Dog Attack

[Greyman50]

Sister in law and husband have had pits for over 30 years. Only issues were when they had 2, they “ got into it” with each other. IIRC they were not pure breed and one would bring its toys to you to play with it. I remain kind of hesitant around them.

 

[dmn57]

Our boy is an 18 month old, 100 pound English lab. Strong as a mule but I doubt he's all that tough when it comes to fighting. I don't always carry but if he's attacked by another dog, any breed of dog, I will do whatever I can to protect him even if it's with a knife, a rock, a stick, a boot, whatever, and take my chances with the law later.

 

[steelslaver]

I am inclined to believe dogs tend to be reflections of their owners, I have had a Dane Doberman cross, a Doberman and a Wolf hybrid, all of which became huge lap intelligent lap dogs

Pit bulls reputation suffer from 3 problems. The first is being breed to fight, that instinct is in them as much as my new black lab pup has the instinct to fetch a ball. Second is for some time the first was the reason a bunch of Richard Cranium types got pit bulls, every drug dealer, gang banger and wanna be bad guy had one and as dogs reflect their owners they created some monsters, which they let breed indiscriminately. But, the final problem is also reflected in a lot of "modern" children, their owners/parents, didn't spend the time or have the inclination to teach or discipline them. The exact same type of people who raise feral kids will also raise feral dogs. When a strong, intelligent, willful animal is allowed to mature with no training or discipline they are dangerous. Most people do not think of Chihuahuas as dangerous, but they would if they weight 70#. I have ran across more than one undisciplined one that was a snarling ankle nipper, who if embolden by more size would be truly dangerous. I have met others who were very sociable. Take a colt and train it ride and be a show animal, then take its sibling and turn it loose on the range and see what kind of terror he becomes. When the natives on the reservation near my brother go to round up some of the horses running wild, they start out by shooting the herd stallion because he will aggressively attack both man and beast with hooves and teeth and they don't read Disney books.

I firmly believe a Pit Bull can be raised as a trust worth pet, but the owner has to put in the time and effort. No time and effort and you could very end up with 60 or more pounds of undisciplined aggression. Raise a kid without putting in any time or effort and you may well end up with 150# or more of undisciplined aggression terrorizing the streets. In fact society is producing such an over abundance of such creatures that our prisons are full and few areas of the country are safe from them.

Yes, good parents and dog owners sometimes end up with bad kids and dogs, but they end up with far and away fewer than those who don't put in the time and effort.

 

[Alpo]

If I was the OP, I would check into what the law says about shooting dogs.



Here in Florida, it is perfectly legal to shoot a dog that is attacking your livestock. Somebody up the thread says that's legal where he lives, but it's not legal if the dog is attacking another dog.



In florida, domestic pets are defined as livestock. So if I'm walking down the street with my dog and another dog comes out of nowhere and attacks her, and I shoot the attacking dog, that's perfectly legal. Because I'm protecting my livestock.



I'm not sure whether it would be legal if I shot the dog for attacking my neighbor's livestock.

 

[steelslaver]

Two animals and both dog's owners all struggling in close proximity does not seem like a good situation to add gunfire too. More than one guy has been shot by his would be savior in such situations.

Not only local ordinances, but local law enforcement and the city or county attorney are all factors. They are the ones whose interpretations of any laws will be applied.

 

[zeke]

There's lots of pics of cuddly lovable pitties with children/owners. What really matters is how a dog interacts with strange dogs or people. Am in habit of walking Zelda early in the morn before sunrise, or at sunset in the winter. She has been attacked 5 times now, twice by pitty mixes. Both of those were repelled by rib kicks. The last attack was 2 weeks ago by juvenile blue heeler. The heeler took the worst of it till the owner picked him up.

Pretty sure Wi treats dogs as property, and you can't shoot to protect. However you can use deadly force to protect yourself.

 

[Super Trucker]

My doberman was attacked by a German Shepherd about 6 weeks ago.
My wife was walking our dog on a leash and the Shepherd ran through the gate at its house crossed the street and went to work on my dog.
Had I been there there would have been a dead shepherd but my wife said "she can't shoot a dog".
Needless to say I have to chaperone dog walks now.

 

[ladder13]

Some breeds are banned, and there is a large dog ban in my little quiet slice of NC. I’m good with that. Don’t like it, move.

A couple years ago a homeowner always had the family pit mix walked by his scrawny daughter. The dog was always trying to pull her across the street to go after the other dog walkers.

One day dad jumped stink with a friend of mine threatening him with bodily harm for asking the daughter to restrain the dog on the other side of the street, while he was walking his aged pup.

Wouldn’t you know a couple of weeks later the pit mix bit the owners son, breaking skin. The dog was put down by the owner the next day or so.
The family has since moved.

 

[Doug M.]

There is no excuse for any dog of any breed being able to leave the owner's property other than on a real leash. Flexi-leads are utterly clown shoes. This requires a quality fence; those silly electronic "fences" don't work on a motivated dog. One should not get a dog without a decent understanding of the antecedent purpose of the breed - not a certainly, but a good predictor of conduct. Pits are hard wired to dog aggression and often animal aggression generally. I have met many a good one ... but I am always cautious.

Problem dogs are the main reason I carry a 296 in a fanny pack for walking my dogs - if a shot is needed, it probably needs to be a contact shot.

 

[LVSteve]

I've known pitties that were sweethearts and wouldn't hurt a fly. I've known others that would kill another animal on sight.

They're strong dogs and once they get clamped on to something it's hard to get them to let go. They can be choked out. Grab them by the scruff and ram your thumb into the notch at the base of their esophagus. Puts you right in the middle of things though.

I would have thought going for the eyes would have a more instant effect. I am told that the sensation of sticking your thumb in an eyeball is similar to poking a shelled, slightly overdone, soft-boiled egg.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

As a Country Teen, I was a designated local area Dog Shooter.
My Buds and I shot several, don’t recall any Pits, don’t recall any dogs leaving the scene.
We used 12 Gauges.

 

[grover99]

A good friend had a pit who acted like a lap dog most of the time and I was around him a lot. However one day with no warning he went for my throat. luckily he missed but I had to go to the ER and have 10 stitches put in my face. Friend or no friend I told him if that dog got closer than 10 feet of me I would shoot him. Never trust a Pit they are a walking time bomb that may or may not go off sometime.

 

[jimmyj]

I live alone and my companion is a "Rescue" 50 pound lap dog. I have a 40' x60' fenced dog run and when he is out I am with him. Mostly he is a house dog. I have never let my animals run loose and I will not have a animal that is not very friendly

 

[Kinman]

I’m a dog lover. My neighbor was walking her two pups, on leash, after she got home from work yesterday. I was returning home from errands, and out of no where came a pure white pit bull that absolutely attacked one of her dogs. I saw it happen in slow motion. The pit bull grabbed the victim dog by the throat and would not let go. I stopped the car in the middle of the road and attempted to assist. At that time the pit bulls owner arrived and tried to disengage the bitter. No luck as he lifted both dogs off the ground. There was a lot of blood and my neighbor was in full panic mode. The pit bull was trying to kill the other smaller leashed dog. I came very close to breaking leather and shooting the pit bull. I was successful at getting the pit bull to release by giving him a full power karate chop across the nose. The police were called and I didn’t go to jail for shooting the unleashed attack dog. A very disturbing incident. One of my dogs could just as easily been the victim. I expect the pit bull’s owner to be cited and his dog euthanized. I wonder what the consequences would have been had I shot the pit bull and ended the attack?

Tom H.

In my case I was fined for discharging a firearm within 1000ft of a dwelling.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I agree with steelslaver in that owners play a big part in their dog's temperament. My youngest's dog, Bear, is a 160 lb Cane Corso. They have the third most powerful bite force of dog breeds at 700 psi.

They took the time to train him and work with him daily starting when he was a young pup. Protective? Yes. Intimidating? Yes. Aggressive? No.

 

[vt_shooter]

I question the wisdom of owning a pet that you can't reason with and could kill you if it wanted to.

 

[Oldengineer]

Today the police officer that’s investigating the case called and reported that the owners of the attacking dog could not be located. We were asked to contact them if we see them.

The guy split with his dog. No comment.

 

[johngalt]

Too many other dog breeds to take the risk with one that is known to be a time bomb.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Too many other dog breeds to take the risk with one that is known to be a time bomb.

I have cats. Having an ICD and taking a blood thinner the only things I am at risk from is static electricity and acupuncture.

 

[wood714]

I've only had one dog, a Cocker Spaniel that was too lazy to bite anyone.

Been around a lot of friends massive scary type dogs, and never had a problem with them. Except for one friend who's wife had a Chihuahua. It was the meanest most evil demon dog I've ever experienced. I'll admit to being terrified of it!