Diva pup,
I certainly dont think your horrible....very responsible person in fact.
The owners of the pitbull who attacked me in the above thread also put their dog to sleep. It wasnt court ordered either, my parents never sued the owners or anything like that. The hospital was so upset for the attack they called the police and Im not sure what happened after that. All I know is they said this wasnt just a dog bite, this was a vicious dog attack which could have lead to death if he hadnt been on a chain and had free access to attack me without the chain restraint. The dog was so strong I really dont know how I got away, I kicked him in the nose or something and it must have dazed him for a brief second. I hadnt talked about this in years, I should have never approached the dog but I was young and ignorant. I look at it this way. Better me then a 2 or 3 yr old that wondered in their yard. They never would have made it, this dog was going for the face, the throat.
I have no idea what the history of the dog was either, but to me if a dog attacks and keeps attacking with a vengence for a pat on the head it has socialization problems beyond help. A bite is one thing but attacking over and over is something quite different.
What dogs interprete and what we interprete are so different. Im sorry this happened with your pet. Dogs that are abused are not always the ones who attack. It certainly is a mystery, but the dogs Im sure had their reasons, even though it is something we cant accept in society or even completely understand. |