My neighbor shot his own pitbull yesterday.

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Posted: 1/26/2009 5:20:59 AM EDT

It tried to eat one of his dobermans so he killed it. The dobie, one of a pair, narrowly survived the attack and is at the vet's now. I'm surprised the dobies didn't form a team and counterattack but apparently one cowered as the other was attacked. The victim dog was purely defensive, not trying to win the fight from what I heard.

The owner was in town when it happened and my other neighbors tried to pry the dog off, beating it with pipes and 2x4s but couldn't stop the attack. They called the guy and he said "kill the dog." The only weapon amongst them was a P-32 and the owner was unwilling to shoot a pitbull with it so he fired once to scare it and that didn't work. Somehow they got them apart and when the owner got home he took the dog out in the field and shot him with his .44.

I was at work or else the attack would have been over sooner. My neighbors are way undergunned.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:26:17 AM EDT

[#1]

IBTPBA

.......Pit Bull appologists

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:27:33 AM EDT

[#2]

damn..

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:27:51 AM EDT

[#3]

In before the "I told you so crowd"

Oops - too late

ETA - it was the owners decision, nothing wrong with that. My Rotts go at one another a few times, several stitches/staples later - they sort out where they rank in the pecking order - however YMMV

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:29:44 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
IBTPBA

.......Pit Bull appologists

IBTPBAAWASBB.....

........Pit Bulls Are Assault Weapons And Should Be Banned..

eta...oops....too late

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:35:31 AM EDT

[#5]

1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:37:37 AM EDT

[#6]

Damn.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:41:04 AM EDT

[#7]

The temperment of most Dobes has been toned way down through breeding. You rarely see aggressive ones anymore, and when you do they usually have a whole host of other issues as well.

eta - Most pits however remain highly animal aggressive, again due in large part to ghetto fabulous breeding practices.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:46:23 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
In before the "I told you so crowd"

Oops - too late

ETA - it was the owners decision, nothing wrong with that. My Rotts go at one another a few times, several stitches/staples later - they sort out where they rank in the pecking order - however YMMV

Whoa.

-K

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:46:43 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:49:20 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

Yup, I've got a keen eye on my dog too. They're all dangerous you know.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:50:45 AM EDT

[#11]

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:51:24 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
In before the "I told you so crowd"

Oops - too late

ETA - it was the owners decision, nothing wrong with that. My Rotts go at one another a few times, several stitches/staples later - they sort out where they rank in the pecking order - however YMMV

Whoa.

-K

Whoa what?

Because one of the dogs challenged another, and the more dominant one put the other down by the scruff?

Go look for Michael Vic elsewhere....

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:56:41 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

This

ETA: They do not attack there owners because they see them as Alphas on the food chain, nothing more.

Don't be the Beta.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:00:35 AM EDT

[#14]

Some people are just shitty dog owners.

It's like if you raise a shitty kid and he ges off and murders someone. Same thing.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:01:27 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/images/shoot_the_dog.jpg

FTW!

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:08:20 AM EDT

[#16]

It was just a matter of time until it attacked a child.[>:/]

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:09:25 AM EDT

[#17]

In on one!

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:09:55 AM EDT

[#18]

Well, there's one you don't hear every day.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:11:17 AM EDT

[#19]

Well dog gone

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:14:34 AM EDT

[#20]

Just trying to get it out of my system now...

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:18:59 AM EDT

[#21]

Thats a good dog owner. Its rare for a dog owner to take care of an agressive dog.

A vast majority of dog owners dont care what their dog does. They could be eating a persons cat or attackiing a child. Its the same story.............My doggie didnt du nuttin.

Ive seen peoples dogs go off on their own kids and the owners just shrug it off. A dog that bites agressively needs a bullet, not excuses.

My hats off to the owner.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:19:29 AM EDT

[#22]

Good riddance

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:22:36 AM EDT

[#23]

"but...but...but...it's NURTURE, not nature..."

oh, screw it.

(imho, the only good pit is a dead one...)

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:24:17 AM EDT

[#24]

neighbors should have called the cops. they would have come over and shot it a lot sooner.

j/k, i keed, i keed

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:24:26 AM EDT

[#25]

What is the liability for having a psycho dog?

If you raise a dog of a breed known to be aggressive, and the dog kills someone, do you go to jail? Get sued?

It seems to me that if people want these fucking dogs they should bear the responsibility for them.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:24:45 AM EDT

[#26]

All APBTs should be rounded up systematically and taken to concentration camps to perform hard labor until they are of no more use. This goes for all "pit bulls", even those that don't even have close to half APBT blood in them but are still called "pit bulls." Then they should be disposed of, preferably in gas chambers and then burned in ovens. No exceptions.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:24:46 AM EDT

[#27]

My neighbors used to do the same thing when their pit bull/whatever it really was type lost a fight. They'd put a .22 between the eyes and bury it up on the hill.

Of course they're all in jail now.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:28:02 AM EDT

[#28]

Good kill.

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:28:50 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
It was just a matter of time until it attacked a child.[>:/]

[>:/] bullshit my animation won't work

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:38:12 AM EDT

[#30]

when my neighbor had a pit that his kids loved dearly he gave a a dollar and his cell phone number. he said the dollar was for the bullet and the phone number was to call him to bury the pit if it ever attacked my golden

now thats a good neighbor

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:44:06 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
when my neighbor had a pit that his kids loved dearly he gave a a dollar and his cell phone number. he said the dollar was for the bullet and the phone number was to call him to bury the pit if it ever attacked my golden

now thats a good neighbor

Hell yea, damn good neighbor. Wish there were more like that. Responsibility (a now almost unknown word)

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:46:22 AM EDT

[#32]

Approves.

Posted: 1/26/2009 7:18:58 AM EDT

[#33]

For this to happen out of the blue is unusual.

I'm willing to bet there's history.

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:03:24 AM EDT

[#34]

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:38:23 AM EDT

[#35]

Please tell me that is a photoshop.

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:50:22 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
IBTPBA

.......Pit Bull appologists

No not from anyone that knows wtf they are talking about.Some pit bulls should not be around other male dogs it could totally be the breeds fault in this case.

There is a huge difference in attacking another dog and a human. Pit Bulls where bred to fight dogs and bred NOT to bite humans. Just a pitbull doing what it was bred to do. The only reason this doesnt happen more often is because the vast majority of Pit Bulls these days are not game bred. In fact they are called Pet Bulls by real pit bull owners. I got a "pet bull" because i didnt want the responsibilities of owning a game bred Pit Bull in case i got a second dog.

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:52:02 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

People who are responsible will do the right thing and those who are not are the ones who damage this great breed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb5KVhUBVKk

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:59:12 AM EDT

[#38]

But, I thought pitbulls made wonderful loving pets.

Quoted:
Please tell me that is a photoshop.

No, it is not.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-467985/Meet-Incredible-Hulk-Hounds.html

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:59:36 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

People who are responsible will do the right thing and those who are not are the ones who damage this great breed.

Well said. Definitely a great breed that gets the ghetto treatment.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:00:50 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Please tell me that is a photoshop.

It's a mutant Whippet.

http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2007/07/big-wendy-muscular-whippet.html

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:02:04 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

Problem is, it's the dogs of the owners who don't have that mentality who attack people or other dogs. People with your mentality generally have control over their dog.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:02:49 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

Well said.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:04:37 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

Problem is, it's the dogs of the owners who don't have the mentality who attack people. People with your mentality generally have control over their dog.

That's the heart of the problem, and I don't know if it has ever been possible to fix stupid.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:06:53 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Some people are just shitty dog owners.

It's like if you raise a shitty kid and he ges off and murders someone. Same thing.

No shit, if the guy had the balls to task his neighbor with shooting his dog, and the neighbor not willing to comply, then he comes home and offs the dog, guy must be a serious toolbag, and thats putting it mildly. Probably shouldn't have dogs much less goldfish.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:15:08 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
What is the liability for having a psycho dog?

If you raise a dog of a breed known to be aggressive, and the dog kills someone, do you go to jail? Get sued?

It seems to me that if people want these fucking dogs they should bear the responsibility for them.

Can we do the same thing with the parents of children who grow up to be murderers or rapists? Serious question.

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:26:05 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
All APBTs should be rounded up systematically and taken to concentration camps to perform hard labor until they are of no more use. This goes for all "pit bulls", even those that don't even have close to half APBT blood in them but are still called "pit bulls." Then they should be disposed of, preferably in gas chambers and then burned in ovens. No exceptions.

Ok, sounds good. Where do I take them to?

Posted: 1/26/2009 12:48:18 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1. The owner was responsible for his dog's behavior.

2. He fixed his mistake.

well put. i have a pitbull and if he ever goes off the reservation im prepared to dispatch him. any dog owner needs to have that mentality when dealing with such a liability.

Amen!
I have 3 shelter rescues and I swear if they ever did anything like that, they would be put down on the spot.