OT:Pit Bull attack

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At 1:30 am last Sunday, we awoke to our home security system in alarm due to no electrical supply. I got up and noticed a light in my backyard. Thinking it may be an intruder with a flashlight, I grabbed my 45 pistol and headed out back. It turned out to be a police dept helo looking for a runner from a hit and run accident which took out a power pole(thus no ac at my house). My 13 year old daughter had a friend spending the night and I decided to move them into the camping trailer out front and run the generater so they would have a/c , TV etc.I grabbed the keys, gun still in pocket and headed out front to open up the trailer for the girls. My son followed (17) carring Golide the cockapoo. The guys who have come by during NAMM should remember her. I had just reached the trailer and stuck my key into the lock when my son came through the gate with Goldie in his hands. All hell broke loose. A pit and a Rott from down the street ran up to Jimmy and the pit began attacking. I ran over kicked it free from my boy , grabbed his collar, stuck my 45(see how lucky it was I was even armed because normally I wouldnt even think of arming myself just to walk to my driveway) to his spine and just started the squeeze when the dogs owner, hearing the commotion came out of the darkness jumping onto his dog to restrain it , not knowing I had a gun. Since I could no longer safely shoot(too many people , too close and over concrete made this shot a high risk for overpenitration and hurting a bystander) and our dog was still in its jaws, I pistol whipped that shithead until it bled and it still didnt whine or let go. I had to put my hands into its mouth and pry it open to get our dog free.
The owner of the pit ran the dogs home and got his truck and away we went 80MPH through red lights etc to get this dog to a vet before she bled out.
After 4 hours surgery they stabilized her enough to think she would live.Here we are 4 days later and she is making HUGE gains each day. Unless there is a problem with infection she will be just fine.
Both of my hands were bitten. The right hand was the worst with two very deep punctures that were connected, so its healing a little slow BUT I got off REALLY lucky with VERY minor bites.
There are so many things to be thankful for in this situation. One is I was armed and had it bee an attack on myself or my kids I could have stopped it immediatly. The risk of overpenitration in that case wouldnt have outwieghed the risk of serious injury or death to a human and I would have had all the justification to shoot. As much as I love our dog, she is not worth risking injuring bystanders with a gunshot.
Also I cant tell you how releived I was to find out that my son was unhurt, in fact once he had lost grip of Goldie, he got out of the way and let Dad handle the Hand to hand combat :gethim:
The pits owner although his failure to restrain his dogs led to this attack, his actions after that were heroic. He jumped into the frey and helped me fight this fucker and once Goldie was free, without him to drive she would have bled to death since I couldnt hold pressure on the HUGE open wounds and drive at the same time. He also has paid every penny of the vet bills and has many more to follow.
I am so lucky that the Rott didnt join in. She wieghs almost as much as me. She just ran around excited but never engaged.Those two dogs together could have easily killed me or one of my kids.
Guys if you have kids who walk dogs, do everything you can to ensure there are no loose dogs out(I will never let my daughter walk Goldie alone again), had a small child been walking a dog that night in my neighborhood, I believe there is a high likelyhood they would have been seriously injured or killed.
I wont post pics here since they are way too graphic, but if any want to see how much damage these Pits can do, e mail me and I will share some pics....................John
 
Man that's a terrible situation, I'm glad to hear that there was nothing crippling or fatal to come out of it. I have really mixed feelings about pitbulls, one of my best friends has two that are total sweethearts, now with that said they are protective sweethearts, if you took a swing at him in their presence you would be a news story but if you're a friendly "dog person" they'll lick you to death. They really can be great dogs with the RIGHT owner but man I just wouldn't want the liablity. The way they are with animals is a whole nother ball game though, one of my friend's dogs will lay on her back and roll around and play with neighborhood cats, the other one is bound to try and kill any other dog/cat etc. in sight besides her sister the other pitbull. They can be some of the smartest most affectionate dogs out there but there has been alot of fucked up breeding and fucked up raising by stupid ass owners that treat them like they're some kind of mercinary. I hate the bad rap that the dogs get because of bad people but there can always be some dogs that just have screws loose no matter what breed they are and if it's a pitbull it just happens to be alot more capable of doing harm than say a viscious poodle(which are generally mean fuckers in my experience). Good thing you did have that gun though man you might have really needed it if things were even 5 seconds one way or the other, my finger would have been on the trigger too, I guess it's good for your family and everyone nearby that you are a more responsible gun owner than your neighbor was a dog owner. Again I hope that your dog does well and I'm glad your kids were out of the frey, hope your hand does well too.
 
Wow...that is fuckin rough! Glad no one was shot or killed. I know the owner of the pit was heroic, and that was cool....Is the dog detained now?
 
That's just crazy. It's straight from a nightmare.

I'm glad your kids are safe and your dog's going to be ok. All in all it could've ended up much worse than it did. Hopefully, Goldie will have a quick recovery.
 
damn, that was some situation! you seem to have handled it in the best possible way. i'm glad that the kid and the dog are ok.
 
Glad you were able to restrain from pulling the trigger. Glad you and your dog are doing good as well. Also great that the owner of the dog sounds like a stand up person.

Terrible situation to be in at all though.
 
Damn! Im glad you, your kids and your dog are ok. That situation couldve gotten alot worse very fast if you hadnt handled it the way you did. I wont ever take our dog out for a walk, unless i know 100% that theres no loose dogs about. We normally take him up on the moors where its pretty quiet, but man hes had so many fights on the street near home which have been due to other loose dogs going for him.

Hope your hands heal up fast John and you're dog gets better soon!
 
Holy shit, thats scary. Lucky you had the restraint to not start popping caps into Fido and his owner.
 
Damn John, that's just all kinds of effed'up!

Glad you and Goldie are on the mend.
 
Sounds quite scary for sure.

I'm glad everything turned out for the best, and I'm sure all parties involved will have a full recovery :thumbsup:
 
Man, thank God you were there to take action...pat your self on the back...great job!!! :thumbsup:

As for Pits, I'm a HUGE dog lover and have three small dogs myself but would NOT own a Pit.

History/Origin:
His ancestors were brought to the Unites States in the mid - 1800's by Boston-Irish immigrants. Originally bred from a variety of bulldogs and terriers, American breeders increased his weight and gave him a more powerful head. A forbearer to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, they were originally bred to be a FIGHTING dog.

All of the fancy dog breeds that we have now were created by man...they do not exist naturally. The Pit was originally bred to be a killer and it's pretty good at that. Yeah, I know, people exploit the killer trait in these animals...but, the trait is there none the less. I also know that if properly raised a Pit can be a loving animal, however, the potential exist for this breed to be DEADLY. I think this is one breed that we can STOP breeding and let the genes fade back into the gene pool. We don't need this breed.

Sorry, just got carried away there. :doh:
 
I hate fucking dogs. I would have killed that fucker, and it's piece of shit owner. Glad you and your son are alright.
 
Man, it sounds like you handled that as about as well as anybody could. Way to keep your head in a stressful situation!

I'm an animal lover and a dog lover, but I'll tell you, I wouldn't mind one single bit if every pitbull on the face of the earth vanished tomorrow. By whatever means necessary.

Here's to a full recovery for your dog...
 
amiller":cfc3b said:
Man, thank God you were there to take action...pat your self on the back...great job!!! :thumbsup:

As for Pits, I'm a HUGE dog lover and have three small dogs myself but would NOT own a Pit.

History/Origin:
His ancestors were brought to the Unites States in the mid - 1800's by Boston-Irish immigrants. Originally bred from a variety of bulldogs and terriers, American breeders increased his weight and gave him a more powerful head. A forbearer to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, they were originally bred to be a FIGHTING dog.

All of the fancy dog breeds that we have now were created by man...they do not exist naturally. The Pit was originally bred to be a killer and it's pretty good at that. Yeah, I know, people exploit the killer trait in these animals...but, the trait is there none the less. I also know that if properly raised a Pit can be a loving animal, however, the potential exist for this breed to be DEADLY. I think this is one breed that we can STOP breeding and let the genes fade back into the gene pool. We don't need this breed.

Sorry, just got carried away there. :doh:
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I fully agree with you.
 
Damn Nas,

This sucks really bad but way to keep your head. I have mixed feelings about pitbulls because I have seen both ends of the spectrum. There is a girl I know who has 3 of them and they are as sweet as can be. Then there is my brother in laws brother who has pits that are just mean because he trained them that way. I hate those dogs that he has because the are unstable. He thinks its a big joke but if one of his dogs were to get loose, someone would have a similar situation that you had.

Here is to a speedy recovery.
 
Man, I give you a lot of credit John. If it would have been me, and that fucker had my little pup in it jaws, I think I would have squeezed one off between it's lookers. But you DID do the right thing and handled it as good as anybody could have. I hope Goldie will be ok. My wife and I are acually planning on getting a Cockapoo pup (my wife's been on me about it for a while now....I have to give in :D ). Anyway, glan everything is ok John.
 
Good to hear everyone is ok John but it is time to tell your neighbor that the Pit now has to be put down, it is an Alpha dog and has proven to be aggressive enough it will not let human's or it's owner stop it from attacking.

The Pit thinks it is over its owner and that is a very dangous dog.
 
Wow, good to see that everyone and your dog, is going to be ok. But that Pit should be put down.
 
John, glad to hear you guys are ok. Way to keep your wits about you in an effed up situation. Can't say that I would have done the same.
 
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