Here is the Link, If it has alreaady been posted sorry about that. Please disregard.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-603pitbull,0,6980598.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

And of course:

"but no one claimed ownership."

Stuff like this is why the public goes along with BSL......

Great...just what these dogs and owners need

This is my worst case scenario. If i go down my dogs will protect me from "agressors" . Unfortunatly they don't know the difference between a criminal and a paramedic.

Greetings

Johan

I wonder if they exited the ambulance and did not see the dog at first?
We had a run here about a year ago with a male in diabetic shock and when we pulled up on scene, 5 PB's came out from underneath the porch and "swarmed" our rig acting aggressively. I had to make my partner (who was a male) stay inside the rig while we called the landline number to the house and I made them carry the man out to us.
Good thing I did too because the neighbors said that the dogs had been terrorizing the housing complex earlier that day and had bitten the owner while he was trying to get them back in the yard.
So, not only did we treat him for diabetic shock, but a severe bit on his hand as well. Broken fingers and all. He did not want the bite treated since he was afraid they would kill his dogs. His fingers were taped with duct tape and popsicle sticks.

Running on an ambulance can be downright frustrating at times since people do not think things like containing their dogs that will bite. Not their fault at all, they are preoccupied, but most I have run into are pretty understanding when we will not exit the rig until the dogs are contained.

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Here is the Link, If it has alreaady been posted sorry about that. Please disregard.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-603pitbull,0,6980598.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Loose Pit Bull? No owner? Equates to a doggy dirt nap to me. Who ever said it was quite correct, the Pit Bull breeds do not need this. It is disheartning to see....sure wish some training information or helpful advice could be squeezed out of all these lovely articles vs just being thrown out for shock value I suppose. JMHO

Well let's see beside the "no one claimed ownership" people also get away with:
"it's not my dog,but it's in my back yard"
"It's my uncles' dog"
"We just found it a few days ago"
" It's my 10 year old's dog"

You're safe from any responsibilities in most state if you have any of the above excuses!!!

Again just my opinion but the dog needs to be destroyed. A PB that attacks people is wired wrong probably due to poor breeding. There are no acceptable excuses. For a breed fighting for it's existance, any dog that cannot be a good example should not be....

i dont think this has a reflection on the dogs breeding or wiring..i think this is just a reflection on the dogs nature...its not the dogs fault..its the owners fault...1stly if u own or get a dog of this nature u have to ensure the dog is not left to roam freely and that if u are unable to restrain the dog for any reason that the dog is not a danger to other...
my dogs when not under my control are always under lockup...behind bolted gates and fences. my uncles dog a st bernard very strong and aggressive nature bcoz of the way he was raised is chained to a 2 meter peg thats been driven into the ground...
its the owners fault!!!

I agree with Yusrie. After reading the article, I didn't see anywhere where the dog bit because of breed. I could easily see a GSD attacking the paramedic or Rottie, Boxer, Mastiff, Dobe...etc. An un-restrained dog is capable of anything.