Sam was attacked by a dog

[dab_20]

First of all I am really sorry Sam got attacked and hope he will be OK.

The American Pit Bull Terrier was not to bred to kill rats, they were originally bred to bait bulls but in later years bred to fight other dogs. The APBT is naturally dog aggressive as they were bred to fight other dogs. Just like Labs were bred to retrieive and Border Collies were bred to herd sheep. You cannot train or love it out of them, it's what they are supposed to do.

I don't agree that they are more "inherently" likely to be aggressive. They certainly may have dominant behavior, because they are terrriers! It does not make them automatically aggressive. Heck I have met Jack Russells that are more pushy than an APBT. An APBT just wants to love you and please you.

These dogs should never be human aggressive, period. They should welcome all people who are strangers with licks and tail wags. Other dogs, not so much as they were bred to fight. They pass temperament tests a lot more than today's popular breeds according to the ATTS.org. Every APBT and mix I have met has been wonderful with people, but not so great with other dogs and other animals which is common.

I am not trying to ruin your thread as I feel for you and Sam, I really do; but I don't think it's fair to say they are more likely to be aggressive when they never should be with people.

From atts.org
American Pit Bull Terrier - 86.0% in passing temperament tests.

I sincerely hope Sam will be OK.

I didn't mean that they are inherently aggressive with everyone, I specifically meant to say with other animals. I know Pit Bulls can get along very well with other animals, but often they just don't.
I know they are supposed to get along with people, I have never personally met one that was aggressive with a human. They are sweet dogs.

[dab_20]

Just thought it was time to update you all, I very much appreciated the well wishes for Sammy and the advice.

Sammy is doing well, his large wound looks great. However, there was a smaller stitched wound on the other side of his neck with a wound (that wasn't stitched) just above it. He WON'T leave it alone. He keeps scratching and scratching it. I have his bandages on still, however throughout the day the bandages slip down on his neck and this wound is exposed and keeps bleeding. He gets his stitches out around Tuesday-Thursday, so if it's not better by then I'll ask the vet for ideas to keep him away from it.
He was playing with his ball for the first time today, I was worried for awhile cause his ball is his absolute FAVORITE! He goes everywhere with it and sometimes I have to take it away cause it's such an obsession. So, he's doing better. The antibiotics have given him a lot of diarrhea. Poor boy.

I went to the front office to see what happened about the guy and his dogs. They told me they talked to him about keeping his dogs on leashes. They also told me his dogs are not pit bulls so they will allow him to stay here (anyone who knows anything about dog breeds know they are pitbulls), but I suppose that doesn't really matter since I'm against BSL anyways... but I am surprised they allow plainly aggressive dogs to stay here. Doesn't matter the breed, if I was an apartment owner I just wouldn't tolerate it. There are TONS of other dogs here, and if that dog truly wanted to, no leash would keep it away from another dog. It could've been a fluke thing like I said before, and I think it was, but maybe it's not. It's a different situation if the dogs are kept on this guy's own property, but this is shared by many other people and animals.
I DID end up filing a complaint. I told them I just want it on record, since the guy has cooperated with us completely and has shown such remorse for what happened. They told me they would look into it, talk to the guy, and get back to me.

[Vette]

Thank you for the update

could try something like this for Sams neck if you got a t-shirt you can part with

I cut an old t-shirt about 4 inches long and made sure it went on so that it was not too tight to bother the dog but not too loose to fall off. You can also try an ace bandage wrapped loose enough and closed with tape. Ask your vet if they have or if you can use liquid bandage on it.

source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3090927AAyfbUV post by The-Mom


i was wondering about what would happen with the guy an his dog. like you thought,, im surprised the dog is still allowed. they should of at least made it mandatory for the dog to be muzzled an be leashed at all times when outside since a lotta people have animals about in the immediate area.

[kuhio98]

kuhio98-wow, I can't imagine. I don't think I'd ever own a dog after that.

After Gypsy died (my cockapoo that I was playing with when attacked), we've never had another dog. I'm not scared of them anymore -- and I prefer big dogs over little -- but Bobcat and I are definitely "cat people".

[kuhio98]

I'm so glad Sam is healing well. I hope he isn't afraid of other dogs after this.

[IRescue452]

I'm so sorry to read this. Its probably that the female is not spayed and she is going into heat. Dogs go into heat before they bleed so the owner might not know the signs.

Autumn got attacked by an offleash pug on our complex the other day so its not just pitties. It didn't make contact because she tucked her tail and ran back into the house before it could. The last time before that she was attacked was by a beagle and it did make contact and wouldn't let go of her ear.

[K9karen]

I'm happy to hear Sam is doing better! Good boy! His kingdom for his ball!

Hopefully the vet will come up with a wise idea to keep Sam from a-itchin' on his boo-boo.

[MonicanHonda]

To help Sam's stomach after the antibiotics are over with, you may want to look into probiotics to re flourish the good bacteria in his tummy. Lots of dogs come out wonky after antibiotics because of this. Probiotics help. ^.^ I'm glad to hear Sam is doing better. And I hope the vet can help with the wound problem...

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I'm glad to hear that Sam is doing better!

As for the scratching at his wounds, try putting a T-shirt on him. Or, you could put child socks (make sure they are not too tight) on his back paws. Hope this helps!

[buttercup132]

atistically this may be true but it is also true that theses Breeds outnumber the Pitty by Hundreds to one and there is a differents between a bite and a mauling.

Umm what, go look in a shelter...pitties are by far more over populated than other breeds.

According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks

Putting 3 very different breeds in one category doesnt help. Out of those 3 I can guarantee pits have the least percent. Presas are very aggressive thats what they are bred for I'd go as far as saying 50% of those attacks were Presas.
Rottis also bred as a gaurd dog and they are a very dominant breed .
Pitties are the only ones in that list that arent bred to be human aggressive in any way.

First of all I am really sorry Sam got attacked and hope he will be OK.

The American Pit Bull Terrier was not to bred to kill rats, they were originally bred to bait bulls but in later years bred to fight other dogs. The APBT is naturally dog aggressive as they were bred to fight other dogs. Just like Labs were bred to retrieive and Border Collies were bred to herd sheep. You cannot train or love it out of them, it's what they are supposed to do.

I don't agree that they are more "inherently" likely to be aggressive. They certainly may have dominant behavior, because they are terrriers! It does not make them automatically aggressive. Heck I have met Jack Russells that are more pushy than an APBT. An APBT just wants to love you and please you.

These dogs should never be human aggressive, period. They should welcome all people who are strangers with licks and tail wags. Other dogs, not so much as they were bred to fight. They pass temperament tests a lot more than today's popular breeds according to the ATTS.org. Every APBT and mix I have met has been wonderful with people, but not so great with other dogs and other animals which is common.

I am not trying to ruin your thread as I feel for you and Sam, I really do; but I don't think it's fair to say they are more likely to be aggressive when they never should be with people.

From atts.org
American Pit Bull Terrier - 86.0% in passing temperament tests.

I sincerely hope Sam will be OK.

great post

The fight to you might have looked un provoked but there are tons and tons of little things that can send dogs off. It could have been a noise that freaked the dog out and he took it out on the nearest thing (sam).

I'm glad hes doing so much better though, I can't imagine my dog getting in a fight let alone my little poodle cause she wouldnt have a chance (like molli)

[dab_20]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I ended up just putting child socks on his back paws and it worked pretty well. He get his stitches out yesterday and is doing great. Here's a picture from yesterday.


IRescue, that certainly could've been it. I know dogs go a bit nuts when another one is in heat.

I really haven't seen the owner since he paid us. Hopefully he's not hiding out in shame of what happened or anything, and I do hope his dogs are getting the exercise they need despite what happened.