Pit Bulls Break Into Home, Maul Woman

[webangel2b]

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/pit-bul...00010000000001

AOL has no moderators for their opinion boards and they should but it does make for interesting reading on this case - folks calling for breed banning specificially on the Pits but he also notes that Rotts are number 2 in the "killer breed" stats.

[hokisteph5]

Zack Martin said he owns one of the pit bulls, a 2-year-old female named Betty, and was taking care of the other, a male named Tank, while his owner was out of town. Martin said he had Tank chained up in his backyard because of a past incident in which the two dogs got out and caused trouble together, but he allowed Betty to run loose in the fenced backyard. On Tuesday, he found the chain broken and both dogs gone.

"We never saw it coming," he said. "They're the kinds of dogs you'd let play with your babies."

Yet another preventable incident. Let's start focusing more on the stupid owners in these "accidents." How does this owner not see this possibility based on his earlier statement about them getting loose before and causing trouble together?

Also, I feel bad about the JRT being killed, but why on earth was it running loose too?

[toby01]

All I wonder is what is so miswired in a dog's head that it goes into somebody's house and attacks a sleeping women? Were they poorly bred? Tortured? Used for dog fighting?

The police said they 'almost' had to shot it on the spot. Um, why wait? A dog like that is a danger to society. Hopefully they will be PTS anyway.

Wether or not this accident was preventable doesn't apply here. The dogs broke a chain and got out of a fenced yard to maul a sleeping person in her house. The have no business living in our society. It's not worth the risk.

[Tywaknya'sBABY]

Originally Posted by toby01

All I wonder is what is so miswired in a dog's head that it goes into somebody's house and attacks a sleeping women? .......

The dogs broke a chain and got out of a fenced yard to maul a sleeping person in her house.

On another forum the news report read that the dogs entered the home because they were after the lady's dog.

It also mentioned that it was not a fully fenced yard. I think it said a 3 ft. garden divider. I'll try to find the report.

Anyways, I hope the women makes it out ok. I've never thought about a strange dog coming in the doggy door. I don't have one but that's something to think about if you do.

[clsmallwood]

CNN has a video interview with the lady explaining what happen. It seems as though the neighbors Terrier came over to her house and was sleeping with herself and her dog. The pittbulls came in and attacked the terrier. Her dog ran out of the house. She tried to shoot the pitts but the gun failed and she got attacked herself.

Still very disturbing that the dogs would come into another home and do that.

[RottieGirl86]

That's why doggie doors are bad. No controlled access to the house.

I don't blame the woman for the attack, but the idea of having one of these in this day and age /boggle.

As for why the attack - read up about dogs attacking other dogs, prey and how to properly break up a dog fight. Lots posted here and elsewhere. Some dogs just *don't * like other dogs. They love their human owners but don't tolerate other dogs too much. It's up to the owner of the dog to prevent such an attack ( animal control to seize it) or have the dog PTS at the vets. Since dogs are property, it's iffy until such an attack presents itself. Dogs at large are illegal, owning a dog that doesn't tolerate smaller dogs well is not illegal.

[fostermom]

My brother had a possum coming into his home through a cat door to eat the cat food...I've always thougt exterior cat/dog doors were bad ideas (my cats are INDOOR only and the dogs aren't allowed into the fenced yard without my supervision) but I would have never thought something like this could happen.

[observer]

Originally Posted by RottieGirl86

That's why doggie doors are bad. No controlled access to the house.

I don't blame the woman for the attack, but the idea of having one of these in this day and age /boggle.

One of "these" what? Dog doors? I would be leery of having one if, as in this case, I didn't have a "real" fence around my yard, or I lived in an area where wild animals might find their way in, (and I lock it from the inside when the dog and I are away from home overnight) but I see nothing "mind boggling" about having a dog door "in this day and age".

[Valentine]

Originally Posted by toby01

All I wonder is what is so miswired in a dog's head that it goes into somebody's house and attacks a sleeping women? Were they poorly bred? Tortured? Used for dog fighting?

The police said they 'almost' had to shot it on the spot. Um, why wait? A dog like that is a danger to society. Hopefully they will be PTS anyway.

Wether or not this accident was preventable doesn't apply here. The dogs broke a chain and got out of a fenced yard to maul a sleeping person in her house. The have no business living in our society. It's not worth the risk.

Yeah and I bet if it was a rotty or a lab who broke the chain you'd be saying "oh the JRT deserved it and that lady shouldn't have had a doggy door to begin with" right?
You sound just as bad as the BSLers out there Just because they were Pit Bulls doesn't mean they plot your death and purposely attack you while you sleep!!

While I do agree that ANY breed of dog who is capable of being HA, be it Lab, Pit, Rott or GSD SHOULD be put to sleep...not just because it was a Pit Bull....good god

[moondog]

Originally Posted by Valentine

Yeah and I bet if it was a rotty or a lab who broke the chain you'd be saying "oh the JRT deserved it and that lady shouldn't have had a doggy door to begin with" right?
You sound just as bad as the BSLers out there Just because they were Pit Bulls doesn't mean they plot your death and purposely attack you while you sleep!!

While I do agree that ANY breed of dog who is capable of being HA, be it Lab, Pit, Rott or GSD SHOULD be put to sleep...not just because it was a Pit Bull....good god

What EVER are you talking about? I don't see anything where toby01 said the dog should be put to sleep because it was a pit bull - she said it should be put to sleep because it is VICIOUS. Get a grip on yourself.

[Bucky's Mom]

If you go to this local news site and click on the videos you can see that these may be Pit Bull MIXES but they are NOT exclusively of the Pit bull persuasion - let's not forget to blame the deed and not the breed when the media - in an effort to maintain BSL hysteria ID's the dog as a Pit Bull

http://www.kirotv.com/news/13943140/detail.html

[Dugganmom]

Originally Posted by moondog

What EVER are you talking about? I don't see anything where toby01 said the dog should be put to sleep because it was a pit bull - she said it should be put to sleep because it is VICIOUS. Get a grip on yourself.

I was wondering that also......

[Valentine]

Originally Posted by moondog

What EVER are you talking about? I don't see anything where toby01 said the dog should be put to sleep because it was a pit bull - she said it should be put to sleep because it is VICIOUS. Get a grip on yourself.

This is what males me think this

Wether or not this accident was preventable doesn't apply here.

Okay so what? They're Pit Bulls, this wasn't preventable or an accident right? Pit Bulls by nature will attack other dogs if it is on their gene pool. Game bred dogs will attack things smaller than them, it's called prey drive. And I bet that dog went hiding under that womans covers and thats why she got attacked.

Also dragging that fact that they might be used for dog fighting makes me ill. True dog fighting dogs are NOT HA! They will certainly attack another dog and kill it, but they wouldn't attack a human.

[moondog]

I think you need a hot bath and a strong sedative.....really. You're just making stuff up now....."I bet that dog went hiding under that womans covers and thats why she got attacked."....where are you getting THAT from?

The dog should be put down because it's VICIOUS, not because it's a pit bull, and that's the jist of toby01's post. Stop reading things into the reply that AREN'T there!

[Shelby427]

Originally Posted by Valentine

This is what males me think this


Okay so what? They're Pit Bulls, this wasn't preventable or an accident right? Pit Bulls by nature will attack other dogs if it is on their gene pool. Game bred dogs will attack things smaller than them, it's called prey drive. And I bet that dog went hiding under that womans covers and thats why she got attacked.

Also dragging that fact that they might be used for dog fighting makes me ill. True dog fighting dogs are NOT HA! They will certainly attack another dog and kill it, but they wouldn't attack a human.

Are you serious? I completely disagree with you about pit bulls "by nature will attack other dogs." I have friends who have pits and they are all great animals with great temperaments. None have EVER attacked another dog, cat, anything. I thought being a rottie owner you'd know stereotyping breeds is a big no-no. So it's people like you that cause BSL.