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To: jazusamo

I spent Mar till July recovering from an encounter with a pit bull. I was walking my Great Dane when we encountered a Pit Bull off the leash. I was able to keep the dogs apart (my Dane was on a leash) but I wound up severing all four tendons in my right hand from the stress place on the hand. Most painful and lengthy recovery I’ve ever had including two neck fusions and a shoulder repair. As my surgeon said, I’ve lived an active life.

We’ve given up on walking our dogs since no one seems to follow the leash laws.


2 posted on 10/03/2014 11:04:01 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke
Glad you're okay ... what a scary story.

I carry a spray bottle of pure ammonia with me when I go on walks. Would rather carry a loaded pistol ... but you make do with whatcha got! Someone told me once that he sprayed a pitbull (it was behind an adjacent fence and a constant nuisance) just ONCE and the thing never barked or snarled or even bothered with him again.

Is your Great Dane doing okay?

4 posted on 10/03/2014 11:11:40 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: DugwayDuke

Sorry to hear about your hand, a miracle you were able to keep the dogs apart.

The size of a Dane and a the ferociousness of a pitbull getting into it wouldn’t be pretty.


6 posted on 10/03/2014 11:12:49 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: DugwayDuke

I confess that if I were in a neighborhood where there was a risk of someone having a potentially dangerous dog, I’d walk with a little league aluminum bat (I actually have one). Any attacking dog gets it first to the head. Both hands. Swinging to kill.


7 posted on 10/03/2014 11:13:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: DugwayDuke

I have the bat because where I live we go for walks in the moonlight and there are lots of wild animals, including coyotes.


8 posted on 10/03/2014 11:14:05 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: DugwayDuke

> We’ve given up on walking our dogs since no one seems to follow the leash laws.

Just shoot the dogs. I say that as a dog owner.


10 posted on 10/03/2014 11:15:01 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: DugwayDuke
We’ve given up on walking our dogs since no one seems to follow the leash laws.

It would be a shame if you "caved" and gave up on your walks like that.

Ever consider arming yourself for your strolls?

Lead is also effective against two-legged varmints.

Regards,

25 posted on 10/03/2014 11:55:13 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DugwayDuke

We live in a nice upscale neighborhood and I always felt safe from pitt bulls, no one around here kept them. then a while back I was driving on our street and saw a man walking a very large, solid white pitt bull on a strong leash.

I stopped to talk to him and he said the pitt was a rescue and seemed to be quite aggressive. . He didn’t say vicious but that is what I surmised.

I didn’t know the man but I wondered (and didn’t ask) what he was thinking by keeping that dog.


40 posted on 10/06/2014 1:36:53 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: DugwayDuke

Sorry to hear you were injured.. Hope you are doing better now.
I had a similar incident.. Fortunately, the pit was not able to get ahold of my Border Collie/ Sheltie mix. It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.


44 posted on 10/11/2014 12:43:19 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth
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