Moon's Graden

> Striker is a neutered male, has never demonstrated any aggressive
> tendencies and seems to love all dogs and humans.

> About a hundred yards or so an American Pit Bull Terrier, slowly
> started approaching my Aussie. As the Pit Bull approached, Striker
> paused; I could see the clump of fur (where his tail used to be)
> wagging as he welcomed his new friend.

> Sure enough, when the Pit Bull got into striking range he lunged at
> Striker. Striker immediately went into a *** posture. This
> didn't stop the Pit Bull; it jumped on him. I heard Striker yelp and
> pulled on his lead separating the dogs. I immediately looked around,
> looking for the owner, yelling get your dog away from mine.

> Nobody came forward, apparently the owner was taking a wait and see
> attitude. The Pit Bull slowly came stalking in again as I was trying
> to hustle Striker away. The Pit Bull came lunged again knowing Striker
> to the ground, Striker rolled over exposing his underbelly, and the
> Pit Bull went after him again. At this point I wound up and attempted
> to kick the Pit Bull, my leg didn't make good contact and just grazed
> off his shoulder. As I was drawing my leg back, the Pit Bull bit my
> leg.

> The bite was just a minor abrasion, no big deal. The Pit Bull then
> turned its attention back to Striker. He was quickly on top of him
> again. I dropped the lead ran towards the dogs and kicked the Pit Bull
> square in the eye with the heel of my boot. It let out a huge yelp.

> Funny how the owner who had not been interested in stopping his dog
> earlier was now concerned. I guess it's OK for his dog to attack other
> dogs and people, but once his dog gets hurt it's now time to get
> involved.

> He put his dog on the lead and proceeded to leave the park. He
> struggled pulling his dog out of the park, this beast was doing
> everything it could to continue its attack. I attended my dog who was
> OK but limping, favouring his back right leg. After putting Striker in
> my car, I approached the Pit Bull owner. I told him that I had been
> bit and asked him for his name, address and phone number.

> The coward that he is would not provide it to me. He told me it was my
> own fault for kicking his dog. He got into his car a drove away. I
> wrote down his license plate information and then talked to other dog
> owners at the park who witnessed the attack.  Each and every one of
> them provided me with their names and addresses and encouraged me to
> contact them if I needed to.

> I went home and called the police. I described the days events, showed
> them the mark left from the dog bite and asked them to provide me with
> the name and address of the Pit Bull owner. They told me that they
> could not give me his information without investigating the incident.

> I gave the police the list of witnesses and told them that I intended
> to pursue the owner of the dog. They left without providing me any of
> his personal information, that they would investigate. A couple of
> days later they returned, telling me that they had investigated. Many
> of the independent witness verified my claims and that I could get the
> owner's name and address after I filled out some forms.

> The area I live in has zero tolerance laws against dog bites. If a dog
> bites, it gets destroyed. I ensured that this dog was destroyed!

> It was put down yesterday. While I take no satisfaction in the fact
> that the dog was killed, I am content knowing that this dog will not
> attack any other animal or person.

> I guess this is the point where all the American Pit Bull owners start
> their defensive rants about how people don't understand Pit Bulls and
> their reputations are undeserved. Basically they would be repeating
> the same things this cowardly owner was saying about his dog when I
> approached him after the incident.

> Striker limped for a couple days after the incident but he is doing
> great.

> One more aggressive American Pit Bull Terrier has been removed from
> the planet, that's a good thing.

> kilikini

> > I guess this is the point where all the
American Pit Bull
> > owners start their defensive rants about how
people don't
> > understand Pit Bulls and their reputations are
undeserved.

> I'm an Aussie owner, and I'd give you that rant
in a second if I
> thought that it would do any good.  That APBT
owner was a bad
> owner, plain and simple - and it's too bad that
his dog had to
> pay the price for his ignorance and stupidity.

> --
> --Matt.  Rocky's a Dog.

> > kilikini

>> I guess this is the point where all the American Pit Bull
>> owners start their defensive rants about how people don't
>> understand Pit Bulls and their reputations are undeserved.

> I'm an Aussie owner, and I'd give you that rant in a second if I
> thought that it would do any good.  That APBT owner was a bad
> owner, plain and simple - and it's too bad that his dog had to
> pay the price for his ignorance and stupidity.

>> I guess this is the point where all the American Pit Bull owners
>> start their defensive rants about how people don't understand Pit
>> Bulls and their reputations are undeserved.

> Actually this is about the point where your idiocy shines like the
> north star on a clear dark night. I can tell a story of my own, and
> it's actually true unlike your dubious tale. Yeah I remember when I
> walked my dog, a pitbull, on her leash on a public street and the
> neighbor's dog, a scrungy little mutt, ran out and bit her on the
> leg. Personally I was about to let her rip that thing in half because
> this wasn't the first time that stupid dog had charged out at us and
> it wasn't the first time I'd asked them to keep their dog confined to
> their yard (they had a fence around the back yard even). But no they
> couldn't do that for gods know what reasons. Probably laziness and
> stupidity like anyone who lets any dog run around off-leash in a
> public place. Anyway, my dog just yelped and looked puzzled at this
> crazed little ball of matted fur and teeth. Yeah my dog is a pitbull
> and she didn't fight back after being attacked and bit by a mutt half
> her size. Imagine that. I had to kick that thing to get it away from
> my dog. Lord knows if it had rabies or something the way they let it
> run around unchecked. So my "defensive rant" is about you not
> understanding dogs in general and how stupid you come across when you
> blame an entire breed for bad things that individual dogs, and
> people, do. Get a clue fool, you didn't accomplish anything but
> showing how ignorant you are.