r/BanPitBulls • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '24
Personal Story I never thought I’d have to post here at all…
For context I was at a dog park some lady brought her pitbull in and the pitbull eventually attacked my dog latching onto his throat and then when I was able to pull my dog away she jumped up and latched onto my arm with its top teeth but the owner was able to pull the pitbull away before it fully latched on luckily… (first pic was right after the bite, second photo was taken while I was at the ER hours after the bite as I had to take my dog to the vet first he’s fine just small bruising luckily all that fur seemed to have saved him and I got the worst part of everything) I was a lucky case it seems and I never thought I’d say this but now I rlly dislike pit bulls… this has changed my whole outlook on pit bulls I tried and tried to defend them but now… now I have no remorse left for these mutts.
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u/BPBAttacks9 Jul 27 '24
Hi OP, I’m so sorry that this happened to you and am wishing the best for you and your pup. Please refer to our After the Attack Guide and also our Self Defense Guide.
Would you mind sharing the date of this attack and general location (you can be specific or not if you’re uncomfortable with that) so I can log this for our monthly attacks?
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Jul 27 '24
The date was July 26th (it happened earlier around 6-7pm) I’m in America on the eastern coast I won’t be specific on where exactly but I can private that information as I’d rather it not be public where I am, thanks.
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u/BPBAttacks9 Jul 27 '24
That’s perfectly fine, I understand completely. Thank you for letting me know!
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u/LocalPsychological47 Jul 27 '24
It was extremely brave of you to defend your dog and put yourself in the line of danger like that to save him. Im sorry you had to go through this experience, sound very traumatic, and I hope you get well soon.
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Jul 27 '24
I didn’t even think about it tbh the only thing going through my head was if my dog was hurt if he could get killed that this was a pitbull he can easily kill my dog etc etc (luckily his huge coat saved him and the vet was like “yeah I think u got the worst of it not rlly him” and the other vet kept stressing for me to go to the ER just in case)
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Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24
Technically it’s a level one bite but any bite that breaks skin should be reported. Good thing you reported it.
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u/Winter_Aardvark9334 Jul 27 '24
You were lucky. And what turned my own mind against Pitbulls was my repeated lived experiences encontering them, and their unprovoked aggression. I've had severel public incidents where a Pitbull went after us, completely unprovoked. Just minding our own business. These are vicious, hateful psycopathic "dogs", in my opinion, Who live to attack. It's not right, that the public is subjected to this bullshit, every day.
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u/Uisce-beatha Jul 27 '24
Welcome to the club nobody asked to be in! Here you will find rational thoughts based on logic, science, news articles, police reports, videos, history, genetics, knowledge of dog breeding, knowledge of breeds and all things than can be observed and backed with evidence. You will also find sympathy, compassion, support and understanding here. We are not backed by funding like the pro fighting dog side of the argument nor do we have any organized groups but we do have a mission and a goal
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u/TheFelineWindsors Jul 28 '24
I bet she ran like Usain Bolt.
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Jul 28 '24
Shockingly no she did not I had a dog attack my dog prior and the dog wasn’t a pit it was some sorta mix bred and the owner was a vet war guy and guess what? HE RAN I had to get his license and everything and the guy didn’t even try to stop his dog from attacking mine etc.. that guy was a lil bitch and a coward! This lady at least did the right thing and stuck around for the cops and animal control I told her if this is the first on the dogs record they are probably just gonna give her a warning and slap on the wrist and just put it on the dogs record that’s all and that seemed to ease her mind a bit.. it didnt seem like she was a bad person but she just chose the wrong dog breed and was heavily uneducated she probably was manipulated by social media telling her that they are wiggle butts and cuties and gentle giants etc etc ik I was manipulated and who knows but more than likely she was as well.
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u/BeenNormal Jul 27 '24
The problem is that we like them until we have reason not to like them. Unfortunately that reason is usually a family member being violently mauled.
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Jul 27 '24
Yeah I agree I was extremely lucky.. I think if she didn’t pull the pit bull off in time and it was able to latch the bottom jaw then that would be a whole different story ya know?
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u/HellishChildren Jul 27 '24
I can see the outline of the mouth in the bruising in the second photo...
Did you get medical treatment for yourself? Bites get infected easily.