I Hit a Pit Bull with my car before it bit my kids! Now I'm in trouble!

I'd say go for legal advice. But in my opinion -- and not just as a runner -- its a tragedy if a man can't defend his children when they are obviously being threatened.

First of all, you seem like another one of those over-protective helicopter parents that constantly hover over their kids. Suggestion: give your kids some slack. Consider loosening up their chains. You make your kids sound as though they're 4 and 6 years old. Do you walk with them to school?

Secondly, had you not been around, it's reasonable to think your boys would have bolted away from the situation and emerged unscathed. Your one boy seemed more upset by you running over the dog and nearly hitting him than any danger the dog was posing on him.

Lastly, time to man up. Paying the vet bill is a reasonable outcome for you. You're going to end up in small claims court and you'll end up paying the bill anyway. If it were me, I'd go out there right now with my checkbook and I would apologize.

Do consider loosening up those chains with your boys. If my old man followed me around at night with flashers blinking, I would certainly have felt humiliated.

Calling BS on this one. If not, my apologies. Post a news article otherwise I think you are just bored and doing some trolling.

Creative, but there have been much better ones.

That one a while back about the water stop kids/wet T-shirt ordeal at Grandma's was a pretty good troll.

That was a lot of typing for a troll.

The dogs aren't the problem. You should have run over the owners. Anyone who thinks a pitbull is a good pet is a f*cking idiot. I wish my municipality would ban those godd*mn dogs likes others have.

Seriously, you follow behind your kids? I would start saving now, so when you die they can finally afford to get laid.

Just doesn't seem fair!!!! wrote:

other than my sons running up to and taunting the dogs

Why would your sons run up to and taunt pit bulls?

Maybe the lesson daddy should share with his sons tonight is if you taunt pit bulls, they might NOT respond very kindly to it. When you dare pit pulls to tear your face off, they are often willing to take on the challenge. Duh!

A fourteen year old girl was on her long run yesterday and was waiting on the corner when a dump truck hit her and killed her. The town and the high school coach is devistated. You can call me an overprotective mom if you want to but my sons want to run and I could see the potential of such a thing happening to them also because of the traffic. My boys have nowhere else to run and we didn't make excuses...we do the best we can with what we have been dealt. I'm pretty sure the parent of that young girl or the coach wishes they would have followed her with flashing lights. You are an idiot for even posting that remark! There have been a number of high school and collegiate runners killed this year alone by moving vehicles. I'm glad to be able to follow my sons and they actually get a kick out of it. My sons don't have chains! We actually like each other! I know that's rare now days. People do things together as a family. This is just one of ours.

Troll Alert!

Main place you find Pit Bulls - in the hood.

Last place you find distance runners - in the hood.

Most people that own Pit Bulls wouldn't know to retain an attorney for such an incident - only defense lawyers.

Running the dog down with your car would be way, way, too endangering to your kid - too great a chance you'd take him out too, accidentally.

Plus you write like an idiot - "they run for their perspective schools" - what the hell does that mean?

You could never pass the child fathering license test.

TROLL

I'm not a troll or whatever that means? It just felt better to type about it than posting a news article. Well, that's all for now. To all of you who don't have kids and one day will, maybe later you will understand!

Just doesn't seem fair!!!! wrote:

One of the pitts caught up to the youngest son (14) and lunged at him. I didn't know what else to do so I jumped the curve with my vehicle and hit the dog. I slammed on the breaks after hitting the dog so I wouldn't run over my son also.

let me get this straight. the dog was close enough to your son to lunge at him but far enough away that you managed to hit it with a vehicle - and still manage to stop before hitting your son. you must wield your vehicle like a surgeon wields their scalpel. complete bullshit.

Speak to an atty, two kids and a dad against two pitbulls and their owners, I seriously doubt you'll pay anything. I probably would have done the same thing.

I was chased by a PB while running once, somehow I managed to get ahold of it's hind leg and bash its head against the ground. Dont know if I actually hurt it, didn't really care, it did run off though.

Pitbulls are one of the dumbest breeds, add that to their incredible jaw strengh and propensity for "ownership by dumbass". Too bad for the breed, they can make great pets with responsible ownership.

At first I thought this was a troll making fun of me, but after reading the thread, I feel for you.

After my experience, I feel like the damn owners are the nuisance, not the animal.

These assholes need to be taught a lesson, and unfortunately they will probably win in court.

If I were you, I would have just called the cops, but I understand you thought the boys might get bitten.

You don't f**k around with Pitt Bull bites, they aren't like my measly little Pomeranian bite. Plus, those owners don't seem to be the types to keep the dogs up to date on their shots.

I am sorry that had to happen, but I bet you end up fitting the bill.

Just doesn't seem fair!!!! wrote:

I always follow my sons on their runs in my car with my hazards on because I don't trust the drivers coming up behind them.

While I am usually an advocate of killing/maiming angry canines- come on, everyone knows that if your sons would run on the LEFT side of the road, you won't have to worry about cars hitting them from behind. You sound like a nut- thank goodness you are a fictional character.

Did your kids actually approach and taunt the PB's?

If so you deserve to get sued.

no worries. i have experience on both sides. i once owned a pit-bull and everyone hated me for it so i got rid of it. also, my son was bitten by a neighbors pit-bull while on a run. neighbor tried to argue in court that he had a sign posted "beware of dog" but the only thing that that proved was that HE KNEW HE HAD A VICIOUS DOG.

it sounds like you used your car to defend your children from an animal that is known to be vicious. they have the responsability to contain what is at least potentialy dangerous. if i were you i would suit him for negligance before he suits you.

leave your e-mail address if you want more advice.

That's a racist and very narrow minded statement. I just so happen to know an ex-high schooler that had to run through their neighborhood and they were ranked on dye-stat. They are Black!!! The amazing thing is the parents had to do the same thing for their child. If the dog had bit the kid you would be saying, why didn't she just hit the dog.

You are reading that wrong. What the "officer" said was other than the boys taunting - meaning IF the boys had taunted.....But this is totally made up. Pitbull stories are about as big as Britney Spears going crazy so every news outlet would be jumping on this including cnn.com and foxnews.com . If this actually happened there would be a story about it.

phat love wrote:

Why would your sons run up to and taunt pit bulls?

Maybe the lesson daddy should share with his sons tonight is if you taunt pit bulls, they might NOT respond very kindly to it. When you dare pit pulls to tear your face off, they are often willing to take on the challenge. Duh!

You can't follow your kids with flashing lights every single minute of the day, mommy. The inevitable result is your kids will have as much chance at succeeding in real life as a tree squirrel has on the Long Island Expressway.

If your kids run against traffic instead of against traffic, they should not have any problems. A bigger problem would be a slow-moving vehicle getting slammed into from behind by a vehicle after a hill or a curve. Better make sure your life insurance is all paid up, mommy.