Pit bull ‘viciously’ attacks Paterson woman and boyfriend on 14th Avenue

September 15, 2015 by Jayed Rahman

A pit bull attacked a city woman and her boyfriend little after midnight on Tuesday morning on 14th Avenue, said police director Jerry Speziale.

The woman, 27, and her boyfriend, 38, were mauled by the family dog at about 12:12 a.m. at their home on 14th Avenue between East 27th and East 28th Streets, said the director.

Officers responded to the residence after the man’s 11-year-old son called 911 informing police his father was being attacked by their family dog.

14 police units responded to the scene to find the two victims had been “seriously” wounded by the dog.

“This is was an out and out vicious attack,” said the director. “The officer had to take action to save those two individuals.”

One of the officer shot and killed the animal to end the attack on the two victims, one of whom is undergoing surgery at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center as a result of the attack, said the director.

The father suffered broken ribs and was mauled in the arm, said the director. “This was a very vicious animal attack,” said Speziale.

The couple was seriously wounded from the attack, said the director. He said both of them are receiving treatment at the hospital. He said for the moment the couple’s children are in the car of grandparents.

The family attempted to get the dog off the 38-year-old man using various kitchen tools prior to police arrival without success. Speziale applauded the calm and courageous 11-year-old boy who called the police and may have saved his parents’ lives.

The director said the dog is being tested for rabies.

Nobody wants to hurt an animal, but in this case we had to take action to save the lives of two human beings, said Speziale.

separationcs

A pit being a good pit. I am sure this animal was loved, pampered, and doted on. This family swallowed the lies and propaganda of the pit bull lobby and it cost them dearly. So very sad. I am glad it was not the kid……
- Mary Ann Redfern
  
  I was so glad to read that the child escaped unscathed also. Only the pit bull mauling "volunteers" were injured.
Gail L Rosbach

At least The Pit Bull did not attack the children. Thank God for that. Its kinda hard to feel sorry for the parents after they brought that animal into their home and endangered everyone, but I do hope they recover quickly from their injuries and hope they don't get anymore Pit Bulls
- Cathy Spade
  
  Or the parents stepped in front of the weapon to protect their kids.
  - Mary Ann Redfern
    
    It was the LEAST they could do since they volunteered to be mauled by bringing a fighting/gripping breed dog into their home with their child.
    - Lloyd Marcom
      
      Wow, that's a lot of rampant speculation.
      - Mary Ann Redfern
        
        ANYONE who brings a fighting/gripping breed dog ie pit bull into their home to keep as a "pet" is, basically, making themselves a volunteer to be mauled or killed by said pit bull "pet". Their children? They volunteered for NOTHING of the sort. I consider the children of pit bull owners to be "pit bull hostages". I feel extremely sorry for them because they are simply too young to realize the danger that they may be in.
  - Gabriel Barros
    
    This pit bull owner did not.
    - http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org Budhita
      
      …
- Gabriel Barros
  
  Note the victims fatally killed from pit bull attacks are almost always children and the elderly. The ones who needs our protection the most.
  
  Fatal attacks by Pit bulls = 19
  
  Fatal GSD, Golden Retriever, Rottweiler, Laborador Retriever, Border Collie, Chihuahua, French Bulldog, Great Dane attacks on humans.
  
  2015 Fatal Attacks by ALL other breeds = 1
  2015 Fatal Attacks by ALL sharks = 1
  
  September 2015
  
  Salton Sea, CA Emilio Rios, 65, Fatal pit bull attack
  
  August 2015
  Cooleemee, NC Cathy Wheatcraft, 48, Fatal pit bull attack
  Spartanburg, SC Nicole Cartee, 25, Fatal pit bull attack
  
  July 2015
  Redbird, OK Carolyn Sue Lamp 67, Fatal pit bull attack
  Shaker Heights, OH Annie Williams, 71, Fatal pit bull attack
  Henderson County, SC Joshua Strother, 6, Fatal pit bull attack
  Pecos, TX Norberto Legarda, 83 Fatal pit bull attack
  
  June 2015
  Comanche County, OK Jordan Collins-Tyson, 3 Fatal Pit bull attack
  
  May 2015
  Cook County, IL James Nevils III, 5 Fatal pit bull attack
  Canyon Lake, TX Gaege Ramirez, 7 Fatal pit bull attack
  
  April 2015
  Dallas County, TX Brayden Wilson, < 1 Fatal pit bull attack
  Nye County, NV Kenneth Ford, 79 Fatal pit bull attack
  
  March 2015
  Jefferson County, AR De'trick Johnson, 36 Fatal pit bull attack
  Ohio County, WV Roy Higgenbotham Jr., 62 Fatal pit bull attack
  Sulphur Springs, TX Betty Wood, 78, Fatal Rottweiler attack
  
  February 2015
  Allegheny County, PA TayLynn DeVaughn, 2 Fatal pit bull attack
  Coal Hill, AK Frederick Crutchfield, 63, Fatal pit bull attack
  
  January 2015
  Page County, IA Malaki Mildward, 7 Fatal pit bull attack
  Hernando County, FL Declan Moss, 18-months Fatal pit bull attack
  Frederick County, MD Eugene Smith, 87 Fatal pit bull attack
Dennis Baker

Guess what ?? This dog will test negative for rabies and positive for "Pit Bull" . Just another typical daily pit bull attack no surprises here . Hello is anyone home ???
- Mary Ann Redfern
  
  Howdy, Dennis. Loved this comment!
- Debbie Bell
  
  Pit bulls are the new rabies.
jeff holden

Soon the apologists will be here to inform us that this wasn't a pit bull. Then when thats proven wrong they'll claim the dog was abused. When that's proven wrong the refrain will be "it was provoked" They'll make excuses but will never address the real issue, and that is Pit Bulls are a man made killing machines. Retrievers retrieve, shepherds herd and bully breeds bite. It is what they are bred to do, it just feels right to them. You can't socialize out genetics.
- Mary Ann Redfern
  
  Yep…
- Cathy Spade
  
  I don't get the "socialization" excuse and trend. When did people start believing dogs must go with them everywhere, on every plane/bus/train, and into every home improvement store, department store and restaurant or the dog will not be properly "socialized" [and attack people]? What kind of domestic dogs are being breed these days? As I child our pets never attacked, mauled or killed anyone and we never took dogs into stores and restaurants; but we did run and play with them everyday. Maybe dogs have become so unstable today because people try too hard to force them to become like human children by socializing them in stores instead of running/playing with them in their yards or dog parks with other dogs.
  - jeff holden
    
    People watch too much Animal Planet. They have been duped into thinking all dogs are the same and require a one size fits all approach. If a dog of any breed shows aggressive traits at a young age no amount of trips to Home Depot or the dog park will make that go away. The dog is genetically hard wired that way and will be for the rest of its life. Nature is more powerful than any dog trainer or "dog behaviorist"
    
    This is the best article I've ever read on temperament in dogs. This Vet gets it!
    http://www.germanshepherdguide.com/temperament.html
Mary Ann Redfern

Pit bulls….THIS is what they were bred for…unexpected, unprovoked, unbridled aggression to the death of them or their victim/s. THIS is what we would love to BAN them from doing…for obvious reasons.
- Lloyd Marcom
  
  Actually, their ancestors were bred for aggression and gameness against other dogs, so your assertion that this is what they were bred for is quite inaccurate.
  - Gabriel Barros
    
    Even today, dog fighters only use pit bull dogs. Pit bulls were bred for over a century to kill their own kind. You can't get a Golden Retriever to do what a pit bull does.
    - Lloyd Marcom
      
      Yes, some pit bull types are still bred for the express purpose of dog fighting (which is really where our focus should be). But those dogs and their ancestors bred as fighing game dogs were bred for aggression toward other animals. Mary Ann's assertion that "this is what they were bred for" is flat out inaccurate. They were actually likely selectively bred against this behavior.
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        Pit bulls were bred for dog fighting. Very little of what makes up a pit bull attack is from "training". It is the pit dog's instinct that comes into play.
        
        Working breed dogs rely on drives and breed specific behaviors. When they make a decision it's based partly on training but also on accessing it's genetic response.
        
        I wish more working breed dog owners would either learn about what their dogs were bred to do and how genetic behaviors works or for the ones that know, not to deny a dog's genetic behaviors.
        
        Many professional working breed dog breeders are proud of the pups they produce. This includes both physical attributes, mental attributes, drive, levels, thresholds, temperament, and breed specific behaviors. Even DOG FIGHTERS are proud of what they produce.
        
        Then come in the pit freaks who claim "all in how it's raised". You do understand pit bulls are actually working breed dogs…it's just their "work" is now a felony, I believe since the 1970's.
      - Lloyd Marcom
        
        But if the dog's work is fighting other dogs, how does aggression against it's owner satisfy that? The logic here is flawed. Golden retrievers don't try to carry their owners in their mouths. Pointers don't point at humans…..
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        It's a matter of what feels good to the dog. Pit bulls were bred to emphasize the late stages of predation so they enjoy the bite, hold, and shake behavior. Being the owner does not preclude a pit bull to maul and kill its owner. You do know that pit bulls are the most disloyal breed of dog? This is why.
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        Golden Retrievers are bred to have a "soft mouth". It's jaws are not physically soft, just they are bred to handle their prey or toy more delicately. This bred-in behavior is benign compared to a pit bull's grip 'n rip behavior.
        
        Pointers are the same way, this class of dogs were bred to emphasize the early stages of predation. The eye/seek behavior. Another benign breed specific behavior.
      - Debbie Bell
        
        Their man made mutation is to attack and maul. Bite and tug. Look at all the hang time pit bull videos. Jaws locked onto a knotted rope, all four paws off the ground, still tugging more and more. These pit bulls are not angry or abused. they did not give warning before attacking the rope. Biting and crushing and tearing simply feels right to them.
        
        A beagle is not angry or frightened when it acts on beagle instinct to bark sniff and chase rabbits, over the rabbit runs for its life!.
        
        The victim can vary. Changing an normally social animal to kill its own kind for absolutely no reason at all, far from home in a distant pit with no resources at all to guard, is a horrific mutation.
        
        Since killing your own kind, even opposite sex puppies, is such a despicable sociopathic change, no other species is safe.
        
        There's a video of a good game, which means insane, pit killing his own puppy that came for a visit.
        YouTube "Pitbull attack pit bull puppy shot killed by police."
        
        There are accounts of bff pits, who lived together for years, suddenly fighting. If enough adults are there to stop the fight before it's fatal, afterwards the dogs will lick each other's wounds.
        
        But they warn: these dogs will fight again, if permitted, and they will get better at mauling each other, until they kill.
        
        Normal dogs need to be angry or frightened to attack and kill. Good pitbulls do not. They will attack and kill simply because they are aware of a victim, and because instinct tells them to attack.
        
        That's how, in the past decade, over 35 adult, I repeat adult, pit bull owners have been killed by their own "good" game – insane pitbulls.
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        I think that's much of what makes pit bulls such a killer. They bred the ones that had little to no problem killing other dogs and then there is the "gameness" thing too. That combination obviously creates a canine serial killer.
        
        The effort it must have took to select the ones who ignore dog's social protocol and kill another dog. It's one of the reasons dog fighters love pit bulls.
        
        Many other breeds would have a very difficult time killing other dogs for little to no reason. Sure dogs can get into a scuffle but what pit bulls do goes way beyond the typical scuffle. They want to kill.
      - Lloyd Marcom
        
        There are accounts of all breeds of dogs living together for years and then fighting. Even to the death. Even to the point of never being able to be with each other again because they will fight again possibly to the death. It's canine behavior and a possibility not solely attributable to pit types. If by "Normal" you mean non-pit dogs need to be frightened or angry to attack and kill, you're wrong. Ill tempered dogs of any kind can display that behavior. I've witnessed it first hand. If by "normal" you mean mentally stable, then yes, I agree, "normal" dogs don't attack for no reason and overbreeding of pit bulls over the past couple decades has led to some very unstable dogs in some populations that should have been culled. Banning the breed won't stop it. Let's get to the bottom of it in the breeding.
      - Anna
        
        There's no reasoning with these people, they're just happy to keep their heads up their behinds.
        
        Banning bully breeds wouldn't have stopped my mobility assistance dog from being attacked by 2 Labs, 2 German Shepherd Dogs, and 2 Jack Russell Terriers. It wouldn't have stopped that horrid Lab/Poodle mix from chasing me down my street trying to kill me. Or that Border Collie from charging at me. They don't care if people are attacked and killed by other breeds. They just scream and say it's a Pit Bull, when it's not.
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        Your comment, "Banning bully breeds wouldn't have stopped my mobility assistance dog from being attacked by 2 Labs, 2 German Shepherd Dogs, and 2 Jack Russell Terriers."
        
        Fatal attacks by Pit bulls = 19
        
        Fatal GSD, Golden Retriever, Rottweiler, Laborador Retriever, Border Collie, Chihuahua, French Bulldog, Great Dane attacks on humans.
        
        2015 Fatal Attacks by ALL other breeds = 1
        2015 Fatal Attacks by ALL sharks = 1
        
        September 2015
        Salton Sea, CA Emilio Rios, 65, Fatal pit bull attack
        
        August 2015
        Cooleemee, NC Cathy Wheatcraft, 48, Fatal pit bull attack
        Spartanburg, SC Nicole Cartee, 25, Fatal pit bull attack
        
        July 2015
        Redbird, OK Carolyn Sue Lamp 67, Fatal pit bull attack
        Shaker Heights, OH Annie Williams, 71, Fatal pit bull attack
        Henderson County, SC Joshua Strother, 6, Fatal pit bull attack
        Pecos, TX Norberto Legarda, 83 Fatal pit bull attack
        
        June 2015
        Comanche County, OK Jordan Collins-Tyson, 3 Fatal Pit bull attack
        
        May 2015
        Cook County, IL James Nevils III, 5 Fatal pit bull attack
        Canyon Lake, TX Gaege Ramirez, 7 Fatal pit bull attack
        
        April 2015
        Dallas County, TX Brayden Wilson, < 1 Fatal pit bull attack
        Nye County, NV Kenneth Ford, 79 Fatal pit bull attack
        
        March 2015
        Jefferson County, AR De'trick Johnson, 36 Fatal pit bull attack
        Ohio County, WV Roy Higgenbotham Jr., 62 Fatal pit bull attack
        Sulphur Springs, TX Betty Wood, 78, Fatal Rottweiler attack
        
        February 2015
        Allegheny County, PA TayLynn DeVaughn, 2 Fatal pit bull attack
        Coal Hill, AK Frederick Crutchfield, 63, Fatal pit bull attack
        
        January 2015
        Page County, IA Malaki Mildward, 7 Fatal pit bull attack
        Hernando County, FL Declan Moss, 18-months Fatal pit bull attack
        Frederick County, MD Eugene Smith, 87 Fatal pit bull attack
      - Anna
        
        That's still less than 1% of the entire population of bully breeds.
      - Lloyd Marcom
        
        Animals are neither "sane" or "insane" nor are they serial killers. Anthropomorphism is part of the problem with these debates.
      - Jaloney Caldwell
        
        no your logic is flawed. You breed a monster and its not something that can be controlled. No other dog was purposely bred to fight and they were first bred to bring down bears in bloody shows that the English liked to watch with their company. If you raised a race of humans to fight other humans to the death would you expect these humans to not also lash out at other animals? Noone has that much control over an animal and people aggressive dogs were not culled out of the bloodlines. The majority of pitbulls died young in the pits or were used as bait dogs when they lost their vigor. Latent genes for neurological problems that might be activated later in life would never be identified or weed out of the bloodlines.
      - NotDogs
        
        God, Lloyd. Are you serious? Dogs can't discriminate their targets. Not if they are pit bulls. No logic here. They are pit bull type dogs, get it? Normal dogs don't kill their owners. Logic. Oh brother.
      - Lloyd Marcom
        
        Unstable dogs kill their owners. The number one cause of canine instability is indiscriminate over breeding. These dogs have been overbred for the past 3 decades by people who shouldn't be breeding them. It's not a coincidence that violence has increased. The vast majority of pit bull types are great dogs. The unstable ones are the problem and we can fix that by addressing breeding practices and legislation and focusing our attention on fighting dog fighting and not each other.
      - Debbie Bell
        
        Good post. Listen to the narrators on the "sporting dog yard" videos, as they give a tour of their fighting dog yard. " this one is a 3 time champion (3 dog fights), and then that one stopped (killed) Jojo in 43 minutes.
      - Debbie Bell
        
        Why do all those beagle owners train their beagles to bark that annoying beagle bark?
        
        They don't. It's instinct.
      - Debbie Bell
        
        A, no. In one of Stratton's books, he writes about famous dog fights decade by decade. One fight was between Corvino's Blackie and Wallace's King Cotton.
        
        Stratton explains that Blackie was not a favorite, as he was a maneater, and maneaters were thought to not be "dead game". No comment about man eaters being killed, instead maneaters were not insane enough to fight up to the point where they were almost dead from exhaustion, blood loss, shock so they were not held in the highest esteem.
        
        He describes the fight: wire mesh over the top of the pit protected the spectators, Blackie was led into the ring on three leashes held by three strong men, the referee held a club for protection. The decade? 1950"s.
        
        In another book it describes the different types of maneaters.
        
        One type of maneater that will attack a human out of frustration when it cannot reach another victim such as another dog or a horse. Another type of maneater will randomly attack anyone. These are only for professionals, the book suggests.
      - Lloyd Marcom
        
        Maneaters or man biters occur in every breed. Every. Single. Breed. Stratton actually describes 3 types of maneaters (if you are going to use his work, at least be accurate about it) and though it's been a while since I've read through his work I think even he states that. Some of it's behavior (the aggression redirecting, the snapping at people in certain circumstances) and some of it's bad genetics. There are whack a doos in every breed and they should be humanely euthanized, even if the only damage they can do is to my pant leg.
        
        Human aggression was specifically bred OUT ofthese dogs for hundreds of years. "Maneaters" as you call them were unstable and would have been culled especially since they weren't focused enough to be game. Unfortunately, a couple things happened. Breeders ended up with those odd dogs who were good in the ring and who were also human aggressive. Their greed got the better of them and they continued breeding those dogs (even though there's no guarantee that breeding a good fighting dog will necessarily produce another good fighting dog) trying to mantain their fighting lineage even though there temperaments were awful.
        
        It's important to remember that those these dogs existed, they were anomalous to the type and should have not been further bred. Also, there were millions of other pits that were bred for stability around people. While the population may be sullied by some bad breeding, certainly the entire type is not bad (you can't undo 100 or so years of breeding that quickly from an entire population).
        
        The problem we have today is an extension of that original problem. We have bad breeders who are breeding these dogs specifically for human aggression which is a recipe for disaster given their other proclivities (as well as people who specifically look to these dogs for human aggressive traits because they don't understand the implications), some fighters who are more than likely breeding these dogs for sport still and rather than culling the aggressive ones, selling them because they aren't good for fighting and back yard breeders who don't know what to look for and what to cull in any given litter and pass bad genes on.
        
        We don't need to ban this breed because not all of these dogs are bad. We need to have good ownership to identify behaviors that need to be corrected or dogs that need to be euthanized but more importantly, we need stronger legislation and punishment for dog fighting in this country. I would much rather we all spend our time figuring out how to stop this problem in the right way than argue constantly about the pit bull type in general.
      - Jaloney Caldwell
        
        people are animals and many times pitbulls do not discriminate between the animals they attack. They attack seals, deer, people, and defenseless babies. When dog fighting was legal, no one spent millions of dollars to promote the overpopulation of this breed and dog fighters advised people to not own the dogs as pets.
    - Debbie Bell
      
      Proof is the dog fighters USA and UK "kill or die trying" style, all choose only pits.
  - Mary Ann Redfern
    
    Pit bulls are now, therefore, WORSE than when they were kept hidden from the authorities for the purpose of dog fighting. THEN, they simply killed each other, something they ENJOY, as they were BRED for it. Dogs ENJOY doing what they were BRED for. Pit bulls are DOGS…they do not know that what they are doing is morally wrong in humans' eyes. NOW, they kill whatever is HANDY…or die trying…literally. Really, Lloyd….THINK, man, THINK. Use your head for something other than just a hat rack.
  - Debbie Bell
    
    Pits were bred to be insane. Their goal is to maul. Victims include their own kind, so these otherwise social animals needed to be made maniacal mutants to fight to the death over NOTHING.
- Anna
  
  LMAO, you have no clue about stress signals do you? ALL dogs exhibit stress signals before they attack, sometimes weeks, or even months or years beforehand. There's no such thing as an unexpected, unprovoked and unbridled aggression. Since aggression is always genetic, it's to be expected in dogs bred for aggression. It's the OWNER'S fault for not doing their proper research and preparing to handle it responsibly. Keep APBTs away from other dogs at all times and provide an appropriate outlet for that aggression (like hog hunting), cull all poorly bred specimens, and there wouldn't be any more problems.
  - Mary Ann Redfern
    
    Pit bulls were bred for the fighting pits over 200 years ago in England. They were bred with the traits that would make them a good pit fighting dog…including not giving a signal that they are about to attack. That was a real advantage in a fighting pit, but it has been disastrous for pit bulls' victims. Don't ever expect a warning from a fighting breed dog…you won't get one. It will be on your face or neck with no notice. YOU need to read up on the bully breeds…their history and original breeding. YOU have no clue.
  - http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org Budhita
    
    Hmm. That's funny… in all five attacks I witnessed, all five beasts gave zero warning.
    
    Myth #6: Pit bulls are not unpredictable
    
    Despite pro-pit bull claims that pit bulls are not unpredictable, the breed frequently attacks without provocation or warning. It is well documented by humane groups that to excel in dogfighting, pit bulls were selectively bred to conceal warning signals prior to an attack. For instance, a pit bull may not growl, bare its teeth or offer a direct stare before it strikes. Unlike all other dog breeds, pit bulls are also disrespectful of traditional signs of submission and appeasement.16
    
    According to expert Randall Lockwood, pit bulls are also liars. In a 2004 law enforcement training video, taped when Lockwood was vice president for research and educational outreach for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), he shares the following story:
    
    "Fighting dogs lie all the time. I experienced it first hand when I was investigating three pit bulls that killed a little boy in Georgia. When I went up to do an initial evaluation of the dog's behavior, the dog came up to the front of the fence, gave me a nice little tail wag and a "play bow" — a little solicitation, a little greeting. As I got closer, he lunged for my face."17
    
    If a pit bull can fool an expert such as Lockwood, how can the average citizen anticipate a pit bull's future action? In a separate example, animal behavioral expert Peter Borchelt was sued after the pit bull he was training for a client "suddenly" attacked an ex-fireman. After encountering Gabriel Febbraio on the street and assuring him that the pit bull was friendly, the dog broke free from Borchelt and attacked Febbraio in the groin. The jury awarded Febbraio $1 million dollars.18
    
    http://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pit-bull-myths.php
  - http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org Budhita
    
    Bred to fight. End of story.
  - jeff holden
    
    When was the last time a pit was culled??? You can't even put a pit to sleep that bit somebody without nutters starting a change.org petition to save "The Furbaby"
Helga Joubert

Cue the pit nutters: "Pit bulls are the most LOYAL breed ever. My pittie wouldn't hurt a fly!" Or, "They must have trained the dog to attack."

No, it's a pit bull doing what it's supposed to do.
- Debbie Bell
  
  Loyal like stalkers are loyal.
  
  Loyal like ex's are loyal and you need to get a PFA against them.
Gabriel Barros

Pit bull problems
Gabriel Barros

Pit bulls tend to go for the face.

"The couple was seriously wounded from the attack, said the director. He said both of them are receiving treatment at the hospital. He said for the moment the couple’s children are in the car of grandparents."
Anna

There's no mention of proof of pedigree or UKC and/or ADBA paperwork. So you can't call it a purebred anything, let alone a purebred American Pit Bull Terrier, which is the only breed of "Pit Bull". Just another mongrel mauling. Cull all mongrels and purebreds not specifically and professionally bred and trained for work.
- Marisa Nordstrom
  
  Anna – so what… only you claim that nonsense. We only claim that all these maulers look like pits and that's good enough for triers of fact and jurists, but will never convince pit liars.
  - Anna
    
    It's not nonsense when it's true. It's not good enough when thousands of mutts that somehow look just slightly like a Pit get put down, when they haven't done anything. It's not good enough when you have no real proof. If a dog doesn't have its UKC and/or ADBA paperwork and pedigree, it can't be called an APBT. Period. It's not factual in any way, you're kind are the liars. I'm willing to bet nearly 95% of dogs that maul people don't have any of that, so they aren't "Pit Bulls", just mutts.
    - NotDogs
      
      Anna, do you really think we care if you want to try and put lipstick on a pig? Bottom line is the legal definition. And that definition dear lady, lumps your precious "purebreds" in with all of the "mongrels" called "pit bull type dogs". You are breeding a loser. People are sick of your dog and we will get rid of it.
      - Anna
        
        I'll be danged if I allow ignoramuses kill 20+ breeds, including the Labrador Retriever, because meh love, the description also includes them.
        
        All these dogs are labeled "Pit Bulls", but only three have APBT blood in them.
        
        http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/uploaded_files/tinymce/Pit%20Bull%20ID%20Poster.pdf
        
        The problem with the description:
        
        http://stopbsl.org/bsloverview/impossibleid/
        
        Lab nearly been taken away because of BSL
        
        http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/articles/breedbanslabradormistake.htm
        
        And finally, what is a "Pit Bull"
        
        http://www.pitbulltruth.org/what-is-a-pit-bull/
        
        I REFUSE to visit cities and countries with BSL. I do not want my Lab taken from me.
        
        I don't care if you don't like them. I don't either. But it is WRONG to want to get rid of them, when less than 1% are the only ones that have caused harm.
    - Marisa Nordstrom
      
      When you read a news article and the first words describe the dog as a pit bull, who are you come along and tell all the readers and commenters it isn't a pit bull without it's paperwork being presented to you (you'd argue with that as well). You're a biased commenter with no proof to back up your comments. Get a Malinois and go busy yourself with agility competitions and ribbons and meetings and back slapping and tangling yourself up with everybody's ridiculous opinions in those forums.
- Debbie Bell
  
  UKC abpt can be dual registered as AKC American Staffordshire Terriers.
  
  Ambulls used to be called American PIT Bulldogs.
  
  You may want to deceive and mislead, but this was one happy pit bull in action!
  - Anna
    
    AmStaffs are a distinct breed now thanks to selective breeding. They came from APBTs but diverged into their own bloodlines. They are bred purely for show, and a real dogman would never use one because their dog aggression and gameness has been so diluted. American Bulldogs are nothing more than Pit mixes bred for work. The UKC recognizes the American Bully, White German Shepherd Dog (yuck) and American Bulldog as purebreds, so I question the validity of their organization plus they recognize the parti Poodle, (double yuck).
    
    Yes I am a purebred snob and proud to be one. I would NEVER buy any bully breed, because I have no use for one. My dream dog is the Malinois.
Yotie

I'd love to see this family's FB page before they wipe all references to Cuddlebutt.
Debbie Bell

As the dogmen have said: "you can take the dog out of the fight, but you can't take the fight out of the dog."
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Zachary Wright 2 years old attacked by family Pit Bull
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Victoria Attacked by a pit bull type dog
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Levi Watson killed by a Pit Bull Type Dog
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Mother kisses her baby goodbye after the child is fatally mauled by a pit bull 2013 fatality Tyler Jett 7 yrs old Callaway FL
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Six-year-old Zainabou Drame had her tongue ripped out and was rendered Mute by a pit bull attack
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Johnna Harvards son killed by a Pit Bull
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JORDAN ARNDT died April 23 2013 killed by a pit bull type dog
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Kara Hartrich on the left with her little sister, who was killed by the family pit bull on her 4th birthday
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Kaylie Foster, 3 year old pit bull type dog attack victim Mauled by a family Pit Bull type dog
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BADRAP

Oakland residents Tim Racer and Donna Reynolds in 1999 founded BADRAP, the other anticipated cauldron of opposition to Katz’ leadership at Oakland Animal Services, “to secure the future of the American Pit Bull Terrier as a cherished family companion.”

BADRAP has promoted pit bull sterilization, and has decried the myth that pit bulls were ever a “nanny dog,” but has had difficultly persuading even BADRAP volunteers to follow the organization’s list of rules for keeping pit bulls safely. BADRAP volunteer Darla Napora, 32, was in violation of several of those rules when fatally mauled in her home in Pacifica, California on August 11, 2011 by her two-year-old non-neutered pit bull terrier Gunner, whom police shot at the scene.

To blame BADRAP alone for the national trends pertaining to pit bulls since 1999 would be unfair. Also of note is that some of the most vehement pit bull advocacy critics of Katz’ tenure in San Francisco have assailed BADRAP too.

Nonetheless, comparison of the post-BADRAP trends to Katz’s accomplishments in San Francisco may be instructive.

When BADRAP debuted, about two million pit bulls were in U.S. homes at any given time, of whom about 700,000 would be surrendered to animal shelters or impounded for dangerous behavior within a year’s time, and about 630,000 would be killed.

Currently, about 3.5 million pit bulls are in U.S. homes at any given time, of whom about one million per year are surrendered to animal shelters or impounded for dangerous behavior within a year’s time, and about 910,000 are killed.

In 1999, pit bulls were about 3% of the U.S. dog population, but accounted for 17% of shelter dog admissions.

Since 2000, pit bulls have increased to about 5% of the U.S. dog population, but were about 25% of shelter dog admissions and 50% of the dogs killed in shelters during the 10 years ending in 2009.

Pit bulls since 2010 have increased to almost a third of shelter dog admissions nationally, and more 60% of the dogs killed in shelters.

In the 17 years before BADRAP debuted, 400 pit bulls had injured at least 175 children & 166 adults, resulting in 36 fatalities and 186 disfigurements.

Post-BADRAP, more than 3,100 pit bulls have participated in injuring at least 2,300 people, including 1,200 children and 1,100 adults. These pit bull attacks have resulted in 258 fatalities and more than 1,900 disfigurements.

In the year 1999, when BADRAP debuted, 791 pit bulls were seized in dogfighting cases nationwide, up from 365 in 1998 and 95 in 1997. The post-BADRAP annual average is close to 1,000.
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This was it's long time owner that the Pit Bull killed and ate alive.
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773% rise in fatal & disfiguring pit bull attacks from 2007 to 2014

Steep rises in all categories of attack
The number of pit bulls involved in fatal and disfiguring attacks has risen since 2007 from 78 to 603;

the number of child victims has increased from 30 to 264;

the number of adult victims has increased from 23 to 279;

the number of deaths directly inflicted by pit bulls is up from 13 to 31,
one short of the high of 32 reached in 2012; and the number of disfigurements has soared from 37 to 451.

Another 120 people were injured by pit bulls in 2014 but not killed or disfigured in attacks in which someone else was killed or disfigured.
- Anna
  
  That photo is of an American Bully, not an APBT, which is the only breed of "Pit Bull".
  - http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney
    
    All Pit Bull Type Dogs must be Banned:
    Including pit bulls (American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire bull terriers, American pit bull terriers, and the following pit bull mix offshoots American Bulldog, Bull mastiffs, dogo argentinos, fila brasieros, presa canarios, Japanese Tosa, cane corsos, Bandog, Boerboel, Rhodesian Ridgeback, & Catahoula Bulldog and their mixes and any dog generally recognized as a pit bull or pit bull terrier and includes a dog of mixed breed with predominant pit bull or pit bull terrier characteristics)
    - Anna
      
      There is only one freaking Pit Bull, the American Pit Bull Terrier.There is no Pit Bull type. The type is Bull and Terrier, which only 6 breeds belong to, the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier, Miniature Bull Terrier, and Boston Terrier. You try to ban the rest of those breeds I GUARANTEE you will be faced with thousands of angry dog owners, including myself, and I don't even own or like APBTs. I do however LOVE the Rhodesian Ridgeback, they are gorgeous and have amazing temperaments. The Catahoula Bulldog does not exist, it's the Catahoula Leopard Dog.
      
      There are working purposes for these dogs, which they need to be able to do. Pet owners really make me laugh.
      - Gabriel Barros
        
        A "pit bull," is defined as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one (1) or more of the above breeds, or any dog exhibiting those distinguishing characteristics which substantially conform to the standards established by the American Kennel Club or United Kennel Club for any of the above breeds. Dias v. City & County of Denver, 567 F.3d 1169, 1173 (10th Cir. Colo. 2009)
        
        THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,t v. ANDERSON, APPELLEE.
        
        Pit bull dogs possess unique and readily identifiable physical and behavioral traits which are capable of recognition both by dog owners of ordinary intelligence and by enforcement personnel. Consistent and detailed descriptions of the pit bull dog may be found in canine guidebooks, general reference books, state statutes and local ordinances, and state and federal case law dealing with pit bull legislation. By reference to these sources, a dog owner of ordinary intelligence can determine if he does in fact own a dog commonly known as a pit bull dog within the meaning of R.C. 955.11 (A)(4)(a)(iii).
      - Anna
        
        From RealPitBull.com "
        The term “Pit Bull” as used in these pages, is meant to refer to the
        American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) breed ONLY. This is a purebred
        recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the American Dog
        Breeders Association (ADBA). However, the media, legislators and others
        use this same term incorrectly to describe a certain group of dogs that
        actually includes several breeds and types. Included in this group are:
        American Pit Bull Terriers/American Staffordshire Terriers, and
        Staffordshire Bull Terriers, sometimes Bull Terriers and American
        Bulldogs, mixes with percentage of blood of any one of these breeds
        and dogs that simply look like these breeds. Understandably, many
        people are confused about what a “Pit Bull” actually is, since the popular
        public definition is so wide and the breeds above actually share similar
        history and physical characteristics.
        
        The broader use of the term “Pit Bull” is a fairly new development, and
        seemingly the roots of the redefinition lie with the misinformed media.
        Along with the myriad myths propagated by careless reporting came
        misapplication of the nickname “Pit Bull”. The American Pit Bull Terrier
        literally had its name stolen and applied to all manner of breeds and
        mixes that had never before been so called. Indeed, ask a Staffordshire
        bull terrier, Bull Terrier, or American Bulldog owner if their dog is a ‘Pit
        Bull’ and you will hear a resounding, “No!” The American Pit Bull Terrier is
        the only breed with the words “pit” and “bull” actually in its name, and
        the only one of the above breeds/types that is most commonly, correctly,
        and historically, called a "Pit Bull"
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        The Catahoula Bulldog does exist, it is a pit bull/Catahoula Leopard Dog mix.
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        It is widely acknowledged there is a pit bull type dog with all the same precursor genetics of the American pit bull terrier which starting about 800 years ago was the Ol English Bulldogge, the APBT is just one pit bull type dog.
        
        The Bull Terrier, Miniature Bull Terrier, and Boston terrier is Not and has no genetic precursor such as the APBT has.
        
        the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier are one and the same, 6 of one half a dozen of another.
Jaloney Caldwell

what a wonderful experience for a 11 year old boy.. watch mom and dad get mauled.. NOT. Choose a breed that doesn't have unstable genes that suddenly morph changing sweetie into a monster.
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org Budhita

Why is 'viciously' in 'quotations'? Perhaps they want to throw in 'alleged' too?
- Gabriel Barros
  
  I thought the same thing!
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The American Staffordshire Terrier is in fact the same dog as an American Pit Bull Terrier, but registered by a different kennel club.

At the turn of the 20th century, the pit bull breeders wanted the respectability of AKC recognition, but the AKC was reluctant to register fighting dogs. The AKC finally recognized the American Pit Bull Terrier in 1936 after decades of lobbying by pit bull breeders.

John P. Colby’s champion fighter, American Pit Bull Terrier ‘Primo’, formed the basis for the breed standard of the ‘new‘ AKC breed – but the AKC wasn’t willing to have the word ‘pit bull’ in the ‘ new’ breed’s name.

The ‘new’ pit bull breed was dubbed ‘the Staffordshire Terrier’ in order to hide its relation to the pit bull and its origins and history in the fighting pit. The breed’s name was changed again to American Staffordshire Terrier in 1972, to distinguish the larger American version from the smaller English version (which kept the name ‘Staffordshire Bull Terrier’)1,2.

In 1972, the breed register was also re-opened for a time to allow people to register their UKC registered pit bull as an American Staffordshire Terrier if they regretted not having done so earlier.

Because of their shared ancestry, history, function and genetics, we refer you further to our page about the American Pit Bull Terrier, since the information you need to have is identical.

In North America, from 1982-2013, Pit Bull breeds and mixes have seriously attacked 2,990 humans that resulted in 1,777 maimings and 275 deaths.
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Black bears have killed 61 Americans since 1900, including six in the past five years .
Pit Bulls killed 28 people in 2014, just one year and people bring them in their house. So on average a black bear kills a American every 688 days and a pit bull kills a American every 13 days.

Why do people understand bears are dangerous and call pit bulls nanny dogs ?
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Ah, the breed-name game. Before you try to play it, better to know some history. 'Bulldog' is the dogman's generic term for all of the various pit-fighting, hog-shredding bulldog types. Doesn't matter whether some chi-chi kennel club has dubbed them Pit Bull, Am Staff, Dogo, Cane Corso, bullmastiff, or what. All of them are genetically from the same very narrow gene pool.

John P. Colby (mentioned above) used his pit-fighting, child-killing breeding stock to establish the so-called American Stafford. The Am Staff breed standard is based on Colby's pit-fighters. It's just that the AKC wouldn't recognize these pit bulldogs as a 'breed' unless with a name that hid their pit-fighting, child-killing heritage. Colby was happy to comply, since dogfighting was illegal and the market was shrinking. He needed a new market for his fighting dogs — thus didn't care if they got some chi-chi name. All the better, in fact.

The Dogo is a pit bull derivative, made by mixing local fighting types (which were already derived from the early colonial pit fighting bulldogs) with modern pit bulldogs. The cane Corso was created by mixing the local fighting mastiff, left over from Roman times (when they killed both horses and humans in the arenas) with pit fighting bulldog. Ditto the presa Canario (pit bulldog + local mastiff descended from the colonists' mastiffs, which were used to eradicate the native populations). Ditto many of the other mixes of some local fighting mastiff and pit bulldogs.

One of the newest 'breeds' is the Olde English Bulldogge, which is trying to return the Winston Churchill type bulldog to its original fighting fitness. They do this by mixing boxer, Churchill bulldog, and pit bull. The kennel clubs are all too happy to 'recognize' such pit bulldog mixes, because then they can make money on dispensing pedigrees.

It's real history. Don't try to play the breed-name game unless you know this history. Reciting kennel club advertising stories isn't good enough, doesn't count as research except perhaps into the history of deceptive marketing.
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The American Staffordshire Terrier is in fact the same dog as an American Pit Bull Terrier, but registered by a different kennel club.

At the turn of the 20th century, the pit bull breeders wanted the respectability of AKC recognition, but the AKC was reluctant to register fighting dogs. The AKC finally recognized the American Pit Bull Terrier in 1936 after decades of lobbying by pit bull breeders.

John P. Colby’s champion fighter, American Pit Bull Terrier ‘Primo’, formed the basis for the breed standard of the ‘new‘ AKC breed – but the AKC wasn’t willing to have the word ‘pit bull’ in the ‘ new’ breed’s name.

The ‘new’ pit bull breed was dubbed ‘the Staffordshire Terrier’ in order to hide its relation to the pit bull and its origins and history in the fighting pit. The breed’s name was changed again to American Staffordshire Terrier in 1972, to distinguish the larger American version from the smaller English version (which kept the name ‘Staffordshire Bull Terrier’)1,2.

In 1972, the breed register was also re-opened for a time to allow people to register their UKC registered pit bull as an American Staffordshire Terrier if they regretted not having done so earlier.

Because of their shared ancestry, history, function and genetics, we refer you further to our page about the American Pit Bull Terrier, since the information you need to have is identical.

In North America, from 1982-2013, Pit Bull breeds and mixes have seriously attacked 2,990 humans that resulted in 1,777 maimings and 275 deaths.
http://banallpitbulls.blogspot.ca/ Thomas McCartney

Ah, the breed-name game. Before you try to play it, better to know some history. 'Bulldog' is the dogman's generic term for all of the various pit-fighting, hog-shredding bulldog types. Doesn't matter whether some chi-chi kennel club has dubbed them Pit Bull, Am Staff, Dogo, Cane Corso, bullmastiff, or what. All of them are genetically from the same very narrow gene pool.

John P. Colby (mentioned above) used his pit-fighting, child-killing breeding stock to establish the so-called American Stafford. The Am Staff breed standard is based on Colby's pit-fighters. It's just that the AKC wouldn't recognize these pit bulldogs as a 'breed' unless with a name that hid their pit-fighting, child-killing heritage. Colby was happy to comply, since dogfighting was illegal and the market was shrinking. He needed a new market for his fighting dogs — thus didn't care if they got some chi-chi name. All the better, in fact.

The Dogo is a pit bull derivative, made by mixing local fighting types (which were already derived from the early colonial pit fighting bulldogs) with modern pit bulldogs. The cane Corso was created by mixing the local fighting mastiff, left over from Roman times (when they killed both horses and humans in the arenas) with pit fighting bulldog. Ditto the presa Canario (pit bulldog + local mastiff descended from the colonists' mastiffs, which were used to eradicate the native populations). Ditto many of the other mixes of some local fighting mastiff and pit bulldogs.

One of the newest 'breeds' is the Olde English Bulldogge, which is trying to return the Winston Churchill type bulldog to its original fighting fitness. They do this by mixing boxer, Churchill bulldog, and pit bull. The kennel clubs are all too happy to 'recognize' such pit bulldog mixes, because then they can make money on dispensing pedigrees.

It's real history. Don't try to play the breed-name game unless you know this history. Reciting kennel club advertising stories isn't good enough, doesn't count as research except perhaps into the history of deceptive marketing.
dane

everybody should do a favor and just shut the fuck up lol all of you look stupid as shit argueing on a comment section of a website, get a fucking life , if you don't like put ills stfu about it nobody cares what you say it isn't going to change what people feel about them idiots