Woman mauled by her pit bulls; friends don't believe story

[Dick Whitman]

Well, daahh...

The post wasn't "played" at all. The guy did exactly as I'd think any other normal person would've done. It's just another example I brought up that stuck with me. I read that story as a teenager. I'm a middle-aged adult now. I was close to my grandparents and could never imagine such a demise for any of them. Hence, I have never -- ever -- forgotten that story. And I could be somebody who could like pit bulls.

You simply don't know how to "read" posts, I guess. Or, as I always think, you just pretend you don't, for my particular "benefit."

Learn to laugh at yourself once in a while. It’s liberating.

 

[User 149557]

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Every time I see a Labradoodle, I sing the breed's name out to the tune of the Magnadoodle jingle.

 

[JC]

All these large dog breeds are the sweetest, gentlest, most loyal creatures until the one day they aren’t.

It's those damn baby boomers pits that have ruined it for these puppies.

 

[Stoney]

Some additional details released on the Va mauling:

"The dogs allegedly “were a little bit neglected," said Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Blackwood. “She left the dogs with her father, her father was not taking care of the dogs, it wasn’t his responsibility, and she would come home maybe five times to the father’s house a week on average and take the dogs out, so they became more isolated where the only contact they had was with each other, and it was less and less human contact.”

Pit Bulls Who Mauled Owner to Death Were 'a Little Bit Neglected,' Authorities Allege

 

[WriteThinking]

Learn to laugh at yourself once in a while. It’s liberating.

Another thing you always say/do when I point out that you don't always "read" posts very well. The point of the post was, oh, exactly what others had brought up -- that, sure, these dogs are beloved, right up until something like this happens. But you enjoy pretending that what someone else has posted is just so dumb that you need to bring it to others' attention. Maybe so you can get a couple of "likes" from the usual people who attach them to your posts aimed at me?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Another thing you always say/do when I point out that you don't always "read" posts very well. The point of the post was, oh, exactly what others had brought up -- that, sure, these dogs are beloved, right up until something like this happens. But you enjoy pretending that what someone else has posted is just so dumb that you need to bring it to others' attention. Maybe so you can get a couple of "likes" from the usual people who attach them to your posts aimed at me?

God willing.

 

[CD Boogie]

They are their own cult. I covered a city council that had pitbull owners who for weeks and weeks kept disrupting meetings by filling the chambers with fellow pitbull owners until the city took away the requirement for special insurance.

Pit bull owners in my experience are among the biggest posers in the world.

 

[qtlaw]

Oh really? Here's a list of the date and reported breed for every fatal dog attack over the last year:

Apr 6, 2 pit bulls
May 25, 3 pit bulls
June 1, American Pit Bull Terrier
August 7, Pit bull
October 21, Pit bull
November 4, Pit bull and mixed breed dog
November 29, 4 pit bulls
December 1, 2 pit bulls and 1 german shepherd
December 7, 5 pit bulls
December 11, Pit bull
December 14, 2 pit bulls
Fatal dog attacks in the United States - Wikipedia

Notice a pattern? Every single one was the work of pit bulls. Sorry, but "breed" has a ton to do with it. I'm sure there are also golden retrievers who had ****ty "upbringings", but we don't see them mauling anyone.

Not every attack according to this site was a pit bull: 2017 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities - DogsBite.org

However, I will acknowledge that the presence of pit bulls was very prominent. Dig a little deeper though and the circumstances of the pit bulls shows that living conditions were less than idyllic.

 

[Buck]

Results—Major co-occurrent factors for the 256 DBRFs included absence of an able-bodied person to intervene (n = 223 [87.1%]), incidental or no familiar relationship of victims with dogs (218 [85.2%]), owner failure to neuter dogs (216 [84.4%]), compromised ability of victims to interact appropriately with dogs (198 [77.4%]), dogs kept isolated from regular positive human interactions versus family dogs (195 [76.2%]), owners’ prior mismanagement of dogs (96 [37.5%]), and owners’ history of abuse or neglect of dogs (54 [21.1%]). Four or more of these factors co-occurred in 206 (80.5%) deaths.

 

[Slacker]

“I think it was in the best interests of pubic safety and for our community to [euthanize the dogs],” he said. “Once a dog tastes human flesh, it’s no longer safe to have that dog around humans.”

That turns the chill up a few degrees.

 

[QYFW]

Human flesh must be tasty!

 

[swingline]

Human flesh must be tasty!

Of course. It's Soylent Green.

 

[Slacker]

Human flesh must be tasty!

 

[Moderator1]

One of the pit bulls involved in fatal mauling had a history of aggression, Goochland sheriff says

 

[Stoney]

And another one:

Pit Bulls Maul Woman to Death, Injure Husband in Gruesome Christmas Eve Attack

"Investigators discovered that the dogs belonged to Johnny Dale Lankford, who was being held in the Bell County Detention Center on charges of second-degree assault, domestic violence and second-degree unlawful imprisonment from December 22."

 

[RickStain]

And another one:

Pit Bulls Maul Woman to Death, Injure Husband in Gruesome Christmas Eve Attack

"Investigators discovered that the dogs belonged to Johnny Dale Lankford, who was being held in the Bell County Detention Center on charges of second-degree assault, domestic violence and second-degree unlawful imprisonment from December 22."

Paul stressed that maulings are usually a result of pent-up energy, and not the breed itself.

“There is a lot of speculation...but you can’t blame the breed,” Paul said.

After explaining that being prone to pent-up energy is a feature of the breed, insists that you can't blame breed.

 

[Stoney]

After explaining that being prone to pent-up energy is a feature of the breed, insists that you can't blame breed.

There's an element of truth to the "blame owner not breed" argument, since these stories always seem to involve pit bulls that've been subject to neglect or abuse. In this case, sounds likely these pits hadn't been fed in days considering their redneck asswipe owner has been in jail since the 22nd.

But other breeds don't respond to mistreatment like this. You can abuse the **** out a retriever, collie or beagle, and it's still never gonna maul anyone. But a pit bull combined with mistreatment is a deadly time bomb, and there's no way to prevent the wrong people from owning them. So, yes, it IS the breed.

 

[TigerVols]

Four pit bulls get loose and kill at least 5 Chihuahuas in San Diego, authorities say

 

[Smash Williams]

So is this owners or breed (boxers, since it's not called out)?

Rural Rogersville couple charged with manslaughter in fatal dog-mauling case