[yorkietalkjilly]

Oh, me too but bear it mind they are the breed dog type that causes the most deaths and I think Rotties are second. I love both of the breeds, myself, it is just the dangerous tenacious aggression breeding that has caused them to become maulers and killers. Could be bred for non-aggessive temperament and many pit breeders are saying they are doing that. Once we see the rate of deaths and lifelong injuries began to taper off for this breed type, then we will know we have passed the crisis point. I saw this happen to Doberman's years ago and their breed clubs totally got busy and changed that. Don't see that really happening with the gangsta and drug culture of these days who seem to be behind most pit breeding and fighting and then selling puppies they don't keep to the public. As for the poor dog in this story, if he did kill the woman, he did what he was genetically predisposed to do - attack something weak and be tenacious and don't back off until it stops moving. If he didn't and she fell or worse, he died completely in vain. I hate to see a/in dog die naturally from old age or illness/injury but to die because of a mistake is such a special tragedy. Right now I can't spend a lot of time online but if I see anything on this, will post it or a link. This is one story I haven't heard on the news networks at all yet and you think it would be - course maybe I have just missed it. Whichever way this story ends, it will be awful - but worse yet if that dog died for something he didn't do. Course whatever large breed he was, under the circumstances, the police still would have shot him once he was out of the yard all bloody and a suspected killer. If he were loose and they could not readily corral him, they have a duty to keep the public safe.