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bek74 · 08-14-2007, 07:38 PM

Before my husband and I had children we had a PitBull his name was speed ( cause when he was little he would run around like he was on it, lol) and he was so beautiful such a loving little boy. WE took him everywhere with us and he got on so well with other dogs, as long as they were smaller than him. If they were bigger he would bark and get a bit aggresive towards them.
My husband has a daughter to a previous relationship and she adored Speed.
One day we had friends over, having a bbq and they had their children with them. Just to be safe we locked Speed away.

Well hubbys daughter let him out without us knowing and she and a friend were shaking their long blonde hair at him and running around, so Speed latched onto Hubbys daughters friends hair and started shaking her around like she was some kind of rag doll. We heard the screaming and ran down and that is what we saw. Luckly Speed wasn't trying to be aggressive and when we called at him he came running over ever so excited. He wasn't trying to hurt the girl he was just playing with her, but he ripped out so much hair, she had blood on her scalp from the hair being pulled out.

My point is, you never know what to expect with them. They are so big and so strong and just unaware of their power. At the time of this incident I had just had our first child and thought OH MY GOSH that could have been him. We ended up giving Speed to a friend who had no children and worked on building sites so Speed would get to go to work with him and be around people.

I will also add, alot of dogs end up in shelters because people see a friend and they have this beautiful obedent dog and they think "wow, thats what I want, we should get a dog like that". So without all the research and knowledge they go out and buy this dog. 6mths -12mths down the track they think " this dog is nothing like our friends", it just isn't working out so off to the shelter the dog goes.
I am not saying that is you, but that is what happens in alot of cases.

Please do your research before you jump into anything.

08-14-2007, 07:38 PM	#28
bek74 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 23	Before my husband and I had children we had a PitBull his name was speed ( cause when he was little he would run around like he was on it, lol) and he was so beautiful such a loving little boy. WE took him everywhere with us and he got on so well with other dogs, as long as they were smaller than him. If they were bigger he would bark and get a bit aggresive towards them. My husband has a daughter to a previous relationship and she adored Speed. One day we had friends over, having a bbq and they had their children with them. Just to be safe we locked Speed away. Well hubbys daughter let him out without us knowing and she and a friend were shaking their long blonde hair at him and running around, so Speed latched onto Hubbys daughters friends hair and started shaking her around like she was some kind of rag doll. We heard the screaming and ran down and that is what we saw. Luckly Speed wasn't trying to be aggressive and when we called at him he came running over ever so excited. He wasn't trying to hurt the girl he was just playing with her, but he ripped out so much hair, she had blood on her scalp from the hair being pulled out. My point is, you never know what to expect with them. They are so big and so strong and just unaware of their power. At the time of this incident I had just had our first child and thought OH MY GOSH that could have been him. We ended up giving Speed to a friend who had no children and worked on building sites so Speed would get to go to work with him and be around people. I will also add, alot of dogs end up in shelters because people see a friend and they have this beautiful obedent dog and they think "wow, thats what I want, we should get a dog like that". So without all the research and knowledge they go out and buy this dog. 6mths -12mths down the track they think " this dog is nothing like our friends", it just isn't working out so off to the shelter the dog goes. I am not saying that is you, but that is what happens in alot of cases. Please do your research before you jump into anything. __________________ With luv from Down Under Last edited by bek74; 08-14-2007 at 07:40 PM.