Pit Bulls and the HOA
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Anonymous
Nah, she just wants to invite her friend's dog over to her home and let it run around. Oh, yeah, you're right. She wants it to run around and scare the hell out of everyone while she runs the meth lab! You're a class act, OP. |
Anonymous
| I would call Animal Control the second I saw the pit bull. |
Anonymous
| Pit bulls are disgusting and their owners are monsters. These animals can and do kill children. They were bred to fight. |
Anonymous
No, my best friend has a Pit Bull and he is one of the sweetest dogs I have ever met. I want her to be able to bring him over and have him in my yard so he can run around. |
Anonymous
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OP here. I guess I see why my friend gets so heated up on this issue. I have already told her I need to clear it with the HOA first. She got upset and said they are discriminating. So I am just curious to see other peoples reactions to this subject.
For what it's worth, pit bulls scared the crap out of me....until I met her dog. I still have not taken my children around him yet, but some of our other friends have taken their kids and he is great with them. Our yard is fully fenced and he would not be able to get out. |
Anonymous
| So you would call animal control as soon as you saw a pit bull? You realize all that would successfully do is get an animal control officer to your house to waste your taxpayer dollars while they spent 30 seconds ensuring that there aren't any animal-related emergencies, and then talking about how batshit crazy you are with said pit bull's owner, yes? |
Anonymous
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OP, when we were stationed at Camp Lejeune a few years ago, there were a series of incidents in family housing with pit bulls mauling children, including two deaths. Pit bulls were banned from base, period. I would assume the ban is a complete ban.
Personal story: we dog-sat for a relative's "sweet, gentle, pleading-eyed" pit. We had a puppy, a large breed who was already as big as the full-grown pit at 6 months. In front of my own eyes, I watched the pit go completely insane one night. Our puppy was sleeping in front of the fireplace, and the pit suddenly growled the most awful growl and jumped on him and latched onto his snout. I will never forget those sounds as long as I live. I closed the doors to the room so my children would not get involved and tried to separate them. That pit was SO STRONG. When I finally got her to let go of his snout, she got his leg and crushed it. It was unreal. I don't know how long it took to get her off, but I finally managed, and got my puppy to the vet. The vet confirmed that pits are sweet, but also unpredictable and crazy strong. When we told the owner she had to come get her dog, she refused to believe what happened. Her sweet baby could never have done such a thing! She never paid the vet bill, and to this day refuses to accept what happened. I love animals, but I fear pit bulls. What if my children had been the first responders? Shudder. |
Anonymous
This is a good point - you need to read your HOA docs and/or ask for clarification. If there's a neighborhood ban on pit bulls, it doesn't really matter if your friend's dog is particularly sweet or if bans like this are unfair, you could still be fined. |
Anonymous
| My neighbors have a pit bull mix and she is a really, really sweet, friendly dog. She's always curious about my young daughter, not aggressive toward her. Not all pits are bad. But I get the impression you are trying to stick it to the HOA by inviting over your friend with her dog. Just go to her house, or a dog park. |
Anonymous
| wow, 8:24 - I might have had the relative's dog put down. Partly as a preventive safety measure, but partly out of being really pissed off about getting stuck with the vet bill. |
Anonymous
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OP I would assume that this applies to your visitors as well as the residents. You should contact the HOA but there is probably an insurance angle driving their position. For example, condos and apartments often have no dog or no dog over a certain size rules to reduce the cost of insurance.
I don't much about pit bulls or Chiwhawhas (spelling..the tiny dog?) or which one bites with more frequency BUT if a dog was to bite the damages, medical costs would be much higher from a pit bull bite than a Chiwhatever bite. |
Anonymous
LOL about discrimination. Last I checked, pit bull owners are not a protected class under the US Constitution. |
Anonymous
OP here. No, no...I am not trying to stick it to them. If when I speak with them, they say no, that's the end of the story. My friend would like to stick it to them, and if she tries, I will be very upset. I understand her point of view, but I also understand the point of view from people who fear pit bulls. I want to respect my community. However if we are allowed to have pit bull visitors, then I would like for my friend to be able to bring him. I am still not sure I would have my DC at home when she brings him (we usually hang out during the day because of her crazy schedule)...but would like for him to be able to run in our fenced in yard if he can. Now that I am writing this out, I guess it would make just as much sense to take him to a dog park! I love my friend, but she can be very hard headed sometimes and when she gets on a roll, there is not stopping her. I love her dog too and want him to be able to come play, but not at the expense of me getting in trouble for it. |
Anonymous
| As long as the dog is not staying with you I doubt there would be a problem. Do you think there is someone standing at the edge of your neighborhood to make sure no one accidentally walks a pitbull through it? Especially if it will only be in your yard I cant see how it would be a problem |
Anonymous
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OP, did you give two seconds of thought to the purpose of this ban?
Your neighborhood - as a group - obviously doesn't want pit bulls in the neighborhood. Hence the ban. What would be the point of banning homeowners from owning them but allowing guests to bring them over? Your neighbors don't want pit bulls around. How about if you are a dog-sitter? You don't own a pit bull but you dog sit for it every day - would that get around the ban? How do you think that would go over with the neighbors? Invite your friend over without the dog. It doesn't seem like such a huge sacrifice. I'm sure your friend goes places without her dog. Enough with the "my friend's pit bull is the sweetest dog" nonsense. The breed is well known for vicious attacks, plenty of them fatal. Many dogs are sweet - until they attack someone, and then everyone is completely shocked, because the dog is so sweet and would "never" do something like that. A pit bull is a risk to small children, period. I can't believe that you are weighing the physical safety of PEOPLE against the "enjoyment" a DOG would get running around in your backyard, and you can't figure out which side to come down on. It's a DOG, for crying out loud. 
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