Pit Bulls Break Into Home, Maul Woman - Page 4

I dont like doggie doors either,,,Ive always been afraid a possum or armadilla or a fox or some wild thing would come thru it......wonder How those dogs knew about the doggie door?  Most dogs dont just go thru a  medium hole in someones door., do they?

again , Im afraid of them......especially since one for a german would have to be large.

No kidding Yellow. If I had one to fit my dogs, the whole neighborhood could get into my house. Now they have the kind that are electronic with your pets collar carrying a key. I can see that helping with other animals but I'm sure they are easy enough for a burglar to break open. Then again a burglar who wants in is gonna do it many different ways if he is good at what he does anyway.

angela..ok, no worries, yes, it is awful, i have tried helping some but once you do its like they tell eveyone...next thing you know you have five dogs sitting in your yard...even have had people stop and say, do something about your dogs, and we all have to say, hey they are not my dogs....but since the last one i felt sorry for almost killed my hubby's grandpa little dog, and one attacked my little rat terrier daisy 3 times over food, i jus can't do that anymore, like i said i've got kids to worry about, now we just try to keep them out of the yard....hopefully since we now have a animal shelter the problem will mellow out some.....if i see anymore i can atleast call them now

http://www.cbs19.tv/story-2823.htm?PHPSESSID=776d963ae9cd96da2a6dccc5788b8aa8

The problem is getting worse.  It has been in the making for a long time...For the past year in Canton ,Texas, where the largest Flea Market in Southern Usa is held  called first Monday....the overwhelming sales of pit bulls for what ever means they say, were the topic of discussion by many vendors at this flea market , including law and the city government....You have no idea  four months last year how many young men and gangs of men and youngsters walked the isles with three collars and two leashes on them, trying to make a statement..and intimidating people on the grounds.....They did put a stop to it.

This is now a problem having sold all those animals and people come from many states to this flea market.....Natalie Jay is a Smith Co deputy dealing with this issue...The gang related dealings is higher in this area than ever before....The recent killing of a person, was a gang related issue and two men are in jail , awaiting trial....Along with this is the pit bull and pit bull mix dogs uncovered in the last couple of weeks...

This video was shown tonight on Channel 19 with a warning.....it is graphic..

And Yes this is a german Shepherd board and if is for better education those of us that are respectable tax payers, own businesses and are on the police force that have to face these terrible animals and the people behind them.....there community citizens, loved ones who raise german shepherds, and other breeds.......It effect my pocket book, and my safety and the safety of all of us ...We will gladly discuss it...

i'm sure when the smoke clears we'll find out the truth. and it will probably be that the woman wasn't in bed when she was bitten. she probably jumped in to save the animal being chased , as anyone would do and was bitten in the attempt to seperate the dogs. shouldn't have happened. another example of bad ownership combined with not housing the animals properly. i think there should be an IQ test to own dogs and many of these problems could be avoided. (just a joke not serious about the test)

it's also been brought up about improper identification. so many bites are atributed to the APBT that aren't even of the breed. the dog warden of the area of ohio i live in is considered an "expert" on the APBT. he even printed a "how to identify a pit bull" letter. in it he states that you can identify one by it's large blocky head generally with a wide collar and often chained in the back yard. now that's a true scientific statement there isn't it? how many other dogs fit that discription. this "experts" own staff went into a persons yard and took his AMERICAN BULLDOG (a totally different breed) and left a notice that it was due to the fact he didn't have his PIT BULL properly confined. OOOOPPPPSSSS. so much for the experts and there ability to identify a pit bull. talk about eating crow when they had to hand over the guys dog.LOL.

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My sister's ShihTzu was mauled earlier this week in his own yard by a neighbor dog that was allowed to "run loose".  My niece and nephew had to be driven to their bus stop everyday as they could not walk past their neighbors house without fear of the dogs attacking.  They chased every car, golf cart, etc that went by.  I love animals immensly but truly wanted to let him get a taste of my tires a few months ago when I visited (out-of-state).  Maybe if I had gone ahead a run him over, Sammy wouldn't have been mauled. 

I spent over $4,500 on 6' chain link fencing (19 years ago) plus much more securing the bottom with cinderblocks to avoid digging out and am so tired of seeing dogs run wild.  I will not place pups with anyone who does not have a fenced in yard - period (even my family members have been turned down until they fence in their yards).  I don't believe people should be able to own large breeds without proper control measures being met. 

Several years ago a dog came up to our fence every day and tormented our dogs (we had a Rottweillers at the time) and one day our male hit the gate just right and popped the handle out (sheer force) and proceeded to give a what-for to this pesty dog.  Results were that it cost us $200 bucks to stitch up his ear and the owner of the other dog had the nerve to call the dog pound on us even though our dog never left our yard.

Always carry a big stick, preferrably with a sharpened end for the extreme case of attack - if a dog attacked a person unwarranted - kill it before it kills someone - maybe then the owner's will perk up and start keeping their dogs in their own yards.

I also live in a neighborhood where there are alot of pitt's, it's not uncommon to see some running loose, or be around when the idiot owner let's them loose.  I never walk her without putting my stun gun on my belt, last week (minneapolis) 5 blocks from my home is where a 7 year old child was attacked by the family pitt and killed, the father of the child was bitten trying to save his son and ended up shooting the dog, also it happened in their basement where there was a female with 4 pups,  the man was a gang member, and he was breeding the dogs to sell for fighting. I hope i never have to use the stun gun on a dog, but i will, and if and when i have to use it, I HOPE IT'S ENOUGH TO STOP THE DOG OR AT LEAST SLOW IT DOWN

Sorry to hear about the 7 year old - I cannot imagine how the parents feel especially the dad.  Problem is that people don't experience dire consequences from letting their dogs run loose.  I know that if my dogs get out that there is a good possibility they will die and some that got out have, my ShihTzu was killed by 2 Akita's 18 years ago and I learned thru that experience that to keep my dogs safe they must stay in the yard.  If an owner does not contain his/her dogs and the dog gets killed it is completely their fault and can blame no one else.  My experience of grieveing over my beloved pets death is what caused me to become passionate about keeping my dogs where they belong.  I hope that your stun gun is enough to stop an attack too.