Maybe she's a Portuguese Pit Podengo Medio.
Posted on 06/18/2009 9:12:11 PM PDT by Chet 99
Pitbull attacks owner 24 hours after adoption
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 18, 2009 8:52 PM PDT
COEUR D'ALENE -- A pitbull adopted from the Kootenai Humane Society attacked its new owner a day after it was adopted and then got away when police tried to corral the animal.
During the attack the victim, Kip Legaard, called 9-1-1 and when police officers arrived and tried to taser the dog it ran away. Legaard, who lost nearly two pints of blood in the attack is now angry because he had been told by the Humane Society the pit bull could be a family dog.
Kip Legaard adopted the pitbull named Mojo on Friday. He says the humane society told him the dog was nice.
"The lady's like he's so sweet, so sweet, so sweet," Kip said.
On Saturday Kip says that out of nowhere the dog suddenly lunged at him.
"All of a sudden BOOM the dog had my arm," he said. "It felt like someone put my arm in a hydraulic press."
Legaard's arm was bleeding and then the dog attacked again. He managed to free himself and run inside into the bathroom. Bleeding from his wounds Legaard called 9-1-1 and then waited until the dog went downstairs before he bolted from his house into a waiting ambulance.
"The dog followed me out to the ambulance ... the guys are like run, run," he said.
Now, as his wounds heal Legaard still can't believe what happened and he can't believe the Kootenai Humane Society let someone adopt that dog.
"I think they should do way more assessment on the animals behavior before they adopt it out," Kip said.
Eric Hess is the behavioral specialist for the Kootenai Humane Society and he did assess Mojo prior to adoption. Hess says the behavior assessment is 15 pages long and the pitbull passed it.
Before any dog goes out Hess analyzes the dog, how do they act when they're fed, when they're played with, walked, how do they react to children and how do they react to strangers. Mojo passed every scenario Hess threw at him.
"If I wasn't confident in adopting the dog out he wouldn't have passed his behavioral analysis in the beginning," Hess said.
Hess added that Legaard did lie on his application form to adopt the dog. Legaard said he didn't have other dogs in the house when in fact he does. Those other animals, the Humane Society says, could've triggered the attack.
Mojo, meanwhile, remains on the loose.
Me too.
Maybe Mr “I don’t have any other dogs” was wanting something with a little more “thug appeal”.
Maybe she's a Portuguese Pit Podengo Medio.
Looks like a kangaroo.
Looks like a kangaroo.
I’m a huge animal lover but I have to say this... that “breed” needs to be exterminated. They are dangerous, unpredictable and their jaws are lethal.
They are banned in Miami. I believe first they required a large insurance policy to own one, then a couple of years later they were banned.
When I was a kid, we had a terrific dog who was half border collie and half standard chihuahua (he looked like a short-legged border collie). We had him from the day he was born so I know he was never abused... and he would go freakin’ INSANE if a man with a hat came on the property. God knows what he thought the hat was. I’m just glad he wasn’t a pit bull.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNP5o1qSRrg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mef5uvKP_4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKFljHZqvok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5cW2cVnSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSwIJcJognc
You want to take this chance? Watch these dogs, that is not normal for dogs. Rottweilers have been known to do the same. Neither are a good choice for a pet in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXiO_duXa5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D11pPlSngsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtu24Gh0_VY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxbOBMPlJKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA0uonRlo9E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwvAkOgg8DY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC7BDrVJtDY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGzgYzZ9NQA&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnjauGLGhz8&feature=related
I could post hundreds more. Point made.
Good point but this may be one case where LOCAL government, NOT THE FEDERAL government should regulate these dangerous dogs. There are plenty of breeds and mixed breeds that make wonderful, loving pets. I don’t think Pits fall into that category.
Those are the operative words.
Just because YOU don't think we should have pitbulls, guns, voting rights, etc., that means we shouldn't have them, right?
I would have run, too; but not to the bathroom.
Bathroom is the only room in the house that DOESN'T have a gun...too much humidity.
How come I don’t see more Irish wolfhounds when I’m over there? I believe I’ve seen two each on different occasions, and I visit every year.
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