OMG
I'm so glad that you and Chloe are okay
What a nightmare!!!!! That was quick thinking on your part, and thank goodness that the other lady was there to help. I wonder if there shouldn't be seperate parks altogether for large and small dogs. Perhaps the fence should be higher?!
I don't think banning pits would even work, they type of owner they seem to attract (not ALL, but a lot it seems) doesn't much care what the law says
I think that there should be some kind of license you have to have, after some training and testing, to have any really large breed. Then they should be made to purchase insurance on their dogs in case something bad like this happens, with decreases in the premiums every year that there is no problem. Maybe being hit in their wallets would make them think twice about owning an agressive breed of dog, and I don't care what anyone says, pits are one of those breeds. I have known a few sweet pits in my time, however they had GREAT owners who trained them well and they were very submissive. My Starr used to be great buddies with a pit owned by a friend of mine, and she'd roll onto her back and let Starr "beat her up". What a site that was!
She also had a Rottie friend that was the same way.
But one day when my daughter (who was 9 at the time) and her friend were walking Starr on her leash and the neighbor's pit came charging out of it's garage (no leash
!) and snatched her
I heard screaming and came running out to see my Starr in the mouth of that dog, and the girls terrified. The owner of the pit had come out by then and got the dog to drop Starr, and then she ran into our house and I couldn't find her. Finally I found her under my bed, she was bleeding from cuts by her front legs and her belly. Rushed her to the vet, and thank God she was okay, just needed stitched up. I called Animal Control on them (my husband didn't want to cause trouble b/c they are neighbors, but I told him screw off, I'm calling!) The owner was very apologetic, but at the same time he was whining about how he couldn't keep his dog off leash because of this!
Then he told me that this same dog had already attacked another Yorkie, that she "hates" small dogs. Jerk! We started building our fence the following week. I don't allow my dd and I don't walk my girls around here anymore. That dog still is there and his jerkoff brother has two of the same kind right across the street from me and has threatened to let his dogs eat my dogs if he ever sees them outside. Scares me to death, since Izzy can get out through the fence and my hubby doesn't always pay close enough attention. Anyway I guess my point is, I've been on both sides of this debate and there really isn't an easy solution
Dalmations bite more than pits do, yet no one talks of banning them, ya know? It's not the breed, it's the owner. I'm so glad that everything turned out okay for you and Chloe, whew!!! Scary!