Current Events > 22 y/o woman mauled to death by her own Pitbulls while taking them for a walk

(+) Yeah! (+)

Taharqa_ posted...

ClunkerSlim posted...

One of the comments in the article proposed the theory that the two dogs started fighting with each other and then they turned on her when she tried to break them up.

Thats what I would expect from pit bull behavior. Theyre great, but then some small thing sets them off and all hell breaks loose. Its like they blank out and killer instinct takes over. Maybe these two dogs started fighting over some piece of food or something in the road. She got in the way and then thats all it took. Dead.

Just to note that there is no such thing as 125 lb "Pit Bulls" like the ones in this article. I have to reiterate that once again.

If we can call 125 lb dogs Pit Bulls then a harlequin Great Dane is a Dalmatian.

Everything is a pitbull once it takes a snap at a human. Dog breeds also follow the one drop rule.
---

Taharqa_ posted...

Just to note that there is no such thing as 125 lb "Pit Bulls" like the ones in this article. I have to reiterate that once again.

If we can call 125 lb dogs Pit Bulls then a harlequin Great Dane is a Dalmatian.

Leanaunfurled posted...

I like how everyone ITT is still ignoring the fact that the dogs in the OP aren't pit bulls.

But whatever, deeemmmoonnnnss. rofl

pit bull mixes with mastiffs, and breeds like Cane Corsos, Fila Brasieros, Dog Argentinos, and Presa Canarios are often referred to as pit bulls in america because of their close relation to bulldog, the loose way 'pit bull' is defined, and because purebreeds are incredibly rare here

colloquially, 'pit bull' sometimes even refers to the american bulldog which can reach sizes roughly equivalent to what they talk about in the original article
---

pit bull is not a breed of dog, so comparing the term to great dane or dalmatian isn't really instructive

I don't see anyone going around saying "now, my american pit bull terrier here..." which would be the specific equivalent to 'great dane' or 'dalmatian'
---

I see the ignorant stopped commenting. Good to see.
---

Balrog0 posted...

Taharqa_ posted...

Just to note that there is no such thing as 125 lb "Pit Bulls" like the ones in this article. I have to reiterate that once again.

If we can call 125 lb dogs Pit Bulls then a harlequin Great Dane is a Dalmatian.

Leanaunfurled posted...

I like how everyone ITT is still ignoring the fact that the dogs in the OP aren't pit bulls.

But whatever, deeemmmoonnnnss. rofl

pit bull mixes with mastiffs, and breeds like Cane Corsos, Fila Brasieros, Dog Argentinos, and Presa Canarios are often referred to as pit bulls in america because of their close relation to bulldog, the loose way 'pit bull' is defined, and because purebreeds are incredibly rare here

colloquially, 'pit bull' sometimes even refers to the american bulldog which can reach sizes roughly equivalent to what they talk about in the original article

To the layperson anything with short hair and a somewhat muscular build is a Pit Bull. About 90 percent of the dogs that I see that people call Pit Bulls are actually American Bullies (extremely common), American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers (pretty rare) or some Bully Breed Mix (very comon).

Breeds like Filas, Presas, Corsos and Dogos are very different in appearance, temperament (traditional guardian breeds) and behavior from any bulldog. The drive and temperament from my APBT and Corso is like night and day, not to mention that the Corso is like three times the size. That's why I don't subscribe to the loosely defined umbrella "Pit Bull" term, it just adds to the overall confusion.

Like I said earlier in the topic there is only one real "Pit Bull" and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. I can see the Am Bullies, AmStaffs etc from a mile away but the only way that you can 100 percent verify if you have an APBT is by going by the papers and bloodline, if it doesn't have a pedigree that traces back to fighting dogs then it isn't a Pit Bull. It doesn't matter what the backyard breeder says, what family and friends say, what the shelter says, what the media says, there are certain criteria to meet. If I don't see Old Family Red Nose, Redboy, Eli, Boudreaux, Chinaman, Jeep, Colby, etc somewhere on that pedigree then it isn't an APBT.
---

People go to such lengths to defend those beasts lol. And act like their position is rational. Lame.
---

Thelema posted...

People go to such lengths to defend those beasts lol. And act like their position is rational. Lame.

Easily spooked idiots scream the loudest.
---

Deadpool_18 posted...

I see the ignorant stopped commenting. Good to see.

Whose?
---

Deadpool_18 posted...

Thelema posted...

People go to such lengths to defend those beasts lol. And act like their position is rational. Lame.

Easily spooked idiots scream the loudest.

You're defending pretty much the worst breed of dog and when someone bring a story you bury your head in the sand and scream "fake"
---

Kim Kusanagi posted...

Steve Nick posted...

My sister had a chihuahua that was f***ing vicious and would try to fight anything.

Your sister isn't a good pet keeper

i know someone who has a chihuahua who bites anyone in range it bite me once too

is scary to think how dangerous a larger dog like a german shepperd or a pitbull would be if she owned one after seeing how she raised that one
---

marc55 posted...

Kim Kusanagi posted...

Steve Nick posted...

My sister had a chihuahua that was f***ing vicious and would try to fight anything.

Your sister isn't a good pet keeper

i know someone who has a chihuahua who bites anyone in range it bite me once too

is scary to think how dangerous a larger dog like a german shepperd or a pitbull would be if she owned one after seeing how she raised that one

Call the police or animal control and have the animal taken away and the owner charged - problem solved
---

bump
---

ChainedRedone posted...

Window_Starer posted...

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

@ChainedRedone posted...

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

Uh no. Not anymore than a human does.

Uh, yeah. Domestic house cats kill lots of things such as mice, rats, and birds even when they're well fed. Just because they're domesticated doesn't mean they've lost all of their killing instincts from the wild.

It's okay to admit you're wrong. We all make mistakes

@0AbsoluteZero0
We're talking about humans you nit. Not flies, humans. Are you this clueless?

Are you this clueless? You said "Pitbulls don't have killing instincts. They're domesticated animals." This laughable statement is demonstrably false, and I called you on it.

Next, you tried to backpedal and claim that okay, they do have killing instincts, but no more than a human. Once again, you're way off the mark, as I showed with my example with house cats, who clearly have a much more pronounced instinct to kill than humans despite their domesticated status. And after all this, you have the nerve to act like I'm in the wrong?

You have no leg to stand on here. Once again, It's okay to admit you're wrong. We all make mistakes.

lol

@0AbsoluteZero0
lol indeed.

Well at the very least, it's nice to see that you're able to laugh at yourself when all is said and done. That's admirable (unlike your logic and debating skills)
---

http://m.nbc12.com/story/37093192/sheriff-dogs-ate-owner-after-mauling-her-to-death

"The dogs were a little bit neglected towards the end," says Sergeant Mike Blackwood.

He says the dogs were staying on the father's property, but Stephens did not live there full time. He says the animals were kept outside in the cold.

"She would come home maybe five times to her father's house a week on average and take the dogs out," says Blackwood. "And they became more isolated where the only contact they had was with each other and it was less and less human contact."

Wow, yet another instance of neglected animals being kept in extreme conditions turning on their owner. Who'd ever have thought that dogs don't just attack their owner for no reason at all?
---

and sometimes it attacks for a reason at least for the dog

a while ago someone posted an artcile about a pitbull attacking a its owner boyfriend

she was arguing with his boyfriend
the dog saw the guy who was rising his voice as a threat and attacked him trying to protect her

seems that sometimes dogs bite even those they try to protect ? i ve read an article about a pitbull saved from being killed after attacking a woman and biting a kid he was trying to save

the woman wanted to kill her sons she killed one and the dog attacked her while she was trying to kill the other one
---