another pit-bull incident

[sassyfire1956]

So very sad! I got bit in the head(not bad) when I was about 4 by my grandfathers dog!It had been around all of the grandkids and never any problems! My grandfather never understood it-but gave the dog to a farm family with no children! I was playing with it, we have later wondered if i stepped on its food- poked it in the eye,(accident), and it just reacted! It just bit once- did not attack!
I know years later, it made my grandparnets shudder!
I feel so sorry for this family!
I have seen good pits- and I know there are bads one! But not just pits!
And I have always said- any dog will bite- if they have to!
I snap at others sometimes, too! Sometimes they deserve it sometimes they don't!
But a little girl losing her life-is way to much!
so very sad for that family!

[tanksmom]

I have a pit here in my neighborhood that just had pups. It got out of its yard and went around attacking feemale dogs all over the neighborhood! It killed 1 pup and injured a few others. I never leave my babies outside without me and I wont walk them because of her. Her owners were responcible for ALL vet bills and their dog will be put to sleep if it has another incident.

[Anna Banana]

Originally Posted by cataholic

It is not always pitbulls. Pitbulls are in the news for every thing they do. The media doesn't talk about it when other breeds like labs attack people. It is the backyard breeders and bad owners that make pitbulls or any other breed bad dogs. Good breeders do not breed people aggressive dogs. Backyard breeders don't care. Any dog gets excited when children are playing or people get into a fight. A dog is very likely to get excited and join in and sometimes their play turns into something else. There is no bad breed just bad owners.

[myteddybear]

Personally I would not take chances with any dog that could even be possibly questionable with my children. I would never own a Pitt and an very much on gaurd when visiting my father who owns an American bull dog and a lab mix of some kind. They have never been aggressive toward the kids but have killed another small dog. My children are never with them without my father present and Teddy Bear stays in his crate or in my arms whenever we visit. They will never be together attended or not. It seems common sense would say that if Pitts (or any other dog for that matter) even have a possible question of safety around children why would you take that chance???

[For My Coby]

It's just my opinion and what I've heard and what I've learned..... I agree that there are no bad breeds. There are poorly bred dogs, bad breeders, bad owners. But there is also a difference in the way breeds react when stimulated (i.e., when play turns to attack). Pitbulls, bull dogs, and other breeds can have a "clamp" mentality when over-stimulated. They do not attack in a bite and dodge sort of way like some (what one would call) less dangerous breeds. Once they cross that line, they hang on until it's over. And because of their jaw and chest strength, they are stronger and harder to defend against. A Yorkie could be just as aggressive when in the "red zone" but would be much less deadly to a human able to defend himself. So it would just be an non-fatal incident that would not be publicized.

It's so sad whatever your opinion on the breed.......

[PANAMA69]

Poor victims and their families