Dog Saves Family From Pit-Bull Attack - Page 2

Q man, I've trained literally dozens of pits. I get you.

The bad ones are stoic, hard to read, and explosive. Dangerous hunters. They are, however, vastly outnumbered by the good ones. Most of them are sweet as could be. Gentle, biddable, and easy to train. In the nice ones, animal aggression is still common- but so is territorial behavior in the GSD, possessive aggression in bulldogs, the list could go on. It is the OWNER'S responsibility to understand the breed they have gotten themselves into and train to control it safely.

One of my better scars, small but very deep, is from a female chocolate lab. I was extremely fortunate to not have suffered any lasting damage to the small bones/tendons in my hand. Very recently I went toe to toe with a GSD and if he hadn't been wearing a muzzle I'd likely be missing some of my ear at best. First dog that ever drew my blood as a trainer was a cairn terrier. Had a golden beat the crap out of me once. Can only think of one pit I've ever done where I was concerned I'd get hurt, and after a week with a muzzle we understood and even liked one another and we were ok after that. I've been bit by WAY more GSDs than pits.

I owned a pit bull. Red-nose very muscular. And that was the best dog I owned. Very obedient no problems other than she sat and watched me get jumped for another puppy I had. Not aggressive at all. I wanted a "guard dog" and love pits but select a GSD for that purpose cause pits are not great guard dogs. Great family dogs but it is the owner. GSD's can be a lot. This thread was a feel good story not pit bashing lol.
Happy 4th reggie
 

no one was attacked or bitten and they were able to chain the dog up. not sure I've ever heard a more bogus account of a dog attack. even the family pet was not bitten. at what point did the family need saving.

I read the article 3 times....what a bunch of baloney.

A more realistic scenario:  Dog wanders in home owner's yard. Dog startles family.
Family concludes dog to be a "pit bull " and panics.....
Family tries to "shoo" dog away, attempts fail...and family "freaks out".
Family pet hears the nervous voices of family, and becomes nervous itself.....
Family dog reacts in an aggressive manner to "non aggressive stray"...and provokes stray to react defensive...resulting in a bite or two.

Not as flashy as the News...but probably more realistic.....

Exactly!

Now headlines read, "Man eater on the loose".

Yeah, family pretty much sicked their dog on a stray and it got injured when the wandering dog defended itself. Poor dog.