I tell you what, I'm a little embarrased to consider myself a new citizen here in CA with all of the dog attacks all around me. The pit bull attack was in San Jose, and the owner of the dog was a 19 year old. Now what on earth is a 19 year old doing with such a vicious dog? And why? I agree with all of you that it just makes me sick to my stomach that people have to make the animals this way. Apparently, the police arrived on the scene and tried to subdue the dog first, with pepper spray, and when that didn't work and the dog started lunging for them, they had to shoot 5 times before it brought the dog down. Now, how on earth can someone make a dog so vicious(and why was this dog around little kids)??!! I hate that people do that. This person is likely to be criminally charged. There was also another Rottweiler attack in San Fran as well....Ugh!!!!