Comments on: Pit Bull Tragedy

By: dog lover

dog lover — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:42:24 +0000

Dogs are animals at the end of the day – no matter what the breed. They aren’t always going to be predictable. My question is where was the person watching these dogs if the owner was out of town? I don’t think that my dogs would ever hurt anyone, but I am always aware and in control whenever other people or other dogs are around mine.

By: alisha

alisha — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:40:58 +0000

yes im saying that that is true any dog may turn and pitts get the worst representation in the media, have you ever heard of a little dog killing a little kid no but has happened before and it was not brought to the medias attention or blown out of proportin such as this/

By: puppylover

puppylover — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:46:58 +0000

i think that the new band on pit bulls is horible some ppl raise them bad why should every dog suffer?

By: kedward14

kedward14 — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 02:52:30 +0000

I personally own 2 Chocolate Labs that have been around children and other dogs their entire lives. There is no possible way that either of them could attack anyone – however my neighbor who lives 2 houses down owns 2 Yellow Labs and got both of them from a lab rescue, he got both animals BEFORE he had children and they are very sweet dogs, but one of them was seriously tortured by children as a puppy and into his 1st year. The dog is fine around the children my neighbor now has but has bitten 2 children in the neighborhood just riding by on their bikes, and a 3rd that pulled on his tail. Another acquaintance of mine from work had a 9yr old Golden Retriever that has now been put down by City Ordinance b/c he got out of the yard and bit 5 people. Every time I went to the house he would have to warn me to stay outside so he could put him up first but the dog just got more aggressive and ultimately due to all the incidences the city could not ignore the danger the animal represented. So yes the “good breeds” can be dangerous also, and Pitts, Rotts, and Dobs CAN be the biggest babies you’ve ever met, but they just require an owner that devotes the time to training & socializing them properly. Many breeds came about for various reasons and are no longer used in that capacity so to say they should be put down b/c that’s why they were bred is stupid. German Shepard’s are some of the most aggressive dogs around if you are not a member of the family but one of the most loyal and obedient and that’s why they are used as police dogs and MANY of those have killed ALOT of people but you don’t hear that breed being put on the chopping block do ya!

By: ducatibruce

ducatibruce — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:13:42 +0000

For those that want boring stats here’s some (they’re govt ones & given that the Australian govts whose stats are quoted here have introduced “pitbull bans” I don’t think you can accuse them of any pro-pitbull bias). As an Australian myself, I tend to collect facts about what happens here.

Australian state NSW Dept of Local Government “REPORTED DOG ATTACK SURVEY” from 1996 through to 2001 (latest publicly available ) makes the following comments :

(The survey term “Bull terrier types” is described in the survey as “American Pit Bull Terrier; Bull Terrier; Pit Bull Terrier; Staffordshire”).
1996 “Bull Terrier types and Doberman were more likely to attack an animal or bird. (33 of the 38 reported attacks by a Bull Terrier type were on another animal or bird.)” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/Files/Information/Rpt96.pdf

1997 “Of these breeds most commonly identified, German Shepherd, Cattle Dog Types, Collie Types, Doberman and Terrier Types were more likely to attack a person. (All attacks by Collie Type, Doberman and Terrier Types were on people.) Cross Breeds and Unknown breed were also more likely to attack people. Bull Terrier Types were more likely to attack another animal.” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/Files/Information/Rpt97.pdf

1998 “Of these breeds most commonly identified Bull Terrier Types were more likely to attack another animal than a person while the remaining breeds were more likely to attack a person.” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/documents/Information/Rpt98-2.pdf

1999 “Of those breeds most commonly identified, Rottweilers and Bull Terrier types were more likely to attack another animal than a person.” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/documents/Information/RPT99-y.pdf

2000 “Of those breeds most commonly identified, Rottweilers and Bull Terrier types were more likely to attack another animal than a person.” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/documents/Information/Rpt00-D.pdf

2001 “Bull Terrier types were more likely to attack another animal than a person” http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/documents/Information/rpt_jun_sep_01.pdf

NSW DLG Dog Attack comparison 1996-1999 (human vs animal attacks) http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/Files/Information/Compare.pdf

Extract of (Australian) Urban Animal Management conference 2004 with South Australian govt. attack severity info & population comparison http://au.geocities.com/ducatibruce/files/UAM2004extract.pdf (2 pages) Jack Russel Terrier owners should worry.
Original at http://www.ava.com.au/download.php?id=247&c=39 (55 pages)

Extract from “Which dogs bite” by SATHY with bite severity info Palm Beach County 1986-1993
http://au.geocities.com/ducatibruce/files/Fakta13extract.pdf (2 pages) fans of “cute & friendly” non pitbull dogs will not enjoy this one. Original at http://www.sathy.fi/SATHY-documents/Fakta13.pdf (28 pages)

enjoy (Punish the deed, not the Breed!)
;^)#

By: Hugo

Hugo — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:00:33 +0000

You know, it’s funny. I disagree with every political stance XRLQ takes. But I’m standing and cheering after reading this post. As a former guardian of a wonderful pit bull (now with my ex in Texas), I am as convinced as XRLQ that common sense prevents the kind of tragedy seen here.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 12:29:25 +0000

And don’t forget the crocodile hunter’s dog Sookie was a pit. I also recall reading that the first certified hearing dog was a pit as well.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:46:21 +0000

My god-daughter was attacked by a pittbull the other day and has suffered great emotional and physical damage. The point I would like to make is this was not the first attack and any animal who bites should not be allowed a second chance to bite again. I am a dog owner/lover and would put my dog down if he ever bit anyone. Pitbulls are just more dangerous. I don’t believe that pitbulls should be allowed in an area where there are children.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:19:33 +0000

Good point. I hear Petey was so vicious that his viciousness rubbed off on the kids, eventually causing one of them to murder his wife.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:50:26 +0000

If you wouldn’t leave your dog unattended around a child, you shouldn’t have the dog. Your uneasiness with doing so says it all.

If you would leave your child unattended with your dog, you shouldn’t have the child. I don’t care what breed you have, this is asking for trouble. Kids, until a certain age, don’t understand how to handle an animal and what behaviors trigger prey responses in them.

And it’s amazing how pits were a non-issue until the last ten years or so; now all of a sudden, the entire breed is vicious and unpredictable and always has been. Someone check the Little Rascals for scars and missing limbs.