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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 18, 2009 11:11:53 GMT -5
www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10003619Woman pleads guilty in dog attack robbery WACO - A Waco woman accused of turning an attack dog loose on a Wal-Mart employee so she could steal a DVD player pleaded guilty to the crime Friday. Jennifer Ann Logan will spend seven years in prison as a part of a plea deal. Police alleged Logan took a DVD player from the store through the garden center. When a loss prevention employee tried to stop her, she unleashed her dog on the man.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 18, 2009 11:16:04 GMT -5
Experts explain what can trigger dog attack www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/pee_dee/article/experts_explain_what_can_trigger_dog_attack/38127/By Kelly Gillespie Reporter Published: March 11, 2009 We first told you Tuesday night about a Darlington County family dealing with the aftermath of what they call a vicious dog attack. They said a friend’s yellow labrador retriever bit off part of their 7-year-old daughter’s ear. The county attorney, Jim Cox, however, deemed the dog not dangerous. News13 spoke with a dog expert on what factors might trigger a dog attack. At Florence County Environmental Services Herbie Christmas sees a variety of dogs, some that were neglected and others that were turned over to them because of their behavior. “For no apparent reason, sometimes a family-owned pet that they’ve had for six or eight years either attacks a family member or a friend that comes over,” Christmas said. In this case, the 7 year-old’s family said she was playing at friend’s house, jumping on a trampoline when the dog bit her. “A lot of times when a dog attacks, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a vicious dog,” Christmas said. “The circumstances surrounding an animal bite a lot of times dictate the reason for that incident.” Christmas said people might be surprised by just how often similar cases occur. In Florence County alone, he handles about 300 animal bite cases each year. The attacks are often prompted by aggression — whether it’s food, territorial or redirected — Christmas said. “ (The dogs) usually come from homes that the animals have been encouraged to conduct that type of activity,” he said. “Therefore, in my opinion, the animal needs to be taken out of the environment.” Whatever the circumstance may be, Christmas said his first concern is the victim and protecting the public. Experts say if a dog has any aggressive traits, it’s best to talk with a veterinarian and develop a plan for modifying the pet’s behavior. They say dogs also should be kept out of situations that could trigger their aggressive tendencies.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 18, 2009 11:21:12 GMT -5
www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090309/NEWS01/90309019/1069/YOURUPSTATE01Dog attack on preschooler called 'tragic accident' A preschooler viciously attacked by his grandparents' dog in Greenville over the weekend was in critical condition today in what authorities say appears to be a "tragic accident." The attack happened Saturday afternoon at the boy's grandparents' home on Whaling Way on the Eastside, Greenville County Sheriff's Master Deputy Melissia McKinney said. The boy, 3-year-old Andrew Sharp, was visiting his grandparents' home Saturday afternoon and was in the backyard with the German Shepherd when the dog bit him numerous times in the head, McKinney said. The boy was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital and later was air-lifted to Levine’s Children’s Hospital in Charlotte because of the extent of his injuries, she said. Animal control has quarantined the dog and is expected to euthanize it after examining it, sheriff's Lt. Shea Smith said. Both animal control and the sheriff's office are investigating the case, Smith said. So far, Smith said, there's no indication that the dog had been suffering from any particular ailment. The family had adopted the dog from the animal shelter months earlier, he said. "It sounds like it was a behavioral issue," Smith said. "At this point, it just appears it was a tragic accident." ************************************** Behavioral issue on who's end? Dogs? Kids? Adults?? Focus is always on the dog but rarely on the FACTS. Ugh
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:06:50 GMT -5
www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090320/NEWS/90320002/-1/SPORTS12Pepper spray prevents injury in dog attack on mail carrier Des Moines animal control officers are investigating a dog attack on a mail carrier Thursday on the east side of the city. Jean Welford was in the 900 block of 24th Court about 1 p.m. when a dog approached her, growling and snapping. "It crossed the street and kept coming at me," she said. She was not bitten. She delayed the attack by using pepper spray and then was rescued by a neighbor who took control of the animal. "I Maced it and it shook its head and kept coming," Welford said. She gave a dog a couple of additional squirts of pepper spray but it did not retreat. The neighbor, who apparently is familiar with the dog, grabbed it and put it back in the house. An animal control officer and a police officer were called to investigate. They said the dog's owners were not home. A charge of allowing a dog to run at large is likely to be filed, officials said. The initial report that had officials hurrying to the scene indicated it was a pit bull, but it turned out to be an American bulldog. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year. Almost one in five of those who are bitten, some of 885,000, require medical attention for dog bite-related injuries. In 2006, more than 31,000 people had reconstructive surgery as a result of being bitten by dogs. In 2007, more than 3,000 city and rural carriers were bitten by dogs, according to the Postal Service. Welford said her own dogs don't care much for her uniform or mail truck. She said they bark at her, too, when she's in uniform.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:14:51 GMT -5
www.ky3.com/news/local/41536812.htmlDog bites postal carrier near eye in Springfield SPRINGFIELD -- A mail carrier is recovering after a vicious dog bite on Thursday morning. Gary Bloom was bitten just above his right eye while delivering mail in the 2700 block of West Olive Street. Bloom received several stitches. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department quarantined the dog for a mandatory 10 days. The dog's owners now face fines from the city for having a loose dog and a possible lawsuit from the United States Postal Service. The dog's owner said in an interview that she is about the attack. "He is a good dog," she said. The postmaster says Bloom plans to be back on his route on Friday. **************************** Be sure to read the comments and watch the video. The dog was referred to as a Heinz 57 mix but the comments through the pit bull card.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:19:42 GMT -5
Dog Is Euthanized After It Attacks Child- UPDATE www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/41529562.htmlA seven year old boy bit by a dog received negative rabies test results today. Earlier this week, the boy was bit on the leg by a boxer mix, who was brought home by the child's mother to foster. The boy received stitches, but the dog had to be put down because the shelter did not feel comfortable adopting out the pet again. Because the bite broke the skin, it was necessary to test for rabies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A seven year old child is attacked by a dog that his mother brought home to foster just days earlier. The dog has been euthanized and the boy is left with serious injuries. The attack happened on Tuesday night and the two year old boxer mix had been in the house for less than a week. The dog had been a stray for several months before arriving at the shelter. And officials say all strays carry the risk of unknown behavior. The child suffered bites to his left leg and scratches to his right leg. Normally a bite like this would lead to the animal being quarantined, but this dog was euthanized because the shelter did not feel comfortable adopting out or further rehabilitating the animal after the attack.... "It was more or less a precaution. It wasn't that we necessarily felt the animal may be rabid but it's part of our testing to make sure we're providing citizens with that level of care as well as the animals that are in house," says Stephanie Sikorski, humane educator and interim director at the Leon County Animal Shelter. The shelter wants to remind everyone that there's always an element of risk any time you bring a shelter animal into your home, so it's important never to leave a child unattended with the pet. The shelter says the boy is doing ok and is at home. He was at the doctor on Tuesday after the attack but was never admitted to a hospital. He received a few stitches but he's doing fine now.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:21:24 GMT -5
Boy hospitalized after dog attack www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/03/18/20090318abrk-dogbite.htmlAn 11-year-old Phoenix boy was hospitalized after a dog bit him on his way to school Wednesday morning. The boy was walking along South Fourth Street near Broadway Road around 9 a.m. when the dog came out of an alley, biting him on his right calf and upper knee, Phoenix police spokesman Luis Samudio said. Details about the dog were not immediately available. Check back for more information.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:24:10 GMT -5
Dog attack horror www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/Dog-attack-horror.5085178.jpA PENSIONER was left with horrific injuries after she was attacked by a rottweiler in Knottingley. Brenda Smith, 71, had just walked out of the post office at Racca Green on Thursday afternoon when the dog suddenly leaped on to her and sunk its teeth into her arm. She said: "As soon as I walked out, this dog just jumped on me. I wondered what was happening, I just saw a bit of black. I realised it was a dog and started screaming. It wouldn't let go. Its teeth were dug into my arm. "I thought I wasn't going to get away. I didn't think I was going to stay alive – it was that bad. "My coat was torn to pieces and there was blood all over because its teeth went right through my skin." Brenda, of Beulah Court, Knottingley, was taken to the nearest doctors' surgery by the postmaster before she was sent to accident and emergency at Pontefract General Infirmary. Doctors bathed her arm and dressed her wounds – five bite marks in her upper arm – and gave her antibiotics. But Brenda says she has had to go back to her GP because of the stress. She said: "I don't feel right. I feel all shaken up and nervous, so I went back to my doctor. "This dog had no muzzle on it. It was just able to jump on me. It shouldn't happen again to anyone, it's disgusting." Diana Hayes, 66, of Womersley Road, Knottingley, was walking towards the post office when she saw the horror unfold. She said: "I remember seeing the dog outside but I didn't have chance to take much notice of it because as soon as the lady walked out of the post office, it jumped on her. "She just sort of spun around. "It was really frightening. I was so , it was hard to take everything in. The dog did let go and then I went to the woman and held her and took her into the post office. It was so scary. "These dogs are dangerous and should be muzzled. I got really angry. It could have been a small child who had stepped out of the post office, holding its mother's hand. It just doesn't seem right to me." A police spokeswoman said inquiries were ongoing into the incident.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Mar 21, 2009 15:26:05 GMT -5
Child Suffers Deep Bites In Dog Attack www.ketv.com/news/18972166/detail.htmlOMAHA, Neb. -- A child is recovering after being bitten by a dog while riding her bike. It happened Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Fort and North 62nd streets. Officers said the girl was bitten on the arm several times. She was able to ride up to her cousin for help. "She was bit on her forearm up here and stuff, four deep wounds, four deep puncture wounds, very bad," her cousin Ryan Johnson said. The girl's family took her to a hospital to be checked out. Neither the dog nor the owner were found.
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Post by thedarkness on Mar 27, 2009 4:13:44 GMT -5
I remember when I was ten years old my older sister was bitten on the leg by a yellow lab. It didn't require stitches but the dogs teeth went right through her blue jeans and made a pretty good puncture. When my mom confronted the owners about it because they still let the dog wonder free their excuse was that the dog had never shown aggression before and they were sure that it was a one time incident.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jul 22, 2009 12:42:43 GMT -5
Sheriff: Newborn injured when family dog drags baby from crib into central Ky. back yard JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press Writers 5:33 PM CDT, July 21, 2009 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A father was frantically calling 911 to report his missing newborn when he spotted the baby, bleeding from the mouth and clutched in the jaws of a family dog who had carried him from his crib to the heavily wooded backyard. Four-day-old Alexander James Smith was rushed to the emergency room at University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, where he was listed in critical condition Tuesday with two collapsed lungs, a skull fracture, broken ribs and various cuts and bruises. His father, Michael Smith, said doctors were optimistic the boy would survive, but a day earlier they braced the family for the worst and had to use resuscitation paddles to get a heartbeat. "They took us straight to a consulting room with a pastor and gave us pretty much what was the last visitation," Smith said in an interview with The Associated Press from a hospital waiting room. Smith said he and his wife, Chrissie, had just put Alexander James (or A.J.) in his crib Monday afternoon in their Nicholasville, Ky., home. Smith said he was preparing to leave for the store to buy various baby items, including a video monitor that he now believes could have prevented the entire ordeal. "It'll haunt me because that was my job," he said. "It's a nightmare." When Chrissie returned to the bedroom minutes later after going downstairs to look at the shopping list, one of the doors was ajar and both the baby and their Native American Indian dog - a breed that looks similar to a husky - were gone. Michael Smith initially headed to the backyard, knowing that Dakota, a mixed breed with wolves in its ancestry, had a reputation for stealing household items like cups and wallets and depositing them there. He spent 10 minutes searching among the trees and bushes in the two-acre fenced yard before finding the dog and child in tall grass some 200 yards behind the house. He grabbed his son and sprinted toward the house, handing him over to emergency workers who had just arrived. "When you're running through the backyard and you can't find him, every worst fear comes through your head," Smith said. "We had to try to stay positive, try and find him. My guess is five more minutes and he wouldn't be here." Jessamine County chief deputy sheriff Allen Peel said no charges had been filed, but the case remains under investigation. "It's unreal," Peel said. Smith, who is the owner of a corporate security business where his wife also works, said the dog was treating the baby as a puppy and wasn't being vicious. Still, he doesn't want her back in the family home. Dakota was taken into custody by animal control, and although Smith remains hopeful a good home can be found for her, he acknowledges the animal may have to be destroyed. A call to Jessamine County animal control was not immediately returned. The 4-year-old dog was one of three - including one from the same litter as Dakota - that the family had owned since they were puppies. None had any history of aggression, even when playing with Smith's two other children from a previous marriage, he said. "It wasn't a vicious dog attack," Smith said. "She had A.J. for 10 minutes on her own, and if you look at A.J.'s belly, there's about 100 little marks. All the dog had to do was one bite and A.J. wouldn't be here." www.fox4kc. com/news/ nationworld/ sns-ap-us- newborn-injured, 0,5034118. story
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Post by erpitrescue on Aug 18, 2009 11:53:22 GMT -5
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Post by RealPitBull on Aug 19, 2009 13:45:51 GMT -5
WOW......
Vote 0 Pack of wild dogs kills Ga. animal lover on walk, concerned husband searching for her Kate Brumback August 19th, 2009 Ga. animal lovers killed by pack of wild dogs
LEXINGTON, Ga. — A shredded piece of shirt, some strands of hair and bloodstained dirt are all that remain along the rural stretch of road where authorities believe a pack of wild dogs fatally mauled an elderly couple.
Sherry Schweder, a 65-year-old animal lover, was taking an evening stroll when she was attacked. Her husband, Lothar Schweder, a retired professor, had gone out in search of her.
Paramedics who came to the grisly scene Saturday morning found the suspected attackers standing guard. While it’s unclear exactly what happened because there were no witnesses, officials have rounded up 16 dogs they believe were involved.
It was the same group of medium-sized, mixed-breed dogs Sherry Schweder worried about, wondering if anyone was taking care of them as she saw them wander around.
Experts say the attack is extremely rare — so rare “you are more likely to killed by a bolt of lightning than by a dog,” said Adam Goldfarb, a spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States.
The feral dogs didn’t belong to anyone, but a man who owns a house at the end of the road had been feeding them, said Oglethorpe County sheriff’s Capt. Shalon Huff. The man told authorities the dogs never behaved aggressively toward him, and he did not believe the dogs had killed the couple.
“Sometimes the pack mentality can play a role. One dog gets aroused and that revs up his buddies,” Goldfarb said.
The dogs were aggressive toward authorities who rounded them up using traps and tranquilizers, Huff said. At one point, a group of them cornered two people against a vehicle. There were no signs the dogs were rabid, Huff said.
Authorities believe Sherry Schweder went for an evening walk near her home on Friday, perhaps looking for one of her own dogs that had been missing for about a month.
At some point, Schweder was attacked. Preliminary autopsy results showed she died from animal bites.
Authorities believe Lothar Schweder, 77, later went looking for her in his car and came across his wife’s body. There were signs of a scuffle, several shoe prints and what appeared to be paw prints in the mud, authorities said.
He may have tried to pull out his cell phone before he succumbed to the attack, Madison County Coroner James Mathews said. Autopsy results show Lothar Schweder also died of injuries from multiple animal bites.
A group of Jehovah’s Witnesses walking in the same area discovered the bodies Saturday morning and called police. Four days later, a faint unpleasant smell still hung in the air.
There have been at least 20 deadly dog attacks in the U.S. this year, 22 in 2008 and 33 in 2007, said the Humane Society’s Goldfarb, compared with about 75 million owned dogs. The National Weather Service says there were 27 lightning deaths so far this year, 28 in 2008 and 45 in 2007.
Dogs that attack also typically are not spayed or neutered, which can contribute to aggression, Goldfarb said. The dogs in the attack are not believed to have been sterilized.
With a voice that wavered at times, one of the couple’s sons, Mark Schweder, described his parents as “kind people who lived a simple life out here.”
He said his parents had divorced and his father moved to Kansas, where the elder Schweder ran the library and worked in public relations for a state penitentiary.
But after retiring in 2001, Lothar Schweder moved back to Athens to woo his ex-wife back.
“They always loved each other. My dad pursued, pursued and finally scored again,” his son said with a smile.
His mother worked as a bibliographer at the University of Georgia’s library. In the early 1970s, his father was a German and philosophy professor at the school, the son said.
Mark Schweder, who lives in Aiken, S.C., said his parents, especially his mother, were animal lovers. He also said he did not want charges to be brought against the man who fed the dogs.
“It’s just a horrible accident,” Mark Schweder said.
By Tuesday evening, 11 dogs and 5 puppies had been taken to the Madison-Oglethorpe animal shelter, where the staff was beginning court-ordered euthanizations.
Authorities were still trying to catch two other dogs seen in the area. Meanwhile, the shelter has been asked to look for homes for the Schweders’ 20 cats and seven dogs.
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Post by angeldoxie2 on Aug 21, 2009 8:16:05 GMT -5
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Post by adoptapitbull on Dec 16, 2009 11:06:34 GMT -5
You guys beat me to posting a lot of the bite stories. I've either been bitten myself, or witnessed bites on friends/family by the following breeds:
2 purebred Chihuahuas 1 purebred Boston 1 purebred Aussie (had neuro/health problems) 1 Sheltie/Border mix 1 purebred Dachshund
I own, or my family has owned: 5 Pit/Pit mixes, 1 St. Bernard, 1 BC/Sheltie mix (above), 1 Collie mix, 1 Dane mix, 1 OEW Bulldog, 1 Black Mouth Cur, 1 Aussie (above). That's just me. How many Pits bit again? Oh, that's right, none!
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Post by AmyJo27 on Dec 16, 2009 11:17:12 GMT -5
My mother’s purebred Cocker Spaniel (Bailey) is a biter! She has bit me, Gustavo, my father and my 3 year old cousin! But it’s just because she "gets grabby with food." When Gustavo, my father or myself got bit NONE of us had food!!! I HATE that little dog! My mom spoils her like crazy and if I try to sit by my mom she will growl at me and try to bite me! I don’t let my 10 month old daughter be anywhere near Bailey!
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Post by adoptapitbull on Dec 16, 2009 11:53:19 GMT -5
Such a common problem in little "lap dogs". People treat them like infants and not like dogs!
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Post by PitLovinMama on Dec 16, 2009 12:53:41 GMT -5
We have local K-9 unit oficer who allows his children to walk his K-9 officer. This upset me but I thought hey maybe it's legal. Untill the day they had the dog at the kids park and my daughter got bite 3 times on her arm and leg. It did not require stitches but anti-botics so it wouldn't get infected and the bruises were horofic. We went to the officers house to report the inncident and he really just shurgged his shoulders and said well he's in training....WTF he's in training and your allowing you 7 yrold and your 11 yr old to walk him. This is the day I almost went to jail for attacking a police officer....not the real police officer the dog. While standing on te front porch talking to this complete dumb ass his K-r dog in training comes rushing out the door and after my daughter again. I lost it completely....I managed to get my daughter in the truck and hold off the dog long enough for another police car to show up and you know what theytried to charge me with assulting a peace officer because I kicked the shit outta the dog that was trying to attack my daughter again. Needless to say this never made the papers here and no matter what I did no one saw anything wrong with the dogs actions that day...the scary part is he is still a K-9 working dog and the idiot cop is still working too. They decided it was in there best intrest to drop all charges against me " it was all just a big misunderstanding" there words not mine.
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Post by AmyJo27 on Dec 16, 2009 15:57:33 GMT -5
Wow PitLovinMama! That would be SO scary! Nice to know the ones who are supposed to protect you are doing a "great" job!
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Post by PitLovinMama on Dec 16, 2009 16:13:28 GMT -5
Yes we feel so protected....thats why in my other post "Help my Pits are in Danger" we had so much trouble gettin the police to do anything to help at all. If we didn't love the schools our kids attended we would have moved along time ago...that and we are buyin our house and it's just too hard to try and sale right now. First chance we get though were buyin up some land....No neighbors to worry about and more room for our Boyz to play.
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