Reply #160: Then you damn well are doing something right.

[jdj]

This bullshit right here is more harmful to "certain" dog breeds than any bad statistical p.r.

People who wax martyristical about dangerous dog breeds are helping seal these dogs' doom. A breed like a rotty should NEVER run at large.

I am getting pissed and pisseder.

So what if folks have the one or two totally trustworthy specimen from a dangerous breed...I don't care, and the parents of the kid that just had their face taken off by one don't give a damn either. I am so sorry to hear about your pets, this is very upsetting to me in that you and your friend were responsible owners and completely within the law.

The heartbreaking thing about this is that dangerous breed lovers who cling to the "bad owner" theory are helping to seal the eventual demise of these breeds, not to mention what happens to single specimens like the rotty who is now getting shot at because of lack of owner supervision. Next time it may be a human child that is killed. An animal like this needs to be euthanized and it's owner prosecuted. I'm fairly certain you have grounds for a civil suit regardless of animal control's lack of action, if under grounds of "destruction of property" if nothing else.

By the way, when my pit had to be put down because of a angiosarcoma that ruptured a disk in her spine, the x-rays showed her behind to be full of at least 10-20 bb and birshot pellets.