damn dog.

[gavin]

was out on the drive this morning, fixing the car, when i heard a commotion from across the street.

looked up and theres a little girl about 8 or 9 walking her little collie type dog with her middle aged mum, and the dog is being bothered by this stocky pitbull type dog, that must have got out from someones garden due to the wind blowing some fences down. the mum tries to pull her dog away but the pitbull is still having ago and is starting to snap at her. then it manages to get a jaw grip on the other dogs upper front leg and gets right stuck in, dragging it and shaking it about.

its obvious the mum cant do anything and its getting rapidly worse, so i run over and try to drag the dog off, but its moving to quick and growling and scratching out at us. i struggle with it for a bit before managing to get hold of it with both hands by its ears, and it lets go witrh a yelp when i lift it right off the floor by its ears, still flailing away with its claws, so i smack it into the ground, stick my right knee between its shoulderblades to pin it down with what weight i have and gather up the scruff of its neck into my right fist, so tight that its starting to choke, which stops it struggling.

i walked it off down the road to where i think it came from and chucked it into the owners front garden. i reckon it weighed about as much as my 7 y.o son, i was only able to chuck it about 6 feet. thankfully it stayed where it was and didnt turn on me.

back with the other dog, its wimpering and cant walk as its leg is all chewed up, and the mother and little girl are both quite shaken.

somehow i managed to get not even a scratch, its only sitting here afterwards i realise it could have been very nasty, but then you cant just stand back and watch.

the dad has just been round to express his thanks and im expecting a visit from the dog warden to take a statment.

why people keep these kind of dogs is beyond me. im sure they will say its soft and soppy and wont hurt anyone, but thats fine untill it does, they are born to kill, arent they?
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[Annabella]

[instigator]

Hero Gavin..!

I was hoping that story wasn't going to end with you having some crap attempt to get it of but being scared to hurt it. Top man. Even better that you managed to stop from killing it, I think I would have picked up the closest metal bar and sunk it into its skull. Wouldn't have even tried to man handle it.

Top marks.

[gavin]

aww come on dont take the piss i think i did what anyone would have done in the circumstances.
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[instigator]

I'm not taking the piss.

I doubt a lot of people would have tried to man handle it.

[gavin]

i was refering to that there bella. maybe i should have set it on her penguins!
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[fenton]

You my man have some huge nuts... i dont know many people that have the stones to try and do that. It would of been a swift repeated boot in the ribs from me, but i supose if youd of killed it the owners would of sued you for damages or the like. hope the dog and its owners are okay. We need to get rid of these bastard dogs, they are no good to anything. Born and bred to kill.

Props to gav

[gavin]

i didnt think about all that till after the event. i guess it was too busy being locked on to the other dog to think about turning to bite me, and by the time i'd scruffed its neck up it was already immobilised and too late, it was over in a matter of seconds.
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[Edicap]

Well done you Gavin, shows you got balls. Being a dog lover and the owner of a collie I think I would have done similar in your situation, however, I would have been landing a size ten Cat boot right on the dogs ribs.

Hope the dog warden and the local council take the owners of the pitbull to the cleaners. Why would you let your dog out knowing the fence used to contain the animal was damaged and not capable of securing the dog.

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[queen of string]

Nice one Gavin
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[Edicap]

Meant to ask, how was the Collie?
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[Harold_Shand]

Big nuts. Good Man.
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[Dom]

Nicely done fella.

I've got a collie myself and they are the nicest creatures you'll ever come across. Mine's been on the receiving end of some aggro from a couple of alsations that live near me (fortunately the owner's been able to drag them off) and even in those situations he's never going to do any worse than growl at them, there's just no violence in him.

As instigator says, well done for chucking it back into the owners garden rather than killing it, as I'm not sure I could use such restraint if anything was attacking mine. (Not to mention the fact I'd rather kick the thing to bits than risk manhandling it.)

Hopefully the collie recovers from the ordeal alright, they can be very sensitive even about the smallest of things.
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[Dom]

Lozzypop, some dogs are naturally aggressive and others aren't. You're dead right that with good training they can usually be turned into very well behaved dogs but it does require a lot of work and my experience is that many of the people who are attracted to these kinds of dogs aren't going to bother putting the effort in. I'm not tarring all owners with the same brush but it seems to me that with dogs like pitbulls and alsations you're better off assuming the worst.
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[Handsome]

What's wrong with Alsations...

I've got a Rottie and an Alsation...Soft as shite the both of them and Great with kids and Strangers to them...

The Alsation Ripped the sleeve of some twat that had broken into a house the back of us last year, the Idiot thought it'd be a good idea to escape over my back garden and ran across and subsequently fell through the roof of the dog run and landed on him so he did his duty and protected himself and the property...

Can't fault either one of them...Apart from the Rottie as all she wants to do is Lick you to death...

Edit, My Brother has an American Pitbull and again she's placid untill she needs to be otherwise...She lives with my Brother his Missus and their two kids and again the dog is No bother...

Just because the newspapers say something Everyone jumps on the Bandwagon and causes a fuss...
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[gavin]

well in this case, loz, you couldnt be more wrong. the person i think it belongs to is known for breeding and selling fighting dogs and has been banned from keeping dogs in the past. they are treated poorly and not trained in order to make them more aggressive and sellable.

the only reason there are dogs there now is he has been away on an enforced holiday for some time....
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[Edicap]

But how was the collie?
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[lozzypop1]

[nick606]

are well forgetting the owner pitbull that killed the little girl was drug dealer and that been reported for attacked other dogs in the past and nothing was done (so im guessing it was train to attack).... also my nan had a old english sheep dog (dulux dog) and that was crazy it bit my grandad my dad and my aunt 30mins after my aunt coming back from hospital the dog bit my mum lol... was ok with me and my sister though (we where about 5 at the time) my aunt also had a old english sheep dog call wooster was so soft it was untrue was an amazing dog... its all down to the training and inbreeding i think
sorry for the o/t story there but that is a example of how one dog can be the best dog in the world and another dog of the same bread can the DEVIL !!!!!

and well done gavin i wouldnt know what to do if i was in that position .... i was attack by scottys once and i shit one running about the bastards double teamed me !!!! (there was 2 of them)

nick

[gavin]