Therapy dog 'disembowelled' by pit bull in unprovoked attack

I was going to say all big dogs in Slovakia must be muzzled when outside.

Lazy owner.
Destroy the dog, charge the owners.

Pit Bulls aren't really 'big' dogs. On a sadder note for me, our 5 month old pup was run over this morning. Took her off her leash in the porch after a morning walk, went out onto the deck to get the shovel that I had used to clean the snow off. She bolted before the door closed all the way....down the driveway into a passing truck on the street, that was going way too fast. At least it was instantaneous. I was thinking later, that this road runs right by the school and kids are always running across it....it could have easily been one of them. I should add the driver and her passengers were right freaking juiced, so I phoned the cops on her. This was at 8:15 AM.

I hate losing an animal...sorry for your loss Shep.

Yeah, sincere condolences on the loss. Given the locale that you're currently in it's probably truthful to say that the young pup was worth more on every significant level that most of the shitheads you're surrounded by are, and that's all of them worthless losers put together.

Not quite that bad. There are some fantastic folks here, who'd give you the only shirt they owned...that being said, the local populace seems cursed with more than their fair share of assholes. The normal folk are just trying to survive the stupidity and depredations of those infecting their community. One of the problems is the scum seem to outbreed the decent folk.

Idiocracy was a documentary, not a comedy.

I get fairly vehement and angry-reactionary when animals get needlessly hurt, especially dogs. At the point now lately, for a variety of reasons, where I prefer animals to the vast majority of people. Gonna post something later about pit bulls. Bloody near made me weep when I read it. Pretty much all of human cruelty, indifference, and vileness summed up in the fortunes of one horribly mistreated animal. Fuckin' nearly makes me want to puke.

Second that, Shep.

The dog was muzzled. the woman owner herself got bitten trying to stop her dog from attacking. Not lazy at all, just one that can't handle a powerful animal, and maybe the muzzle wasn't fitted properly.

What attracts people to a dog like this is beyond me. The owner doesn't sound like a drug dealer or somebody who wants to show how tough they are. Terriers are just not the best breeds for many people. I rented a room to a guy who had a fox terrier. That little mutt would try to take on my much bigger dog. Very tough. Wrong dog for that owner (I looked after him more than he did). Many people have the wrong breed because they have dogs as a fashion statement or such, rather than realizing what breed actually suits their lifestyle. The worst is seeing Border Collies going crazy because the owners don't' take the time to work them properly. Those dogs don't really suit a city lifestyle. Saw them herding sheep in NZ - beautiful, and amazing energy and stamina.

Want a bid dog for the city that you don't have to work much, get a Great Dane.

Reminds me of the bumper stick I had on my old truck, before it got destroyed by some asshole chatting on his cell phone....

Sorry for your loss. I think every pet owner on this forum had to deal with a loss like this at some point. I certainly have.

My mother said many times that she never met a double dealing animal, they are better than a lot of people.

Hence the lazy owner comment.
It doesn't take a degrees in womyn's studies to attach a muzzle
properly.


Sorry to hear about the pup, Shep.

I am so so sorry to hear about the loss of your furry family member. It's never easy, especially when it's so unexpected but I'm glad to hear she didn't suffer.

And now back to the topic at hand. You can say what you want about pit bulls but they have the potential to revert in an instant right back to what they were bred for and it has nothing to do with owners ability, love of the dog or training it received.

Next time it could be another child or adult, the breed doesn't care and as for the muzzle the owner should be banned from owning a dog ever again. First off why does she need a pit bull she can't control and secondly if she's so fucking dumb she can't attach a muzzle properly she shouldn't own a dog period.

It's American but it's an interesting read anyway.

http://dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statisti ... stics.html

Here's a quote I found interesting.

by the animal in question. Clifton states:

If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.



Clifton's opinions are as interesting as his statistics. For example, he says, "Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all."

To bad the woman who's Pit bull perpetrated this act didn't read this article before she wandered outside with her ticking time bomb.