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Pit bull mauls owner to death
KRQE.COM ^ | 13 DECEMBER 2013 | KRQE.COM

Posted on 12/14/2013 5:38:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

JARALES, N.M. (KRQE) - A pit bull attacked and killed the woman who owned it at her home in Jarales Friday afternoon.

The Valencia County Sheriff's Office reports the 41-year-old woman had 12 dogs and was in a pen breaking ice in a water dish. Something set the pit bull off, and it mauled her.

When the woman's son came home and found her body, he shot and killed thedog.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: breedofpeace; chet99; doggieping; pitbull; pitbulls
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To: JSDude1

exactly. i and a few family members have pits. they are btwn 5 and 8 now. .any and all who visit us fall in love with them.
just dont have them around cats or small rodents.


61 posted on 12/15/2013 2:26:43 AM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: JSDude1

No, they don’t all do that.


62 posted on 12/15/2013 4:14:13 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Occam’s razor.


63 posted on 12/15/2013 4:15:18 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: theneanderthal

Dogs aren’t any smarter than pigs.


64 posted on 12/15/2013 4:50:19 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: basil
Maybe her problem was having 12 dogs?

Hopefully sarcasm - Pit Bulls need to be tightly controlled if not bred out of existence as they are. Nature vs. Nurture folks ignore the Nature which makes them the danger they are. They can seem perfectly tame and loving and then be feasting on your carotid artery spurts.

65 posted on 12/15/2013 5:09:35 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Veto!
I’ve heard that they started out being nice enough dogs.

Well, you 'heard' wrong. Read up on the history of the breed some time. They were bred to be hunter killers from the very start. People who attempt to make pets out of them are putting theirs and others lives at risk.

66 posted on 12/15/2013 8:20:24 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: ransomnote

If she was rescuing them, it’s very possible that they had previously been abused, and may have been raised to fight.


67 posted on 12/15/2013 8:49:23 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Every dog I have had has barked at both pets and sometimes people walking down the street, even non pit bulls (we also have a long haired retriever, and have had a beagle mix, as well as a cocker-lab mix) and the have all done this..

It would be a strange dog indeed that DOES NOT bark at pet and people walkers ;).


68 posted on 12/15/2013 10:03:54 AM PST by JSDude1 (Defeat Hagan, elect a Constutional Conservative: Dr. Greg Brannon!)
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To: trisham

I’ve read too many accounts of pit bulls raised by normal people “snap” and kill their owners or someone else to place much hope that this dog’s behavior can be explained away by abuse. It isn’t known if she was rescuing them or not. Pit bulls are commonly given up (shelters or the street, where they become someone else’s problem) when their owners discover alarming levels of aggression in their adorable dog they raised from a puppy.


69 posted on 12/15/2013 11:35:36 AM PST by ransomnote
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To: Ramius
I used the words attack their owner, not bite. I was very specific in my wording. I met a tow truck driver who had a Chow, raised from a puppy, viciously attack him at a party he was hosting. The dog literally ripped his face off - tearing skin and muscle up over his head. The people were so freaked out they couldn't even muster a 911 call so he had to call himself. That's what I mean by attack.

All dogs have the same instinct to attack the neck if they're in kill mode. Obviously, pit bulls are more dangerous due to their bite strength, lack of fear, and they're impervious to pain (I saw a pit bull attack a horse on Galveston beach, get kicked and thrown back about 15 - 20 feet, get back up and chase the horse down the beach). Plus, irresponsible a-holes tend to raise them to burnish their macho image. Mastiff's are giant Lion hunters (so the story goes), but they're some of the sweetest dogs I've ever encountered. But their size and strength make them a serious danger if they're unstable. Big dogs can, and do, big damage. Little dogs can be just as fearless and aggressive, but they're unlikely to kill an adult. Children - yes:

Since 1975, fatal attacks have been attributed to dogs from at least 30 breeds. The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed. Note, however, that they were bred to be watchdogs!

70 posted on 12/15/2013 3:19:55 PM PST by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: Ramius
I would add that I will never own a pit bull due to their strength and liability (especially after witnessing the Galveston horse attack incident). Nor would I own a Rottweiler, Chow, German Shepherd (I was almost killed by the family "pet" as a baby, but my dad caught it mid-air lunging for me), and several breeds of Terriers - they're unstable based on my experience and powerful. Plus I wouldn't own a Malamute, Golden Retriever, Lab, or Chihuahua. I don't care for their dispositions. Each breed has their own quirks. But any breed can be well heeled, or dangerous based on their daily activity, training, or lack of.

I "like" all dogs, but especially Dobermans, English Mastiffs (except they slobber and don't live long), most hunting dogs, and the Maltese.

71 posted on 12/15/2013 4:13:40 PM PST by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: 9YearLurker

I don’t keep pigs though I’ve read somewhere of their intelligence. Presumably smarter than some dogs. I do know the wild hog is tearing heck out of the local National Forest and Eglin Reservation. There are local hunts being conducted by the FWC to thin the population in the forest.

Raising a free range pork chop on my pastures has been a thought but memories of the last piny woods hog I dropped
causes me to pause. No bacon there, just lean stringy and gamy. I much prefer bambi.

The ferrel hogs are just target practice. Some choice cuts into the grinder with fatback makes an acceptable sausage.


72 posted on 12/15/2013 7:58:08 PM PST by theneanderthal
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To: uncommonsense

I cohabitate with a rat terrior, a pit bitch, a chiwawa
(how do you spell that,) a half pit half shepheard, a tomcat, a queen cat, and an assortment of horses. Some of the horses are transients and some are keepers.

We all get along fine, my bride, son, and daughter can control the natural impulses of a critter as easily as
shopping at Walmart. You just have to read the headlines,their intentions and attitude are plainly displayed in the body language.

All critters telegraph their mood.

There are dangerous critters, there are irresposible, uninformed, owners. My kids are not children.

I’ve owned a dane and a siberian lab mix when the kids were
young. Great bodyguards for the kids. They guard themselves
quite well now but the critters fill a niche.

There is zero danger to permitted children or adults on our property. We all recognize the threat our critters pose to our guests.

We’ve got a gelding that will work for dog biscuits, sit, lay down, roll over, bow, play dead, and count in response to subtle hand signals. Dang near cut his own head off as a colt and has no $ value. But he does have smarts, and heart, and loves to perform.

I wish he wasn’t gelded before he ran through a fence he
would have been a great stud.

Some folk should not own pits, or (insert breed here,) whatever.


73 posted on 12/15/2013 8:42:09 PM PST by theneanderthal
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