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.
One of their owners will probably flame me for saying this, but I think they are totally ugly. When the lady said she was going to get a dog, had no idea she would get that ugly thing. I was in her house a few days ago and the dog was all over me on the couch - he owned that place and paid no attention to the lady owner.
The lady doesn't have a strong personality at all and she would tell the dog to get down and he ignored her. If he had been my dog, I would have dragged him off the visitor and he would not have gotten up there again.
The problem is not that the populace needs to be educated about these dogs. THe problem is that as people become educated about these dogs, they no longer want to accept the medical, legal, and lethal aspects of pit bulls.
When you can prove that the documented deaths and maimings are not happening, that pit bulls are not actually leading the dogbite death toll, then you’d really have something to share. I care about deaths/dismemberments and you care about public relations.
As one who walks their dog and has been attacked 6 times in 6 years by various breeds, I walk with a 5 foot pole with a trident fish spear at the end of it(good for dogs, rattlesnakes, whatever), bear pepper spray, and a small but powerful taser. I carefully choose my routes and time of day for walks. You don’t have to be afraid or start banning EVERYTHING you fear(in my case;drunks, ‘bangers, cornered rattlesnakes, aggressive coyotes, ALL loose dogs..) but one should be smart and be in control of their environment as much as possible. Unfortunately there are risks out there, have been and always will be. If I had my druthers in this stupid state(CA)I would be carrying.
It’s the direct attacks (documented and on video) that I’ve seen so much with this breed.
I think we agree that dogs with children need to be monitored and that some dogs must not be allowed to mix with children.
But video after video, documented accounts all point to pits sport killing. The dogs we had did posses guarding behaviors and defensive aggression. They did not hunt people or pets to kill for sport.
I’ve never had a dog who behaved like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo8z_MO8_SA
It’s like watching a lion single out the baby zebra. I keep seeing this kind of thing with pits. People attacked in houses that the dogs break into (force locked screen doors) or walking down the street. Is it ok to own a screen door or walk down the street? So many accounts of these dogs jumping fences and breaking out of enclosures TO ATTACK and maim someone or their pets. It’s not normal behavior.
Published on Jun 15, 2013
02/Jun/13: Sydney, Australia - The attack was so bad you could see his heart. There has now being a call on an upgrade on dangerous dog breeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJGcHuX_4ko
“Owning” a Wolf/mix can also be a real problem (based on talking to owners/”dogs” out on the trails in Canada parks).
Yes. I think the reason we don’t see more stats on them is that people deny they are wolfs (often 100%) and that he population is still small.
Pits are about 6% of the pet dog population but are responsible for about 65% of the killings in the US.
I’ve seen pictures of pit bulls that have been bred to have the coloration of rotties. There was an account of a rottie that went on a rampage on a bus that sounded like pit bull level injuries and some people suspiciously noted that the attacking rottie was said to be an adult weighing 40lbs. How many adult rotties weighing 40lbs are there? At the time, it was theorized that the dog was a pit bull with Rottie coloration> That’s why they are breeding the colors that way - to pass as other breeds. Pit bull owners freely lie about the breed of their dog and chide inquirers for not knowing the breed. I’ve seen an obvious pit bull dressed up in baby clothes with a baby pacifier and a pink bonnet. All this faking and lying etc. makes me wonder just how high the pit bull toll really is? Also, a rottweiler is so much bigger yet the pit bull kills more. I think the numbers are worse than they look. People cross pits with other breeds to pass them off as those other breeds when they need to. And all those pits released into the undeveloped areas are breeding freely as well.
And then there is the pitweiler. These are intentional crosses of pit bulls with rottweilers. I imagine that when the blood hits the wall, the owner claims this one is a rottwieler to avoid “Stigmatizing” the pit bull:
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/p/pitweiler.htm
Sadly there are some animals that have just been ruined and there are very very few people who have the time and resources to rehabilitate them. So that leaves euthanasia as the only realistic answer, especially if the have attacked someone. There are a lot of people on this site that want every pit killed and the breed eliminated, but it’s only some people that have destroyed a number of these animals, not the entire breed.
Pit Bulls require discipline, attention and affection. I’ve always advocated responsible ownership. I’ll wager 99.9% of the sensationalized stories in the newspapers(and here) were dogs raised out of negligence and the wrong situation and owner. I can’t provide stats for that, but I will say this, if those animals belonged to me, you never would have heard about them.
No rabies vaccination, not altered. The owner should be castrated if not put down.
And an example of a pit bull with rottie coloring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am2_Hv4hV4c
Every pit bull owner says the same thing. They are good owners and others are bad owners.
What I know is that the theoretical condition where only those mythical “good” owners will own all the pits has never and will never happen. The blood shed will continue until people are held responsible for their dogs and required to keep a special license and specialized enclosures up to code etc. I don’t care who thinks that it won’t happen to them.
But no one will put down owners. The dogs will continue to kill and maim at unacceptable levels unless they are kept in specialized enclosures with people who are required to maintain specialized exotic animal permits including medical treatments and sufficient hazardous animal insurance.
There is no place in a civilized society for a breed of dog that must be handled with 100% accuracy or else it will kill. If you don’t neuter your beagle and don’t keep it’s vaccination shots up to date, how likely is it to kill if it gets out? I am not saying it can’t, I am pointing to statistics that detail one person in the US being killed every 13 days in the US by pit bulls. The absence of the neutering and vaccinations is a second though important issue.
One of my roommate’s friends brings her BIG pitties by occasionally.
One could not ask for nicer dogs.
Amazing how much more mellow they are when you don’t crop their ears, lop their tails, beat them, make them kill or be killed and just treat them humanely!
When a pit bull attacks the story is always the same. “he was so gentle and never bit anyone. I can’t believe he attacked for no reason.”
Recently a local two year old was killed by a pit bull. The owners and a man all trying to get the dog off the girl, unsuccesfully. The family couldn’t believe the dog turned vicious.
My neighbors dog was attacked three weeks ago. He survived, barely. The little dogs owner was punching the pit bull. The pitbull owner was yelling stop and the fireman next door was kicking the $hit out of the dog. It finally let go. Initially thought the victim dog was dead but he has survived but it was touch and go for a week.
Oh, and the police didn’t charge the owner of the pit bull because.....he lives next door to our corrupt police chief. This dog has killed cats, attacked four dogs and lunged at the throat of an elderly neighbor.
As I write this I cannot believe nothing has been done. It is only a matter of time before that pit bull kills someone here.
I believe you are right. I fear the dog will kill someone.
sarc/ What we really need right now is for someone to post a picture of a pit bull licking a child’s face. That always helps. /sarc
What’s amazing to me are the well treated pits who kill their owners or family members.
Here’s a stat you can put in your pipe and smoke. In thirty+ years, not one of my pits has ever shown an inkling of aggression toward another animal or human. Heck... my two pits and I just got inside from watching the chickens peck and scratch right before they roosted when I noticed this thread.
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