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I have definitely heard quite a few of these statements! None of them have ever been true in my experience. My Pit-iful. pup is an amazing family dog. My kids fight over who gets to cuddle with him on the couch. He loves to spoon. He lays behind you with his sweet nose on your neck. The scariest part about him cuddle is him sneezing and getting a booger on his cuddle partner. ( and he snores rather loudly.) Now I can see how his snoring may be mistaken for growling but I assure you, it IS snoring! It breaks my heart that so many people send out such negativity about a family pet. My dog looks a lot like a yellow lab. People will love all over him and when I tell them he is not a Lab but a Pit Bull they are so surprised, AT WHAT A GREAT DOG HE IS!!!! Society has been spoon fed a horrible stigma.They are just dogs. Sweet loving wonderful dogs. In every breed of dog you can find one that has bitten a human. I feel sorry for the people who will not know the love of such a loyal dog. Yes this particular dog may have bit someone but that doesn't mean every dog in the litter is bad. Or every dog in the blood line is bad, or even that ever dog in the ENTIRE breed is bad. It means that this one, singular dog is bad.We all have bad days. This dog had a horrible horrible day. I send my love to the family and hope that there son is healing.

Thomas McCartney is an evil person, he spreads lies, fear and hate with *clips* he takes from all the *hater* clubs...
A police dog is NOT to be trusted Tom, and you should know what you write, you could end up getting someone killed because of your false statements!!
My In-law has one of those dogs, his kids were forbidden to feed it, they were forbidden to take this dog out of its pen, BECAUSE.....it could very easily turn on them and rip them apart....and when these dogs go after the *bad guy*...well Tom, those officers need to keep their acts together because those dogs don't know the *bad* guy from the *good* guy.

So I see people are still beating up on a poor dog just for its breed. I will say again, it is usually bad pet parenting. Socialization and manners have to be learned by all domestic dogs. If only you could know the cuddly love of a pit bull, or any bully breed. Best defenders of our home. I am glad to have a dog that people are scared of!!!! I know my kids are safe, and I know my dogs will protect the pups ( the kids ) in our pack! JUST REMEMBER TO JUDGE THE INDIVIDUAL DOG AND not THE ENTIRE BREED.

One of these days your dog may do the same thing as this one. How do you know this dog wasn't "defending" the property from this kid? How do you know your dog won't "protect" your kids from some teenager selling candy bars door to door? Pitbulls are to dogs what the Saturday Night Special is to firearms.

EDITORIAL: Require sterilization of pit bulls? Yes

Riverside County supervisors should approve an ordinance that could lessen the chances of pit bull attacks and prompt more responsible behavior from dog owners.

THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE September 22, 2013; 06:00 PM

Riverside County should not need another case of injury or death before addressing the danger from vicious dog attacks. The Board of Supervisors should adopt an ordinance that would help lessen the likelihood of mauling by aggressive dogs, and prompt more responsible behavior by pet owners.

The board is slated to discuss the proposed ordinance on Tuesday, and plans to hold a public hearing on the issue on Oct. 8. Supervisors in April asked county staff to draft new rules on pit bulls, after a series of violent attacks on county residents by such dogs.

The ordinance would require sterilization of pit bulls and pit bull mixes that are at least four months old. The rules would allow exceptions for registered breeders, dogs that law enforcement uses, and dogs too sick to be sterilized.

The county would enforce the ordinance through dog licensing requirements and through routine animal control efforts. The rules would only apply in unincorporated areas.

Riverside County has solid reasons for concern. So far this year, the breed has been responsible for mauling an 87-year Jurupa Valley woman in January, killing a 91-year-old woman in Hemet in February, injuring a 76-year-old San Jacinto woman in March, attacking a 57-year-old Hemet woman in April, hospitalizing a 15-year-old Corona girl in May and mauling a Riverside woman this month.

Reliable statistics about dog attacks by specific breeds are scarce, but six serious attacks in less than a year is a disturbing record of carnage.

Any dog can bite, but pit bulls’ powerful jaws make their attacks more dangerous than those of most other breeds. Pit bulls also fill the county’s animal shelters.

County officials say the breed accounts for one-fifth of the dogs the county impounds, but they often go unadopted — which is why pit bulls make up 30 percent of the dogs euthanized by the county.

Rules such as Riverside County proposes can help reduce the number of dog bites and ease strains on shelters. Research from the Centers for Disease Control suggests that unaltered dogs are more than 2.5 times as likely to bite than neutered dogs, and that unfixed male dogs account for about three-fourths of dog bite incidents.

Such rules can work. San Bernardino County approved a similar ordinance in 2010, and dog bites for all breeds declined by more than 19 percent the following year.

San Francisco adopted a spay and neuter ordinance for pit bulls in 2006, and in the following 18 months, the number of pit bulls in shelters dropped by 21 percent, while pit bull euthanizations decreased by nearly one-fourth.

Pit bull advocates say the breed is unfairly stigmatized by sensational news reports and irresponsible owners.

Fair enough — but the frequency of attacks just this year suggests that careless pit bull owners and vicious dogs are far too numerous. And cracking down on pet owners after an attack is not an acceptable substitute for steps to prevent injury or death.

Besides, the county is not proposing to ban the breed, but merely to require sterilization — with reasonable exceptions for legitimate cases. Given that spaying and neutering can reduce aggressiveness and cut down on the number of unwanted animals that die in animal shelters each year, sterilizing pets is good policy, regardless of the breed.

Most dogs are no threat, of course, and no ordinance can stop all dog attacks. But the county has clear evidence of the danger from some dogs — and of the need to help protect area residents from those animals.

Ezekiel 33:1

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,

and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself.

But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

Pit bull type dogs were created for one purpose: to torture other animals to death. When you manage to keep a pit bull from killing your dog (or horse, or sheep -- or child), this doesn't mean the danger has subsided.

If you let it live, the pit bull will persistently try to return to finish the job of killing. Even if it does kill, it'll come back some other day to see if there's more pit bull fun to be had (a new victim).

The pit bull isn't like this because it has bad owners. It attracts a certain type of owner because it is inherently vicious.

The only part of the problem the owners create is that they are unable or unwilling to keep their killer away from other people, our children and our pets. They don't care because they assume we and our loved ones will die, never their pit bull.

Never let a pit bull leave your yard alive.

Of the 4,098 dogs involved in fatal and disfiguring attacks on humans occurring in the past 30.5 years,

2,540 (62%) were pit bulls;

530 were Rottweilers;

3,295 were of related molosser breeds, including pit bulls, Rottweilers, Cane Corsos, mastiffs, boxers, and their mixes.

Of the 507 human fatalities,

256 were killed by pit bulls;

84 were killed by Rottweilers;

378 (69%) were killed by molosser breeds.

Of the 2,264 people who were disfigured,

1,455 (61%) were disfigured by pit bulls;

304 were disfigured by Rottweilers;

1,861 (82%) were disfigured by molosser breeds.

17 Barks

Thursday, September 5, 2013

On pit bulls and their owners

In 2013, there have been 18 canine homicides of which 17 were committed by pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Our dogs are not killing us. Pit bulls are killing us.

And although pit bulls attack and kill strangers like Claudia Gallardo, 38 (killed by a pit bull in the front yard of its owner's house in Stockton, California) and Pamela Devitt, 63 (killed by 4 pit bulls running at large as she took a walk in Antelope Valley, California), the usual victims are our children, parents and guests.

I have come to believe that the modern pit bull should not be thought of as a dog at all. A dog is man’s best friend, but this is an animal that will kill the man, his wife, his children, his parents and the guests in his home. Clearly this is not man’s best friend; clearly it is not a “dog” in the sense that we think of a dog.

Charles Manson was anatomically a man, sociologically a neighbor, and legally a citizen, but he is spending his life behind bars because he was a deranged individual who orchestrated mayhem and murder. Just because pit bulls look like dogs, they do not have to be thought of like we think about dogs such as golden retrievers and Yorkshire terriers.

In almost all homicides carried out by pit bulls, the owners and neighbors express shock and disbelief because the animal never gave a sign that it wanted to kill anyone. But to me, this is like a drunk driver expressing shock and disbelief that his car could kill.

In both types of cases, a person made a choice to do something incredibly reckless, either by getting drunk or by getting the animal that makes headlines because of the frequency and brutality of its killing. We need to stop people from doing these reckless things.

Lawmakers have to stop listening to the nonsense about breed specific laws which is spouted by the owners of bully dogs like pit bulls. Since 2006 there have been 3 psychological studies which focused on the personality and behavioral traits of the owners of pit bulls and other high-risk breeds of dog.

A study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence showed a link between ownership of high-risk dog breeds and deviant behaviors, crimes against children and domestic violence. Another study concluded that "vicious dog ownership may be a simple marker of broader social deviance."

A third study established that the owners of high-risk breeds of dog displayed more antisocial thinking styles, have an arrest history significantly higher than owners of other dogs, and engage in fighting to a significantly greater degree than other dog owners.

They also had higher levels of overall criminal thinking patterns to go with the actual criminal behavior. These people, who are fixated on the animals that kill, maim and terrorize, are not the people that a lawmaker needs in his camp. Reasonable people want fair laws that provide a solution to the obvious problems caused by pit bulls.

Sincerely,

Kenneth M. Phillips

Attorney at Law

Here's the details Bob

Bennett Perez says he went to his Huntingburg home Monday afternoon
to see an ambulance and police on his front porch helping his wounded
grandson.

He says the normal demeanor of his pit bull, Baby Girl, is very
loving, but when he got home he was in shock to find out she attacked
his grandson.

“The mother was crying that Baby Girl had attacked Terrence and got him in the head and face,” Perez said.

According to the boy’s mother’s Facebook page, Terrence was outside with the dog and went to pet her when the attack happened.

Uh, yeah, case in point. Not surprised, though. I shouldn't expect you, as a DBO troll, to know diddly squat about responsible dog ownership...

Is anyone supposed to know what a "bdo troll" is? This story is in Indiana and you are from New York. You are the troll.

doesn't make him a troll...he's just trying to stop a person from spreading hate, lies and fear...no matter where he may live

I haven't spread any hate, lies, or fear, just reality. You are as much of a troll as Bob. Both of you are spreading propaganda.

Your the one spreading your ideas...it is NOT reality....If you people did spread reality, you'd include ALL breeds in your hate filled spews

You really need to get an education. "ALL breeds" are not the problem. The Pitbull does the most damage during an attack because it was bred to attack without backing down. When most other breeds bite, it's usually minor. Only a complete moron would lump all dog attacks into one category. That's the reality that you need to grasp. Are you that stupid, or just living in denial?

get an education....isn't that just the thing a hater says....I was all ready to call you every name I could think of but.....I will not stoop to YOUR level, which is quite LOW.
My education came when I got my pit bull and learned the REAL way....YOU...think education is what OTHER people say.....
YOU are the complete *&^%()$ :) bye-bye

Typical Pitbull nutter. You are supposed to get that education BEFORE you buy a dog, not afterwards. I'm sure the family of the 4 year old got an education too. Unfortunately too late this time though.

hard to take the puppy to puppy training school and put her in doggie day care BEFORE you get the puppy.
You are the typical HATER, you only make sense to yourself.

(I'd love to know what the family of the 4 yr old did for *puppy training*when they got the puppy, or did they even do anything at all????)

It seems that the Pitbull has to be trained to not eat childrens faces? Other dog breeds don't have that problem. Every time you open your big mouth, you just confirm that Pitbulls are not a good idea to have as pets.

That is just the *hater* in you....ALL dogs should be trained the same way.
Every time YOU do a cut onto a person, you just confirm the kind of person you really are...not a nice one.
Keep hating pits Honey, none of them deserve a person as yourself to be their owner, they have enough abusers owning them now...they need people who love them, and care about them, and understand them....and that is NOT you

Once again, let me remind you that this story is about yet another Pitbull ripping the face off of yet another child and all you can do is defend the monster that did it. You love Pitbulls and hate children? You are a very sick individual and in need of help. You are so demented as to think I don't deserve to own a Pitbull? You are truly off in the head.

well then I'm demented...because NO you don't deserve a beautiful dog as a pit if you are so blind.
I know exactly what this story is about...what you seem to skate over(as you haters always do)...is my question...wonder what the people did with this dog when they got it....Yes, I believe there's reasons for everything, and there are reasons why things happen, but it is NOT because of a dog that was born mean, I don't swallow that, never have never will.
As far as kids, of course I love kids, they are innocent little people that look to us for protection, and trust....just as a dog does...so when humans are not being exactly *smart* about things(such as training, learning the correct things, teaching the correct things) they are hurting both the child and the animal......
My one and only question to you now is....Do you believe in God....easy question, nothing and no way of skating over that question, so if you reply again, it will be to only answer that one small question.
And if I am *off in the head* well so be it then....I'm a happy girl, I love living, and I enjoy God's creations...I'm in a good spot, and I'm thankful

You certainly are demented. Being a Pitbull nutter makes you part of the problem, not the solution. At least you're admitting you are wrong is a step in the right direction toward phasing out the "pets" that do so much damage.

can't answer a simple question can you......where exactly am I admitting to being wrong, and wrong about what?????
You must be a lawyer...because you are reading something way off in your world, has nothing to do with me and my reply.....

These dogs are dangerous enough as it is, but being owned by insane people like you makes them even worse. Get a grip, nut case.

Hahahaha.....Thanks for the laugh....how rich....YOU calling ME a nut case.....
Your dangerous.....maybe you need to stop breeding, we need no more of you.....

Inappropriate, hysterical laughter is also a sign of mental illness.

Responsible dog ownership involves selecting an appropriate breed to begin with.

Sorry, but this story is entirely too slim on details. As such, I have to assume the author is using pit bull imagery in a desperate attempt to shore up dwindling readership.

so it's the kids fault?

No, it's the fault of DBO trolls who paint these dogs as alligator mutants and thus make them attractive to people who make them aggressive. Duh!

So grandpa made Baby Girl aggressive because someone painted these dogs as alligator mutants? Are you a mental retard?

No, unlike you, I have all my chromosomes. It's not a concept I'd expect someone with a DBO troll's cognitive strength to understand. Attacks by these dogs are exceedingly rare, but, when they do occur, it is 99.99% of the time the result of a dog that's not altered, unsocialized and/or under the care of some dirtbag who is compensating for other shortcomings with his dog's tough look (and because a-hats like you have convinced them these dogs are useful for human aggression; they're not). Just because you have a phobia doesn't make a dog "breed" inherently aggressive; the aforementioned factors do. And, if Grandpa's case is different, that's .0001% that "just snap," much like those Golden Retrievers that recently snapped in Florida. But those dogs must have alligator DNA too I'm sure according to dog Einsteins like you.

Looks like you're the one with the made up statistics. My apologies for calling you a retard. Anyone that refuses to believe that Pitbulls do more damage during an attack that the average dog is clearly a psycho. Since when is hating to see children's faces ripped off considered a "phobia"? What a moron.

Lawn darts were taken off of the market because they aren't worth the risk. Lawn darts have killed and injured fewer people than Pitbulls. Hmmm.

I'm sure you have plenty more BS statistics where that one came from. But here's a fact: morons are responsible for exponentially more deaths and injuries than pit bulls, and, as such, are a far more pressing public health problem. Lets start fixing it by taking you off the market.

Speaking of bs statistics, yours are clearly fabricated.

Looks like you're the one with the made up statistics. My apologies for
calling you a retard. Anyone that refuses to believe that Pitbulls do
more damage during an attack that the average dog is clearly a psycho.
Since when is hating to see children's faces ripped off considered a
"phobia"? What an a-whole.

Try and tell me there is NO prejudice actions going on with news media about these stories

There's no prejudice actions going on with this story. you are a Pitbull nutter.

There IS prejudice actions going on with this story. you are a low level dbo wannabe foamer.

mmm, so all my mates comments are gone because he asked the moderators to either ban or at the very least put some sort of restriction on the amount of posts that thomarse mcarthy spews onto the blog, this action by thomarse is a deliberate foamer tactic to push everyones comments to the bottom of the page,, thomarse does this on many blogs and as such behaves like a troll, most of his posts are off subject primarily peddling his message of hate and revenge against pitbulls in general and any one that owns or even defends them for that matter?

Well moderators if you won't stop or restrict him we'll use the same tactics as him and push his posts/comments to the bottom of the page?? Is this how you want it to be??

That must be why I'm marked as a *spammer* on WSAW....all that shows me is how ignorant some can be...can't handle the truth...mark it as spam, or delete it out...must be the moderators motto????

unfortunately it probably is....I have so many comments bleeped out on me, and not only on these subjects, just because i's NOT what the mod people want

not much info on this small article, but what a response. Now to the haters, why do we hear about this, but we hear NOTHING about a dog bite that happened in Waupaca/King Wisconsin about 2 days ago, multiple people witnessed this.....because it WASN'T a pit-bull,

I'm sure the anti-pit-nutters in all their breed-identifying genius have concluded that dog, as well as the two viscious Goldens responsible for a mauling in Florida, actually possessed alligator DNA, which technically makes them "pit bulls."