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Iowa woman has both legs amputated, parts of her hands removed and will need a full facial reconstruction after being brutally mauled by three pit bulls that left her in critical condition
Daily Mail ^ | Dec. 1, 2023 | Alice Wright

Posted on 12/01/2023 6:07:08 PM PST by heartwood

...Brittany Skoland, from Fort Dodge, was attacked by three pit bulls last Friday, leaving her in critical condition.

Police were called to the 800 block of South 16th Street in Fort Dodge at around 11:25am, by a neighbor who reported that they could hear someone yelling for help.

When an officer arrived on scene, they found a woman being mauled by three dogs.

After attempting to scare the dogs away the officer was forced to shoot each dog multiple times, killing all three. ...

Neighbor Kerri Johnson told KCCI about the horrifying scene....

'I stepped out into the driveway just to take a peek, I saw a black dog lying down on the ground, deceased, which is super sad,' he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: lee martell

That and rather tone deaf. If he was the dogs’ owner that will sound great in court.


41 posted on 12/01/2023 7:03:59 PM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: heartwood

The huge & frequent death and mauling record of those dogs requires that they be exterminated...


42 posted on 12/01/2023 7:05:17 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: bboise

Pit Bulls need to be understood. Sometimes something small like a wink can set them off . We must try to understand them(sarc)


43 posted on 12/01/2023 7:07:13 PM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: roving

Fault implies blame. Someone consciously conditioned these dogs to behave this way, to somehow learn this kind of response is an acceptable one and not out of the realm of normalcy.


44 posted on 12/01/2023 7:14:15 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: willk

Those stupid dogs have brought down the literal quality of peoples lives. People like me who can’t even get exercise and enjoyment from a simple walk in the mornings. Angry that these potential killers are allowed to be owned by any old Joe and put everyone else at risk! This poor lady. Smfh.


45 posted on 12/01/2023 7:17:18 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: SuperLuminal

My local pet shelter/adoption facility has 15 dogs described as pit mix, stafforshire terrier, bully, or terrier, and the last isn’t Jack Russell. Also 4 not pit or other terrier, 2 mixes that look part pit to me but not so described, and one mastiff which is a formidable dog and often bred to pits fora size increase. So at least 80% pit or close cousin in an upscale area, not ghetto in the least. Some woman was walking a pit down the street and it looked at me in a bad way.

There was a mail carrier killed in Florida by five pits. The dogs had attacked people before. The owner tried to surrender them multiple times, the county wouldn’t take them. No kill shelter. He strengthened the fence. He should have put them down himself but maybe he loved them.

I don’t think pits should be taken from people’s homes and killed, but they should be spayed and neutered. And any surrendered pits should be euthanized not adopted.

They used to be about 1% of the dog population, now they are at least 10%.

The first breeder of American pits? His dogs killed his small nephew. He kept breeding them.


46 posted on 12/01/2023 7:22:53 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

It’s not all conditioning, the potential to snap is innate.

Good, careful owners, high quality training, sweet dogs. Andsometimes they go off. Like the family dogs who killed the two small children in Tennessee, savaged the mother when shelay over her babies. The ones in Canada who tore a quiet calm child out of his sister’s arms, people they knew very well. Conscientious owners who thought good training and good treatment would make good dogs.


47 posted on 12/01/2023 7:28:42 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

“Who’s a Good Boy?”
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I am Very “aware” around dogs
Especially pits.


48 posted on 12/01/2023 7:30:50 PM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: heartwood

Put the dogs down. I’d be fine if they put the dog owners down too.


49 posted on 12/01/2023 7:33:20 PM PST by boycott
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To: MinorityRepublican

I have seen them there. Another breed, Rhodesian ridgeback is also popular as they can be dang vicious. Much more so than dobes or shepherds though I choose not to find out.


50 posted on 12/01/2023 7:36:57 PM PST by petertare
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To: heartwood

I know its not ALL conditioning. I didnt say that.

Its a combination in many cases. But theres a reason why they pick these dogs to condition this way. Theres a genetic/breed component to factor in.


51 posted on 12/01/2023 7:38:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yhetr is a psychological factor:the peoplr who buy and want innately dangerous animals havental issues.


52 posted on 12/01/2023 7:57:02 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: heartwood

Prayers for Brittany Skoland.

My friend was out walking her Yorkie, a pit-bull came running up to her and my friend picked up her dog, but the pit-bull killed her dog right in her arms.

So sad.


53 posted on 12/01/2023 8:05:42 PM PST by sweetiepiezer (WINNING is not getting old!!! ❤️USA❤️)
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To: heartwood

Owner of the dogs should have been shot too!


54 posted on 12/01/2023 8:26:18 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: heartwood
A few years ago we had a female pit bull and a female beagle in our household. It was the beagle that "went red" and was quite dangerous. She had to be put down.

The pit, on the other hand, was the sweetest dog ever. However, that was just my limited experience.

SIDENOTE: When the pit and the beagle would play-fight, the beagle would win as often as the pit. Those short legs gave her a quickness that the pit couldn't match.

55 posted on 12/01/2023 8:49:04 PM PST by The Duke (Why do I think that the cynicism gene is going to be prevalent in future generations?)
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To: roving

I hear that a lot. I’m sure it will be real comforting to Brittany that it was the owner’s fault, not the dog’s.


56 posted on 12/01/2023 8:57:13 PM PST by Nea Wood (Screw diversity. Celebrate excellence. )
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To: The Duke

I’ve known a few pit bulls and they have all been fine and very loveable and cuddly. Was always aware and hoping they would never snap when I or my family was around. The big thing for me is the jaw/bite strength of them. It is amazing the amount of PSI they can develop compared to most other dogs.

Pit: 250 to 330 psi
Beagle: 130 to 150 psi


57 posted on 12/01/2023 9:02:25 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: sweetiepiezer

The same thing happened to my friends who were walking their dachshund, but luckily their dog survived, after $1,000 in vet bills. It was totally unprovoked.


58 posted on 12/01/2023 9:02:59 PM PST by Nea Wood ( )
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To: Fiji Hill
They should be treated like coyotes, bobcats, lynxes or wolverines--too dangerous to be allowed to be kept as pets.

I agree. If you have the skills to handle them. Then you can keep them. I know I don't have the skills to keep them as "pets".

59 posted on 12/01/2023 9:05:10 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: heartwood

I’d be willing to try pit bull meat.


60 posted on 12/01/2023 9:16:00 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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