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I hear what you are saying, but truthfully you can't underestimate what any of these type of large powerful breeds of "war dogs" ("Dogs of War" - gotta love it) can do to a human. Rotts were bred by the Romans as truly "Dogs of War" as were other breeds. They are an awesome and wonderful breed.

Again, I love all these powerful breeds but am a realist and I hate irresponsible people that own powerful breeds.

Many times in the news we see reports of two or more pitts or rotts that get a hold of someone, and people do end up dead. Hell of a way to go - often children but just as many adults. Women and children being far more vulnerable to the attack of a "War Dog" as their flesh and bone structure is even more easily torn asunder than that of a battle hardened warrior.

Again - an animal can not be "blamed" one iota. Humans are always in the equation and it always starts with the owner.

I'm all for people owning killer dogs if they want. That's part of freedom - but only if they are willing to be put to death in the same manner if their dog kills someone. Or willing to be equally maimed to whatever level of maiming the animal delivered to an innocent victim. If not - then the rules should state that people can't own one. We correctly have that law for guns. You own a gun, you go out and unjustly murder someone - you should be put to death. Why not the same law for a "gun on four legs?". Thursday, February 28, 2008

Rottweiler Attack Victim: I Could Hear Him Crunching my Bones

Rottweiler Tears Off Woman's Arms and Devours Leg

UK - Mandy Peynado lay face down frozen in terror as a rottweiler began eating her alive. She could feel his teeth crunching into her bones as he chewed her arm off. When he finished with that limb, he started on another. Today Mandy, 48, speaks about her 90-minute nightmare for the first time.

"I didn't scream despite the pain -- because that would have made things worse. I just focused on trying to stay alive throughout it all. I said to myself, ‘I'm not dying today, not here and not in this way'."

Her terrifying ordeal began one morning in December of last year as she worked alone at the kennels. Mandy shudders as she recalls, "I let this dog Diesel out to go to the toilet. Diesel had never shown any signs of aggression before. He was obedient. He would heel or sit when you asked him to. You could pat him and tickle his tummy.

Diesel was apparently used to his morning routine until a "switch-click" occurred. It started by a strong tug on Mandy's sleeve. There was no snarling, no barking, no noise, she said. He had my sleeve and his weight pulled me to the ground. I thought he was playing. But as I struggled to get to my feet he plunged his teeth into my arm.

"He started to really yank it about. I don't know if it was pulled out of the socket but I heard it crunch. It was all done so quietly. I was just trying to stay calm and not scream. I knew no one was around to hear."

She prayed to stay alive until the first customer was due -- one hour and ten minutes later. After the dog tore off her arm, he dragged her 50 yards across the grass. All the other dogs, still locked in their kennels, were barking. Mandy said they were going crazy -- she knew they wanted to help her. That's when Diesel went for her other arm.

He ripped away at her armpit. But the worst of it, she said, was the crack of her bones being crunched. The rottweiler then began dragging her again; out of sight of the office. Mandy knew if help arrived no one would see her. So she hooked her legs round a flowerpot to prevent the dog from dragging her any further. Yet this only made the dog drag her and the flower pot.

A short while later, as he started in on Mandy's leg, he "switch-clicked" back, stopped the attack and padded away. At 9.50am, a customer arrived and saw Mandy's crumpled body lying in a heap. The rottweiler -- who was later put down -- was sitting quietly in a corner at the time. Mandy was taken by air ambulance to nearby Salisbury District Hospital. He left arm was a mangled stump but a top team of surgeons managed to save her right arm.

http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2008/02/rottweiler-attack-victim-i-could-here.html