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Sheriff says Ga. toddler killed by 7 dogs
Foxnews ^ | March 28, 2013 | AP Story

Posted on 03/29/2013 7:08:22 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot

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To: Rebelbase

I bet you had some type of protective device? A stick, club, a weight on a light chain, etc. Lots of Vets simply refuse to treat some of these dogs to avoid the liability. Sometimes the dogs bite the owner, sometimes they bite the staff—the money is not worth the risk and the multi-thousands of dollars paid out in lawsuits to the owners.


41 posted on 03/29/2013 11:01:52 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Neoliberalnot
The checklist...

1) Large and/or aggressive breed of dog? Pit bull, the most common offender.

2) Running loose, often >1 running loose? Yes, the entire pack had the run of the place.

3) Previous reports of aggressive behavior? They “might have” killed a cat.

4) Unreasonable expectation of passivity from owner, often despite #3 above? Yes. They left an unsupervised toddler in with a pack of pit bulls.

Score = 3 out of 4 or 4 out of 4.

42 posted on 03/29/2013 11:07:18 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: LibertarianLiz

That is bizarre for a Sheltie. Of course, there is always the chance of an aberrant personality problem in any breed. I had a friend who bred and showed Shelties. When I visited her for the first time her 13 full grown dogs came out to greet me. They were intact males and females and I never saw one growl at another or me while I was there.As a stranger I was inundated with kisses, although a few were more aloof than others they too came around after a day.Three slept in bed with me. Beautiful breed.
I had two and they both loved babies. In fact my first thought he was a kid. He wanted to get on the school bus and actually trick-or-treated door to door with the kids. The whole neighborhood knew and loved him. He used to lay on the sofa with his head across the legs of our babies and they learned to walk by getting handfuls of long hair and walking behind him. Never growled or showed teeth to a human in his life.
There can always be a ‘bad’ dog in a breed.My aunt had a bi-polar cocker spaniel. As he got older he would get a crazy look in his eyes and snap at you if you petted him too long.
The trouble with pit bulls is there are so many BYB’s breeding fighting dogs that almost every pit bull alive has a violent ancestor still alive. It’s in the bloodline and I would no more trust a pit bull completely than I would a schizophrenic psychopath who is temporarily calm. And I like dogs more than most people.


43 posted on 03/29/2013 11:34:25 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

A clipboard and 12’ retractable steel tape.


44 posted on 03/29/2013 11:51:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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To: ClearBlueSky
This dog just wasn't as nice as some shelties I had, had up to that point. My first sheltie was very much like the ones you described. My nieces and nephews would come over and she was just fine with them. She dearly loved my late Father (who was not a dog person), and would cuddle next to him whenever he sat on the floor to watch t.v. When she died (liver cancer) he cried, and swore that he would never get that attached to an animal again.

I now have a corgi (first time with this breed), and he is just a sweetie. Loves people, not so much other dogs.

45 posted on 03/29/2013 11:55:32 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: Rebelbase

Not much protection. Guessing you are a big man with a vicious look in your eye.


46 posted on 03/29/2013 11:56:14 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

I’m a dog whisperer.


47 posted on 03/29/2013 12:12:07 PM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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To: Neoliberalnot

I take back two dogs, it was actually 3. The third one was a demon possessed wiener dog.


48 posted on 03/29/2013 12:13:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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To: jttpwalsh

“My roommate grabbed the biggest carving knife in the drawer, ran outside, and promptly sunk it in the canine’s neck.”

DUDE! That’s impressive, good job.


49 posted on 03/29/2013 12:21:20 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: jocon307

Apparently, he had seen someone do it, years ago, and reacted in a heartbeat.


50 posted on 03/29/2013 12:36:34 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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To: Neoliberalnot

Yes, it was. Not sure I would have been so fast, to react, myself. It happened very quickly.


51 posted on 03/29/2013 12:38:40 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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To: wardaddy

“Cesar is a showman honey”

No Cesar Milan is a professional dog trainer honey. Thats what he does. You and I and Mr. and Mrs America and the boyz in the Hood aren’t.

You cannot compare a Pitt Bull to a Shepherd or a Rottie breeds I am totally familiar with.

If we didn’t have them in GA my sister’s next door neighbor would not have had to shoot one last Sat when it came on their property and attacked and killed their kids pet goat. Thank God it didn’t go after the kid who was out in the yard.

17 states already have some kind of Pitt bull ban or regional restriction. Most if not all insurance companies refuse to issue homeowner’s insurance on properties with Pitt Bulls. They simply are not a companion animal. You cannot equate a Pitt to a German Shepherd or a Rottie. Not in a million years.


52 posted on 03/29/2013 3:12:28 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Sorry...can’t agree on this one


53 posted on 03/29/2013 4:34:28 PM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: jttpwalsh

My choice would probably be one of the cast iron pans. Well, I’d like to think that, but in all reality I’d probably just do the horrified screaming thing.

I’m scared of dogs, I’ve liked some dogs I’ve known personally well enough, but pretty much I’m scared of them.

And just to show this fear is not entirely misplaced, I was once bitten (nipped really, pants torn, no broken skin) by a little fuzzy white dog owned by a little old b****, er, lady.

When I pointed out to her that her dog had just bitten me she said: What do you expect, you walked around behind me!

New York , New York, it’s a hell of a town!


54 posted on 03/29/2013 7:27:17 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

FAS?


55 posted on 03/29/2013 7:53:46 PM PDT by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: LibertarianLiz

I have another brother, who has a dog, a wife, and a child. The dog bit the kid when she was a toddler, but the wife/mother loved the dog more than her young daughter, she didn’t tell my brother, for fear he would give the dog away... They are a heck of a couple ;(


56 posted on 03/29/2013 9:19:37 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: jocon307

Just noticed your reply, sorry to be late to the dance. I agree with you - thanks!


57 posted on 04/18/2013 8:24:37 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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