thats a sign the town doesn’t care about pit bulls and children

it took animal control 24 hours to come to my house one time

when he got here he was nice enough and i believed he actually
cared so i’m inclined to believe that they are just under staffed.

the dogs i was complaining about had long gone but he told me
what to do next time and what some of my consequences could
be according to what I did about the situation.

For that I was grateful

In fact, the one time I remember them coming out, was THE DAY AFTER I initially contacted them to notify of this part german-shepard growling at people at 7 in the morning. Now, animal control doesn’t answer their phone until 8am, so I had to wait until then to reach someone. The dog was still roaming the street at that time. I waited for three hours, and animal control had still not responded. When I got home from work at 5pm, the dog was still roaming; however, I could not reach animal control at that time because they were closed. On the second day, I called again and asked why they had not come out and notified them that the dog was still loose and there are several children in my neighborhood. They finally came out that day, several hours later, and left a note on my home that the dog could not be located; yet, the dog was BACK ON MY STREET at 5pm again!

I contacted law enforcement just the other day when two pit bulls were loose in the neighborhood at 6:30am when children were getting on the bus. Now mind you, these pit bulls had gotten out of their yard last week and killed two kittens down the road. LAW ENFORCEMENT COULDN’T EVEN GET ANIMAL CONTROL TO RESPOND!!!! I know these pit bulls will end up hurting someone, or someone’s child, then that story will be in here! Let it be known that this has been reported to animal control previously, with no response!

You know a chow will.

Not that it matters, dogs are territorial and many consider themselves provoked if someone invades their territory. Sometimes that territory includes public places.

I knew a kid in McDavid who had his face torn off by a dog which decided it had been provoked. I think the kid was trying to give it an cookie. They reattached the face but there was scarring. He was a sweet kid, just not cautious enough because he already knew the dog and had fed it earlier that day.

Many dogs might have bit the kid for having the audacity to offer a cookie. Most dogs could not have done as much damage.

Should trusting kids be outlawed?

David not blaming a danger
but recognizing they exist

Mickey Powell

That being said – I remember when we had boys (probably even about 12yrs old? it’s been a while) who would walk along our chainlink fence kicking the fence, dragging sticks down it, yelling at the dogs. If my dog had jumped the fence and bit them I probably would have given her a treat (joking, don’t flame me!).
Teach your kids respect for all beings with teeth, teach them the proper way to approach or avoid a strange dog – and keep your dog in the yard, raised as a member of the family (chained dogs, outside neglected dogs are more prone to bite unprovoked)

For starters, comparison of domesticated dogs to wolves is ridiculous? You say the generations of selective breeding has made them docile yet at the same time some of you say, if given a chance, a chihuahua will tear you limb from limb. Which is it? Have domesticated animals lost their blood lust or are they vicious murderous animals? Maybe somewhere in between? Couldn’t it be possible for breeders to make an animal with aggressive tendencies to protect their land and owners? Put in other words , has selective breeding always brought out the traits that make them less deadly?

All dogs possess the ability to bite and no matter the amount of training, love, affection or human interaction the possibility is always there. If across the board, all breeds had the same propensity to bite we’d focus on the breeds with the most damaging bite. How would you identify those breeds, any common characteristics? Are there certain breeds that are better suited for delivering a devastating bite? If so, one would have to consider those dogs more dangerous than other breeds.

Remove the owner from the equation. You personally know, even in your community, only an infinitesimal number of the dog owners and can vouch for, fewer still, the environment those animals have been raised in. Because of that, almost every dog you meet is a variable. I’m sure most of us have seen well mannered and loving animals bite a toddler over a chew toy. I know I have. No owner can remove the animal nature within them, don’t fool yourself into thinking they or you can.