That is one mean-looking dude. I'd imagine Cerberus would look something like that.
Posted on 09/17/2007 2:57:24 PM PDT by RDTF
A Prince George's County man says he feels lucky to be alive after he was attacked by two large dogs while walking his own dogs Monday morning in Fort Washington. The incident left two dogs dead, a third in the animal hospital and a fourth at the pound.
Richard Kenner was walking his dogs, a shih tzu and a shepherd-husky mix, about 7:30 a.m. in the 12,900 block of Asbury Drive when two Cane Corsos attacked him.
Kenner described what happened during an ordeal he says lasted as long as twenty minutes.
"He went around behind me, before I could turn around he attacked me from behind. One latched onto my buttocks area and was just... I could feel my flesh tearing, actually.
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Kenner was bitten on the arms, the legs and in the groin area. He was treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Kenner says he feels luck to be alive and credits an off-duty federal officer who happened by and intervened. The man, who was not identified by police, fatally shot one of the attacking dogs, but also, in the confusion, fatally shot Kenner's sheperd-husky mix.
Despite the accidental killing of his own dog, Kenner says he's thankful the officer was there.
"I'm very grateful, very grateful," said Kenner. "When I told him, while I was laying on the ground, waiting for the ambulance, I let him know how grateful I was to him for freeing me from that attack."
But that wasn't the end of it.
Somehow, in the confusion, the shih tzu's leash was snagged by a car, which dragged it down the road. The dog was taken to an animal hospital and is expected to recover.
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(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...
Me too. But I doubt it.
The shih tzu’s ordeal caps off an amazing story.
Bitten in the butt, the groin, having one of your dogs shot, and the other dragged off by a passing car? Everything that can go wrong, did.
My guns do not have their own central nervous systems. They are inanimate objects which have no free will or the ability to make decisions. Dog on the other hand....
That is one mean-looking dude. I'd imagine Cerberus would look something like that.
Good point, but the man is on record. It would be hard to win.
That’s true. On the other hand, you wouldn’t leave one unlocked and loaded on the front sidewalk. The point I am making is, a certain amount of personal responsiblity goes into owning anything dangerous, be it guns or large dogs.
I found this on a training website:
Frankly, most Cane Corsos are “too much dog” for the average household. This is a serious working dog with tremendous strength. Very few people really have the knowledge, facilities, or skills necessary to manage this breed.
They weren’t pits or rotts (for a change)
Sucks that his own dog got shot though :(
Hmm, isn’t that the type of dog that played the Hell Hound in the Omen?
Ooops, looked it up — that was a Rottweiller...
*****
Hilarious...
“protective” of children is often doublespeak for being very, very careful around children.
They say the same about Akitas. They are very protective of family. So if a couple of rambunctious playmates come around, they could bite their heads off. Dogs don’t discern like people.
Of course, being I have no young children, and not a lot of wild visitors, they are perfect for my house. I WANT them to bite the heads off anyone who comes into my house in a wild manner. All that said, I don’t think a prospective burglar would get pass the image of the two of them at the front window.
A few months ago, my dogs were growling, at the front door. I turned off the TV to see if I could hear anything, and there was a domestic argument going on in a house a block away. The man was screaming at his wife he would kill her. Good dogs.
But I get your point. I would’ve said they were like a pet lion. You do not let a lion roam the neighborhood. I don’t care how well trained it is. You just don’t do it. It’s your responsibility to make sure the fence is adequate to contain it. It’s your a$$ if he figures out a way over that fence.
Bingo...
your a$$ and your dead pet
These were Cane Corsos dogs; very large aggressive dogs that make pitts look like lap poodles.
Glad he will make it too but how sad his other dog was shot accidently. I hate it when owners let their animals run loose. It’s not right. Here this man was walking his two dogs ON LEASHES...when two others come out to attack him and his dogs. Thank God for the officer. The owners of the attacking dogs should spend some time in jail or doing something constructive. This is just very sad and very WRONG.
This attack didn’t involve pits.
Cane Corsos huh? I’ll add them to my “Things that when the asteroid hits had better watch out for some of my frontier justice” list.
Personnally though, I hope the guy who got attacked sticks it to the owners of the dogs that started the problem. If you cannot control them you shouldn't own them.
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