I was attacked by two dogs just last month. One was a shepherd, the other a pitbull. The pitbull was the obvious antagonist, the shepherd following. There was no warning.. I walk for exercise and these two just came out of nowhere, no barking, no warning whatsoever. I tried kicking them away and the pit-bull grabbed my arm and bit deep. When I tried kicking it off I tripped and the pit went for my throat while the shepherd was jumping on my back. I was able to punch the pit a couple times hard in the face and it backed off with the shepherd following, so I was able to get back to my feet and pick up what turned out to be a rotten stick... fortunately the dogs didn’t know the stick was useless and they backed further off.
I called the sheriff and they came and picked up the pit-bull to be quarantined, they didn’t pick up the shepherd because it didn’t succeed in biting me (not for lack of trying). They were supposed to contact me when the pit bull was released but they never did. I warned the animal control people that the dog should be considered very dangerous as it attacked with violence a stranger without warning, but they didn’t seem to think it was a big deal, despite the gaping wound on my arm that required ER care.
I got the strong impression that there were ‘equity’ issues involved due to the race of the owner... it wasn’t stated but there is always race as a subtext in legal situations in California. I felt like I was just another white man inconveniencing a person of color by being attacked by his dogs.
It is illegal to allow your dogs to run free here but the sheriff made it clear he had no intention of citing the owner for this.
A dish of anti freeze will take care of that problem.
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I’m relatively fortunate that the dog that entered my property and bit me was owned by a person of the same color as myself. Animal agents did their job without politics.
Fix up some anti-freeze hotdogs and feed them to the pit. He will cease to be a problem within two days.