Pit attack on a friend this morning, please send prayers for her.

[Sammy Mommy]

I'm praying for your friend and her family. Sending get well thoughts and prayers for a full recovery. What a terrible thing to happen.

[Perrella]

So very sad, sending prayers.

[SWEETIEPIE]

Oh My Goodnes, how awful, that is just so sad, I will say tons of prayers for your friend, that is soooo WRONG, I feel so bad for her, just think how scared she must of been. I think the owner of the dogs should be in really big trouble. I am just so sorry that this happend, I really do wish your friend a speedy recovery! SO SAD!

[ErinsWhitney]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

My neighbor's Pitbull jumped or crawled over their Cox fence. Unless they have a really high and well-constructed, well-maintained fence, a big dog can find a way out.

My husband's brother is a K9 in our town and his dog, a malinois, can scale the 6ft fence if he is really so inclined. I really believe that some people just should never be allowed to own pets, and certain breeds should have to be registered with the county and their owners should have to meet certain requirements to own one (proper containment for one) and undergo regular, random checks by animal control to make sure they are following the rules. There are just too many people who think having a pit or rottie or some other large dog looks so gangster and cool and they have no idea what it takes to own a dog like that. But I'm biased.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by ErinsWhitney

My husband's brother is a K9 in our town and his dog, a malinois, can scale the 6ft fence if he is really so inclined. I really believe that some people just should never be allowed to own pets, and certain breeds should have to be registered with the county and their owners should have to meet certain requirements to own one (proper containment for one) and undergo regular, random checks by animal control to make sure they are following the rules. There are just too many people who think having a pit or rottie or some other large dog looks so gangster and cool and they have no idea what it takes to own a dog like that. But I'm biased.

I could not agree more. It takes a special person to own big, strong dogs.

I hope your friend is getting the best specialists and care as no doubt she is. It is so fortunate she got to help ASAP. Bless her heart.

[AlicetheYorkie]

Oh Erin, I'm so sorry about your friend I pray that she has a speedy and complete recovery.

I really don't understand why owners of these dogs that do this aren't severly punished The poor dogs are euthanized and the owner will just go get more and be completely unresponsible with them so someone can get hurt down the road. IMHO those people should really be charged with assalt at the very least.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

I could not agree more. It takes a special person to own big, strong dogs.

I hope your friend is getting the best specialists and care as no doubt she is. It is so fortunate she got to help ASAP. Bless her heart.

And it's often all the wrong people who own such dogs.

I'm so sorry about your friend; being attacked in such a manner must be so frightening and scary. I will say prayers for her; and hope she is not too badly injured.

[Cha Cha]

I am so sorry your friend is going through this. Sending prayers for a complete recovery and that she is able to play beautiful music on the piano again soon.

[FlDebra]

Sorry about your friend and I too, pray for her speedy and full recovery!

I am so tired of hearing about irresponsible dog owners letting their pets run loose! People here in my neighborhood think it is perfectly acceptable too. They all claim their dogs "never hurt anyone." That is a common refrain -- of course NONE of them has ever hurt anyone UNTIL THEY DO! ALL pet owners need to maintain control over their animals at all times. If they are not physically with them, they need to be secured on their property where they CANNOT hurt anyone. I would not dream of letting my yorkies go bark, yip, and try to cause havoc in someone else's yard or out on public trails -- so why would these large animal owners think it is okay for them? Praying for more responsible pet owners everywhere!!!!

[Baroness]

So sorry to hear of this happening. This is one reason I rarely bring my dogs out in public, too many irresponsible people and wild pets running amok. Prayers are being said...

[ErinsWhitney]

Thank you guys for all of the kind words! I'm happy I had a place to vent my shock with people who totally understand the issue. Thankfully, she is going to be ok, and her story has already been on all of the news stations locally. Her husband just updated her condition on his facebook and it's worse than everyone thought at first. It wasn't just one arm, they ripped up both of her arms and legs, and bit her face a few times too. Two strangers who saw it happen stepped in and risked getting themselves hurt to fight the dogs off of her, or it would have been much worse. Hopefully the owner is held accountable, and her piano playing abilities are fully restored. That's what she is most worried about, according to her husband.

[TxVicki]

This is just so sad. I pray that your friend makes a speedy recovery.

[Britster]

That is sooo terrible and how scary. I will be praying for your friend. What a terrible situation all around due to pet owners who are stupid!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Wow, what heroes those strangers were!!! Thank God they were there and rushed in to get those dogs off her and that they weren't attacked. I'll bet she will never forget those two people.