Posted on 07/22/2007 10:34:11 AM PDT by monkeycard
A Tulsa man will be honored this week for saving another man's life. Back in April, Michael Cook came to the rescue when a pitbull attacked his neighbor. The News On 6’s Chris Wright reports Cook will receive the Citizen Appreciation Award from Tulsa police on Tuesday, an honor his neighbor says he more than deserves.
Marvin Battle walks with a cane these days, but says considering what happen to him on April 25th, he can live with the limp.
"I can't bend my leg. I have to go through physical therapy,” said Battle. “I've been on a lot of pain medications. I have panic attacks and I have nightmares."
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Dumb post, demonstrates a staggering lack of knowledge of this topic.
‘I just don’t accept that American Pit Bull Terriers are naturally some kind of “killing machines” likely to go off at any time. If properly socialized, they are great dogs.’
Good for you. This myth about pitbulls is pervasive.
There is no such thing as a vicious breed of dog.
There are vicious dogs, as you unfortunately learned. Glad you didn’t let that one ugly incident scar your brain.
I’ve seen some sweet pits, but they still make me nervous. Any dog, even well-socialized ones, can “go off” momentarily ... it’s just that a pit can do so much damage before it pulls back and goes “oops”.
Had a funny encounter at the dog park this morning. A pit tried to hump my Pug — the Pug went seriously hostile on the pit, which turned tail and ran off.
Thats a fair statement.
‘Keep the dog on a leash or on your own property and there should be no problem what kind of dog you own.’
Exactly.
We have three dogs currently, two ‘adults’ that are 85 pounds, and a 18 week old ‘pup’ that will probably get to be the same size as the other two.
Our yard, even though we are in the Appalachian Zone (very rural) has a split rail fence with ‘dog wire’ to keep them in.
Not because I’m worried about them biting anyone, but to protect THEM from what wanders around the countryside here....like rednecks that believe you are supposed to run over any living thing in your pickemup truck.....
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