Pit Bull Just Attacked Horse!!!!
 

Want another reason not own a pit bull! My son just called & his girlfriend's horse was just attacked by a pit bull! Of course, the owner of the pit bull said "It never happened before". They were getting it out of the barn & had just opened the stall door when this dog cam from across the highway into the barn & ran in Trixie's stall....the emerg vet came, had to bring it in to the vet clinic, all skin is off of the back legs, no person was bit, the owner came & shot it...he had an ug fence & didn't realizse he had cut it yesterday doing work.....I am so mad right now!!!!! The vet has said it will be months before she is healed.....The owner shot the dog in the head & it was (according to my son) pumping blood out & still didn't go down!!!!!

OMG Kay I'm so sorry to hear about your son's girlfriend's horse...I hope the horse will be OK. See this is the second post today about a pit bull attacking. Sorry but I'm no fan of pit bulls or rotts. :( And people still think these dogs are safe with our Yorkies..I don't get it.:confused:

How terrible :eek: I hope the poor horse was not too badly hurt in the long run. Its so scary to see what bad blood runs in these breeds, I just dont understand why they continue to be kept in many homes as pets. :mad:

I just don't get it! How many people and animals have to be hurt or killed? This dog came from across a rural highway into a barn and then into a stall..it's not like it could even see the horse from where it came from....I am so upset, I can't wait to get off work & go see Trixie. My son, who is an animal lover, is in shock about what he saw- he is a strapping 21 y/o Sr. in college and farm boy....thanks for letting me vent....they have called the sheriff's dept. But, what if it had went after my son, the emerg. vet or the barn owner???

UPDATE******

My son just called-leaving vet hosp. Trixie has IV's and has to stay there at least until MON. They had to put a $500. deposit down.....this guy better be paying!!!!! The vet took picture's and my son did take a couple of poor Trixie.

Oh my gosh! Thats awful! I hope the horse gets better and everything heals up ok!! I may be the only one but I dont think its the breed of pit bulls thats bad...it all comes down to the way they are raised. I have grown up around pits ALL my life...whether it was my dads pit or my uncles, or my cousin, or my grandparents, lol...yes we have all had them. lol....but you get the idea...I grew up around pits..basically raised with them and we NEVER had one ever try to bite us or anyone else and the only thing the dog ever killed were squeaky toys. Lol. We showered them with love and affection and they all turned out to be the best dogs. However...you get people who buy them and shove them in a cage all their life not letting them have enough exercise and attention or if they do something wrong..instead of calmly correcting them..they hit them and yell at them...then yea...That dog is gonna grow up and be your worst enemy or just wait until it can get away from you and tear up the first thing that comes into its field of vision. They can be mean but its all in the way their owner raised them. Im not trying to cause a congflict I just disagree with what people think of pits and feel obligated to share my story in defense for the breed...not for the dog that attacked the horse..but for the breed. So please dont act like they are terrible breeds that need to be done away with...its the crappy way people treat animals that needs to be done away with...Vick...man raping dog...come on..that is disgusting and disturbing! We need more of us YTers to own animals! :animal36

Sorry, I don't agree with it's not in the breed.....If you research online - The American Vet Assoc says in a study that 65% of all severe & fatal bites are from Pit Bulls, Pit Bull Mixes & Rott's. Just look up Pit Bull kills in a search engine-it is unbelievable. If you had just experienced what my son went thru-the dog chased this horse almost a mile down a rural highway-tore off all the back leg skin-then came back after the owner shot him in the head & my son had to try and hold it back from his horse, you might think differently. Sorry, but there is to much data to make me think you could ever trust them

oh my goodness!! I am so sorry this happen!! I dont think ALL pits are like this thou. My brother has one and he is the sweeties thing!dont get me wrong I still dont trust him around my yorkies or my son BC of everything I have heard... but if he was STILL going after he was shot.. He might have been rabbit.

Oh yea one other thing i meant to add lol....its not just the way the owner of the dog raises it but if the parents or grandparents were treated badly and became mean...it is easier for the kid to become mean if treated badly or ticked off but not limited to it. Genetics can play a role but it only goes back to the grandparents..beyond that its not very relevant or reliable.
Like I said...im not trying to cause problems..I just feel like everyone should know the truth about pits b/c they have such a bad rep. Dalmations were the first dog to ever bite someone and it bit a child..yet dalmations seem to be one of the greatest dogs...second to Yorkies...THEY ARE #1!!! ;)
:yorkiesar I do tend to be biased towards yorkies tho! hehe:animal36

I couldn't agree more!!:thumbup: :thumbup:

I am sorry about your horse, I hope she heals soon.

im sorry about these attacks but i still believe its human responsibility ! i just do not and will not believe ever pitts are vicious because they are pits!

i would definately hold the dogs owner responsible for all vet bills! actually he should not have any dogs in the future either !

OH NO!! :eek: The poor horse...I hope that she will be okay!!! :wub:
The dogs owner shot him right there....:eek: I could never own a mean dog because there would be no way I could shoot one.....but I am glad he did, I guess, because that could have ended up worse then it did.

We have a friend that has a huge rott (HUGE) that she has had forever, but he is MEAN! They have him in a cage with a cage (or pen)...it is a huge cement slab w/ a wrought iron cage and then another wrought iron fence around that....She said that has he has gotten older, he has gotten meaner (is that a word :cool:) and she just can't bear the thought of putting him down! :eek: Well, if you can't even love on your dog or let him out w/o the worry of him attacking someone, why have him around??? --course, I have never been in that position (and won't ever be)...be really!

:cry: I hope that the horse will recover. I'm so sorry:(~

I love horses, and I'm so sorry that happened. :( I hope she feels better soon.

I don't think we should blame the whole breed. I go into this all the time, so I won't start again, but every dog doesn't need to be punished because a few owners don't excercise/give enough attention to their dogs.

Thanks- she is so-- sweet...she is being trained as a barrel racer & hopefully that won't be over. We can only pray & wait for the results of her healing....they were worried about the mile run down our rural highway & her having ligment/tendon damage.

I am sorry the horse was injured. But what kind of life had the dog had? His owner came over and shot it! He could have had him put to sleep. The dog was probably not trained or loved. I could not shoot one of my dogs for any reason. There are no bad breeds just bad OWNERS! I hope the horse has a speedy recovery.

I have to agree with you!!! I've grown up around Pit Bulls and they are the sweetest dogs ever. Just like any other dog - if you raise them to be cruel & mean , then that's what you'll get. Here in Ontario they've banned Pit Bulls (I think - not too sure how that law went down ) but nevertheless, BAN THE DEED NOT THE BREED!


I hope the horse heals up fast! :(



Ditto... as much as my heart hurts for the horse, its hurting for the Pit as well... who would shoot their own dog? Clearly you are not a good owner to have him on the loose like that, and become such a violent dog! I hate bad owners, I really do!

I agree. On the one hand, I'm don't really believe it's the breed and I don't think it's always bad owners but I think to have a powerful breed like a pit bull or rottie you definately have to be the one in charge and so often, that is not the case. But that being said, I would never have a dog that was a danger to someone else. As hard as it would be, I feel I would have to make the decision to put them down. Glad I have never been in that position and hope to never be.....:(

I am so very sorry about this... I hope your son and his girlfriend and will be ok too. What a terrible thing to witness.

I'm sorry but I have to add that people do have input on how these breeds turn out. You constantly hear about breeding for "temperment" - even with our Yorkies. People have been breeding these Pitbulls for fighting for quite some time and now it's out of control. Years ago it was the Doberman, then the Rottwiler and now the Pitbull. Yes, it can be bred into them. Of course, there is always the exception, but it's my opinion that it would take decades of "professional breeding" to bring back a decent temperment in this breed. I am a total animal lover but there is no way I trust any Pitbull anymore. BTW I don't hate the breed - just what's happened to them.

I'm sorry about the horse:( I agree it is the owners fault. If a pit is brought up with love and only love and discipline in the right way it should never be dangerous. I know someone who has 3 pitbulls and they are all big babies, they never attacked anything or anyone cause they only know love around them.

That is horrible! I hope the pit bulls owner is taking care of the expenses! But the poor horse! Can you imagine?? I feel so sorry for the owner of the horse and the other people that were there to witness this!!

I will keep Trixie and her family in my prayers!!

I don't ever understand the "it's never happened before"...like that matters...

OMG, that poor horse - and how traumatic to then see the dog shot after all that. Horrible memories. WHAT is with all these pit bull attacks?

Any new updates on the horse?

Trixie Update & more info

Trixie is at the Vet Hopsital on IV antibotics and will be for awhile...I have seen the photos & am horrified! I will try to get the disc & post them...the dog was hanging on her front leg for a mile down the blacktop before it let go...the dog ran home & the owner tried to shoot it & did not kill it...it then ran back across to the barn...the emerg vet, my son, his girlfriend & the barn owner were there...they tried to slam the barn doors when it came back, but it was relentless...I can not believe that my son jumped in & grabbed the pitbull to keep it from attacking Trixie again....He is so lucky...the owner had chased it back across the highway & was told by the vet to bring it down...they needed to take it in to check for rabies...he evidently wasn't a good shot the 1st time....my son is on the shooting team at college & he couldn't believe this owner couldn't even kill this dog with one shot....it was pretty horrific to witness according to my son & his girlfriend...it had a underground fence, but the owner must have cut the wires doing work & that is how it escaped.......costs are estimated in thousands for vet care!!!

Ohhhhhhhhh that is horrible....I am sorry for all those involved. :cry8: Thanks for the update Kay! Please keep us posted!

OMGosh! This is awful! I feel so bad for that poor horse and your son and girlfriend, who witnessed it and thank goodness they weren't hurt!

Pit Bulls are not allowed in my city and I'm so glad for that!

I'll say a prayer for that poor horse. I hope the horse isn't traumatized for life. Hugs to you!

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