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Couple Attacked By Their Pit Bull While Driving Through Costa Mesa
CBSLA.com) ^ | Stacey Butler

Posted on 02/21/2015 8:13:06 AM PST by BenLurkin

The couple was driving their pit bull through a shopping center in Costa Mesa on their way to Huntington Beach when the dog turned on them.

Authorities said the couple both sustained serious injuries. Witnesses said both were bitten repeatedly in the arms.

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The husband was driving, his wife was a passenger. They said the dog attacked inexplicably.

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During the attack, the wife was able to call 911 while the husband pulled into a parking lot. The husband jumped out of the vehicle and the dog followed, continuing to attack the man.

Police said when the woman tried to coax the dog back into the car, the dog turned on her as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doggieping; pitbull; pitbulls
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To: ansel12; Smokin' Joe

I’m going with Joe’s cheeseburger theory.


21 posted on 02/21/2015 8:33:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: NurdlyPeon

Jihad Fido?


22 posted on 02/21/2015 8:35:13 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: ansel12
According to the responses on the thread so far, it was the owner’s fault that the dog attacked him while he was driving his car.

No, I don't think so.

But they are noting that we don't know all the facts. And some of us are pointing out that there are a lot of things that can set (any) dog off. That's why so many people are crappy dog owners, they don't try to learn what those things are for their dog. These people may have done nothing deliberately to set this dog off, so it wouldn't be their "fault" in that sense. But it's a pretty good bet that they knew a great deal less about their dog & dogs in general than a responsible dog owner should. I can safely say that because it applies to the majority of dog owners.

23 posted on 02/21/2015 8:39:03 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: BenLurkin; ansel12; Smokin' Joe
I’m going with Joe’s cheeseburger theory.

Maybe they did give him the last bite.....but it was from Burger King.....

24 posted on 02/21/2015 8:41:40 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

LOL


25 posted on 02/21/2015 8:43:15 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: BenLurkin

Owning a pitbull is its own reward.


26 posted on 02/21/2015 8:45:09 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: BenLurkin

Will they turn this pitbull in for a new one?


27 posted on 02/21/2015 8:48:20 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: BenLurkin

If you own a pit bull then you should expect nothing less.


28 posted on 02/21/2015 8:55:24 AM PST by Revel
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To: BenLurkin

That’s what you get when you don’t let him honk the horn at that bitch poodle in the next car


29 posted on 02/21/2015 8:58:11 AM PST by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: BenLurkin

Probably he needed to stop and visit a rest room, and they refused.


30 posted on 02/21/2015 8:59:33 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they wouldn’t stop for ice cream


31 posted on 02/21/2015 9:01:18 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: BenLurkin
You can take the dog out of the junkyard, but you can't take the junkyard out of the dog.
32 posted on 02/21/2015 9:01:56 AM PST by McGruff (We are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama 2011)
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To: bolobaby

That was my first thought....Maybe the husband took a swat at her.


33 posted on 02/21/2015 9:03:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: BenLurkin
They said the dog attacked inexplicably.

I can explain it; it's a pit bull. See, now wasn't that simple?

34 posted on 02/21/2015 9:04:47 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: BenLurkin

Pit Bulls are sweet & cuddly.......until they turn on you.

Custer: “ I don’t know whats up with these Injuns, they was OK at the dance last night. “


35 posted on 02/21/2015 9:06:34 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: BenLurkin
The couple was driving their pit bull through a shopping center...

The dog probably got tired of carrying them. Perhaps they should have driven their car.

36 posted on 02/21/2015 9:09:09 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: BenLurkin

“”shopping center in Costa Mesa on their way to Huntington Beach “”

What in the Sam Hill does this have to do with the story? Someone gets paid by the word? How about a couple in a car with a pit bull?

Since I used to live in Costa Mesa, I am REALLY interested in knowing what PART of Costa Mesa they were driving through! And since a long time FRiend lives in Huntington Beach, I need to know if they were going anywhere near her neighborhood so she can be on the alert...


37 posted on 02/21/2015 9:10:28 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: bolobaby

Yes, there has to be more to this story. Either they were arguing, the car stopped suddenly so the dog was scared, a bee stung him or the radio was playing rap.


38 posted on 02/21/2015 9:12:31 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: BenLurkin
I've always wondered why people want pit bulls as pets. A golf buddy of mine has had three pit bulls and they have either bitten a member of his family or neighbors or attacked a stranger walking by his house on the sidewalk. Very unpredictable. Vise grip-like jaws that you can't pry off of a victim. He ended up having to sell one of them and putting one of them down. The county put the third one down as a result of a lawsuit he lost when the stranger sued him. Not sure why it took him three times to realize they were not good family pets but he eventually learned the hard way and never bought another pit bull.

On the other hand, I have owned four Rottweilers over 35 years. They were powerful dogs but gentle in their demeanor. We never had any experience with them attacking or biting. Of course, we trained them and they took commands like they understood English. We kept all of them in a block fenced yard so they didn't get out. But I used to run daily with every one of them and never had any problems on the road with them except for other dogs growling or lunging at them. I kept them on a short leash to avoid confrontations.

I know these views are based on anecdotal evidence, but I think that pit bulls deserve the reputation they have but Rottweilers not so much.

39 posted on 02/21/2015 9:18:37 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: duckworth

“”If my wife and I argued, the poodle would growl at me and my much louder voice.””

My husband and I got loud with each other the other day about directions to a certain store. We retired here and are still somewhat unfamiliar with the area except MY sense of direction is much better than his. We were looking at a map of the area as the internet was down due to a storm.

The cat started howling and ended up under the kitchen table peering out at us....I was surprised at that reaction. I suppose if the cat had been a pit bull we would have gladly told the respective spouse, he/she was absolutely right and just left the house in search of the store.

My husband flew for years so his navigation skills were excellent in the air but on the ground, something else!! Well, I guess age plays a part also. In that case, glad he gave up flying!


40 posted on 02/21/2015 9:19:57 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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