie Twins). So true!!!!

[rawhide]

I'm telling you again that you misunderstood my comments. But in spite of that, you have no right to disparage me by calling me a 'butthead'.

So for a second time in this thread, I am kindly asking you to apologize, and in the future, I instruct you to not disparage me or anyone else on this forum?
I await your apology! I'm serious. Thank you.