Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 Police: Man stops attack by biting dog's head By Associated Press, 7/16/2002 NEW YORK (AP) A Long Island man bit a pit bull that was attacking his pet Siberian husky and his action may have saved his dog's life, police said. Richard Robbins, 44, said he was walking his three dogs Saturday morning when three pit bulls dashed from their owner's side and one attacked his husky, Gina Marie. Robbins sank his teeth into the attacking pit bull's head, leaving marks. He suffered multiple puncture wounds in the attack. ''I wasn't going to watch my dog die,'' Robbins told the Daily News. ''I bit right into the top of his head.'' Suffolk County Police Lt. Kenneth Fasano said Gina Maria ''would have been severely injured or even killed'' without Robbins' intervention. The pit bulls' owner faces charges of assault and reckless endangerment. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 sashagirl napisał(a):Do you have a link to the story? I would love to know more about it.. that was it - try a NY area online newspaper? Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 That is terrible! That stupid owner most likely trained it to be mean!! This is why people hate pitbulls! :evil: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 That is kinda funny :lol: I guess if annother dog was attacking your dog, you'd try to stop it! but biting him in the head? Whatever. Quote
Louis Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 HHHmmmm after some consideration I would recommend the tip of the tail as an oppurtune biting point in the undocked dog, and an ear tip or flap in the docked dog, easy places to get your teeth around.. a head is pushing it! Still, pretty brave thing to do!!! I guess he didn't have time to consider it much! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 candybug2002 napisał(a):That is terrible! That stupid owner most likely trained it to be mean!! This is why people hate pitbulls! :evil: Probably not - he was walking a 'pack' and a pack is different from a single dog - ALL the dogs came away from the owner towards the sibe and the lead dog tackled him. Pretty normal for a dog aggressive breed particularly in a pack situation. Think of 'pack' in the way people consider 'mob' not quite the same thing as individuals - braver and crazier all at once might cover it? Lots of the dog attack situations are with 'pack's of two or more dogs - being in a group gives them more 'courage' to initiate a prey or non pack member attack. I'm sure you can all think of school yard tussles that would never have happened except for the onlookers egging them on with a 'get him' or two. The interesting thing is the dog backed off from the fight after the man bit him - I would expect in a trained fighting dog, from what I know of them, that would have incited the dog to fight harder not to let go. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 hmm.. I dint even notice that there were 3 dogs. I guess you may be right though. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 16, 2002 Posted July 16, 2002 candybug2002 napisał(a):hmm.. I dint even notice that there were 3 dogs. I guess you may be right though. I love dogs dearly but I know they are dogs and will act in doggy ways not like small people in a fur suit - I like them for what they are even on the days their particular actions drive me crazy or make me angry or sad. In this situation its really sad that the pitbulls were not leashed so as to be under the owners control in public when something they saw as 'antagonizing' came by them. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 That story is sad, but I think it is a little funny to. A man biting a dog is interesting news. I bit a dog once.....my moms min pin clamped down on my ear and would not let go. I bit her on the side...she let go then. She tore my ear wide open though. I didn't pet her for 3 weeks. I eventually got over it though. She was just a puppy and she was trying to play by pulling my hair, but my ear got in the way...ouch. That man really should have had his pits on a leash if he knew they were mean. McKenzie doesn't have a mean bone in her body, but I still keep her on a leash if we are out around people or other animals. People look at her and think she is a mean dog. They always ask if she will bit. The other day when we went walking we were attacked 3 times by 3 different dogs, ok so me and my boxer pit mix were attacked by a cocker spaniel, a golden retriver, and some funny looking little black dog. Everytime they would stand there and growl and almost bite her, she just stood there and wagged her tail. And they say my dog looks mean. you can't judge a book by its cover!!! Sorry I got off topic there, accident Quote
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