Depends on the cat
Posted on 04/05/2010 8:33:22 PM PDT by Chet 99
Posted: Apr 04, 2010 6:07 PM PDT
SPOKANE, Wash-- A group of kids and parents in north central Spokane were in the middle of an Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon when a couple of pit bulls from down the street got out from behind their fence and charged at them. One of the pit bulls grabbed on to one of the 6-year-old girls, biting her twice on the arm. The parents were able to run at the dogs and scare them back to their yard. The injured girl only suffered some minor bite marks. Parents don't have any idea why the dogs chose to attack the group.
"They came two houses down to get them," said Lindsay Baker, mother of girl bit by dog. "Obviously it wasn't because we were just too close to their house"
According to Baker, this isn't the first time this neighborhood has had an issue with these dogs.
"I believe they've been deemed dangerous before," said Baker. "The litter of puppies that came from those dogs have been given to people around the neighborhood, has actually been put to sleep for being vicious and attacked the neighbor lady this last year, broke her wrist so it's been kind of an ongoing thing with the family of dogs"
Baker called Spokanimal to notify them of the attack. They told her since the dogs were back in the yard they couldn't do anything today, but would call her back tomorrow to see what she would like to happen to the dogs.
Update:
After the story aired on KHQ Local News at 6 the pit bull's owners, Bill and Sharon Grove, contacted KHQ and said they are regretfully and deeply sorry this happened, and that the dogs will be put down.
Correction:
you know a little about YOUR pitbulls and you had better NEVER assume they will interact with strangers as the have with your own family. . . (SO FAR)!!
Sometimes a lucky cat can kill a pit bull. It has to go for the jugular in just the right way.
It’s true. Cat scratch disease can be horrible, as well as many other diseases cat’s carry. Washing them well, and frequently (once to twice a month), cuts down a lot, but cats carry a lot of nasties.
I was raised with animals, and love them, but in general am of the opinion that they need to stay outside, where animals are naturally found!
I had a kitten (she was probably 5 months when this happened, given to me by a coworker. The cat was horribly socialized at about 12 weeks, and was agressive and had already been through about 5 families before I got her (she was cute and passed through 5 in a matter of weeks).
I kept her isolated from my family, because I knew she was dangerous, and attacked everyone in the house who got close, and would actively stalk feet. I got her to the point where she could live outside (well, she could survive outside well enough naturally, I mean to stay near the house), and I would usually leave her out except for some grooming, playing etc.
We often had dogs prowl the neighborhood at night (I didn’t know this because I worked Swing), and I heard dogs barking, closer and closer. My dad told me i had better save the cat, and as I got up to go out, I heard a lot of snarling, barking, growling.
I opened the door just in time to see a tiny kitten hissing and batting, and four dogs, one far in the lead, running and yelping away. I dunno if I scared them, or the cat got them or both, but my fear turned to laughter. It was really a sight to see, I never underestimate an angry cat now.
A cat kept inside is less likely to pick up the nasties in the first place.
My guess is that all four dogs got kitty needles in their noses.
The doctor put me on a very expensive new anit-biotic. It seems cat bites can lead to nasty bone infections as their razor sharp teeth can go deep enough to scratch bone...
It was held for 10 days then euthanized and the corpse sent to the State labs for a necropsy....In that year we had rabies rampant in the county...Including a horse and a cow that contracted rabies...didn't know those kind of animals got rabies...
My hand swelled up to twice its normal size, took all the wrinkles out of my hand....too bad it couldn't do that for my wrinkles on my face...:O)
Any mammal can get rabies. Horse and cow may have been bitten by something like a skunk or raccoon, which would lose its normal aversion to civilization when taken ill with rabies. Bats can carry it too, and occasionally exposure to bat poop can transmit rabies.
Depends on the cat
It’s not the size of the cat in the fight...
it’s the size of the fight in the cat!
Meow?
Wow, gg, spooky! I know that one coastal area of California had a pretty high rabies rate in skunks and bats, one of the highest in the nation, if I remember correctly. I'd be interested to know what state was it where the horse and cow got it? It seems usually in an epidemic, they manage to kill the common carriers (like skunks and bats) before those critters bite and infect domesticated animals.
It was in Lapeer county, Michigan....michigan has lots of rabies outbreads, usually coon or skunk...Had my dog into the vets for an ear problem last week and the notice in the office was there was already one case of a rabid horse...I am not sure but I think grass can also be a vector for rabies in farm animals....the infected animal can pass through a pasture and if chopping on grass and the grazer is near by, and chomps the grass also it can get rabies that way...(not positive but vague memory read that once upon a time) Thats why farmers are encouraged to get rabies shots for all livestock...Mucho deniero in expense if you own a lot......
Thanks for the info! Very educational. I read “Old Yeller” many times at a very young age! Rabies is very scary.
Oh yes!! This wasn’t pit bulls, it was those vicious labs!!! Everyone knows that labs are cranky and attack human beings all the time.
Pit bulls are so sweet and unfairly maligned. Poor babies
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Dogsbite is run by a single individual woman who happens to be a web designer. She has admitted to having mental problems which affect her ability to behave rationally. She was also known as “bitbypit” a full year before her supposed attack. Several people working on dog bite statistics have attempted to contact her with additional information regarding other breeds, but she has refused, even though these additional numbers must be used in order for her “studies” to be anything but a collection of her most hated breed’s handiwork.
Labs are going to be the most common biters in many areas due to their extreme popularity. Pit bulls and labs are tied or competing for the most popular breed in the majority of this country’s larger cities. It is no surprise that they are in the news often, considering they represent close to 60% of the medium to large breed population, not to mention (and this was quoted from a reporter) it just isn’t newsworthy when other dogs bite, even when the injuries are serious.
I do have several links to studies which were created by reputable sources, if you would like to read what they have to say:
www.cdc.gov- Notice that Dogsbite has this study on their site, but they took several quotes out of context to try and make things fit with their agenda. The CDC’s stance on this issue is that owners are ultimately responsible, and the breed of dog is a non-issue.
www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com - This site has a lot of useful information, as well as a book that is completely free to read online. It goes into the dog bite problem as far back as the 1800’s and shows that even bloodhounds were considered dangerous at one time (due to their popularity with the wrong kind of people).
www.atts.org - This is a site with statistics on all breeds tested for unprovoked aggression. You can see where your dog breed rates among all the other breeds, as well as where pit bull-type dogs rate. The scores might surprise you.
www.kcdogblog.com - This site is probably the most comprehensive you will find. Included here are last year’s deaths from dogs, including the breed involved, the care the dog received, the situation causing the attack, and even the income level of the area, which does seem to have something to do with it. There’s also a very enlightening article about Dogsbite and the site’s creator.
By the way, every single organization dedicated to animal welfare (except PETA, which is a group of terrorists that kill thousands more animals than they find homes for and hope to one day rid the world of pets of all kinds, this is not exaggeration) disagree with breed bans and agree with the CDC that irresponsible ownership is the most common cause for all dog attacks.
............Labrador Retriever...............................American Staffordshire Retriever...
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That Lab is like, boy does that other dog have a plug ugly butt.
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