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poor pitpull(if infact thats what it was) there are better ways of getting a dog off besides that!!!
now heres a question for you all,
if a dog bites a person it gets put down, does it work both ways? lol
 
Labs aren't exactly renowned for their "attack instinct"! My Lab turns tail and runs if another dog (of any size) goes for her. Much as I adore them, they tend to be pretty wussy...

amen to labs!, there all big pussy cats!
 
It's not so much the breed, I don't care if it's a pit bull or whatever, owners should be held responsible for the behaviour and/or liberty of their dogs. ESPECIALLY with breeds known to be agressive - you have one of those dogs? then you should be aware of what can happen and take steps to counter-act it! And I know I'm going to get a howl of rebukes here from owners of known agressive breeds here, but NO dog is above turning on someone or something, and these more so than any other.
Face it, it happens, we don't know when it will happen, or even if it will, but it is more likely to happen in some breeds more than others. If we choose to own these sort of dogs, then we need to be mindful of this fact.
I own a Shepherd cross English Mastiff, and no bigger a boofheaded gentle giant could you possibly meet, he's fantastic with the kids, (he's scared of thunderstorms and old ladies, and backs away from people leaning over the fence, he's such a hero!!) but NO WAY would I leave him alone with children, or let him out on the streets, I woulnd't want to be responsible if he were to turn on anyone, he would make rather a mess of them, I understand this, and take steps to prevent it. As bomb-proof as he seems, I just wouldn't take that chance
Oh, and his st friend? She was a little long haired chihuahua when she was alive, he adored her, looked after her, and even took her crap, many's the time she would be left hanging, growling, from his throat as she attempted to "rip it our" The guilty look on his face, as if asking me what he'd done wrong was a picture.
His tolerance is wonderful, he's a real baby, but still has strong jaws that crumble huge marrow bones in minutes. I love him, adore him, there's nothing we can't do with him, but I respect the potential of what he could turn into.
 
my jack russel x N/A tries to take on any dog it sees even if it will eat him for breackfast
 
I believe that no animal attacks for no reason. Only humans attack without a reason. Has anyone noticed how murderers, rapists, serial killers, et ectera, have been given terms such as "animalistic", or other such animal-related adjectives? I wonder how that is, because animals don't torture for pleasure. Humans do that, so why did animals get the short end of the stick? Even animals such as juvenile cheetahs, that play with young gazelles that obviously results in death one way or another. They aren't torturing. They're playing and they're learning.

Anyway, I digress.

A dog, for example, has specific reasons for attack or defense. Such as a territory dispute, or with multiple dogs, fights over dominance. Fights over food, females, and onwards. My point is, if you consider your dog's personality, breed and needs, then there shouldn't be any problem. Especially if you have good fences, protection against digging, and sensible kids that know better than to annoy the dog.

Animals are much more instinct driven than we are, and they depend on us to know what can and will invoke certain instincts. For example, someone shouldn't put a dog that is food protective with little kids. Food protective dogs protect their "kill", a simple instinct for us to know. However, kids obviously don't know it, so it's up to parents, owners, etc. to make sure that the dog and child don't meet around feeding time, even if the dog is absolutely lovely every other time.

My main point is that animals don't attack for no reason, and it's up to us to learn these reasons for an agressive and or defensive dog. It's not the dog's fault if an owner fails to realise why it acted a certain way.

~ notechistiger.
 
My main point is that animals don't attack for no reason, and it's up to us to learn these reasons for an agressive and or defensive dog. It's not the dog's fault if an owner fails to realise why it acted a certain way.

~ notechistiger.

Sorry, but I cite an incident that happened with a pup we once bought. He was a six month old Wolfhound. We had had him for a month when all of a sudden one night, he was sound asleep on the rug in the lounge when he suddenly jumped up and attacked our daughter who was then four years old, sitting watching tv with us, for NO REASON. No one looked at him, and as I said, he was lay down resting.
We had him in the car one day when my hubby got out to delover something to his brother. The car was parked on the kerb. The dog was sitting in the front of the car with me. An eight year old child was sitting two houses down the street on the pavement quietly drawing on the pavement with chalk when the dog suddenly jumped out of the car, ran up to the child, grabbed it by the arm and growling agressively, shook the child. The child got quite a fright. There was no reason for him to do it. We came to the conclusion, along with the AWL that the dog probably had a screw loose somehwere in his head. I guess you could, in retrospect, call that a reason, but there was just nothing done to him, or with him, he just suddenly upped and tried to savage people! Had we kept him, it would have meant keeping him locked away from the kids, and secured in a strongly fenced yard, NEVER to be allowed out without a strong lead. They are concessions we would have made in order to keep him, but he was a dangerous dog, and so, as much as it hurt me to do so, (I am a "potty pom" when it comes to animals). We were obliged to return him to the AWLwhere we got him from, they said they would have to put him down because he couldn't be trusted.
There have been numerous incidents where a dog has just suddenly turned - what reason would that pit bull have for jumping the fence and attacking the dog in that yard, what sort of threat did it pose? People have done some stupid things with dogs in the street, and I say they deserved to get a fright, but spontaneous attacks do happen.
 
Let me add something I forgot about, sometimes people don't know the reason to set an animal off. Should we really think that we are the all knowing gods of everything, just because we can talk and think differently to other species?

I wouldn't try to work out why your dog did the things that it did, because I wasn't there and I don't know what happened. Somethings cannot be explained, because we simply do not know how animals think. We do know, however, that animals react to certain situations and people in certain ways.

Many people quote "nature versus nurture", and I don't have any hard proof to back me up, but I completely believe that it's both. It's nature because animals are instinct-based creatures, but it's nurture because animals learn to react in certain ways to certain things. For example, a beaten dog cowers from the one that beat it (because the person is more dominant), but is aggressive to other people that pat it, feed it, etc. (because the dog sees the people are being submissive).

Does that make any sense at all? I'm not sure if my theory is true, but I completely believe it, and I find it completely logical.

~ notechistiger.
 
midnightserval ...bullies rule...every dog is capable of damage...whether its a pittie, rottie jack russel...people have to be responsable dog owners n take precautions...but in sayin that if something does happen...u shouldnt condem the majority because of the minority
 
midnightserval ...bullies rule...every dog is capable of damage...whether its a pittie, rottie jack russel...people have to be responsable dog owners n take precautions...but in sayin that if something does happen...u shouldnt condem the majority because of the minority

Amen to that!

It's the DEED not the BREED
 
Its mostly the owers who cause a dog to be dog aggressive. :(



They get a dog as a puppy, stick it in the backyard, dont socialise it with other dogs & people (this is critical at an early age) and then wonder why their dog wants to eat/attack any other dog or person when they walk it.


You will get the occasional dog who really does have a mental issue, is unpredictable, but thats fairly rare. Its best that these dogs are put down, rather than rehomed.
 
having a dog made a dangerous dog do you know the guidelines for this the dog has to wear a fluro collar and be keeps in runs for the rest of it life
thats not a life
 
Got my first Pit bull at 6 i am now 34. i priobably had some of the first in the country thanks to an american neighbour and when no one new about them every kid in my neighbourhood new my pitty rocky. he was an angel with every kid but he did what he was bred to do for generations if provoked into a fight and that is to try and kill his opponent.. he would never try and attack other dogs but mutts would go him and he would destroy them , but then he got the bad name.. i always was puzzled over that.
 
any dog any size will bite no matter the breed
i dont believe there is any dangerous breed
 
amen to labs!, there all big pussy cats!

You'd be surprised to see how many of these big pussy cats have attacked! Mostly children.
They just don't cause hysteria and front pages as the Pit does! In other words It doesn't sell!

The media has a lot to answer for in regards to the demise of the APBT & BSL
 
The media has a lot to answer for in regards to
EVERYTHING!!!

Completely the responsibility of the owner. Even if was an accident that it got out, still 100% their fault. They own the dog so they must take full responsibility of their dogs actions, otherwise they are unfit to own it. (i.e. If the dog escaped, they hadn't contained the dog effectively, so are not capable to own it)
 
jjs agree my male malamute hates little dogs we we keep him in a enclosed back yard and never let of lead and we have secured our yard with temp fencing and a wooden one
 
its such a shame that so much prejudice exists towards certain breeds. pit bulls are beautiful dogs with such sweet natures, its just shame that their attacks can be so ferocious due to their physiology that they recieve so much media attention. its so sad to see a dog not treated right, ownership should not be a right, it should be a privilege.
 
having a dog made a dangerous dog do you know the guidelines for this the dog has to wear a fluro collar and be keeps in runs for the rest of it life
thats not a life

Not true.

The requirements in each council vary. In mine you just need a concrete base (though a concrete path on the fence will suffice) and you need fencing appropriate to keep it in.

Keeping a dog in a run isn't even that bad. It can come into the house, just when outside (so if they are at work) it must stay in the run. A run can easily be big enough to keep a dog in for 8 hours a day.
 
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