With all due respect, I have some doubts about this one. Pit bulls are tenacious (they’re terriers), and generally require the use of a breaking stick when they attack. Consequently, pit bull attacks, though nowhere near as frequent as other types of dog bites, are generally far more serious in nature. A parent “scaring off” a pit bull is highly unlikely, IMO, so I think it was more likely a cranky labrador or some other type of dog - as yourself, is a labrador attack news? I know a little about pitties, as I have had two of them for more than 15 years now, and have one sleeping with my kids in the next room.
Go to the news site and look at the movie, that doesn’t look a lot like a Labrador in the Spokanimal cage.
That noted, that bite looks like a mere nip, as dog assaults go. An obvious question is why didn’t the neighbor keep the dogs tied or fenced in?
I call bull (pitt?), can you provide me with any references that state that pitt bulls are NOT responsible for most dog bites, or provide me with a study that says which dogs you claim bite more often? Because according to EVERY source I’ve ever seen, pitt bulls are responsible for most dog bites in the U.S.
http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-statistics.htm
http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html
http://www.dog-bite-law-center.com/pgs/stats.html
have had two of them for more than 15 years now, and have one sleeping with my kids in the next room
you must be out of your mind......I wouldn’t trust a pit bull with my pet Grizzly Bear......pit bulls eat kids....good luck with yours.....you can always whine and say “they were such gentle animals, how could I have known that they were vicious”....make sure to cry, the jury will be overwhelmed.
I got bit in the leg by a pit bull. Two were running loose when my pregnant wife and I were out for a stroll. They came over towards us wagging their tails then one decided to chomp me while the other snarled and started barking. I got one punch in and those dogs went running. I chased the pieces of crap for a block and a half hoping they would have turned to fight. I would have killed them with my bare hands.
What??? Are you in denial, because you own two of these unpredictable devil monsters? These dogs ought to be allowed!!!
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)!!
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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You are either ignorant, or you failed to check out the statistics first before you hit the post button. The statistics show that over 63% of all dog bites and attacks come from Pitt bulls. Second place goes to Rottweilers at 16%. The rest are distributed among the other breeds and mixed breeds. The LEAST likely kind of dog to attack or bite a human is one of a mixed breed.