My dog got attacked yesterday

[Brokenlink]

2 min after meeting Mrs. Glows pittbull, the dog and I were playing tug of war and throw and chase with a ball in the hallway. Dog seemed pretty friendly to me? I had never been to their home before, so based on its reaction to a stranger in its home I would have to say that dog is friendly.

I didn't see Jesasaurus's latest ridiculous post. My dog is so friendly, I have and would, leave him alone with small children, other dogs, and old people. He is part pitbull for sure. There isn't an ounce of aggrerssion in him. In fact, my cat beats him up.

But I know I won't convince you. So rather than try, I'll just ask nicely for you to take your rhetoric elsewhere. Don't shit on my thread please.

 

[Zerox]

Its like half of me kind of understands their concerns, but then my smarter half kicks in and is baffled by some peoples ignorance and blanket hatred. Although its dogs and not people, fuck me, its the same as racism.

True dat.

Last year, my Belgian Malinois was playing chase in the dog park, running full-speed with another dog she had just met in the park. Round and round they went, it was awesome. Two blurs of four-legged fun.

Then my dog collided with the back of my legs, and my lower back hit the ground so hard it cracked one of my ribs. Can't...breathe...

You know what other dog my Malinois was playing with? Yep, a Pit Bull.

 

[My900ss]

To be fair, I'm sure Miss Coco was a bit relaxed by her owner introducing you, and obviously treating you as a friend. That might skew the results of our impromptu survey.
I think a complete stranger meeting her on neutral ground would be a much better indicator of 'friendliness', even better if the gregarious and beautiful Erin were absent.

Personally, I'm of the mind the she is very friendly. Erin also.

I read Erin's post to indicate two things.

#1 Pittbulls are naturally friendly dogs.

#2 The dog owner has as much influence on any interaction with the dog as anything else.

I said I was in her home and the dog was friendly... justifying her two points.

 

[lefty]

I dont even know where to begin.....

1. Pitbulls arent the only breed bred for fightibg/baiting. Numerous other breeds are.

2. Pitbulls, the last study i saw, didnt even rank in the top 5 of most likely to bite/attack.

3. Pitbulls at their very core were bred to be 100% people lovers. Nuetral "judges/handlers" were required in pit fights to ensure no funny business was goin on. Meaning, these dogs needed to be trusted not to attack strangers handling them in the ring. Any dogs that were people aggressive were retired/killed.

4. No dogs "turn". Theres always a trigger. Unfortunately, from centuries of breeding, pitbulls are very, very prey driven. And yes, in the right/wrong situation, it can turn very bad, very quickly.

5. I adore all animals, especially dogs. No breed, no breed at all can compare to the loyalty, drive, and 100% eagerness n drive to pkease their owner to pitbulls.

6. Take away all the bullshit press surroundibg pitbulls, and i gaurantee you would not say or feel what you do.

Lets get rid of all cops since some are evil n crooked. Lets get rid of all blacks since some are evil criminals. Lets get rid of all hispanics since some are lowlife gangbangers. Lets get rid of all asians since some cant drive for shit. Lets get rid of all whites, since some cant dance for shit and eat their murder victims.

I understand we are talkin dogs and not people, but fuck, ill take a dog over 99% of humans any fuckin day!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!

Let's meet someday- I have some stickers for you, or I can mail them to you.

 

[n10sive]

these are what we use

with a 100# dog it's just too risky to allow a random to come up and free pet her. She's super well trained but has her "ticks". She doesn't like bikes or skateboards... they tense her up/sketches her out. So when kids come up on them wanting to pet her, she's already on edge.

red you're dead

My son had half his face nearly torn off when he went to pet a dog that the owner thought was OK when he reached out to the dog to pet it. I guess the dog (like many) didn't like my son, a stranger, reaching out over his head. It only took an instant. The owner took 41 stitches in his arm trying to get his own dog off my son. My then wife was pretty traumatized over this and NEVER went to a dog park again.

People shouldn't learn what their dog habits for the first time are in a park. Until they do, everyone should have a red leash and only go green once proven.

 

[Yakoo752]

So, just a thought... a dog that needs to be on one of the red leashes pretty much shouldn't be out in public, at least not without a metal basket muzzle... and if I had a dog that needed a yellow leash, I'd still have some real concerns about taking that dog out in public...

no - Pickle is under control at all times when on leash and I often have her off lease at the beach. I have zero concerns about her ever biting someone. In 4 years she has never bitten anyone and I highly doubt she ever would. BUT... there is ALWAYS a risk with any dog and I know my dogs.

My concern isn't with my dog - I feel that everyone else is a complete retard when it comes to animals. Too many people approach dogs too quickly with the assumption they are safe.

The red collar/leash is simply an invisible barrier that gets people to ask before they approach her to pet. I sit her, lay her, stay her and chin her down (she sits, lays, and puts her chin on the ground and doesn't move) before I let someone pet her. I read her body language during and if she seems comfortable, I release her to sit command.

Pickle is the matriarch of the house, she takes on the "defender" role in the pack scenario. Sevgi (70# malinois) is the exact opposite and is on a yellow leash. Why yellow? I still want people to approach with caution for my sake. The last thing I want is a bite to happen and I want people to ask first. To me, a dog that has the ability to cause severe bodily harm, cannot be proven safe. All it takes is once.

tl;dr - maintain positive control over your animals at all times.

We had a lab growing up that bit the neighbor child on the lip. The neighbor was not attacked by our dog, it was an "accident". She even admitted to that as fact. What said neighbor was doing in our yard? still don't know. "We" paid out 85k for cosmetic surgery/pain& suffering. Insurance made us put the dog down. I do what I do to avoid said scenario.

 

[hophead]

Awesome thread, so much good and useful information. Will not thread jack with my own history.

 

[sidewazzz]

Yes sarcasm, not scared of them, don't think most people should own them, or atleast take them out in public. They're an agressive breed, they have their place, around other people and other peoples pets I don't believe is one of them. That being said I wouldn't ban them, this is America and I believe people have the right to be stupid (see my 2 post lift thread )


Always find it funny that the owners of pitbulls always mention how friendly their animals are around them. No shit, you feed, water, and house the animal since most likely an early age. Just because your dog doesn't bite you doesnt mean it won't likely bite somebody or something else.

Not gonna check out your pictures in that thread but thanks. Never really understood the appeal, I think theyre a relatively ugly breed to be honest. That and they're dumb.

I'm sorry I was too busy watching my pit train these two mother fucks to get along and stop trying to attack everything that walked by.

 

[hophead]

I've always had mostly gsd my whole life. Been without a dog for some years now. Great information here from people who actually own pits--i never had one; but working in a shelter early this year i met a beautiful 2 year old male pit named Chuckie.
We so hit it off. Broke my heart the apartment i live in does not allow pits and also discriminates about dogs over 30 lbs. He was the coolest dog, i hope a responsible dog owner like the ones who have posted here and acutually have experience with the breed, adopted him?

 

[racergirl]

so what did dude say or do after you got the dogs seperated? U get his info incase you needed it later?

My dog got bitten at my moms house by one of her neighbors on the 19th. Latched onto his back and made a nice big hole. My dog had to have a surgical drain put in, plus abx. Bill came to $446 with follow up. Luckily the owners were super cool about paying and profusley apologizing.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

no - Pickle is under control at all times when on leash and I often have her off lease at the beach. I have zero concerns about her ever biting someone. In 4 years she has never bitten anyone and I highly doubt she ever would. BUT... there is ALWAYS a risk with any dog and I know my dogs.

My concern isn't with my dog - I feel that everyone else is a complete retard when it comes to animals. Too many people approach dogs too quickly with the assumption they are safe.

The red collar/leash is simply an invisible barrier that gets people to ask before they approach her to pet. I sit her, lay her, stay her and chin her down (she sits, lays, and puts her chin on the ground and doesn't move) before I let someone pet her. I read her body language during and if she seems comfortable, I release her to sit command.

Pickle is the matriarch of the house, she takes on the "defender" role in the pack scenario. Sevgi (70# malinois) is the exact opposite and is on a yellow leash. Why yellow? I still want people to approach with caution for my sake. The last thing I want is a bite to happen and I want people to ask first. To me, a dog that has the ability to cause severe bodily harm, cannot be proven safe. All it takes is once.

tl;dr - maintain positive control over your animals at all times.

We had a lab growing up that bit the neighbor child on the lip. The neighbor was not attacked by our dog, it was an "accident". She even admitted to that as fact. What said neighbor was doing in our yard? still don't know. "We" paid out 85k for cosmetic surgery/pain& suffering. Insurance made us put the dog down. I do what I do to avoid said scenario.

That's sad what happened to your Lab when you were growing up... but it's good that you're keeping your dogs under control (I wish every dog owner was that responsible)... but again, if the dog is so big that you're concerned about even the remote possibility of an issue, and you're using the red leash, I would still suggest using a basket muzzle. Does the dog no harm whatsoever, but prevents even the possibility of someone getting mauled... just my

 

[Yakoo752]

even if she were 5# I would still use a red leash regardless.

She's protective of her owners hence the red leash.

difference between a 5# dog biting someone and a 100# dog biting someone is huge in regards to damage potential

it's hard to describe what I am attempting to convey.

She is a great dog, we get complimented on her mannerism all the time. She has her CGC and is working towards her service certificate.

I leash-less walk her when the option arises with no problems ever. She is in doggie play group twice a week.

I red caution leash her as a precaution when I am out and about with her, in locations where I feel there could be a problem with someone walking up and petting her at random, where there is a higher risk for random people interaction. I guess more for her sake then for others. It seemed at the time and still seems to be the right thing to do.

 

[Brokenlink]

Dude and his girlfriend were fucking clueless. After the fight, their white dog ended up on the other side of us and our dogs and was afraid to walk around us. They stood their with their snarling dog trying to call their other dog to them (you know because no leashes were on).

I started yelling at them to get their fucking asshole dog out of here right now. Their other dog will get to them and it did. They kept trying to call their dog, the girlfriend was kind of crying. etc. I kept saying "take your fucking dog away, now" and finally they did.

I didn't get info from them. Boomer didn't really get hurt. He had a couple of light gouges on his neck on either side of the collar. Had he not been wearing the collar, it would have been an entirely different story. He didn't even bleed.

The other dog was bleeding by the face, but I couldn't tell how much. I'm not too big on trying to get other dogs put down and just wanted them to leave. Looking back, not sure about that decision.

 

[Bay Arean]

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[sidewazzz]

My son had half his face nearly torn off when he went to pet a dog that the owner thought was OK when he reached out to the dog to pet it. I guess the dog (like many) didn't like my son, a stranger, reaching out over his head. It only took an instant. The owner took 41 stitches in his arm trying to get his own dog off my son. My then wife was pretty traumatized over this and NEVER went to a dog park again.

People shouldn't learn what their dog habits for the first time are in a park. Until they do, everyone should have a red leash and only go green once proven.

That sucked to read.

so what did dude say or do after you got the dogs seperated? U get his info incase you needed it later?

My dog got bitten at my moms house by one of her neighbors on the 19th. Latched onto his back and made a nice big hole. My dog had to have a surgical drain put in, plus abx. Bill came to $446 with follow up. Luckily the owners were super cool about paying and profusley apologizing.

That's cool, our dog for some reason triggers other big dogs. I've actually been taking her to the dog park to socialize her the trips have been going good but this last time a big o lab decieded he didn't want to be smelled and attacked her. Bit her right on the head left a couple teeth marks and gashes. Nothing to require a vet trip but still, I wonder who would be responsible for that?

 

[Bay Arean]

Hell, deleting then to not turn yer thread. Dogs are an issue at Wildcat, so be careful. Never mind. Delete the quote and it never happened.

 

[Yakoo752]

. Nothing to require a vet trip but still, I wonder who would be responsible for that?

In California the dog owner is strictly liable for any bites - we are not a "one bite" state where bite propensity must be determined, only exception is trespassing.

 

[Brokenlink]

Hell, deleting then. Dogs are an issue at Wildcat.

Thanks. I agree with that. Dogs are an issue everywhere. A few months back I took my dog (pitbull mix) to the dog park. This old fucker had this little dog that was also a little fucker. This particular dog park has two areas, one for large dogs, one for small. This asshole should have had his dog at the small park.

Anyways, his little fucker of a dog ran around starting fights with every dog out there. The old fucker just laughed it off. Finally his dog comes by and starts in with my dog. My dog isn't much of a fighter, although loves to play with other dogs. My dog kind of just backed off from his little fucker. I gave the guy a dirty look ,he laughed like it was the cutest thing ever, and I grabbed Boomer and we left. Haven't been to a dog park since.

The problem is that if Boomer would have gotten into it with the little fucker, he would have been blamed because he is a pitbull mix. And while there are countless episodes of pitbulls fighting and attacking, etc., sometimes they get blamed for the shit because of their rep.

 

[LikeWaah]

That sucks mcarb. Sorry to hear about your dog, but I'm glad to hear Boomer is alive and well.

 

[nbean16]

Lay back, put on a movie if u can concentrate enough, cus ill be "down there" for awhile!! Hahaha, too many guys got no clue what theyre doin down there. In an hour long oral session, your lady should "finish" at least 3 times. If not then......

...... shit, aint this a dog attack thread??

Youre creepy.