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Boy Critical After Being Mauled By Family Pit Bull

April 9, 2012 at 10:06 am by Morbid

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after the family pit bull mauled him on Thursday.

Ryan Moody was rushed to the hospital suffering from bite wounds to his face and head, then airlifted to another hospital in Little Rock for surgery. According to his mother, Amber Moody, their nine-month-old pit bull attacked Ryan in the front yard.

Police have since learned that Amber adopted the pit bull from the Humane Society last March. I didn’t know this, but the Humane Society normally doesn’t adopt out pit bulls to families with young children.

Amber was able to get around this technicality by simply putting, “none”‘ in the section of the adoption form asking for the number of children in her home. But some chick at the Humane Society wants to remind everyone that it’s not the breed as any breed of dog poses a threat to young children.

“If a dog is sleeping and the child goes and jumps on it, it doesn’t even know who jumped on it. It’s first reaction is to turn around and snap,” said Margaret Shepherd, the Executive Director of the Humane Society.

Balderdash and piffle, I say. That pit bull attacked the boy because the boy was alive.

Police are still investigating the attack, and if any charges will be filed against his mother.

Tags: Amber Moody, Arkansas, Crime, mauling, pit bull, Ryan Moody, When Animals Attack

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-McLemore/100001942699604 Zach McLemore

I have 3 pit bulls and nothing like this has ever happened to anyone I know that has pit bulls. I’m not saying they can’t be dangerous, but I was seriously bit in the face as a child by a Coker Spaniel of all things.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-McLemore/100001942699604 Zach McLemore

*Cocker Spaniel, a coker spaniel probably wanted drugs or something.
DangerousKindOfSnark

If you have to lie on a form in order to adopt a dog, perhaps that’s a clue that you shouldn’t adopt that animal. It’s not just in regards to Pit Bulls either, Dogs end up in shelters for various reason and sometimes they have stipulations in shelters that a particular individual dog doesn’t do well with children, dogs, cats, or other various environmental factors. The mother is a selfish fucking moron and it’s a shame the little boy had to pay for her stupidity, which I’m sure is the first of many more times.
reapre

How do they have a 9 month old pit-bull, that they adopted from the Humane Society, 13 months ago?
Deety

Sooo… Its not the breed- but they won’t adopt the breed out to families with small children.

And since when does turning around and snapping at a kid leave them in critical condition? My dog snapped at a three year old last week. She weighs twelve pounds. Somehow, I didn’t feel the child was in grave danger. Unlike this toddler…

Good job selecting a dog, mom! It’s not the breed, it’s the owner- but it’s funny how it’s almost always the owner of this breed.
RydoLarsson

wheres dmx when you need him
OutOfBubbleGum

Beagles are the best dogs to own. I had one and dam talk about friendly. He was so friendly that anyone who could have or would have broken into my home, he’d be the one to show them where the valuable are. Quick and fast and out of my house, them thieves would be, cause beagles is a synonym for pure love.

But, they are hounds, you know. Can’t walk them to save your life. I mean two steps and stop. They have to sniff and sniff and sniff.

I miss my dog. We used to do “Hound Dog Wrestling.” I never won, but always tried.
curiousalways

thought the same thing!
curiousalways

Balderdash and piffle

can’t wait to use that in a sentence today.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

Where does it say the dog is 13-months old? Are you confused over me using the term “last March”?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-McLemore/100001942699604 Zach McLemore

I have a beagle too, he lives with my pit bulls and gets along just fine. He’s awesome except for the times his nose gets him in trouble.
reapre

“their nine-month-old pit bull attacked Ryan in the front yard.Police have since learned that Amber adopted the pit bull from the Humane Society last March.”

You and the article both use the term “last March”…(Article says: last March 7) that’s usually taken, or meant, as “March of last year”. It appears the article claims the dog was “rescued” 13 months ago.

In hindsight, I see the intention was “Police have since learned that Amber adopted the pit bull from the Humane Society last month, March”.
http://www.facebook.com/deanna.perraultnarron Deanna Perrault Narron

Stop bashing the breed!! Its the mothers fault for lying on the application – ANY dog can bite its just when a pit bull does it, theres alot of damage. I’ve owned 1 for the past 12 years & she has her CGC, her TTI certification & was a therapy dog in the local childrens hospital. We didnt even have kids of our own til she was almost 6 & she’s been the most amazing dog to ever walk this earth, gentle as a kitten. She is the way she is because we took the time to train her properly & that is so important with any larger breed but especially with these powerful type breeds.
Zazen

She wanted the dog more than she wanted her son’s safety. I think she should be facing some sort of child endangerment charges.

Usually when they say they won’t adopt a dog out to people with kids, it’s for a damned good reason. That dog was probably too hyper, too young and she probably didn’t even bother taking it to obedience or a socialization class.
Zazen

I was just going to say that pit bulls only temporally age when fed with the blood of innocents. This one was woefully underfed, hence the attack.
sugarpie

I’m not one to beat up on pit bulls, because any dog can be dangerous to children. Animal shelters are overridden with pit bulls because people just keep over breeding them. I think that’s why there are more and more of these stories. When my son was born 20 years ago, it was rotweilers that had the rein on bad dog syndrom. You hardly ever heard a pit bull story then. Mom probably thought getting the dog as a puppy would be okay since the boy and dog could grow up together.
CT

One of my husband’s friend had a dog that if I hadn’t been paying attention – would have bitten my son in the face. My son was wearing sunglasses and the dog freaked when she saw what she thought was another dog.

I also had to have this conversation with my sister just this weekend. She has three dogs. My
words — “never leave my sons alone with your dogs again. I do not care what kind of dogs they are — anything can happen. “ Then again this is the same sister who lost my son at her country club this weekend for a short amount of time and when I freaked out she said – it’s the Country Club – what could have happened? As if there couldn’t possibly be a perv there because it is the Country Club after all. Augghhh.
reapre

All dogs in 1 breed aren’t born vicious, there are flukes, same as humans.

Saying a pit is “not safe for a home with children” is unfair. “Pit bulls are very intelligent dogs and want nothing more than to please their owners…making training an easily attainable task!” http://thepositivepitbull.org/pit-bulls/

Just my opinion that any dog she got, would’ve attacked her child. Her body language and attitude towards him, is probably what pissed the dog off.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

When I say last year, last Wednesday, or last March — I mean last year, last Wednesday, last March. Come on, who says “last month, march” ?

If I were talking about March of last year, I would have said March of last year, or March 2011.
Zazen

I did not say that pit bulls were unsafe with children, just some dogs. I figure if the Humane Society says a dog (regardless of breed) is ‘not safe with younger children’, it’s usually for good reason.

I am actually quite pro pit bull… it’s just fun to play along with Morbid, as my other comment shows.
Deety

As unbiased of a source “thepositivepitbull.com” is, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that mom didn’t train the dog to maul her child.

Don’t you find it odd that so many of these ‘fkukes’ happen with this one particular breed? Or do you think the DD is cherry-picking Pit Bull mauling stories and covering up all the deadly chihuahuua attacks?
Deety

“…the Humane Society normally doesn’t adopt out pit bulls to families with young children.”

It wasn’t this particular dog the Humane Society seems to feel isn’t appropriate for households with young children, it’s this particular breed. But mom felt it was a grand idea to lie about having kid’s in the house, because everyone knows Pit Bulls are such wonderful family pets! Everyone except the Humane Society, apparently. But what do they know about dogs!?
Zazen

I think that must be up to the discretion of whichever Humane Society location we’re talking about, because the one in my area doesn’t have that rule. They do however expect people to pay attention when they say a dog is restricted for whatever reason.
http://twitter.com/CheekySweetie Angel Smith

Or maybe the media as a whole reports pit bull incidents more often than other breed incidents because it is a hot button issue that gets readership, which then in turn means that DD reports more on them because there are more media stories about them. DD does get it’s stories from other media outlets across the globe, so it makes sense to me.
Zazen

Of course the financially well off don’t have perverts–sexual perversions are only for those poor people.
http://twitter.com/CheekySweetie Angel Smith

My sister-in-law had a Beagle and my kids couldn’t even walk in the same room without her snarling at them. And my kids are not rough with animals at all. You can’t say a breed is the best based on your experience of one dog any more than I could say they are the worst based on my experience of one dog.

Personally, I would only take a dog from a puppy, so I know how they were raised, trained, and what they were exposed to. Regardless of breed. We’ve had what are considered terrible family dog breeds (Rottie, Dobie, Am Bull Dog, and mixes of the three) and they were far more gentle than the “safer” breeds we have encountered.

I really think the important thing to do is to let go of the breed prejudice. The fact is that ANY dog could turn, and all parents or dog owners as a whole need to remember that rather than thinking their chocolate lab is perfectly safe. No small child should be left unsupervised with any animal, regardless of breed. I won’t even leave my newborn grandson in the swing with our dog in the room while I run to the bathroom. It just isn’t worth the risk. Just like people, you never REALLY know what an animal is going to do. You can make an educated guess based on past behavior, but we’ve all heard enough surprised neighbors of serial killers and devastated parents of mauled children to know that it’s still just a guess.
RobynneB

Okay, HOW DID I NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS on the news?
reapre

I didn’t say she trained the dog to be aggressive towards the child.

Nor do I think there are “that many flukes”. You’re just led to think that way by media outlets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States

in 2011, there were 9 “pit-bull” and “pit-bull type” dog maulings that were fatal, there are only 2 “pit-bulls” that aren’t “pit-bull type”<–whatever THAT means. When my BOXER got out, someone called animal control about a "pit-bull" on the loose. http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/30513_392630268026_654123026_4212616_97755_n.jpg Stain didn't look like a pit, at ALL.

Boxers do NOT even remotely look like pit-bulls at all, but he was reported, even by animal control as a "pit-bull mix", when they called me and told me he had been found wandering the streets. I've also received mail telling me I must "register" my "pit-bull" with my city http://www.pasco-wa.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/288., because of his "pit-bull resemblence"

Just because their breed is being crucified, doesn't mean the breed is BAD.
reapre

I was actually thinking something along the lines of how Brian on Family Guy is 7 y/o, and has a 13 y/o human son. I just don’t understand the dog-to-human years conversions. :/
reapre

“financially well off don’t have registered perverts–registered sexual deviants are only relegated to the lower classes.”

Fixed it! =D
Zazen

You know, I didn’t put /sarcasm in that post because I thought, ‘This is so outrageously wrong, surely people will know I’m joking. It seems that I was wrong.
Hellioness

Uhm…but…pitbulls are wonderful family pets. I’ve had two, one is currently passed out on the couch with her legs up in the air. They’ve all bee around other animals, and small children, never had an issue. When someone knocks at the door my CATS growl, the pitbull runs over there wagging her whole body.
reapre

I rescued Stain as an “adult” dog. The adult dogs need loving too, they don’t deserve to die because their previous owners abused them/released/lost them. If you spend a couple weeks training them, they’re usually good dogs.

I’ve never been bitten by a full grown dog, I’ve only ever been bitten (hard enough to draw blood) by an abandoned puppy my gf at the time had found/adopted. (it looked to be maybe 6-8 weeks old).
Hellioness

I was just thinking this, I remember the Rotties getting the short end of the stick, we owned two and never had an issue. In a few years they’ll move on to another breed. From my experiences pit bulls, rotties, shepards etc have been FAR more gentle and loving then those yippy little lap dogs!
curiousalways

got it. I read it too fast.
Zazen

What a cute dog! I love Boxers and a friend of mine has the same problem with hers–she’ll be out walking him and get asked, ‘Shouldn’t you be muzzling him like the ordinance says?’ (yes, we have a muzzle order for all pits out in public).

My neighbors are dumb like that too. They thought my Great Pyrenees/Border Collie mix was….

A wolf dog. No, really.
nomorepolitix

Aw man, I love spaniels. I know that all dogs can bite, but is there an academic paper or study on the type of damage inflicted from a bite from a pit bull mix vs. a cocker spaniel (and other breeds, too)? It would appear that some dogs are better at ‘mauling’ than others. Those will gigantic heads seem to have powerful jaw muscles, and one bite from them can be far more damaging that a bit from a chihuahua (the dog that bit me when I was a kid).
Cheeseburger Sanchez

Interesting thing, to me. My husband and I both have a history with Beagles. He has had beagles since he was a child. I have trained beagles. Our son has been around beagles, because my in laws have three beagles. We recently went to our local humane society to adopt two beagles (they have about five right now), and we were turned down, because they said that beagles are terrible with small children. I had never heard that before.

We adopted an Irish Wolfhound mix instead. It was a strange day.
DangerousKindOfSnark

Holy crap is is s/he a cutie or what? I bet s/he’s a furry little ball of trouble.
DangerousKindOfSnark

No, YOUR pit bulls so far have been wonderful pets. Not all dogs are the same. My first schnauzer was a mean old man from the day he was born. My second is nothing, but love and cuddles. Same breed, two different personalities.
zombiephile

“Balderdash and piffle, I say. That pit bull attacked the boy because the boy was alive.”
PMSL!!!
Hellioness

You’re right, I should have clarified that in MY experience (including the pit bulls I’ve interacted with regularly that weren’t mine (friend’s, family’s, etc), they have been great pets. I apologize for not stating that in the original post.
Cassy_Again

It’s very rare that dogs that are neutered, properly exercised (and NOT chained up) and socialized attack, regardless of breed.

Unfortunately, pitbulls seem to attract owners who don’t bother neutering them, live in small apartments or think chaining a big, active dog 24/7 is just fine. Even that rescuer who was attacked had an unaltered male.
Zazen

As furry a little ball of trouble as an 83 pound dog can be =D
JGo555

One thing I have against shelters is the way they “adopt” out their animals.

If the dog doesn’t have food aggression because it doesn’t bite a hand that is plastic & touching a bowl of food, it’s adoptable.

If the dog doesn’t attack a cat when they put it in a room with it, it’s adoptable.

If the dog doesn’t have any underlying medical conditions, it’s adoptable.

This does not warranty the dog won’t attack other animals/people when there’s food present just because the test was done & the dog didn’t respond to that then.

Shelter dogs DO NOT get regularly excersized, bolt out of doors, pull horribly on leashes, and are kept separated from other dogs.

No matter what kind of shelter is most dogs in there need to come to a stable, canine behavior knowledgeable household with a training course right away.

And MOM is to blame since her ass lied in the application.
JGo555

It’s April, so last MARCH would be less than a month ago I assume or is this some kind of unclear phrasing because of the choice of words in the English language.

I mean when you’re learning to speak English and someone says the words: “noon” or “couple” you tend to be like “What in the fuck are you talking about?!”

Turns out, people that are English speakers (native tongue) prefer to say “Noon” than to say: “ONE FUCKING O’CLOCK!” or ” a couple” then to say: “JUST TWO”.

These vague English words piss me off when they are used. They confuse me.
JGo555

Here it is for you:

Human Years                                                Dog Years

1                                                                         3
2                                                                         4
3                                                                         7
4                                                                         7
And after 3 yrs old in human, the dog is 7 years in dog. That is why “puppyhood” ends when the dog is after 3yrs of age of human. That is when they are psychologically as mature as they will ever get.
JGo555

I quite believe a PARTICULAR pitbull can be NOT SAFE FOR A HOME WITH CHILDREN. I can not say the same thing for the breed in general.
JGo555

@DreaminDemon:disqus loves to cherrypick pitbull stories, didn’t cha know!?
JGo555

I LOVE THAT SMILE!
JGo555

Does it smile? It looks like it’s a “smiling” dog. I LOVE YOUR DOG! I don’t want your dog’s hair on my couch though.
JGo555

My 2 parrots have tagged my children countless times (they never learn to STOP STICKING THEIR HANDS IN THEIR CAGES!) & neither of my dogs ever snapped once at them.

And they weigh less than a pound together. One dog was 65lbs, and the other 30lbs.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EFHX7YJV7E75CMXRU3INLQ7ABY Todd

Funny. Since my son was 18 months old he’s had a golden retreiver. We try to watch him, but once in a while he does something not very nice to the dog…and sometimes he yelps and runs away, sometimes he just yelps and tries to push my son away with his nose. He’s never once growled, never once nipped, never once bitten, and certainly never once ever mauled my son and he is a rescued dog. You’re bloody insane if you think all dogs react the same way. Anyone who’s child is mauled by their own pitbull deserves the suffering and redicule they receive. The child on the other hand do not deserve to suffer for their parents stupidity. Ah well, dwarwinism at work.
StarTheory

Wow way to go Amber! Bet she wished she hadn’t made so many fail moves!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EFHX7YJV7E75CMXRU3INLQ7ABY Todd

It gets readership because the victims are usually ripped apart, often limbs gone, or resulting in DEATH. You rarely see that with other breeds.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EFHX7YJV7E75CMXRU3INLQ7ABY Todd

What does the resemblance between a boxer and a pit-bull have to do with anything? Sure, people are a little paranoid about pit-bull ‘looking’ animals. Wanna know why? They COULD be deadly. I don’t know many parts of this country where people don’t care about deadly animals wandering around and think it’s rediculous to try and keep tabs on them.
JGo555

We like you CT. I also like your stove & washer & dryer & folding lady. Leave your kids with ME, when are you moving here? I keep hearing the adopt me thing but no date has been set…
and I’m throwing a Wonton Party this Friday to mass produce them.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EFHX7YJV7E75CMXRU3INLQ7ABY Todd

That is clearly a ‘boxer mix’. I could see it being suspected of having pitbull blood, and there fore receive extra scrutiny.
Zazen

My boss had a golden retriever who mauled her four year old who was standing across the kitchen from her not doing anything. There’s no ‘safe’ dog.
DangerousKindOfSnark

I don’t care if you’ve personally french kissed every goddamn dog on the plant earth. Personal anecdotal stories of your dogs, your friends dogs, and your families dogs are not empirical evidence of the statement that “pitbulls are wonderful family pets”. If you’re going to be snarky about things than don’t make broad sweeping generalization when you get called out. The bottom line is that Pits are one of the top 10 breeds involved in attacks on humans, period. That is a fact.
http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/pubsafe/animal/ib444-164.pdf (this talks about the whaambulance BS Pitt owners spew about how awesome their dogs are)
http://dangerousdogs.net/
http://www.petsdo.com/blog/top-ten-10-most-dangerous-dog-breeds
http://www.finneylawoffice.com/articles/the-top-10-dangerous-dog-breeds/
http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/07/27/top-7-dangerous-dog-breeds

It is irresponsible to have one around a child as it is to have any of those breeds around young children. You can debate the whys and hows, who is conspiring against the breed, and the bad people who own them, but you can not change the statistical facts they they bite more people than any other breed.
I am not picking on just you or other Pit owners either. My sister has a doberman, and I have flat out told her she is a moron for having it anywhere near her 1-year-old son, because again it’s a dog on the dangerous breeds list. It is a gamble to have a dog that is capable of doing serious damage in the best case scenario and just like any bet you can come out on top like you have or you can be killed like the women who was in the
Bad Rap Pitt Bull Group before her Pitt Bull killed her

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2027286/Darla-Napora-Pregnant-woman-dies-mauled-pet-dog-living-room.html
Zazen

Lol thanks. And yeah, he’s a smiler.
Zazen

Yeah, I kinda melted a little when I saw that dog. Boxers have such sweet faces.
Zazen

Actually, I think from now on when someone asks me the time I’m going to say ‘ONE FUCKING O’CLOCK’ and so on. It should really liven up my day =D
kniption

How can you and Morbid brazenly claim that the woman lied on the adoption form when she answered “none” for the number of children in the household?!?

Maybe not yet. …but soon enough.
DangerousKindOfSnark

Well, I can’t answer for Morbid, but I’m just plain no good.
Hellioness

I apologize for anything I said that might have upset, I couldn’t delete the posts completely so I deleted the text. I wasn’t being snarky or snippy, sorry if you saw it that way. I was honestly apologizing for not clarifying my original comment. I shouldn’t have made a broad generalization which is why I said the pits I had been around had all been good pets, I also never meant to imply that my personal experiences were evidence of them being good dogs.
I know it’s dangerous to leave a child unattended with ANY animal (I still have scars from a chihuahua that attacked me 20 years ago), I never meant to imply it was a good idea.
Sorry again for any misunderstanding or for pissing you off.
I’m just going to go back to lurking now.
CT

You had me at wonton party.
Zazen

I don’t think your posts were particularly incendiary but I think it’s been an especially growly Monday. I’m usually very even keeled and today I was snippy for no reason (i.e. sorry @reapre:disqus!) … well, one reason; I have severe neck and back pain today.

I have a good idea–we should all just go back to bed!
Wildheart

Oh that is such a beautiful dog! And I bet /she is just the most lovey dovey thing too! I have an Aussie Shepherd/Border Collie mix and she is just the best dog ever.
Zazen

That’s a gorgeous dog. Collie dogs are awesome.
DangerousKindOfSnark

I apologize for being bitchy. I completely read you wrong. I probably need a nap. No hard feelings I hope?
reapre

You see one frontal picture and can automatically decide what his breed “clearly” is?….

No, he’s boxer. And if you want to get “technical” there’s no “pure-bred” dog, so all dogs have Pit-bull in them.

Stain:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s320x320/579524_10150661960418027_654123026_9490999_1579782779_n.jpg

Other pictures of boxers.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=boxer&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=648&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=21iDT9SYIYTliAKfjqm8Aw#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brindle+boxer&oq=brindle+boxer&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.170378l173224l0l173445l16l16l0l2l2l1l310l1593l10j3j0j1l14l0.frgbld.&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=130da8ec38721827&biw=1366&bih=648
Zazen

I can see something clearly, and it’s about Todd. Stain’s pretty obviously a Boxer.
reapre

“Sure, people are a little paranoid about pit-bull ‘looking’ animals. Wanna know why? They COULD be deadly. “

Should a human with black skin be feared, because of men like Joseph Kony? Or white men be feared because of Ted Kaczynski? I mean, everyone with those skin colors COULD be deadly…

Do you have a fear of Pomeranian’s? “October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family’s Pomeranian dog”

Reference: “Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog,” Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000, Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.
reapre

When did I say all dogs would react the same?

Dogs act upon your intent and body language. That is what I said. You don’t believe me? Raise your hand like you’re going to beat your dog…OMG! They cower?! Now, give your dog loving attention…OMG! They wag their tail and are happy?! Show obvious disdain or fear for someone in your dogs presence, OMG! He growls at them, or tries to get between you, to defend you?! Oh shit, your dogs breed is dangerous!

”Anyone who’s child is mauled by their own pitbull deserves the suffering
and redicule they receive. The child on the other hand do not deserve
to suffer for their parents stupidity. Ah well, dwarwinism at work.”

You could quite literally say this about every breed. But it’s ignorance. All dogs came from wolves. Wolves = feral, dogs = domesticated.
Heather_Habilatory

… That looks nothing like a wolf. Do you live in a community for mentally disabled people?
Heather_Habilatory

I have children. I COULD happen to drown them in my bathtub because the cheese slid off my cracker a long time ago and no one is doing anything about it. I COULD beat the baby to death because it interrupted my Xbox gaming.

Could and Will are two different things.
Zazen

Yes. In the valley of the blind, the one eyed man is king you know.
Chinchillazilla

My min-pin has comically large jaw muscles. They look kind of like adorable chipmunk cheeks, but he can bite like you wouldn’t believe.
Rumpilstiltskin

It isn’t that you rarely see this in other breeds, it’s that in other breeds you see it reported simply as a dog attack. Pit bulls are generally singled out much much more often than other breeds.
JGo555

No alcohol though cause it’s at 10am, the kids can jump in our bouncy castle (indoors) & we stuff the wontons, then a pancake lunch & everyone goes home. If you are serious about coming (it’s this friday) PM me in the forums.
JGo555

I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER if you get it on camera & post it here.
Rumpilstiltskin

When the human society gets a dog it generally hasn’t been to obedience school and hasn’t been well treated. Those two things are why they don’t adopt them out to families with young children. Human society generally only has a basic history on the dogs they get.
JGo555

I LOVE “smiling” dogs. One of my dead dogs used to do it. It was hilarious & cute. Now I feel like commiting some dognapping.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

I just like stirring shit.
Heather_Habilatory

So when your golden bites your kid, it’s all your fault? Awesome then.
FrikkenFrak

Hello? Parents? Yes, I’d like to call your attention to the fact that dogs are, in fact, ANIMALS.

You want to have a dog (or cat, iguana, ferret, chimp, cow, chicken…etc) around little Billy or Suzie, you roll the dice.

Some breeds may be a better crap shoot than others. Personally, I DON’T recommend taking the LONG shot by having a Pittbull, Chow, Rottweiler or German Shepherd. But hey, that’s just me.
FrikkenFrak

Another PittBull owner who trolls the internet looking for stories to comment on.
LuvsHorror

Here we go again, let’s hear all the nice things about pit bulls, how they are not dangerous, blah blah blah. Even tho more and more reports of pitbull aggression keep pooping up.
Thomas Galindo

Man like I always tell people all dogs BITE, Sheesh all animals can BITE, but the difference is a pitbull, rott, german shepard, etc etc are going to do more damage. Its all common sense.
DangerousKindOfSnark

No worries, it was obviously my mistake. I misinterpreted your intent and I apologize for that. I can be a bitch at times so no hard feelings. I have no problem admitting my bad on this.
Hellioness

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Hellioness

I can’t reply directly to your other post since this thing is being retarded. I
understand, it’s hard to convey/interpret emotion/intent through text so
it’s not a big deal. I was probably a bit overly sensitive about it
anyway. No hard feelings.
minjofu

My experience with dogs:

Our first dog was a golden lab we named Emma. She was leashed up outside, and the kids would tease her by bopping her with a plastic bat, and running away until she choked herself on her leash. She went nuts, got fed up, and finally bit a neighborhood boy on the butt during one of the teasing sessions. No one teased her again.

We had a golden retriever/ springer spaniel mix we called Britanny who lived to the age of 13. Never attacked anyone.

My neighbor adopted a german shepard from the human society that had been severely abused. The dog had puppies, and while I was only leaning over to look at them (not touch), she bit me on the ass. I will never own a german shepard.

At some point we adopted a retriever/Chow chow mix we named Maggie. Tried to kill two ferrets, a daschund puppy, and two cats. Bit me on the arm, and attacked my mother when she stepped in to save the daschund from a second attack. I will never own another Chow. The Daschund went on to kill two litters of kittens, and two pet rabbits who were bigger than her. I’m done with daschunds as well.

Since then we’ve stuck with low-key breeds – We had a springer who recently just passed on (never attacked anyone in her 10 years on earth), and currently have a friendly slightly timid golden retriever, and two pomeranians who will growl a little when my three year old neices corner them and lay on top of them, but have yet to snap or bite.. The CAT I own has bitten the girls .. I understand wanting to defend your own pet, but sometimes there are things that are just bred into a dog that you can’t get rid of.. In other words you can get the dog out of the pit, but you can’t take the pit out of the dog.. I just don’t trust them..
CT

I did not know I could PM people. WTF, how is it that this is first I hear of this? Sounds like lots of fun. I’m in VA – I didn’t think we were close enough to each other geographically.
derae

reapre,

I totally agree that any dog can be dangerous and any dog could have attacked the boy had he startled the it. However, the problem with a pit is that it has the potential to be lethal when they attack. The boy’s parents should have taken better precautions. I don’t blame the dog on this one, since he wasn’t running loose. I totally blame the parents. This is another example of why there should be laws regarding pitbull ownership. Now, this dog will probably have to be put down and the little boy will probably have to have multiple surgeries and be scarred physically, mentally, and emotionally for life, all because the parents lied on an adoption form.
JGo555

Yes, you can PM me in the forums & I have the same nick there too. I’m in Innisfail, AB Canada. I thought you were in Edmonton or something close by. Well THAT move’s gonna be complicated thing now.
derae

Most states have laws regarding dog bite/attacks. If someone is goes the doctor or hospital for an animal bite/attack, the police usually have to be contacted and a report is made (because of the threat of rabies). Statistics show that pitbull attacks are greater that any of the large breed dogs combined. http://www.dogsbite.org. I don’t want people to quit adopting pits, I just want stricter ownership policies in place. Just my two cents worth.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Really? I gotta get me some of the “blood of innocents”. Do they sell that at the local liquor store?
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

That dog is gorgeous!
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

You guys have some beautiful dogs.
xJustagirlx

Aww. I love Golden Retrievers. I’m posting a pic of my Miley since it’s the cool thing to do.
taaurrus taaurrus

Morbid – I have to ask – did you purposefully set that tone to your story to get bunches of panties in bunches and to cause an inevitable debate? Because surely you HAD to know that your anti-pitbull comments were going to piss some people off. Btw – I own a pit, my brother owns a pit, my mother owns a pit, we had pits growing up and I have 2 other foster pits right now. Guess how many of them have attacked a person? NONE. Now guess how many people my Silkie Terrier has bit? How about my grandma’s many Chihuahuas? Yeah – lost count how many times/how many people all those dogs have bit. I’m not going to enter into a debate – everyone has their own opinions and that is fine – I just wish if a person was going to share those opinions with others; they’d at least get a little educated, on the subject of their opinions, first. Look up dog bite statistics. I’m not saying pitbulls don’t bite people – some do. But your chances of getting bit by a small or toy breed are MUCH higher but normally, no one has to go to the er if they get bit by one. And lastly – your choice of pic? It EXTREMELY misrepresents pitbulls and I’m sure ANY chained dog would react with barking (that’s what the dog is doing btw) if someone approached and pointed a camera at them.
taaurrus taaurrus

Oh, and btw – if this kid was attacked by, say, the family Golden Retriever, would you have titled your story “Boy critical after being mauled by family Golden Retriever”? Let me answer that for you: No, of course you wouldn’t have. The title to your post would have been “Boy critical after being mauled by family DOG”. People like you are the reason so many people are against/scared of/misunderstand pitbulls.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

Oh, really?

3-Year-Old Boy Mauled To Death By Family’s Labrador

And for the record, I do not search for pit bull stories, the news just reports them, and I regurgitate the news. As so as Golden Retrievers and Labradors are the breed of dog responsible for the most human deaths, I’m sure the headlined will change.

Until then, the pit bull it is and to be perfectly honest, I could care less about that breed or any others.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

Me? Stir shit and set the tone for weird animal lovers to come in and comment? Never! Why I shudder at the thought. I’ll have you know I am a highly respected journalist renown for his journalistic integrity and unbiased reporting.

lol.
DangerousKindOfSnark

You are such a shit, lol.
annagg

Just to continue to stir the shit, my biker (Harley, not Schwinn), Green Beret uncle had a Doberman when he lived with us in Louisville. We lived in a neighborhood that became mostly black after they built some Projects at the end of the road, and I was a shy little white girl. After getting beat up every day before and after school, I leaned to be late to school every morning, but still got beat up after school. One day, I was late coming home and my uncle came to find me, with Bocephus. I had been beat up, and had to walk through water and my feet were frozen, and I couldn’t see in the snow and was crying and dragging my feet. After that, Bocephus would hop the chain link fence and walk me to school, and be waiting just off school grounds to walk me home, then jump the fence again when we got home. And nobody touched me after that. He would stay in the fence all day, and be a good boy. He didn’t even bark at the mail man or garbage man, but our Collie would!

The same uncle later got a Rottweiler that his baby could literally walk on, and it didn’t bat an eye. She stepped on his penis when he was laying on the floor one day, and he whimpered and yelped, and pushed her with his face, but didn’t even bare his teeth.

But I have 4 kids and wouldn’t dream of having any dog bigger than a rat around them. I have gotten them fish and hermit crabs, and gerbils, and are looking into getting a rat.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

I had a rat once, named Rat. It was an albino rat with a giant pair of balls. One of the best pets I ever had. Smart as hell.
annagg

I remembered that story and was about to go look it up and then scrolled down a bit and saw you already had. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
kniption

That link was just classic. Classic, I tell ya…
val87

wow that dog is beyond beautiful , what an awesome mix an extremely gentle dog mixed with an extremely intelligent dog
val87

look at those eyes!!!
val87

um yeah thats def a boxer
DangerousKindOfSnark

Heh, no worries. My sister’s dog has so far been the sweetest and most gentle dog I know. She’s a big baby, but even big babies get annoyed and she could easily take a toddler’s hand off. That’s my point in all this, nothing more.
Now one of my boyfriends would tell you rodents are evil little shits and not to let your kids near them. He won’t even pet bunnies cause he got bitten by everything in the Rodentia family as a kid. I had hampsters most of my childhood and a pet rat, his name was Justin, because Secret of Nim. He was super cool. Much cleaner than the hampsters.
annagg

Giant balls, huh? We definitely have to get one. That will bring the family together, we are very immature, and we can laugh about balls for days.
CT

Love conquers all. Ewww, that even creeped me out a bit.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Caustic

When I walk outside my house with my boxer my neighbors usher their children inside like she’s going to eat their throats out. My scary dog is a runt who submissive pees when kids pet her.

People are idiots.
Zazen

DKOS, I used to work at a pet shop in my younger years, and I used to sell more rats to people who initially came in to get hamsters for their kids. I’ve always loved rats, and I always felt like I was saving them from a snake’s stomach =D
Wildheart

That’s my Ruby! Her eyes are amber.
http://twitter.com/CheekySweetie Angel Smith

Of course they don’t deserve to die. My youngest child is 8 now. She knows how to behave around our dog, as do the older kids. They know not to startle her, not to get in her face, to look out for her, etc. But let’s face it, we can’t control every interaction. Even the most careful kid can stumble and fall on a pet, and I have a newborn grandson under my roof too. I just would not be comfortable taking in an animal to live under our roof without knowing exactly what the history is…actually, I don’t think I would ever take a puppy in at this point because they are puppies, they bite to play, even if they don’t have any aggressive tendencies. We have one dog and so far, she’s completely docile and submissive. Still, you better believe I watch her carefully around my grand baby, and they will not be left alone together for many years.
mandajayne

I live in Arkansas and I thank God my town has an ordinance prohibiting ownership of pitbulls in city limits. As a mother of five, I just don’t get why a parent would want a pitbull around their child. Unless they want the child to overcome their fear of dogs by being eaten by one. STUPID!
http://www.youtube.com/user/WildlifeSeriaLKiller Darrell FIne

Dude, just shut up. Pit bulls are fucking WORTHLESS for anything other than pig hunting. It isn’t a “misunderstanding”. If it was a misunderstanding then cities would start banning dogs altogether. When was the last time you heard of a golden retriever ripping a child apart or ripping the limbs off of elderly people…. Why? oh, that’s right. It doesn’t happen. “People like you are the reason so many people are against/scared of/misunderstand pitbulls.” People like you are the reason I hate people. Have a nice day…. Don’t mind me. I’m a fucking asshole.
lalalandmamma

My ex-husband adopted a German Shepard mix without my permission. The dog promptly went up to our 2 year old and bit her on the face. Thank Gob (too much AT) it was just a warning bite or whatever dogs do when they don’t want to kill or maim you. He promptly went back to the shelter. My kid never did become afraid of dogs though. Strange. I was bit my a chow when I was 8 and never went near another dog until I was well into adulthood.
http://www.facebook.com/SUPRWUMN83 Candice Wood

My Chihuahua jumps on and snaps at my Pit Bull’s muzzle every damn night (playfully of course)… Does my Pit do anything back? No. He’s actually very gentle around her and shares his bones with her.

My 4 year old nephew has been around my Pit since he was 2. How does my Pit react? He licks him and lets him lay on him.

It’s not the breed. It’s the owner. Just because a Pit Bull has the PHYSICAL ABILITY to kill, doesn’t mean it is going to. Golden Retrievers are more likely to attack than Pit Bulls. Try that on for size Toddy…

“No dog breed is human aggressive by nature. Pit bulls pass the American
Temperament Testing Society’s test at a rate similar to, if not higher
than, many other medium-to-large, powerful breeds. The American Pit Bull
Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier
pass at rates of 85.3%, 83.9%, and 88.0% respectively. Compare this to
Golden Retrievers (84.6%), Great Danes (79.2%), Weimaraners (80.2%), and
Standard Poodles (85.0%), to name just four common breeds” -www.kitsap-humane.org/truth-about-pit-bulls
suprwumn83

My Chihuahua jumps on and snaps at my Pit Bull’s muzzle every damn night (playfully of course)… Does my Pit do anything back? No. He’s actually very gentle around her and shares his bones with her.

My 4 year old nephew has been around my Pit since he was 2. How does my Pit react? He licks him and lets him lay on him.

It’s not the breed. It’s the owner. Just because a Pit Bull has the PHYSICAL ABILITY to kill, doesn’t mean it is going to. Golden Retrievers are more likely to attack than Pit Bulls. Try that on for size Toddy…

“No dog breed is human aggressive by nature. Pit bulls pass the American
Temperament Testing Society’s test at a rate similar to, if not higher
than, many other medium-to-large, powerful breeds. The American Pit Bull
Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier
pass at rates of 85.3%, 83.9%, and 88.0% respectively. Compare this to
Golden Retrievers (84.6%), Great Danes (79.2%), Weimaraners (80.2%), and
Standard Poodles (85.0%), to name just four common breeds” -www.kitsap-humane.org/truth-about-pit-bulls
Tenbux

BARK BARK BARK GRRRRWWWWLL SNAP
SLOBBER HMM..
BONE BONE WANT BONE. SLURRRP SLOBBER FLOPPING HEAD SPLATTER

Translation: I love children! Be nice to children!
But when adult looks away..
Neck bone, bite bone, get massive boner! Big boner turn on, see children floppy head splatter!
nomorepolitix

To me, there’s a significant difference in the words “bite” and “maul” (and a significant difference in the bite strength of a chihuahua and a pit bull). Little rat dogs snap and bite, and you learn your lesson as a child, and hardly ever need stitches. Pit bulls bite, maim and possibly kill you if you are a kid–no chance to learn a lesson there. The adoption shelter got it right: do not put dogs with mauling potential in a household with small kids. The mother in the story got it wrong, and according to certain people’s comments on the wood chipper story (I’m not saying who, of course) this bitch should be hung by her taint, because she should have known better, right…
nomorepolitix

I got a puppy that was clearly a mixed breed when my friend caught a woman dumping puppies in the country (lab female was gang banged when she came into heat, I guess). For 17 years, she was a great dog. I didn’t abuse her, nor let anyone else abuse her. When I finally had a son (when the dog was old–about 14) I made it my mission to never let the child be alone with that dog. I loved her and raised her well enough, but she’s still a dog…and probably a little bit pit. She passed away last summer and I would never consider adopting a dog with a little kid in the house unless it was a puppy. And I would definitely shy away from any of the dogs on the fatalities list…what can I say? I’m prejudiced.
curtis poteet

i have raised pitts for over 10 years and never once had a issue or violent report or incident on any of them people who are not responsible enough to own dogs should not own them ,. pitts require a lot of attention and pateince especially if you go get one from a shelter or rescue farm they are there for a reason they have been abused or neglected the parent are to blame not the dog if u want a pitt for a familly dog get one from a puppy and raise it your self in a kind home pitt bulls before mass hesteria media where called nanny dogs due to there protective nature of children and children attack were all but unheard of do some research before u get a pitt and if u dont want a agressive dog dont raise them to be there are some dogs that do have bad tempers but agressive natures are easily noticable in them as puppies so simply if u dont have the time to raise a pitt right and train him do not get one get your self a lab collie or a retriever they are much easier to raise
http://www.facebook.com/dennis.baker.50 Dennis Baker

Some chick at the humane society just does not know that pit bulls attack children without being provoked !!!