Pitbulls

And here it is once more:

a really good excerpt for those of you who refuse to read the article:

"Pit bulls were not bred to fight humans. On the contrary: a dog that went after spectators, or its handler, or the trainer, or any of the other people involved in making a dogfighting dog a good dogfighter was usually put down. (The rule in the pit-bull world was “Man-eaters die.”)"

answering my own post. this was misquoted before (it's the paragraph that follows my previous post):

"A Georgia-based group called the American Temperament Test Society has put twenty-five thousand dogs through a ten-part standardized drill designed to assess a dog’s stability, shyness, aggressiveness, and friendliness in the company of people. A handler takes a dog on a six-foot lead and judges its reaction to stimuli such as gunshots, an umbrella opening, and a weirdly dressed stranger approaching in a threatening way. Eighty-four per cent of the pit bulls that have been given the test have passed, which ranks pit bulls ahead of beagles, Airedales, bearded collies, and all but one variety of dachshund. “We have tested somewhere around a thousand pit-bull-type dogs,” Carl Herkstroeter, the president of the A.T.T.S., says. “I’ve tested half of them. And of the number I’ve tested I have disqualified one pit bull because of aggressive tendencies. They have done extremely well. They have a good temperament. They are very good with children.” It can even be argued that the same traits that make the pit bull so aggressive toward other dogs are what make it so nice to humans. “There are a lot of pit bulls these days who are licensed therapy dogs,” the writer Vicki Hearne points out. “Their stability and resoluteness make them excellent for work with people who might not like a more bouncy, flibbertigibbet sort of dog. When pit bulls set out to provide comfort, they are as resolute as they are when they fight, but what they are resolute about is being gentle. And, because they are fearless, they can be gentle with anybody.”"

I don't usually post here but you people standing up for pit bulls are idiots.

that's a good article.

This would make you uneducated...ok, uninformed, at least on this topic. You probably think Bill O'Reilly breaks the news too.

My 3-year old pitbull terrier is by far the kindest dog I've owned. On a walk last week, a australian-shepard went right after him. The owner barely apologized, but did put the dog back on its leash.

Keep on being an idiot. Good dogs, are good dogs. Bad dogs, are bad. There are bad pit bulls, and bad labradors. There's even more bad owners.

It's funny how this thread has wavered from it's original purpose, which was to simply share the experience of being attacked or pursued by a threatening animal on a run.

Of course there are nice pitbulls out there, but it only takes a single traumatic experience with one to change someone's perception forever.

my pet lion is so nice wrote:

I don't usually post here but you people standing up for pit bulls are idiots.

Incorrect.

1. Bring the military back from Iraq.

2. Use the military to shoot and destroy ALL pitbulls and other "fighting breed" dogs in the US.

3. Put the owners of such dogs inside for 30 years.

These three simple measures will make the US a better country for everybody.

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Pit bull fatally mauls 2-year-old girl

06:04 AM CDT on Friday, March 23, 2007

By LaKISHA LADSON / The Dallas Morning News

lladson@dallasnews.com

A 2-year-old girl was fatally mauled by one of her family's pit bulls Thursday afternoon, a Dallas County sheriff's spokesman said.

JAMES A. BLACK/DMN "We're not sure if criminal charges are going to be filed as of yet," said Deputy Michael Ortiz, who was withholding the names of the girl and her father until a decision on charges was made.

The incident happened in the 2200 block of Bois D'Arc Road in Combine, a town of 2,500 on the Dallas-Kaufman county line.

The Sheriff's Department received a 911 call about 3:45 p.m., and a paramedic – over the phone – helped a man, believed to be the girl's father, to perform CPR until an ambulance arrived.

Shocked neighbors gathered Thursday evening near the family's doublewide mobile home with a toddler swing and slide out front. They said the father had told paramedics that he was using a weed trimmer while his daughter rode her tricycle. The male pit bull – the family also owns a mother and puppies – apparently was chained nearby, they said. All of a sudden, the neighbors said, the little girl was on the ground, and there was blood all over her and the dog.

"She wasn't moving. She wasn't breathing or nothing" when she was taken to the ambulance, neighbor Stephanie Olive said.

Deputy Ortiz said the girl's injuries were mainly on her face and head. Neighbors said she also appeared to have been bitten on the throat and buttocks. They said Combine Senior Patrol Officer Michael Henderson, the first officer on the scene, had been crying all afternoon.

"It's a tragedy. You hate to see any child hurt in any way," said Mayor Pro Tem Paul Norman, a former pit bull owner who said he would never own another because "they're basically insane."

Neighbors said they had called authorities about the family's pit bulls before for being aggressive toward children. Authorities took the dog involved in the attack to the Balch Springs animal shelter, where its fate was unknown.

Although the dog apparently had been chained, residents said roaming dogs are a problem, too, because many people drop off unwanted dogs in Combine.

"They think that this is the country and they'll find a home," Mr. Norman said.

While authorities were at the scene Thursday evening, one loose dog chased a squirrel up a tree and others roamed freely nearby.

"It is one of the few problems we do have," said Mr. Norman, who has lived in Combine about 25 years.

The town has a leash law but lacks an animal control agency. It has one police officer and relies largely on Dallas and Kaufman counties for enforcement, depending on which side of town is involved.

Just like many dog attack cases, most of these pit bull attacks happen from animals that are not spayed or neutered. And, if research the issue on pit bulls, you'll realize that they are just another classic example the the media taking something way too far (just like the spinach "scare" last summer, or eboli in the 1990's).

However here's a test for you guys. Go to this link and find the pit bull:

http://members.aol.com/radogz/find.html

Then feel free to educate yourselves. There's a lot of good info on pit bulls on the left hand side. (but this is a pro-pit bull site)

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/

There are many dangerous dogs out there. Not all of them are pit bulls. Many dogs that bite are mistakenly identified as a pit bull, thus adding to the whole pit bull mess. Just like anything, don't take what you here on the news as fact. Pit bulls can make great pets, so please don't discriminate.

I got myself a very small 22 caliber pistol last year. I always carry it with me when I run. I can tell you that pitbulls aren´t so cocky when they get a bullet through their brain...

You may need more firepower, or aim elsewhere than the head. The only way to stop them if attacked is to get on top of them and pull their front legs sideways thus tearing open their chest. You have to be large and strong enough to attempt this, hitting them in the head will not work.

If this fantastic story is actually true, then the pit was playing with you. If the dog were actually trying to end you, I suspect you would be unable to type your tale. You gave him a kick and yet another and another and some more kicking. Wow! He simply thought he was playing a fun game with one of the rockettes.

just watched the afternoon news...there was a report about a pitbull who attacked an owner and its smaller dog. ended up killing the dog and not sure about the owner. the full story comes soon.

this is really awkward