Man dies of dog bites from his own dog...

[Gryphon]

I heard this first on the radio this morning but they were calling it a Pit Bull... and they had a very one sided view of the whole thing... just makes me sick when they report these things and do it from a perspective they obviously don't really know anything about... very sad



Wallingford man dies after being bitten by own dog
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(Wallingford-WTNH, May 16, 2005 12:30 PM) _ Police are investigating the death of a man who died hours after being bitten by his dog.

They arrived at the home of Neil Pera of Cheshire Road, his wife said that her husband was unresponsive and in their bedroom. She said that one of their dogs, a Rottweiler, had bitten her husband several time earlier that evening and that he did not seek medical attention for his injuries.

Pera was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police and officers from the DEP tranquilized the Rottweiler and removed it from the home to complete the investigation.

The dog has been quarantined at the Wallingford Animal Shelter pending the results of the police investigation.

[Judi W]

What perspective makes you complain?

[RottiMomCT]

The dog certainly didn't kill the man..he died from his own stupidity when he decided not to go to the hospital to get the wounds checked out...

If the wife knew the dog had bitten him, maybe she can shed some light as to WHY the dog bit him...

Although I'll bet you $50 the dog is euthanized anyways...

[lblax]

Originally Posted by RottiMomCT

The dog certainly didn't kill the man..
Although I'll bet you $50 the dog is euthanized anyways...

what!!!!!!!regardless of the mans stupidity how can you possibly defend the dog

[Judi W]

A mind boggler! If he died of wounds sustained from the dog's bite, the dog is responsible for those bites. They were not made by ghosts or poltergiests nor did he bite himself.

[RottiMomCT]

Originally Posted by lblax

what!!!!!!!regardless of the mans stupidity how can you possibly defend the dog

I never EVER said I was defending the dog. How stupid can one be to not get medical attention for bites that apparently needed attention? Oh wait, my father in law did that - disregard...

Serously - there are two sides to this story. One died with the man whowas bitten, the other teller of his side only speaks dog...I doubt the wife will have anything nice to say about the dog...and what breed is the other dog in the home...how do they know that dog didn't have anything to do with it?

One has to wonder of the level of care the dog got if it was rarely exercised or taken out of the home. I wonder exactly why they owned a rott...

Here is the story from todays paper:


Dog bites Wallingford owner; hours later, man, 54, is dead
Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief
05/17/2005


WALLINGFORD — A 54-year-old Cheshire Road resident died just hours after his pet Rottweiler bit him, police said Monday.

Neil Pera was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. Sunday after police responded to a call to his home from Pera’s wife, Laura, police Lt. Marc Mikulski said.

Police said they did not yet know why the dog attacked Pera. Also under investigation is whether the bites played a part in his death.

Laura Pera told officers who came to the couple’s house at 109 Cheshire Road that her husband was lying unconscious in a bedroom and that their two dogs were roaming through the other rooms unrestrained, Mikulski said.

Pera told the officers that one of the dogs, a Rottweiler, had bitten her husband several times earlier in the evening, but that he had not sought medical attention, Mikulski said. Officers observed several bite marks on Neil Pera’s torso, Mikulski said.

Pera’s body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington. A spokeswoman said the cause of death is still being investigated.

The Rottweiler was initially confined to a bedroom in the home so that police could begin the investigation. An officer from the state Department of Environmental Protection was later able to help police tranquilize the dog so that it could be removed from the home, Mikulski said.

The Rottweiler is being held at the Wallingford Animal Shelter pending the outcome of the investigation. Animal control officials could not be reached for comment late Monday.

Neighbors of the Peras said they hadn’t had problems with the Rottweiler, but that the couple rarely let the dog out or took it for walks. The neighborhood is one of modest homes near The Farms Country Club.

Mikulski said that, before this incident, police haven’t had to deal with any serious dog bites in the last few years.

In April 2001, one of the town’s assistant dog wardens was bitten on the nose.

Lori Crescenzo had been an assistant dog warden for only two months when she was bitten by a mixed-breed German shepherd owned by James and Debra DeLucia of 237 Washington St. Crescenzo required 12 stitches to close the wound and also suffered bite marks on her arm.

The incident occurred while she was investigating a report of a child being bitten by the dog and resulted in Crescenzo suing the DeLucias and winning an $18,000 award in Superior Court in February.

[Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Judi W

What perspective makes you complain?

The standard crap of "all pits are dangerous" "sure your dog is a great dog, until he DOES bite someone", "all pits should be ban" etc....

Same stuff we hear all the time, I guess it shouldn't suprise me but it still does...

[Judi W]

Originally Posted by Gryphon

The standard crap of "all pits are dangerous" "sure your dog is a great dog, until he DOES bite someone", "all pits should be ban" etc....
...

I did not see that even implied anywhere in the stories, either the initial one you posted or the followup one.

[sophie's-mom]

I'll bet you money she smothered him and then put liver treats on him to make it LOOK like the dog did it!

money grubbing gold digger!

just makes me sick when they report these things and do it from a perspective they obviously don't really know anything about

NONE of us really know anything about this. We just have OUR perspective.

[Puppy Love]

I also agree with Judi it did not say in the story anything like that. It simply stated that he was a rott and that was it. It sounds like a case of bad ownership but still it says nowhere in the article about how horriable the breed is in general.

[lblax]

Originally Posted by RottiMomCT

I never EVER said I was defending the dog.
Serously - there are two sides to this story. One died with the man whowas bitten, the other teller of his side only speaks dog...I doubt the wife will have anything nice to say about the dog...and what breed is the other dog in the home...how do they know that dog didn't have anything to do with it?

One has to wonder of the level of care the dog got if it was rarely exercised or taken out of the home. I wonder exactly why they owned a rott...

[/b]

not defending the dog ???? this certainly sounds like it

Although I'll bet you $50 the dog is euthanized anyways...

and then

One died with the man whowas bitten, the other teller of his side only speaks dog

the body told the story and then

I doubt the wife will have anything nice to say about the dog

yes i would think she should sing the praises of the dog too!! and then

and what breed is the other dog in the home...how do they know that dog didn't have anything to do with it?

of course lets try to lesson the blame on the poor misunderstood rott maybe the other dog mastermind the whole thing i guess i mis intterpreted that you are sounding like a public defender, over the years you have heard many of us talk of denial as being one of the main problems of our breed backsliding and not moving forward, as a matter of fact several of us were even classified together as hive minds, this dog should have been shot by the police on the spot and as rottwieler owners we should all hang our heads. you are in denial over rottwielers and you are not looking at the facts this should be a lesson to all and not a case of ttthe poor mis understood rott

[Miabella]

The only thing we know about this couple's dog husbandry is that they didn't take the dog out much. We do know that it lived inside with them, not out in the yard chained to a tree.

There are hundreds of thousands of dogs in this country who don't get daily walks, but somehow they manage not to eat their owners. Unless they were torturing the dog inside the house, I have a hard time finding any justification for a dog that inflicts fatal wounds.

[fbkeays]

The first thing I thought of when the story said that the man did not go for medical treatment was that the man didn't have health insurance. The second thought was that he knew he did something stupid and didn't want his dog to take the blame and be taken from him.
On the horribliness of not taking your dog for daily walks, I don't usually. It is too dangerous. I have too many neighbors that think it is perfectly alright for their dogs to go about and attack my dogs. So I usually play a good round of tennis ball in the back yard for exercise. But then again, I do take my dogs out regularly for training (herding, tracking, obedience, etc).

[SonnyRott]

I did not find anything skewed about the article.

The fact is, the majority should not own or breed Rottweilers. Too many poorly bred dogs.....too many uneducated owners....too many wishy-washy owners.....to many.......

[lblax]

Originally Posted by fbkeays

The second thought was that he knew he did something stupid and didn't want his dog to take the blame and be taken from him.

what could you do that would be stupid enough to cause your own dog to bite you so many times on the torso to cause your death. i would think the dog was hardwired wrong from the start.. and i rarely take my dogs for walks either like you regular traing and some ball throwing suffices