Posted on 02/15/2010 8:43:10 PM PST by Chet 99
By Amanda Hara
MANCHESTER, Tenn. - A girl survived a close call when a pit bull attacked her. It happened five days ago in Manchester, but Kalin Gurdak's wounds are still very visible.
"They said that pit bulls usually attack the throat, and if he would have got her by the throat then it would have been over with," said mother Brandy Gurdak.
Police said the dog likely bit the 4-year-old three different times. It took 58 stitches to close the wounds.
Brandy said her now ex-boyfriend brought the dog home and asked to watch it for a friend.
She said the dog seemed calm, but snapped when Kalin kissed it on the forehead last week.
The ex boyfriend, Greg Dixon, was charged for lying to police about what happened. He was also charged with reckless endangerment for violating city ordinances and keeping the dog inside the apartment.
"I don't place the blame on him. It was both of our faults for having the dog in there, and now she's the one having to suffer from it," said Brandy.
The dog has since been euthanized, but Kalin may need plastic surgery in the future.
Do you know ANYTHING about dogs? Have you ever even owned one? Are you so stupid as to think that ONLY pit bulls bite people? Go ahead, talk to any ER nurse or doctor and ask them how many dog bites they see every month and ask how many were small dogs and how many were pit bulls. I dare you. You will find that most bites occur when a stranger tries to touch a dog.
P.S. Look at dog bite statistics. When German Shepherds were the popular “tough dog”, there were more serious bites by them than any other dog. When Doberman Pincers were the popular tough dog, there were more serious bites by them than any other. And now for the last 20 years, the pit bull has been the tough dog to have and guess what, the more popular they are, the more people are bitten.
And a Chihuahua would probably bite you. Small dogs are much more likely to bite.
Responsible for about 60% of Killing and Maulings,,,
Not simple bites,,,
The bills for this little girl will be in the thousands
before she is fixed up,,,
Guess who gets to pay the Bill...?...
Fine. Here’s some dog bite statistics.....
http://www.washingtoninjuryattorneyblog.com/2009/08/2009_pit_bull_dog_bite_statist_1.html
http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2009/08/mid-year-results-us-pit-bull-attacks.html
http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html
“According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:
If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed—and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.”
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If all dogs are created equal, then pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes must comprise about 70% of the dogs owned in this country. Where are they then? Because I don’t notice that more than 2 out or every 3 dogs I see are those breeds.
Typical anything defender tactics, exaggeration and misrepresentation.
Nobody is saying that ONLY pits attack or bite people or that ONLY pits are capable of inflicting serious injury. Just that they do it disproportionately to their numbers and injure people much more severely that other breeds.
There’s a big difference between a dog which may nip at someone out of fright and a dog which shreds people or other animals and has to be beaten off.
Yes, both are technically bites, but they are not the same category at all.
So you are saying that aggressive dogs tend to bite more? Whodathunkit? You must be Captain Obvious incognito.
Now, go to the CDC website and look back 20 and 30 years and you will find that the dogs that had the most sever bites were the most popular aggressive breeds.
2,000 children are killed every year by their parents, through abuse and neglect (A child is 800 times more likely to be killed by their adult caretaker than by a “Pit Bull”)
I wonder what the stats would look like if every child lived with a pit bull.
I suppose if you change the facts the statistics would change too.
I just checked dog attacks on google
a few entries....rotts, shepherds, mongrels and yes a pitbull attack in Indianapolis
there was the boy samurai story saving his shepherd-pit mix from the lion or whatever
Chet only posts pitbull attacks..other dog attacks don’t measure up
no doubt some pits will bite yer ass and can kill old folks and children but so can quite a few other breeds
given who often owns them (gangsta dog fighters and cracker dog fighters) and that now they are a problem in urban areas when before back when blacks were afraid of dogs more so...yes call me racist but Bull Conner memories linger trust me....it was more rare.
I do think the terrier in pits make them more dicey...I will give Chet that....I do not own one but I do own a Bulldog Matiff mix called a Scott Southern Bulldog...folks would love to fight them too I fear* and I’ve owned a dozen large guard breeds....they are all dangerous potentially...and if Chet gets his way even if unintended they will all be banned except for police and museums or forced nut cutting...so I oppose Selective Breed bans...but on the other hand...dense urban areas might have a need to shoot ghetto pits unleashed nor rural area the same if livestock killed though Chet’s postings notwithstanding pits are more likely to kill other pets
* pits used for fighting tend to be smallish and rangy with more stamina...these squatty, big headed fat monsters are just for show
** I like pits well enough but I was hesitant with small children and cats...although I know some that do fine...my wife laid down the love law....easy choice...sides our Scott “Bedford”...named after guess who..lol..is a peach...a big black one
*** I’m over at Winstead Hill park the other day walking said Bully and a dude in a volvo gets out with 4 peekapoos all off leash hopping around...I had my boy on a lead and he was heeling great for his first real atempt...incredible really but I though what if it was some farmboy with his pit off leash...then what insatead of me...that peek owner woulda had a sad day and it woulda been his irresponsibilty too?
just like smallish men are more likely to be giant killers when they drink
I’m 6’5” ...I know
most dangerous thing in a child’s life is a live in boyfriend
mommies should think about dat
1 out of every 37 people in the U. S. is a convicted felon
there are a half million registered sex offenders, many whose whereabouts are unknown…
50 people every DAY are murdered (humans are certainly a dangerous animal)
cocker spaniels don’t kill people.
Percentages show a more accurate picture.
Every child has a caretaker. Not every child lives with one or two pit bulls.
I also couldn’t help but wonder what the stats would look like if you took the mother’s boyfriend out of the mix.
Dogsbite.org is a hate site that was made by a woman who has admitted to having mental problems that affect her ability to make rational judgments. She was also known by the moniker “bitbypit” a full year before she was supposedly attacked. She builds websites for a living, and if you try to post any information on her site that doesn’t fit with her agenda, you can be sure it will disappear and you will be banned from the site. She also charges money to send messages, which I don’t think should qualify her for non-profit status. Another thing, the reputable studies on her site actually go against what she’s trying to accomplish, but she took several quotes out of context and regularly uses them to make the studies look like they prove her points. Very shady, crazy woman. She has also been involved in a lawsuit because she is so hateful that she regularly writes nasty and totally false things about professionals that use pit bulls for education and assistance.
The Merritt-Clifton study has been debunked by other experts as completely useless. The man who conducted this study left out a large percentage of attacks, and for the record, is not a biologist, dog behaviorist, or anything that could possibly give him status as a reputable source. He is the editor of a dog magazine. What’s worse, in his “study”, he describes pit bulls as having “customarily” docked tails, which is absolutely wrong, glaringly so. Some will crop the ears, but the tails remain. I do believe this man was mixing up his breeds, and for someone who works on a dog magazine, that’s pretty sad, IMO.
Here are some reputable studies if you are interested:
www.cdc.gov - There is a study on here that is decades-long, not the 2005-2006 one. It does have a table of breeds responsible for human fatalities, which is what people like the dogsbite woman use out of context, but if you actually read the study in its entirety, you will see that they put owner irresponsibility as the number one cause for dog attacks.
www.atts.org - This site is for the results of tests on unprovoked aggression. You can see where dogs of your preferred breed rank against the average, as well as pit bull-types, which score consistently better than many “friendly” breeds.
www.chako.org - This site is a wealth of information regarding responsible dog ownership, as well as a section for attacks by dogs that may get overlooked by the national media circuits.
www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com - This site has a book that is free to read and has comprehensive information from a century ago to today regarding the dog bite issue, including information about the public’s view of the first documented “thug” dog, the bloodhound. This breed was viewed much like the pit bull is today, only in the 1800’s after it became popular with people that shouldn’t have owned it.
www.kcdogblog.com - This site lists all the dog bite fatalities from last year, including details that were left out of media reports, like the situation surrounding the attack, the poverty level of the area in which the attack took place, and the breed of dog as described by both the media and (when available) the animal control officers.
“If all dogs are created equal, then pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes must comprise about 70% of the dogs owned in this country. Where are they then? Because I don’t notice that more than 2 out or every 3 dogs I see are those breeds.”
Actually, pit bull-type dogs are the majority of medium to large breeds right now. Some estimates put them at ten million strong, and the total pop. of all breeds is about 76 million. They outnumber every other breed in shelters, they are in papers, on craigslist, and at Wal-Mart for $20 or free, as they are saturating the dog market. Back when german shepherds were the most popular breed, they were also in the news all the time and represented the majority for serious attacks. German shepherds make excellent pets, but like pit bulls, need a strong-minded owner that is willing to put in the effort for socialization, training, and exercise, as well as keeping the dog safely contained. Responsible ownership is the key to preventing dog attacks.
your intentions are well explained and intended but pits are already regulated in many places and outright banned
if this trend continues eventually all guard type dogs will get the same treatment
in some jurisdictions they already are...Rotts and Dogos seem to alwasy be up there on the list...most Molassers
it’s a slippery slope just like there were once just smoking sections and once homosexuals just wanted to be free to practice sex in their bedrooms and once it was only about regulating Thompson submachine guns or just giving blacks the right to vote.....compasssion for illegals becomes amnesty for 30 million to give the Dems a lock’’’.now look where all that went
Every decent intention that involved restricting freedom gets out of hand given the weak metality of many in America today
maybe there is something...I’m just not sure what it is
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