Posted on 04/14/2013 2:35:22 PM PDT by redreno
RENO, Nev. -- Shots rang out in a Stead neighborhood early Sunday afternoon after two pit bulls attacked a jogger and his dog.
It happened on Rising Sun Drive. Police say the man lives in the area and was jogging in a residential area when the pit bulls attacked.
"Two loose, unrestrained pit bulls attacked his dog and when he tried to separate the pit bulls and his dog, the pit bulls attacked him," said Sgt. Joe Lever of the Reno Police Department. "He was jogging with a concealed firearm which he has a permit for. He discharged the firearm twice, striking one dog who died instantly. We followed a blood trail and found the other in a backyard with a through-and-through wound."
Police say the dog was standing when they found it and was rushed to a nearby animal hospital.
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Gee. How did I guess that before reading the article?
Every dog should have a job, IMO, even if it's to keep a lonely old lady company, which is indeed a very important job. The obnoxious miniature poodles my great aunties all had, may not have had the romantic job that my dad's cow dogs did, but they DID have jobs and I came to appreciate those yappy little dogs them once I got to thinking of them that way!
If I was ever going to get a dog, its "job" would be companion, guard/alarm, and exercise partner! I think it would be a Dobie, a large Standard poodle, or a German Shepherd.
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