Posted on 12/10/2007 12:34:33 PM PST by bshomoic
Guide dog owners pit bull terror
A blind man today told how he, his teenage son and his guide dog were attacked by an unleashed pit bull in the centre of Wolverhampton.
Kevin Lloyd was on his way home from work when the dog set upon his four-and-a-half-year-old dog Watson, which was pinned down and left with deep bite marks to his head and eyes. Mr Lloyd, 43, said he and Watson were rescued by staff from a bank as the pit bulls owner looked on from a bus stop.
I cant believe the owner had a dog like this loose, the Birmingham Midshires worker said. If it had been a smaller dog, or even a child, it would have been torn to pieces. I was walking through the city centre with my 19-year-old son Jonathon when the pit bull went straight for Watson.
We tried to drag it off him but it just kept on coming back and pinning him down. It was a really volatile and violent dog.
The owner was in a bus stop drinking beer with his mates. Staff from the Royal Bank of Scotland came to help us.
The attack happened in Princes Street at 1pm on Friday. Mr Lloyd, of Kent Road, Wednesbury, said: The dog bit Jonathon on the arm but luckily it didnt get through his winter coat. He later said it was the scariest thing that had ever happened to him.
Traumas like this can really affect guide dogs and even end their careers. Luckily, Watsons injuries were superficial but he was shaken by the whole thing. We are now looking after him at home.
Mr Lloyds MP, Tom Watson, said today said he was shocked and horrified to hear of the attack and called for immediate action to find the dog involved.
Mr Lloyds dog had teeth marks and cuts around his face, the West Bromwich East MP said. It is a shocking thing to happen to someone in a shopping area, and there should be a full inquiry.
Innocent? Not in this court of law bub.
I don't quite follow.
The Dog owner should be executed, I am not kidding. This is true for all such dog owners.
Judge, Jury, and Executioner my friend. I’m the Dog Whisperer and I just whispered Die Pitbull! Die!
If I throw a tennis ball and my Golden Retriever brings it back to me, it’s because it’s in his nature to fetch tennis balls. I’m sure any Pit Bull owner would agree with that. Why is it any different when a Pit Bull attacks another dog?
This thread has really brought out the FR degeneratives.
You can say that again.
This thread has really brought out the FR degenerate pit bull lovers.
Cue the idiot pit bull lovers.
Cue the ignorant posters about a breed of dog sorely misrepresented by the MSM, and some rather ignorant posters.
Poor, misunderstood Dog of Peace. Boo hoo.
Keep drinking the koolaide the MSM offers you.
MSM pit bull koolaid, LOL!
The fact you think its ‘funny’ is telling.
Kool aid drinkers never understand the concept, as you just displayed conclusively.
Ask a vet about pit bulls. You’ll learn something, and you won’t look as foolish on threads like this one.
It's those pugs you have watch out for. Especially in packs.
(chuckle)
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