Brennan Got Attacked Today.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Before anyone freaks out over the title of the thread, he is fine. He wasn't bit bad and with a little antibiotic ointment he is going to be fine.

The story.

I joined a local dog walking group of people who walk their Pit Bulls. The Pit Bulls were behaving amazingly and angelically, even my mess of a dog LOL. So we went to a park and were walking along a trail. We went through a first loop, and then were taking our second loop.

This woman with a boxer/bullmastiff looking thing of a dog walks by us, of course Brennan is excited, but I'm holding him back. Okay, the big thing of a dog LUNGES at Brennan out of NOWHERE and gets him in the face. The stupid lady walking the dog couldn't even control him!

So she's like "Is he okay?"

And I'm looking Brennan over and I don't see anything on him, so I'm like "YEah, he's fine."

The lady didn't even apologize or anything for her stupid piece of s*** dog.

Well, it turns out Brenny has a cut on his chin and a little place next to his nose on his muzzle and a place up towards his eyes on his muzzle.

He's not phased by it at all though, though he did raise his lip a little when I put antibiotic ointment on it, but I'm sure it hurts, so I don't blame the poor guy.

Goes to show you, Pit Bulls aren't demonic killer dogs... Brennan didn't even try to fight back at the dog, he cried in pain, but didn't even try to fight back...

But he is fine. He's happy, tail-wagging, enjoyed the rest of his day at the park, including getting him in the water! He's not a fan of water, but I got him to go out in it as long as I was with him.

Just wanted to share his story in hopes that someone will see Pit Bulls aren't always the mean ones.

[Karen]

Yet another example of "blame the deed, not the breed!" I'm glad Brennan's injuries were minor, poor guy! But true to from, nothing gets HIM down, still wagging away! The other woman obviously didn't have any control over her dog, and that's not the dog's fault, but her own, sadly. Both Boxers and Mastiffs are usually GREAT dogs, if properly trained and socialized ...

Give you brave goofy boy a bellyrub from me, okay?

[Roxyluvsme13]

Yet another example of "blame the deed, not the breed!" I'm glad Brennan's injuries were minor, poor guy! But true to from, nothing gets HIM down, still wagging away! The other woman obviously didn't have any control over her dog, and that's not the dog's fault, but her own, sadly. Both Boxers and Mastiffs are usually GREAT dogs, if properly trained and socialized ...

Give you brave goofy boy a bellyrub from me, okay?

Yep, that's exactly how I was looking at it. I was fuming inside, but I kept my cool and handled things well and so did Brennan. And yes, it was her own fault for not controlling her dog. In my opinion, she shouldn't have been walking him if she couldn't control him . I've known several boxers and a mastiff that were both big sweeties, so I don't know what was wrong with this dog... Stupid owners.

If Brennan had done anything to the other dog though, I'm sure all hell would have broken loose. But no one even noticed that her stupid dog attacked mine.

I'll give him a bellyrub, he'll like that

[Freedom]

I don't care what breed you own, it's always the other dog you have to watch as well as your own, because you have to assume THAT owner doesn't have a clue.

Glad Brennan and you are both alright. Whew! I'm not sure I could have remained calm, I suspect I would have given her a piece of my mind, lol.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I don't care what breed you own, it's always the other dog you have to watch as well as your own, because you have to assume THAT owner doesn't have a clue.

Glad Brennan and you are both alright. Whew! I'm not sure I could have remained calm, I suspect I would have given her a piece of my mind, lol.

Yep, that's true!

I'm not sure how I remained calm, honestly. The group of people I was with said I handled things well, and one of them said she usually would have went off, but we were having a good day and we were all having fun and that we didn't want to be the stereotypical Pit Bull owner and start having a freak out.

I'm still mad though. If that dog lunged at Brennan, they should have KNOWN that their dog had the tendency to be dog aggressive, and WHY IN THE HECK would you walk it in a public area when you can't control it? Brennan didn't even do anything, I think he just looked at the dog

[Alysser]

Bri, trails and parks are always risky. You have plenty of irresponsible people who bring their ill-trained or uncontrollable dogs and a few happy ones like Brennan and you get a bad situation. I never understood how you can even contemplate bringing an uncontrollable or aggressive dog to a park or something. I mean, if you can control an dog-aggressive dog fine, but a human aggressive one is a huge liability and I have seen it believe it or not.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone has a dog not under control off-leash and the dog comes running up to everyone. Sure it's friendly but that's not to say my dog is! I know Mikey would be one of those and he's NEVER off leash.

I'm sorry you had that experience but just be glad Brennan's okay and everything! It could've been worse!