who presume some intellectual and moral superiority
because they are willing to eradicate all dogs they find unexceptable
regardless of the individual dog's traits.
To them I say,
Obsessive behavior, narrow focus, inability to see all sides of an issue are the hallmarks of a fanatic
You give no import to the human factor in these attacks and to the fact that virtually all of them
could have been prevented if the humans owning the dogs had behaved responsibly.
Nor is the fact that millions of these dogs never attack anyone given any relevance.
Your tunnel vision blinds you to the other attacks, fatal and otherwise, attributable to other types of dogs.
You exhibit no concern for the victims of those attacks.
Your fanaticism leads you to quote for personal affirmation sources that are either kooks (Clifton),
or financially invested (injury lawyers),
or as in the case of dogsbite.org, out and out liars, who deliberately publish false information.
Fanatic Statists with your own little personal Jihad against a whole nebulous group of dogs.
You are more dangerous to a civil society than any dog.
Fanatics, like you, used to annoy me, you contribute nothing to the prevention of dog attacks.
Instead of rationally approaching problems, educating people on how to avoid them
and suggesting practical improvements in by-laws and local Animal Control procedures,
your Jihad against 'pit bulls' blinds you to all else.
My annoyance with folks like you has abated with the understanding that,
your impotent cut and pasting will never bring about the outcome you desire.
In fact, your final solution can make the problem worse.
I live in a very large juristiction that has banned 'pit bulls'.
After almost 9 years there are now more than ever.
Very liberal idea, thinking that by passing a law,
you haved waved a magic bannishing wand
and that the problem will disppear.
The responsible owners do not break the law
but as always when an unjust law is passed
people will rebel against it and work around it.
And they will find support both in the law enforcement and Animal Control communities
who recognize the totalitarian, kill 'em all attitude is inherently unfair and unjust.
The difference affected is that advocates for responsible ownership
of these dogs can no longer do their job publically.
The very people that can provide the education needed to prevent dog attacks
are forced underground and into ineffective positions
I don't expect you to change your mind, it is, after all, obsessed.
But the majority of poeple are not like you.
they care about all dog attacks, big or small,
irrelevant of the type/breed involved.
They are more than willing to listen to stories
like that of a woman, her child and her dog
and respect the lesson she is trying to impart.
It is not for you I have made this post and am sharing this story,
but for those who care about all dog attacks
and are willing to learn how to prevent them
It is not a story you'll find using your 'pit bull' search parameters
but it is an important one and to those willing to listen
may save some other child from being attacked.
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~Mother tell courageous story about dog bite, responsibility~
I do not have a blog. If I did I would post this there, as this will be lengthy. I keep things here on Facebook pretty light and post about my crazy, funny family life. I am posting this for 2 reasons. First, I see more and more pictures of babies with their pups. I am absolutely not saying there is anything wrong with that… I do it, too. Second, I am noticing my son being more and more aggressive with Daphne, our amazing white lab.
Putting together these pictures and writing this post brings up so many emotions that I really never wanted to feel again. I have realized, that when faced with it, the pain never goes away, ever. I can put myself in that hospital again in my mind like it was happening now. It’s a horrible, heart wrenching feeling.
Our gorgeous Scrappy suffered constantly from ear infections. This we knew. We have a pool and there was no way to keep him out, he loves to swim. Oftentimes I would come home and he would be alone just doing laps… So funny!! He was on meds for his ear infections but I became lazy on taking him to the vet which seemed like constantly. I started splitting his pills in half so they would last longer. Why? To save a buck? Shame, shame, shame on me!! I assumed he learned to live with the pain… I mean, why keep swimming? He was a smart dog!
THIS WAS/IS THE SWEETEST DOG ON THE PLANET!!
Hey, I consider myself pretty sweet too but I snap on occasion.
I was not home when this happened, I was on a shoot. I got a call from Tom saying he was on his way to the hospital, he told me what happened. I could not understand? I got in my car and drove. I don’t think I said a word to Britt, who was with me. My mind was numb. When we got to the hospital Brittany was ahead of me when walking into the room. She tried to stop me from entering. I have never felt that kind of pain in my heart, never. It is a different kind of pain when it is your child. The pain was crippling, hurt me to the core. When they stitched up Zach I had to leave the room because they had 2 nurses holding him down and the doctor straddled over him. I seriously thought I was going to faint. Daddy was with him, Zach was not alone.
Zach was playing with Scrappy… Sitting on him and reached forward and grabbed both of his ears, hard. Scrappy snapped. In about 5 seconds he ripped my son’s face to shreds. It was knee jerk. Kind of like when someone steps on your broken foot, you lash out.
Dogs can’t yell, they can’t curse you out or say ‘OUCH!!’ It was a knee jerk reaction from the sweetest Golden Retriever that would actually die for Zach. It just happened.
When we came home from the hospital I went to the backyard and looked at him and just cried… He cried, too. He felt awful, I know he did.
Because the hospital considered this a mauling, it was reported and he was to be put down. Within 24 hours animal control was at our door for quarantine. He did his 14 days. In the meantime my mom, who happened to own property in Texas at the time (but lives here), made a massive plea and campaign to keep him alive and she would take him to Texas (he is with her still). This was granted.
I can’t tell you enough how this was such a blow to our family because Scrappy was family, he was not just our ‘family dog.’
I am sharing these pictures after all of these years because if your animal is trying to tell you something, please listen. If your dog swims regularly there is a good chance they will have ear infections. Be proactive, listen to their eyes… They really want to tell you.
I LOVE my pets so much and I have learned so much by this experience. I ask, no I beg, that you share this because I wish I would have paid closer attention. Please, take your pets to the vet, the clinic. Anywhere where they can get the help they need because they do love you so much.
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Woof!