Man those pit bulls have been busy
Another one. A pit bull attacks its owner and the neighbor uses his gun to scare the dog off. If your dog will attack you, you have done some poor socialization. And here’s another media misconception about pit bulls:
The dog ignored Ayala’s shouts, locking its jaws on Oswald, and chewing at the right side of his owner’s face and arm.
Pit bulls do not have the magical ability to lock their jaws. They just have strong jaws.
October 28th, 2003 at 9:24 pm
These stories are always devoid of any background, and never print follow-up stories which reveal the facts. There was a case in Berkeley, California (an animal control employee told me about this) where a pit bull was adopted out by the city to a family which also had an abusive 12 year old boy. The boy beat the poor pit bull with a baseball bat until finally he defended himself. The parents then sued the city for giving them a “vicious dog.” In another case, a boy in Oakland set fire to a pit bull, which ran under the house and started a fire. The grandmother’s claim that the “dangerous dog” caused her house to be burned down was actually taken seriously enough to appear in print!
October 29th, 2003 at 8:57 am
Yeah, that kind of stuff happens all the time. Most bites are the result of poor training. Though it is rare, there are a few cases of dogs just going crazy.