Angela Martinez & her sister were walking pit bulls & when they attacked a Chihuahua

[Sister Iroz]

AUSTIN (KXAN) - After two pit bulls attacked and killed a Chihuahua in its own front yard in a North Austin neighborhood, the women who were walking the pit bulls are behind bars.

The attack happened in the 10000 block of Golden Meadow Drive near Rutland Drive Saturday afternoon.

The two women were walking the pit bulls along Golden Meadows Drive when witnesses said the dogs attacked a small Chihuahua. It's not the attack itself but what police said the women did just after it that has them in jail.

“It happened right in front of my two little kids,” said Leticia Martinez. “They loved him so much they were in shock."

Leticia said a woman was walking by her house with two pit bulls, and only one was on a leash when they bolted for her 3-year-old dog Tyson. Blood still stains the home's driveway after the 2 p.m. attack Saturday.

Next door neighbor Eric Nelson heard the commotion and came outside to see what had happened.

"It was a pit bull dog that came over here and got a hold to her dog and just ripped it apart to shreds,” said Nelson.

Jumanne Chrsitophe owns the pit bulls. He said his girlfriend Angela Martinez - no relation to the Chihuahua's owners - and her sister Marissa Bell were walking the dogs at the time.

“I see my dog come back, and he didn't have my girlfriend with him but he has blood all over his face,” said Christophe. “So I'm like, 'What’s going on?'”

According to police paper work, Angela and Bell left with the dogs and did not offer to exchange any information before driving away.

The two pit bulls are under lock and key at the Animal Control Center at Town Lake Animal Shelter.

Staff members told KXAN Austin News that we could not see the dogs because they have been deemed too dangerous.

However, the dog's owner, Christophe, said as soon as he can come up with the money, he is free to take his dogs.

“It's going to cost me $160 to get each dog out,” said Christophe.

That is in addition to the $10,000 bonds for each of the women facing felony charges for tampering with evidence after police said they fled the scene with the pit bulls. Christophe said his girlfriend and her sister planned to bring the dogs to Cedar Park.

“I guess the police pulled them over,” said Christophe.

Peter Davis lives across the street from the Chihuahua's home. He has his own pit bull and said owners need to take extra precautions.

"If they are not controlled with kids, they bite kids," said Davis.

Davis also explained he has also had problems with the pit bulls that killed Tyson.

“I said, 'Ma'am, the chain you got for him isn’t secure,'" said Davis. "She said, 'That's the third time today he broke loose.'”

Meanwhile, Tyson's family hopes other dog owners will learn from their loss by keeping their dogs on a leash if they are aggressive.

“They were acting so aggressive they got my little Chihuahua,” said Leticia.

The City of Austin Leash Ordinance requires pet owners to keep their dogs on a leash unless in a designated leash-free area.

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[cook45304]

Awww, those poor little kids. I wouldn't wish that on any child.

[Pene784]

That sucks! We have a chihuahua and she must thinks she is bullet proof around other dogs (we have 3 other dogs a lab, pug and boston terrier that protect her). I would be devasted if the pitbull up the street came into my yard and killed my chihuahua and so would the pitbulls owners because I would kill that darn dog.

[skeptik]

I have an asshole dog. He stays in the yard. People are morons.

[kavelyn]

Mugshots of these two morons:




The dog owner seems to think he can just pay a fine to get his dogs out of the shelter. I'm not so sure. We do some stupid-assed shit out here in Austin, but I'd be willing to bet that the dog owner, Jumanne Christophe, won't be seeing those dogs again.

If you haven't already guessed, Golden Meadow sits in a fairly crime-ridden section of North Austin. We have a lot of poor immigrant families out there alongside the gang-banger wannabees like Jumanne and his 2 cunt-face girlfriends.

This pisses me off to NO END. No child should have to see that.

For those of us who have pit bulls and raise them responsibly, I hope those idiots pay for this for a long time. If you can't handle the dog, don't fucking bring it home in the first fucking place.

[Zsu Zsu's Petals]

So sad. We also have a chihuahua (rescue pup), and if we are on the front porch, he likes to lay in the sun while the kids play. If we walk him, we always have him on a leash, but when he's right with us on our property, we allow him a bit of freedom.

Sorry the children had to see their dog mauled to death.

Dumb asses like this give ALL dog owners a bad name.

[smallwonder4]

Even if this guy gets the dogs back, I think Texas law does label them Dangerous or Vicious and add extra restrictions... then again, I haven't thoroughly researched these laws in a couple years... I just thought they were on par with California and a few other places that do not ban based on breed, rather on deed... like pit bull advocates have been begging forever.

What kind of "chain" was it on, I wonder? I have a dog who lunges at little dogs, and on a jog once she pulled me off my feet. I cracked my head open on the ground, but she didn't get close to the little dog and I didn't loosen my grip on the leash. I'm a little woman, and she's a gnarley pit bull, so I wonder what is the excuse here?

My heart goes out to the children who watched helplessly as their pet was destroyed in front of them. I hope these dogs who did this are rehomed. Dog aggression can be managed, but these people have no business with this breed- if any dog at all.

[Awhell]

What people don't realize it that there are two things that make pit bulls slightly more dangerous than some other breeds (Dobermans, Chows, and German Shepherds still have higher bite stats). First, the fact that they are terriers...look it up, the pit bull is formally known as the American Pit Bull Terrier. Terriers are a nervous breed, then you add in the fact that most pits are not raised well. They are raised as ghetto guard dogs by people who know jack shit about the breed. If any dog has someone consistently beating on it because it's a tough dog and the idiot human thinks they can take it, it will only make the nervousness worse. They get nervous and they get bitey, the same as most other breeds on the planet.
In this case, the owner should be charged too, he wasn't there, but he was instrumental in raising these dogs. Therefore, the blame for this little incident is his as well as the two idiots that were actually in possession of the dogs at the time. Thank God it wasn't one of the kids, it sounds like it easily could have been.
I have a pit mix (he's half lab) and when he's in the yard, he's chained, when he's walking he's leashed, and the rest of the time he is in the house. Why? because Pit bulls were originally bred as herding dogs and animals smaller than them make them nervous. He's great with people, but if he saw a smaller dog or a cat (that doesn't live here) or other animal, he would kill it. So he never gets the chance.

[SickenEd]

It's people like this and stories like these that give pit bulls a bad name. I don't give a rats ass what kind of dog it is, they are ALL capable of being mean. It's all in the way you raise them. A friend of mine had a pit, and she was the protector of all kids she ever came into contact with. Hell, my mom and dad's neighbor had a pit bull that stepped between my son and the road to keep him from running out into the street once. It's a shame people get these animals then don't want to give them the proper care and attention.

As for the two children that had to watch their little doggy get torn to shreds by that dog. Bless their hearts. That's traumatizing, and no child should have to go through that. I hope this guy does NOT get the dogs back.

[JuneOh]

http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreation...ogbreeds-a.pdf

[JuneOh]

What people don't realize it that there are two things that make pit bulls slightly more dangerous than some other breeds (Dobermans, Chows, and German Shepherds still have higher bite stats). First, the fact that they are terriers...look it up, the pit bull is formally known as the American Pit Bull Terrier. Terriers are a nervous breed, then you add in the fact that most pits are not raised well. They are raised as ghetto guard dogs by people who know jack shit about the breed. If any dog has someone consistently beating on it because it's a tough dog and the idiot human thinks they can take it, it will only make the nervousness worse. They get nervous and they get bitey, the same as most other breeds on the planet.
In this case, the owner should be charged too, he wasn't there, but he was instrumental in raising these dogs. Therefore, the blame for this little incident is his as well as the two idiots that were actually in possession of the dogs at the time. Thank God it wasn't one of the kids, it sounds like it easily could have been.
I have a pit mix (he's half lab) and when he's in the yard, he's chained, when he's walking he's leashed, and the rest of the time he is in the house. Why? because Pit bulls were originally bred as herding dogs and animals smaller than them make them nervous. He's great with people, but if he saw a smaller dog or a cat (that doesn't live here) or other animal, he would kill it. So he never gets the chance.

They are also more dangerous because of their natural bite, clench, shake instinct.

[Obsolete]

They are also more dangerous because of their natural bite, clench, shake instinct.

Don't all dogs have that instinct? Every dog I've ever had has done that with their stuffed animals.

[JuneOh]

Don't all dogs have that instinct? Every dog I've ever had has done that with their stuffed animals.

You are right, my dog does the same thing to her stuffed bear. But, Pits are different in that they sink their teeth into muscle tissue and it takes ammonia or a break stick to get them to unclench their jaws once they bite. Other dogs have more of a tendency to bite and let go. Pits dig in and tear muscle tissue to shreds. I know I read this on the CDC Web site awhile back, but this was what I could find for now.

"Through selective breeding, pit bulls have developed enormous jaw strength, as well as the "hold and shake" bite style, designed to inflict the maximum damage possible on their victims. This bite trait delivered excellent results in the fighting pit. When the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Denver pit bull ban in 2005, the high court set aside characteristics that pit bulls displayed when they attack that differ from other dog breeds. One of these characteristics was their lethal bite:

"[pit bulls] inflict more serious wounds than other breeds. They tend to attack the deep muscles, to hold on, to shake, and to cause ripping of tissues. Pit bull attacks were compared to shark attacks."11

Leading pit bull education websites, such as Pit Bull Rescue Central, encourage pit bull owners to be responsible and to always carry a "break stick" -- a device used to pry open a pit bull's jaws -- in case their dog "accidentally" gets into a fight. These same websites also warn that using a break stick on any other breed may cause serious injury to the person.12 This is true because no other dog breed possesses the pit bull's tenacity combined with a "hold and shake" bite style.

One of the most powerful examples of a pit bull "not letting go" occurred in an Ohio courtroom. During the Toldeo v. Tellings trial (Paul Tellings attempted to overturn Toledo and Ohio state pit bull laws and failed), Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon showed a videotape of a tranquilized pit bull hanging from a steel cable. The dog is unconscious and still does not release its grip. At the time of the taping, the animal was being housed at the county animal shelter. "

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