Comments on: The So Called Dangerous Pit Bull Saves Little Girl from Assault http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault Living the Big Dog Dream Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Garett http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-67173 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:20:08 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-67173 Banning one dog will without a doubt set a precedent to ban another breed, and another... and another. Your dog could be next! Great story. Heroic dog! Banning one dog will without a doubt set a precedent to ban another breed, and another… and another.

Your dog could be next!

Great story. Heroic dog!

]]> by: shi_ni_ke http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-63983 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:54:55 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-63983 Personally, when we are at the park with our 150 pound St. and our 65 pound IWS, we don't have issues with the other medium sized and big dogs, the ones we have trouble with are the little dogs who come running over on their flexi leads while their owners are doing everything but watching them, growling and snarling at our two dogs who are usually in a down stay next to myself and my husband(both our dogs are medical service dogs) and then the owners thing it is cute that their precious little dog wants to play with the big dog and have no clue that this is not play behaviour,this is aggression plain and simple. Not all, but most bites humans receive from dogs is because the human did not heed the warnings that the dog gave before the dog bit. Dogs bite normally as a last resort, when all other warnings have been ignored or on occassion when the human has done something incredibly stupid. Ie. one coworker as we we leaving the lunchroom decided that running up behind me and then jumping in between me and my service dog and getting right down in her face and screaming at her to attack his friend was funny. Lucky for him she is a well trained service dog and her reaction was to back away from him and then turn to me to handle the situation. Had it just been someone's pet he was risking a serious bite incident which would have been totally his fault. Bite accidents involving children are usually a combination of the child doing something to the dog, ignoring the warning signs and the parent not being responsible in monitoring the interaction between the dog and the child and 90% of dog bites cto children could be prevented if there had been an adult monitoring the situation and separating the child from the dog before it escalated to the point of the dog retaliating by biting. It's amazing what some parents will allow their children to do to a dog and expect the dog to simply sit there and take it. I suppose the quoted study didn't bother to look at the number of dog bites from small breeds, or from labs, cockerspaniels or other familiar breeds that are just as likely to bite and that they were able to artificially inflate the "pit bull" bite rates by combining a number of different breeds that are commonly referred to as pit bulls which are not such as the staffordshire and mastiffs. Good job to this "pit" bull and their owner. Personally, when we are at the park with our 150 pound St. and our 65 pound IWS, we don’t have issues with the other medium sized and big dogs, the ones we have trouble with are the little dogs who come running over on their flexi leads while their owners are doing everything but watching them, growling and snarling at our two dogs who are usually in a down stay next to myself and my husband(both our dogs are medical service dogs) and then the owners thing it is cute that their precious little dog wants to play with the big dog and have no clue that this is not play behaviour,this is aggression plain and simple.
Not all, but most bites humans receive from dogs is because the human did not heed the warnings that the dog gave before the dog bit. Dogs bite normally as a last resort, when all other warnings have been ignored or on occassion when the human has done something incredibly stupid. Ie. one coworker as we we leaving the lunchroom decided that running up behind me and then jumping in between me and my service dog and getting right down in her face and screaming at her to attack his friend was funny. Lucky for him she is a well trained service dog and her reaction was to back away from him and then turn to me to handle the situation. Had it just been someone’s pet he was risking a serious bite incident which would have been totally his fault.
Bite accidents involving children are usually a combination of the child doing something to the dog, ignoring the warning signs and the parent not being responsible in monitoring the interaction between the dog and the child and 90% of dog bites cto children could be prevented if there had been an adult monitoring the situation and separating the child from the dog before it escalated to the point of the dog retaliating by biting. It’s amazing what some parents will allow their children to do to a dog and expect the dog to simply sit there and take it.

I suppose the quoted study didn’t bother to look at the number of dog bites from small breeds, or from labs, cockerspaniels or other familiar breeds that are just as likely to bite and that they were able to artificially inflate the “pit bull” bite rates by combining a number of different breeds that are commonly referred to as pit bulls which are not such as the staffordshire and mastiffs.
Good job to this “pit” bull and their owner.

]]> by: Nord http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-63026 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:59:30 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-63026 indeed it's a shame that they are even considering to ban pitbulls in nyc. it bothers me that this kind of dogs always ends up in a negative way troughout the media. as you can see is this writer from this article a professional person that knows what he/she was writing about :-) indeed it’s a shame that they are even considering to ban pitbulls in nyc.

it bothers me that this kind of dogs always ends up in a negative way troughout the media.

as you can see is this writer from this article a professional person that knows what he/she was writing about :-)

]]> by: hey rob http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-62215 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:39:21 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-62215 hey rob you are a goof ! hey rob you are a goof !

]]> by: rob http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-61976 Mon, 19 May 2008 19:00:11 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-61976 According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states: You are crazy to have a pitbull. You do not have the right to take your childrens life into jeapordy. 386,000 people are sent to the emergency room every year, with a big majority coming from pitbulls. I will shoot them on sight. According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:

You are crazy to have a pitbull. You do not have the right to take your childrens life into jeapordy. 386,000 people are sent to the emergency room every year, with a big majority coming from pitbulls. I will shoot them on sight.

]]> by: Ashley http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-60406 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:04:59 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-60406 I have 2 pit bulls. They are the best dogs that i have ever owned! I am in the process of adopting a 2 year old little girl! My dogs absolutly adore her they protect her if she is upset they sit by her side! They follow her everywhere, one in front of her and the other behind her like they are protecting her from every angle. This story has really touched my heart and believe the the only things that should have bsl laws is bad owners! GREAT JOB BLEU! I have 2 pit bulls. They are the best dogs that i have ever owned! I am in the process of adopting a 2 year old little girl! My dogs absolutly adore her they protect her if she is upset they sit by her side! They follow her everywhere, one in front of her and the other behind her like they are protecting her from every angle. This story has really touched my heart and believe the the only things that should have bsl laws is bad owners! GREAT JOB BLEU!

]]> by: Joypets http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-55054 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:36:03 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-55054 I agree with Ruby. It's all in a way the dog is raised. Dogs can be aggressive, but if treated well, he can also be protective. www.joypets.com.cn I agree with Ruby. It’s all in a way the dog is raised. Dogs can be aggressive, but if treated well, he can also be protective.

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]]> by: katie http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-54715 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-54715 i really wish more hype about these kinds of stories would get into mainstream media because so many breeds of dogs are given a bad reputation as being aggressive. in my hometown, several breeds were actually banned including rottweilers and pitt bulls. i have a lab rotteweiler mix and he weighs over 100 lbs and is the biggest baby youll ever meet. i think that its just stupid to claim that some dogs are born mean...they are NOT born mean they are bred and raised to be mean if you treat a dog with respect and love and care for the animal then no matter what the breed, the dog will be a sweetheart! more people need to realize this! i really wish more hype about these kinds of stories would get into mainstream media because so many breeds of dogs are given a bad reputation as being aggressive. in my hometown, several breeds were actually banned including rottweilers and pitt bulls. i have a lab rotteweiler mix and he weighs over 100 lbs and is the biggest baby youll ever meet. i think that its just stupid to claim that some dogs are born mean…they are NOT born mean they are bred and raised to be mean if you treat a dog with respect and love and care for the animal then no matter what the breed, the dog will be a sweetheart! more people need to realize this!

]]> by: Dr Lee Johnson http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-54289 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:45:15 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-54289 This is only good thing I have ever heard about Pit Bulls. I don't know how many babies Pit Bulls have killed or injured but I know it is a lot more than one. I have had kids in my office with Pit Bull bites. Usually when a dog bites a human it knows it has fucked up and will only bite once. Hell my dog bit me while playing not a hard bit (she is a great dane remember) and I bleed but it didn't hurt that much but you could see it in her reaction she didn't want to come near me at first she must have thought I was going to beat her butt not something I usually do. But an older dog that has exhausted all the other methods of training or need his training reinforced A fev swatts on the nose gets there attention. You don't have to rub their nose in the poop just them to it and they know. This is only good thing I have ever heard about Pit Bulls. I don’t know how many babies Pit Bulls have killed or injured but I know it is a lot more than one. I have had kids in my office with Pit Bull bites. Usually when a dog bites a human it knows it has fucked up and will only bite once. Hell my dog bit me while playing not a hard bit (she is a great dane remember) and I bleed but it didn’t hurt that much but you could see it in her reaction she didn’t want to come near me at first she must have thought I was going to beat her butt not something I usually do. But an older dog that has exhausted all the other methods of training or need his training reinforced A fev swatts on the nose gets there attention. You don’t have to rub their nose in the poop just them to it and they know.

]]> by: Dan http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-51487 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:43:10 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/the-so-called-dangerous-pit-bull-saves-little-girl-from-assault#comment-51487 I wish there were more stories like this to hit the mainstream media. We are inundated with the hype and fear surrounding these wonderful dogs when in actuality they are scapegoats for a much larger issue - that of irresponsible dog ownership. I wish there were more stories like this to hit the mainstream media. We are inundated with the hype and fear surrounding these wonderful dogs when in actuality they are scapegoats for a much larger issue - that of irresponsible dog ownership.

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