Pitt bull kills child...cue the "wonderful dogs" replies

It's not the breed. It is the owner.

These dogs have always been sweet, and have never done anything like this before!

Look at this picture of the dog doing something cute!!

Upsetting.

He is a rapper that doesn't make me feel uncomfortable.

timesawastin wrote:

Yes, they are so great and yet so misunderstood as a breed and it is merely the way they are "raised" that is problematic.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pit-bull-attack-georgia-kills-boy-critically-injures-girl-dog-owner-in-custody/

Ok, let's go with the premise you are implying:

The pitbull is an inherently dangerous dog. It will kill without warning. It is a vicious beast...

So why the fck did the owner unleash the dog(s) near an elementary school in the morning when the street was full of little children?

I have a buddy who got a Pit Bull about 20 years ago. I raised my eye, when he told me. "Oh no, he's the nicest mellowest dog."

The dog was great for about 5 years. One evening he, his wife and the dog were on the couch watching TV. Wife was eating ice cream. She put some on the spoon and passed it over to him to have a bite. The dog totally snapped on him as he was about to get the ice cream, latched on to his face and did a lot of damage. Dog never exhibited anything close to that behavior before. They were shocked.

They put the dog to sleep the next day. She was pregnant, and they didn't want anything to do with that dog and a newborn. Yep, he was a really sweet dog.

Tragic story.

BTW, the other dog in the attack was a border collie.

actually, there were three dogs, the other's breed was unknown but one source said that there were two pit bulls. another horrible attack--there are many every year by the same breed (rottweilers have done the second most damage in recent decades). These dogs are not like normal dogs. They look at children as prey; they are strong, go for the kill, and latch on and can be released only by deadly force; and they are wildly unpredictable. Before this was the 51 year old woman in Tampa trying to put a sweater on her pit bull. It turned on her and almost killed her and injured her husband and son, who stabbed it with knives to get it to release--it then went to an area of the house with children in it but fortunately did not get them.

Police say three dogs — a pit bull mix, a border collie and the breed of the other is unknown — involved in the attack were not wearing collars and lived near the attack scene, FOX5 reported.

I have a pit bull that is the sweetest, gentlest creature you'd ever meet. He loves when my 3 year old twins lay on top of him and snuggle.

Not really, if I were stupid enough to have a pit bull, I'd hope that somebody would put me down right after euthanizing the killing machine.

if true, you need to stop letting your 3 year old twins do that. What if one grabs his tail? That happened to my nephew when he was 2 or 3 with two large Doberman Pinschers weighing, if memory serves, 125 lbs. The owners said that the dogs were nice and out of politeness they let him play with them. The dogs turned on him and they had to take him to the emergency room; just by chance there was a plastic surgeon on duty and he just has a bit of a scar on his face today, hardly noticeable. If those dogs had been pit bulls, I don't think there would have been a happy ending.

jjjjjj wrote:

actually, there were three dogs, the other's breed was unknown but one source said that there were two pit bulls. another horrible attack--there are many every year by the same breed (rottweilers have done the second most damage in recent decades). These dogs are not like normal dogs. They look at children as prey; they are strong, go for the kill, and latch on and can be released only by deadly force; and they are wildly unpredictable. Before this was the 51 year old woman in Tampa trying to put a sweater on her pit bull. It turned on her and almost killed her and injured her husband and son, who stabbed it with knives to get it to release--it then went to an area of the house with children in it but fortunately did not get them.

To be fair though, it was a really ugly sweater.

"Pits" are soo sweet. Its the owners that make the dogs violent. The media always misrepresent the "Pits" :(

I habe "Pits" and they are the sweetest dogs. My neighbour has a chihuahua, its the most agressive dog and the whole hood hates the little terror!

"Pits" always get the blame for everything. I love my "pits"

Wankerrr wrote:

The pitbull is an inherently dangerous dog. It will kill without warning. It is a vicious beast...

So why the fck did the owner unleash the dog(s) near an elementary school in the morning when the street was full of little children?

Some people are the stupidest people in the world, and these are the kind of people who own pit bulls, however being stupid is not an excuse.

Any pit bulls running loose need to be put down immediately, and the owners put in jail. Any pit bulls turned into animal control centers need to be put down immediately, and NOT put back out in the public domain.

Dogs don't kill people, people kill people. If every person had a pitt bull, and specifically if these children each had their own pitt bull with them, this would have been prevented. Hopefully, when Trump takes over we will see the day when every American has their own pitt bull. God bless America.

As with anything in life, even children, it's all about how that being is raised and influenced. Dogs don't wake up mean. They have to be trained to be that way. Yes Pitbulls have it "in their blood" to be fighters. But, not if they are not trained to be fighters. Labradors were trained to be guard dogs originally. More attacks in this country from Labradors than Pitbulls. Simply because there are more of them.

As with anything in life, even children, it's all about how that being is raised and influenced. Dogs don't wake up mean. They have to be trained to be that way. Yes Pitbulls have it "in their blood" to be fighters. But, not if they are not trained to be fighters. Labradors were trained to be guard dogs originally. More attacks in this country from Labradors than Pitbulls. Simply because there are more of them.

BeWary wrote:

I have a buddy who got a Pit Bull about 20 years ago. I raised my eye, when he told me. "Oh no, he's the nicest mellowest dog."

The dog was great for about 5 years. One evening he, his wife and the dog were on the couch watching TV. Wife was eating ice cream. She put some on the spoon and passed it over to him to have a bite. The dog totally snapped on him as he was about to get the ice cream, latched on to his face and did a lot of damage. Dog never exhibited anything close to that behavior before. They were shocked.

They put the dog to sleep the next day. She was pregnant, and they didn't want anything to do with that dog and a newborn. Yep, he was a really sweet dog.

This has also happened to Golden Retrievers, Labs,

The vast majority of the time, Lab/Goldens who bite, release afterward and are not in it for the kill. Pits bite, won't let go, and team up to make sure the job is done. I'd like to see the percentage of Pit attacks which lead to death compared to the number of Lab/Golden attacks which lead to death.

Was it a Panther?

My Pit,name of Tyson, is sweet and gentle and only bites when provoked, kinda like my wife. Them kids must a teased them dogs or threw rocks at 'em.