Posted on 06/16/2010 10:11:04 PM PDT by Chet 99
Posted: 06/16/2010 Last Updated: 1 hour and 13 minutes ago
By: Erik Waxler LAKELAND, Fla. - Tiger is taking it easy, spending the day in bed lying down. His owner Vivian Rovelo says this pit bull doesn't even have the energy to go outside.
"He didn't eat yesterday," she said.
Vivian says normally the dog is very active.
"Yes. Running, playing, you can't imagine. He's a very excited dog."
Tiger needs his rest a day after surviving an alligator attack at Lake Hunter just south of downtown Lakeland.
The dog was going for a walk around the lake, as he often does with Vivan's husband Oscar. With soaring temperatures, Tiger needed a water break.
"He was going to the lake, because it was hot. And the alligator attacked. The alligator wanted to take him," said Rovelo.
Tiger fought back and got out of the alligator's grip. Then Vivian's husband pulled him to safety with the leash.
"He said, oh! Tiger, Tiger! And he pulled him out and the alligator was gone," she said.
There are plenty battle scars, scrapes and scratches all over Tiger's body. But it appears he may have hurt the gator too. One of Tiger's teeth is cut in half.
And while there are alligator warning signs around the lake, Vivian says more are needed. "Let me tell you, you have to be careful in the lakes, everybody. Everybody walks over there, with dogs, with kids."
Florida Fish and Wildlife officials don't advise pets to swim, exercise, or drink near places alligators call home.
Vivan hopes Tiger is up and around and back to his old self soon. In the meantime, she's giving him love, and the run of a big comfy bed.
One tough doggy
Pit Bull attacked? Aha! The shoe is on the other paw...
Coulda gone either way, that one.
Anything that goes into a lake in Lakeland becomes gator bait.
Damn Chet....how are you taking the Pitbull surviving and all?
well I hope..
Move over little dog, a big bad dog is moving in.
When I lived in swamp territory, they always said that a gator would walk a mile to eat a dog. lol How can anyone in gator country NOT know that? Transplant from the north probably.
I saw this article this morning and immediately thought of you :-)
I doubt that a pit bull would win a fight with a grown gator, ex specially if the gator gets the pit bill in the water.
Gators really love dog meat.
Alligator hide makes great boots....beyond me why they let them live with people..
Sure he was. I bet the nasty tempered mutt challenged the gator and suddenly the shoe was on the other foot.
And while there are alligator warning signs around the lake, Vivian says more are needed.Yeah, I blame the dearth of signs too. It's the sign guy's fault.
I sense an abrogation of responsibility here!
Maybe there should be people hired to smack folks upside the head. Expecting people to read and pay attention to signs just isn’t enough!
Here’s another one that’s up your alley:
‘Dangerous’ Shih Tzu Faces Death
Ordinance Says Dog That Attacked Boy Must Be Put Down
http://www.news4jax.com/news/23936689/detail.html
Wacky ordinance classifies any dog that bites “above the neck” under any circumstances as dangerous, with an automatic death sentence. Reading the story, it seems the fact that the victim is the son of a woman who works for the judge may have a lot to do with the decision to enforce in this case. But I love the poster on the comment thread who pointed out: “I suppose that it would be OK if the mutt ripped the genitals off the person that wrote the law. The writer might reconsider where the line is to be drawn.”
These are all direct statements from the shelter director:
- Pit bulls are responsible for about half of the dogs taken in by the shelter and most are put down. Chihuahuas are also problematic.
- The pit bull has genetic tendencies that make it particularly troublesome. A dog that has been a family pet for ten years will all of a sudden turn and maul the wife (he used the example of “wife”).
- Pit bulls have 2500 lbs per square inch of jaw pressure. Their jaws are incredible biting machines of muscle and tendon. By comparison, a German Sheppard has 1500 pounds per square inch of bite pressure.
- He has seen a few nice pit bulls but he will not let people adopt them. Is the only breed they do not place.
Does this information jive with what the pit bull fans on here know about pit bulls. Does it sound like the shelter direction knows what he is talking about?
I understand the gator and the pit bull have the same biting force per square inch.
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