Posted on 05/03/2018 2:07:55 PM PDT by Norski
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. - A 4-year-old Caldwell County girl was attacked inside her home by the family pet Wednesday.
Family members said they had just recently adopted the dog from the humane society in Catawba County.
Justina Turner, the child's mother, said she and her daughter were in the living room of her home south of Lenoir when the 3-year-old 60-pound dog suddenly attacked the child, biting her face. She said the dog bit down so hard on her daughter that she wasn't sure at first how she was going to get the animal off her.
Turner said the dog nearly ripped her daughter's right eye out, and the girl had to get several stitches around her eye.
"I was in such shock,” Turner said. “I didn't know what was going on. Once I got the dog away from my daughter and saw the blood, it was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in my life."
The dog is in quarantine for 10 days to be checked for rabies at the Caldwell County Animal Shelter.
Turner said she didn’t know the dog posed a threat because it seemed friendly when she adopted it.
"They really didn't tell us much about the dog,” Turner said. “They just told us to pick out a dog and to take it to the play yard to play with it. The dog seemed kid-friendly."
The humane society handles all adoptions in Catawba County from the intake to temperament screening prior to adoption.
"They're around these animals every day,” said Paris Wright, a visitor at the Catawba County Humane Society. “They see their temperament. They see how they carry themselves. So, I figured that's what they would be able to give me insight and they did."
Humane society officials said an adopted dog can act differently once it's in a home and around children.
Turner said people need to be careful adopting older dogs.
"I just want him out of the house,” she said.
The Catawba County Humane Society adopts more than 1,000 dogs each year and has not had an issue like this.
The dog had been in the human society for more than two months prior to being adopted.
The shelter personnel also had a large stake in this sad case because they should have been quite aware of the dog’s disposition and yet apparently were not. I don’t know if I believe the mother’s statement that they told her to just pick out any dog she liked. I’ve never been to a shelter which operated like that.
It’s also true that any dog of any breed needs some adjustment time before people, particularly children, make any gestures toward the dog which violate its space before it has learned to trust and love them. It might be that the kid went to hug or pet the dog and it merely saw a rapid movement in its near vicinity and moved to defend itself. The dog could very well have been abused in its former life.
I am very glad the little girl was not injured badly, but this whole scenario was rather set up for failure-—failure being that the dog behaved aggressively and was in the wrong place for its particular disposition.
“Interesting. I wonder - By any chance, has your friend changed her mind on anything here after the bite? And if not, do you now see her differently?”
As far as I know she never recanted. It confirmed an observation I’ve had with liberals, her being one. Reality can (in this case) literally bite them in the a$$ and their opinions remain unchanged; the just cast about for rationalizations.
But the kid could have dominated cocker at thumb wrestling!
Dogs are incredible animals and truly mans best friend. I wouldn’t trust a large or medium sized dog I’d raised from a pup around a defenseless child unattended though
So, pits are becoming the “Amish” of the canine world.
Then the humane society failed them. They should have known better
I was in a dog pack attack situation with my dog some years back. Two standard poodles, two pits, a lab, and two rat dogs ran away from their owner and surrounded us. The two poodles were the worst aggressors, making brief contact. The pits hung back about ten feet to see what developed.
Dogs aren’t people. They are usually legally owned property - always, as far as I know. I believe it would be a serious mistake to equate the two in any way.
There are enough problems between humans that I believe it unwise to put more fuel on that fire.
Humans are man, made in the image of God. Dogs are dogs. We can love them without idolizing them, as the pit apologists appear to wish to do. But humans and dogs are not, can never be, equal.
excellent insight about pittie owners.
I was simply noting that pits are becoming the breed whose name may not be mentioned by the press, much as they gloss over illegals and blacks.
Tell your story to someone else
My corgi suffered three pit (three different dogs) attacks in 10 years, First one I was luck and manage to her in the back of my truck, second one she was on a rope laying just outside my garage I happen to see the the pit charging from 5 house down I grabbed a shovel from the corner and smacked it as hard as I could in the face. I stop the charge and ran back a bit seem dazed and was thinking about what it was going to do next his owned was running down after it and I told him if he didn’t get it now I was going to chop it up with that shovel. Third not so luck I was taking Hope out for a walk step down the drive way and a lady three doors down had her pit out on a leash it had knocked her down and was charging Hope knew what was happening took off running before I could grab her I manged to get a hold on her and was lifting her up when the pit clammed down on her right rear leg I could get her lose. Still had my work boots on and let go with a kick to the pits belly. About this time the pits owner came up and managed to get a hold on its leash and started pulling it back down the street toward her house cry and tell me how sorry she was, she was almost hysterical. I just told her to get the damn dog home and I grab Hope went into the house she was bleeding pretty good from two deep puncture wounds. I wrap her in an old blanket and me and the wife head for the Vet. We spent the newt week cleaning the wound every 6 hours so she could come home we took her in on Monday to our regular Vet and he was impressed the job we had done and didn’t think she would need a drain. The one thing was the lady came down a few days later and profusely apologizing and clearly upset, She also paid the Vet bill.
To me a person keeping a pit is like those people that keep a Tiger, lion or any wild animal brainless idiots who think only of themselves and their own wishes and care not what damaged they do to others.
I totally agree! You hit the nail right on the head!
Ah. Then, yes.
This is the case, and while I cannot prove it, I believe the trend has begun to accelerate just very recently, possibly since there now appears to be a significant “push-back” being experienced from those who are weary of being frightened, attacked, mauled, etc., by pit bull dogs and then attacked by the pit bull owners . . .
Not fun, but beats the h3ll out of the alternative. If you are strong enough, a firm twist of the head can often break the dog's neck.
Yes, it will, but requires accuraccy. Ideally, the dog should be on a short leash so the slug goes midway between the eye and ear.
“What is upsetting here is the Humame Society recirculating dogs that they know are dangerous as hell. Sue them to the ground!”
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This is one possible course of action.
Since what is driving this whole mess is, I believe, a combination of bloodlust and love of money, this course, taken by many many people, could possibly begin to stem the tidal wave of PBDs.
It has been an opinion of many people posting that
“PBOs don’t usually have any money anyway, not worth it to sue them”, that it may have become a meme, but it may be worthwhile to reconsider this.
The bloodlust, of course, is another matter entirely, being spiritual in nature - as well as being part of the root of the matter. I believe that this is also the root of what drives the awful attacks PBOs make on the victims of the dogs’ violent bred-in traits.
Sounds like pits are a popular breed in your neighborhood. I’d carry pepper spray when I went “trolling for Rottweilers,” if I were you. In my neighborhood, the problem was dogs left unsupervised...ad it was never pits. A husky can tear up a wiener dog pretty well. I had some different wieners follow their owner into my yard. They snuck under my fence and whined at the door. When I got there, they were wagging their tails, in front of my pit. He had many wiener dog buddy throughout his life.
Hope passed away two years ago one month shy of 15. My Wife had a stroke around the same time so no pets for now as I have my hands full
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Having spent countless hours wrestling with my son’s pit bulls, I think you’ve greatly overestimated your prowess at dog handling.
There is no way to break a good pit bull’s neck.
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