Posted on 08/12/2013 5:19:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) — A Riverside woman was in serious condition after two pit bulls attacked her Monday.
The attack was reported around 10:50 a.m. while the victim was walking her dog along a sidewalk in the 4000 block of 6th Street in downtown Riverside, according to Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
The dogs reportedly leaped a fence and attacked her, leaving her with bite marks on the right side of her face and also had a gaping wound on her right arm.
A relative to the pit bull owner rushed from the property to pull the older and bigger dog off the victim, officials said.
It was unclear how the dogs got loose, but the bigger dog may have squeezed underneath the wood fence, according to officials.
Emergency responders assisted her and she was taken by ambulance to an area hospital. Her small dog survived the attack.
Animal Services officers responded and impounded the two dogs – both unaltered males – which were later signed over by the owner for humane euthanasia.
Officials said the adult dog did not have a license as required by state law and was not vaccinated for rabies. The dogs will be sent to a county lab for rabies testing.
“This poor woman was just walking down the street and attacked without provocation,” Animal Services Director Robert Miller said. “Her injuries are very serious and our thoughts and prayers go out to her as she recovers from these wounds.”
Miller said that all dog owners must always be cognizant about having proper walls or fences to keep their dogs within their properties.
Well it is gangbangerside, what do you expect them to raise dogs to do?
That’s what my wife claims to have done to a Beagle beyond his electric fence-less limits while walking by with the world’s most friendly Lab one evening.
That just isn't right to have to have a gun on you in your own yard. I never went back to my friend's house unless I called first and they put the German Shepherd in a pen in their bedroom. Where I live now, in the middle of 61 townhomes, no dog is allowed in our common area unless on a leash. There are no large dogs in here, they are all smaller. However, there is a dachshund across the street and that lady is a friend and had that dog outside so I went to talk with her and had my Yorkie and the dachshund started lunging at Prissy and pulling back and lunging again. Prissy got flat on the ground as small as she could get and was trembling. I had to pick her up because she was scared to death. I had never seen her do that. She is afraid of that dog. One of you dog people who know what that was about, tell me.
When I take her to the groomers she is around dogs and has no reaction to them except being friendly.
MOre places are moving toward criminal convictions. Here’s a link re a man charged with murder following the death of a woman mauled by his dogs:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/littlerock-man-to-be-arraigned-in-deadly-pit-bull-mauling/
I’ve seen the way pond scum treat the pit bull breeds. Makes you want to do a little double tap. Not all animals walk on four legs.
Truthfully, after some of the stuff I’ve seen, I’d look the other way if some of these owners got what they deserved....before the authorities arrived.
Dachshunds can be nasty little shiats.
If it’s the owner and not the dog, why are they killing the dogs?
Because we CAN”T kill the owners? Even though that would eliminate more grief down the road.
Yep, it’s amazing how many bad owners own pit bulls.
Not really, considering our society now a days and how the drug, thug culture is promoted by Blacks and Latinos.
My guns are deadly, but they don’t go off on their own.
When pray tell was the last time they were living breathing entities?
It’s mostly just a few breeds. See the table here, a couple screens down.
http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-study-dog-attacks-and-maimings-merritt-clifton.php
Lots of serious anti pit data at the site.
Ok. But my comment was about killing people. I’ve never been afraid my dogs would get out and kill people. I keep reading reports of these dogs finding someone sitting, walking, gardening, napping etc. and killing them. The last was a video of a pit charging across a traffic intersection diagonally corner to corner and viciously attacking a small child walking with her mother. That dog’s attack started before he crossed the street. He took that small child down like prey. He didn’t attack the mother first, he went for the tender young. He wasn’t defending or threatened, he was hunting.
Dogs typically bite and release unless they think you are attacking the homestead. Pits are documented breaking out of houses, cars, fences, muzzles and leashes and then roaming until they find someone to maul/kill. This is not domesticated dog behavior. It’s lion or cougar behavior.
Fortunately our cat at the time was much more maneuverable when our neighbors had two of those belly draggers.
“Pit bulls” cover a lot of sub breeds and mixes and can weigh any where from a petite 30 lbs to a all muscle 80lbs. And there are American Bulldogs that get thrown in too.
You ought to consider the possibility of moving.
Some years ago I had a run in with a renter on my street (the problem house for 20 years) over his two rottweilers getting loose when my daughter was outside in our own yard. I (in my 50s) told the arsehole (about 30 and 30 pounds heavier than I) that I would shoot his dogs if they came after my daughter. He went ballistic of course. So I then told him I would, with my bare hands, rip his head from his shoulders and roll it down the street. I said you have no idea of what a father will do to protect his child. Scared the crap out of him. LOL.
I believe that she could be appropriately trained to leave them alone, but may need more practice/training. Learning about the neighbor kids would likely work well in a short time as she is quite friendly with the household cat and other dogs/people who are in the "greater pack".
She doesn't directly attack them, but a couple of them tease her while she is on the 2D backyard overhead run arrangement.
We own an 85 lb Black Lab/Golden Retriever mix and a pit bull attacked my dog while we were out on a walk one night.
The owner was able to get their dog off of mine, but not before she got bit up and had to have over $1000 worth of vet bills. The owner apologized and paid, but I won’t go past their house with my dog.
Having said that, another dog, a pit bull/terrier mix is my dogs best buddy and they play and get along fine. Some dogs are just nasty and aggressive. No clue why.
My daughter fosters Pitties. She’s had some real sweethearts.
Honestly, I don’t think I would object to being given the opportunity to take a bull whip to some of the monsters that abuse these animals. It’s just sickening to the point of gagging to see what they do.
Cesar is someone who will encourage people to adopt pits to save them from biased perception. Some of those people will be maimed and killed for their kindness. Those who own pits who have not attacked yet, will lord it over others by claiming pits need “special owners” and “not everyone can handle a pit” as if they are simply superior. Some of those will go on to be maimed or killed and the others not yet harmed will throw them under the bus too, claiming they must have been bad owners.
Good news for Cesar. Now owners are beginning to face criminal charges for the maulings and killings. It comes too late for so many who are unable to afford the reconstructive surgery or are missing limbs or have been killed because some people fall for the propaganda out of compassion and others need to feel like they are special owners.
When the medical costs and criminal charges are finally attached to the responsible parties, fewer people will be able to or willing to afford owning a “pet” cougar. They may have to resort to less lethal breeds. Rotties are a distant second in yearly killings and maimings of people in the US so they will probably experience a decline in the pet population. It will be merciful, though. The most donated dog to animal shelters is pits followed by rotties. These animals are usually euthanized. When people realize the hype about unfair characterization of these dogs is just hype, they surrender their dog or let them go in the countryside to form packs that prey on animals and people.
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