Posted on 05/07/2008 7:44:02 AM PDT by Daffynition
VACAVILLE, Calif. - A pit bull escapes a "ruff" situation after being found stuck inside a pickup truck engine on Tuesday. View Images
It happened in the city of Vacaville, about 30 miles west of Sacramento.
The truck's owner said he made the discovery when he went add some power steering fluid to his vehicle. Walter Witthoeft popped the hood and said he saw a pair of eyes staring back at him.
He realized a pit bull had somehow found his way into the truck's engine compartment.
The pooch growled and Witthoeft went and called police. He said the officers who arrived couldn't believe what they were seeing either.
The dog had shredded the engine compartment, in an apparent attempt to chew his way out of his situation. Witthoeft said the pooch had bitten through the wires, vacuum hoses as well as gas lines. He said he suspects the dog got into the engine sometime Monday night and stayed there until the hood was popped.
The dog was safely removed and the truck was taken to the shop.
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Engine compartment “shredded”?
I love pit bulls. They’re just hard to eat in a single meal though.
I quite confidently predict two things here. First is that this thread is going to go to the dogs. Second that somewhere somehow PETA will get involved.
I love the look on the dog’s face
“What the damn hell took you so long!”
He is a handsome little guy though.
Poor dog! I’m glad it got out okay.
Carolyn
LOL, that’s the saddest look I’ve ever seen on a dog’s face.
Why do reporters use such stupid titles? There is no way the pooch was IN the engine.
That must be one of them SUV’s, for I have an economy car, and it has only a squirrel under the hood!
because jounalists are among the stupidest forms of humanity
Well, I should know. My older sister is a reporter for the San Antonio Express.
My sincerest sympathies...and I see you are stuck in Austin too...oh my! Poor dear, you really are in a bad spot. I am forced to go to SA every day to work, but I head straight for the Hill Country afterwards.
I bet a cat was involved.
= Thit cho
I commute into Austin and also live in the Hill Country on Lake Travis. Our community is very Conservative. It’s our little piece of Heaven in the blue cancer county.
One winter day, a neighbors cat decided the engine compartment of my pickup was just too comfy to resist. I had to go run an errand and when I cranked the engine, all hell broke loose. I then saw the neighbors cat running away leaving a trail of hair. When I got out of the truck, hair was all over the ground. Fortunately, the cat was ok. The fan blades really removed a lot of hair but no bones were broken and there were no cuts, just abrasions.
RDO ping
I once found a chihuahua in the glovebox.
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