Somebody posted on Nextdoor that they were walking their dog in Trinidad, DC this weekend when a passing pit violently attacked their dog out of nowhere. The whole incident happened to be caught on someone’s ring video, so the Nextdoor posting includes the video of the attack.

The video is terrifying and really underscores how these attacks can come with zero cause.

The dog lived, thanks to the three adults who pried the pit loose.

The person also posted one of the bite marks.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-11/baby-mauled-to-death-by-dog-on-nsw-central-coast/100284298


Four weeks ago, an "American Staffordshire terrier" (a pitbull by another name), mauled a neighboring dog. The authorities were already investigating this incident. On Sat morning, at about 2:20 am, this same vicious dog mauled and killed a 5 week old baby boy. This happened in Australia, where American Pitbull Terriers are banned. However, other extremely closely related bully breeds, like American Staffordshire terriers are legal.

JFC I can’t get over the negligence of these dog owners. I have a rescue dog who is basically straight up hound. We did a doggy DNA test at one point and he has a few other things, but mostly a hound, no terrier or bully breed traits.

Anyway, even *without* a dog with dangerous propensity and who has never before given us any reason to worry about temperament, he is kept leashed at all times if outside our property. Our gate is fully fenced and well maintained. We make sure to ask others if they’re comfortable around dogs before they come over and if not he stays locked away.

I can’t begin to imagine having a dog capable of such harm and letting it loose in a way it could knowingly escape. Or keeping a dog alive after it bit someone the first time, or even allowing him around someone else’s newborn baby (I’d be worried he would whack it with his tail or accidentally step on it). Larger dogs in particular don’t belong around unknown children that aren’t a usual part of the household.

This type of thing scares me so much, that my kids could be out riding their bikes and some idiot owner could allow their pit bulls to escape or go off leash.

https://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/tinley-woman-golden-retriever-attacked-pit-bull-walk-cops

A woman in IL was walking her 4 month old golden retriever puppy. She saw a child holding a leash, and looking for "her friend's dogs". When the woman saw the dogs across the street and saw the dogs were pit mixes, she told the child she couldn't help since she had her own puppy with her, and told the child to ask the adult owner of the dogs for help. The two loose pitbulls then ran across the street towards the woman and child, and the aggressive dog charged after the puppy and attacked it. When the woman tried to pry the pitbull's jaws off of her puppy's neck, the pitbull turned around and attacked her. The PB latched onto the woman's arm and dragged her down the sidewalk; a neighbor eventually beat the dog off of her with a piece of wood.The woman has bite wounds all over her arm, and injuries on her legs. When the police tracked down the owners, the owners said they had put the dogs in their backyard while they were packing for a trip. She knew the lock on her back gate was loose, and that the dogs periodically got out of her yard when they jumped against the gate hard enough.

These are zero mistake dogs, you cannot put a pitbull in a backyard that doesn't have a 100% secure fence. When other dogs get out they rummage through trash, bark, and are a nuisance. When pitbulls get out of their yard, they maul and kill innocent people and pets.

https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/child-bit-by-a-pitbull-in-corpus-christi/503-6880999e-3337-4abd-b402-d405e524c554

Parents took their baby to visit family for the 4th of July weekend, and unfortunately this family member owns a pet pitbull. At 10 pm, the pitbull mauled the 6 month old baby. The baby has severe head injuries, and required surgery to repair the damage. The person that owns this pitbull may live alone, with no children and no other animals. The problem is, no person is an island. The owner has family and friends they would like to celebrate holidays with, and took the risk of inviting a family with a baby over to their house. I am sure this person has neighbors, and those neighbors have children and pets that they love. Selling pitbulls to homes "with no small children and no small animals" does not guarantee safety for the wider community. These dogs will interact with living things and people outside the household, and therefore put other innocent people at risk.

https://www.newsweek.com/four-dogs-maul-77-year-old-woman-death-arizona-1607402

A 77 year old woman in Arizona was mauled to death by "four Staffordshire Terrier mix dogs", aka pitbull/bully type dogs. The woman was standing on her own front porch early in the morning, when the loose dogs attacked her. When the police got there she was in critical condition. The victim did ultimately die, due to the injuries the dogs inflicted on her. Animal Control had previously warned the owner of the dogs to fix his fence, and keep his animals secure. The dogs had previously escaped his property, and chased and bitten several neighbors. These dogs should have never lived in a community, where they could kill an innocent person.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Bella looks like a pit mix but reactive on leash and not good with kids does not sound like a perfect dog. Definitely a project. One problem with these projects is that DINKs get them, but then when they have kids, the dog is often then living a very restricted life.

Agree I couldn’t really see pit in Bella either.

Went through and looked. Literally none of the linked dogs in that particular post look like they had much if any pit in the mix.

This one does, and the next three are her puppies https://www.petfinder.com/dog/ruth-ann-52076659/dc/washington/dc-paws-rescue-dc26/

Not even close to a full blooded pit. The puppies will be maybe 1/4 or 1/8 pit. At that point it isn't an anything mix, its just a mutt like any other.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Bella looks like a pit mix but reactive on leash and not good with kids does not sound like a perfect dog. Definitely a project. One problem with these projects is that DINKs get them, but then when they have kids, the dog is often then living a very restricted life.

Agree I couldn’t really see pit in Bella either.

Went through and looked. Literally none of the linked dogs in that particular post look like they had much if any pit in the mix.

This one does, and the next three are her puppies https://www.petfinder.com/dog/ruth-ann-52076659/dc/washington/dc-paws-rescue-dc26/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Bella looks like a pit mix but reactive on leash and not good with kids does not sound like a perfect dog. Definitely a project. One problem with these projects is that DINKs get them, but then when they have kids, the dog is often then living a very restricted life.

Agree I couldn’t really see pit in Bella either.

Went through and looked. Literally none of the linked dogs in that particular post look like they had much if any pit in the mix.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Bella looks like a pit mix but reactive on leash and not good with kids does not sound like a perfect dog. Definitely a project. One problem with these projects is that DINKs get them, but then when they have kids, the dog is often then living a very restricted life.

Agree I couldn’t really see pit in Bella either.