Sister's yorkie attacked by brother's pit bull My brothers have 2 pit bulls. They are very welled trained and very gentle with my children (8 and 14 months) and my 2-year-old nephew. I know that a lot of people have bad images and impressions on the breed. They are both the sweetest pit bulls I have ever seen. Today my brothers brought their dogs over to my parents house and left them outside. My dad did not know that they were in his backyard and let my sister's 3 lb yorkie out to potty. My brothers and I immediately ran outside to get him back inside. The pit bulls went to a corner after they were told and stayed there. Stevie (the yorkie) came up to them and barked like crazy and then bit one on the leg. The pit bull just used his leg to push Stevie out the way and Stevie came back and bit him in the nose and all hell broke loose. By the time my brothers reached their dog Stevie was in his mouth and he was shaking poor little Stevie. One of my brothers held the dog while another had to pry open the dog's jaw so he can release Stevie and got bit in the process. We rushed him to the vet and he had to be rushed into surgery. I seriously thought that he died because he was limp when he fell to the ground. He is on his pain meds now and is doing fine. We called my sister, who is in Brazil on vacation, to let her know what happened and she said she is going to "kill" my brothers dogs. I don't think that it is fair for her to say that because little Stevie had a bad case of the little dog syndrome. My brothers feel extremely horrible about this. It could have been prevented but was it their fault that Stevie has little dog syndrome like most yorkies do? |
I think that large dogs and very small dogs should always be well supervised no matter what. Even with good supervision accidents can happen. I am glad little Stevie will be ok. I understand how your sister feels. A little dog will always get seriously injured from a large breed if their is a fight. If I saw my little yorkie nipping at a pitbull, I would not hesitate to run and pick up my little dog fast ! I really hope little Stevie is going to be ok. I really think that this whole incident could have been avoided . |
I am so sorry that happened to little Stevie. Hope he will recover and be just fine. Sometimes things happen and its because we are not thinking or whatever but no ones fault. My first schnauzer was a male, very loving and friendly but we also at that time had a senior doxie. He had always had a temper and one morning without thinking I gave him a biscuit without knowing Max was near by. Max picked Muffin up like a rag doll and there was so much blood I honestly thought he was going to die before I could get him to the vet. Thank goodness our vet is close by. Just plain didn't think, just tossed the biscuit and almost cost little Muffin his life. I felt quilty along time after that but I knew I did not do it on purpose. Muffin was sewn up and wore a sling for awhile but he never learned a lesson from it. He still wanted to be alpha. I feel bad for your brother too. He must feel awful as well as your dad, but, like I said it was just a terrible accident. |
I agree, sad, but could have been avoided all together! Lesson learned i am sure though. |
I agree completely they need to be supervised espically when there is that much difference in the size. Mine were raised together and Max grew up and Muffin stayed little. Their problem was dominance and we watched them closely after that. |
Yes! Lesson learned. Don't trust big dogs around small dogs not matter how well behaved or well trained they are. |
Someone should of made SURE that EVERYONE in the house knew that there were visitor dogs in the backyard. The little guy should NEVER of been let out. I do not allow large dogs in my yard,I dont care who they belong to. All of my children have been told if they want to bring their dog to my house it has to weigh less than 20lbs grown and be socialized here in my house frequently as a puppy. My grandpuppy is beginning to show dominance stances to Mina and she is being watched VERY closely and if we can not resolve the issue even she will not be allowed here. My small dogs deserve to have a safe place to live,it is their home. Your sister's response is a natural mommy type response. She is far away,her trip is probably ruined if it was for pleasure,she is also now worried sick about her baby. |
I'm so sorry. I think its very important when big dogs and small dogs are together they are watched very closely. I think your brother should have made sure everyone in the house knew his dogs where outside. |
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Honestly though the yorkie bit the pitty not once but twice before the pit bit back. Can you blame him? not very many dogs of any breed will allow another dog to harass and bite them without consequence. Your sister should be upset with the people in the house, not the dogs in the yard. |
I just fostered a pitbull [she has now found a home, and i pick up my new li'l yorkie girl next week!...as i would never allow them in the same home], and to be honest the are known for Dog Aggression, it is in their nature to be so and they must be socialized from the time they are puppies in order to keep it under control, however it's never gone as it is their instinct/prey drive towards other dogs. Although it sucks it happened, it seems as though your dog was the aggressor, so this should say "Yorkie attacked a Pitbull and he attacked in return" You're making it out to seem like the Pitbull just hauled off on him for no reason in the subject line. BUUUUT that wasn't the case... Stevie bit first and the pitbull gave him a warning by shoving him. He didn't even try to bite back. But when Stevie bit AGAIN then the pitbull took action by instinct. Wouldn't you punch someone square in the face it they punched you once, you brushed it off, but then they punched you again? I hope li'l Stevie is okay and that everyone learned a lesson! |
Hoping Stevie will be ok |
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: I completely agree. Dogs are not people and don't think the same way that we do in terms of size. The Yorkie was being aggressive and the larger dog reacted - thank goodness that people intervened in time to save him. ETA: I'm glad that Stevie is going to be ok - I will add him to my prayers and hoping for a swift recovery. |
I must say that I was happy to read that the Pits were well trained and went into the corner when they were told to. Sadly, I think that this situation was Stevie's fault. :( So many people think that they don't need to train their small dogs b/c they 'can't do any harm'. In this situation if Stevie had listened and moved away from the Pits everything would have been fine. Such a hard way for Stevie to learn...I'm glad that he will recover! BTW - I hope you don't think I am too harsh! |
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He is doing well and already back to his usual energetic self. |
:rolleyes:Well your sister shouldn\'t be upset with the pits. They were only reacting to Stevie\'s behavior and actually did well with only reacting after a second nip by Stevie. I would say it was a bit naive of Grandpa not to have noticed the large dogs in the yard but that\'s a lesson learned. It\'s a blessing that Stevie will be okay but he was the fuel that started this fire. I can understand the hurt in this situation but the pits aren\'t at fault and shouldn\'t be condemned or hurt. Troy and I have visited my brothers house before and Troy has Little dog syndrome and doesn\'t like big dogs. My brother had a pit puppy, not much bigger than Troy at the time but I knew the dog had a good 7 pounds on him and that he could still hurt him even though he was just a puppy. Even though small dogs seem like a lot of low maintainence, they are high maintenence when it comes to protecting them when they can\'t really protect themselves when they think they can. |
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