[AnotherUnixGeek]

This wasn't a matter of irresponsible pet ownership where she let the dog run the neighborhood.

Is it responsible pet ownership if you keep a dangerous pet from running the neighborhood but allow it access to your children at home?

[metmom]

No. I see your point. Somehow what I’m trying to get across just isn’t coming out the way I intended.

Lots of pit attacks happen because the dogs are allowed to run loose. In this case, the attack happened without any direct irresponsible (letting them run loose) type action.

I agree that it sounds like she was ignoring the warning signs of the dog becoming dangerous. The fact that a neighbor saw the dog being beat with a shovel by someone else should have alerted the lady.

From another thread: “ One neighbor, Rudy Lopez, said he saw a woman beating one of the dogs a few weeks ago with a shovel after it was involved in a fight with another dog. “

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