Fatal Pit Bull Attack on Boy.
 

It is the owner usually to blame with these tragedies.

My dog got bit in the paw by a pit bull or pit bull mix at Doggie Doo Run Run a few years back. It was by a dog that was visiting the dog park for the first time and had only been with its owner a week or so.

We were on our way to five acre back field and all was going well. The two dogs had passed each going its own way and then my dog as well as the pit bull spun around and confronted one another. Mine got grabbed by the pit bull which luckily for him did not bite down.

We kind of stopped going to dog parks a number of months after this. Would go once in a while but not that often. My dog still wants to go to the back field at Doggie Doo Run Run which you have to go through the big dog section to get to.


The Volusia County news story about the death of the little boy from a pit bull attack was on last night. Looked like a bad owner with badly trained and poorly controlled dogs.

I read that neighbors had complained about those dogs, but the owner was very cavalier about them running loose.

Sounds right.

We lived next to a guy with pit bulls in Palm Harbor, Florida. One morning or afternoon he decided to walk them while he drove in his car with them running alongside the vehicle. One dog's paws got torn up and the police followed the blood trail to his house and arrested him. A boy had seen it going on and had called them. He was few streets over.

Sweet dogs. He had kept them in cages in his garage much of the time.

It made the local news a few nights and got a few angry drivers coming by.

The house was owned by a criminal defense lawyer and we often wondered if he housed his previous clients there or maybe current ones.

The guy moved soon after this. There was an ongoing battle about custody of those two dogs.

Pit Bulls should be outlawed for sale anywhere in the US. They were bred for DOG FIGHTING, which is outlawed. So, they have no USE as a breed. German Sheperds make better guard dogs. Pit Bulls are too stupid ad hurt children every year. They are even a danger to an adult in a wheelchair.

A bad owner paired with a bad breed of dogs.........what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

As long as we allow loud obnoxious Harley's cycles running through TV.
As long as we don't understand what directionals are for on vehicles.
As long as we let squatters take over our homes when were gone.

I'll say ya, let the pit bulls run.

There are some pit bulls around us here in this neighborhood. As long as they are on a leash with a healthy individual in control of them, I have no problem. Years ago in this neighborhood a very large dog pulled over its dog walker and broke her wrist and then killed a small dog being walked by another dog walker. This was not a pit bull but a much bigger pooch. Some kind of mastiff, maybe.

I was working in my garden several years ago when I met Max for the first time. He had somehow gotten out from his invisible fence and decided to checkout the neighborhood. He saw me with a piece of heavy rope in my hand across 4 vacant lots. I never saw or heard a thing until I was attacked by a werewolf. Or so I thought. Max was a large, young and playful black Lab. He bloodied me up pretty good, but (for him) it was all just good fun. Max and I soon became very good friends.

The point is that even breeds not known as problems, can
ALL be dangerous depending on the specific situation. Owners must be vigilant at all times. You may never have a problem, but the possibility is always there.

PS. Max's owers were shocked by what had happened and feared a lawsuit. I happen to love roughhousing with big dogs. We settled out of court for a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Love it!

Call Community Watch to report aggressive behavior.

I love dogs but do not own one, because at this stage of my life I do not want to responsibility. First, I believe all dogs should have chip implanted not only for human safety, but also for the dog. When people either recue or purchase a dog they should have to sign a document of what ownership actually means which is registered to the county. In this way they will not be able to abandon their pet on the side of the road and will be responsible for any harm or damage their pet has done.
I do not hold dogs responsible for their actions, it the owners.

Nothing personal, but you don’t know what you are talking about. Raised properly, pit bulls can be one of the sweetest dogs around. Many breeds can be trained to be aggressive. And it’s the small toy breeds that are usually overly aggressive. Chihuahua‘s come to mind. Never let one of those around small kids.

Chihuahuas are like pit bulls in that they too should be looked at as I individuals with personal histories which may define how they may act.

But "small toy breeds" do not have the jaw strength of a pit bull.