...just saying... don’t take the potential of ANY dog to cause serious injury for granted......
Death sentence for dog decried
By Nancy Cambria
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/18/2006
ST. CHARLES
To the outrage of area greyhound enthusiasts, a St. Charles municipal judge has ruled that a 7-year-old named Joker is vicious and ordered the dog be put down this week after it attacked its owner’s son last month, inflicting face bites needing 136 stitches.
The order came with the blessing of Joker’s owners, Ryan Williams and Lisa Bommarito, who adopted the dog from the greyhound rescue and adoption placement agency Rescued Racers of St. Ann in February. After the adoption, Joker had, on occasion, growled quietly when he wanted to be left alone, but the pair said they never suspected the dog was dangerous until June 19, when Williams’ 9-year-old son, Dillon, passed by the dog sleeping on the couch and tried to pet his head.
“They had to sew him up in layers because the bite went down to the bone,” Williams said. “We both agreed if the dog bit someone else, we couldn’t live with ourselves.”
Perhaps I should get a digital camera and post pictures of what the typical URBAN pitbull owner looks and acts like. 90% of them are ghetto rats strutting (or being pulled) down the street by their four legged penis extensions, barely under control at the end of a flimsy leash-while people have to cross the street to avoid them.
I have no doubt that they try to make the beasts more “bad ass” by taunting them and other means while home in their “cribs”.
These are where the majority of the attacks originate. They will also inbreed them in order to make money-do you think they go looking for “reputable” breeders when it comes to making money?
Perhaps even people with good intentions end up with these crossbred dogs and thats where the “good dog gone bad” stories come from.
If I'm not mistaken, you're the guy who had the altercation with the black bear a few years back with your dog, and like many here-you can count me in as an admirer.
I don't blame chet99 for the stigma surrounding these incidents,(that belongs to the unresponsible owners) the stories are news after all. And they are far more indicative of a real,physical danger than anything Perez Hilton splurts out.