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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/12/10/dnt.dog.saves.family.kwtv

"D-Boy was now recovering at home with his family.
She didn't know who the intruder was or why he picked her home."



I'm going to copy a insightful comment from another forum that Officer ( and forum member ) Chris Duhon made about this:

"Well, I'm not one to prejudge, but I see some hidden meaning here. Great for the dog as he doesn't get to pick his owners as they do him.
Being a cop I can tell you, "D-boy" is a nickname and adjective commonly used on the streets to mean "Dopeboy" which refers to your local street corner drug dealer. You even see thugs wearing a pillsbury "dopeboy" t-shirt with the pillsbury doughboy baking crack. For a citizen to name their dog, "D-boy" tells me something about the owners. I think the answer to her question of why she got her door kicked in in a classic home invasion lies in the dogs name. As if Pits don't have enough to deal with without dumb owners and thugs naming them "D-boy". Sounds like a typical household where they get pits to guard the house and the stash. We had to kill one pit not long ago and dog catcher was ale to get the other so we could get to the dope that was stashed outside under two dog houses."




As Chris said, there is likely a lot more to this story than is being let on - and I'd bet a large wager that this was over drugs.

Thanks for the insight Will. Lots of pits around here that live as guard dogs. Lots of dope and crack dealers too though. The guard pit down the street loves Lemonheads(candy). He lives at a construction site to protect against looters. It's sad because he's such an awesome dog but he seems to enjoy protecting "his" territory.

Yeah, it's always a shame to see a selflish and loyal dog put his life in danger protecting dirtbag owners protecting their drug turf.

 Quote: will rambeau

We had to kill one pit not long ago and dog catcher was ale to get the other so we could get to the dope that was stashed outside under two dog houses."

Standard operating procedure in da hood. It's one of the first places we look during a search warrant. You'd think they would learn. Another is a room full of pits with a hole cut through the floor to put the poop and hide the dope when we come a knockin.

I am afraid the insight here is probably good insight, but it is pretty cool to see a Pit Bull protect, even if the protection the dog displays could be avoided if his owners did not put him and the innocent children in unnecessary danger. Kudos to the dog, and I am still glad his hard head protected him! He deserves a new home, where his worth would be well spent!

I would call him "Good Dog", instead of D Boy....bitter sweet for me....sigh

I'm in complete agreement with you there Valerie, but I'm pretty sure that a whole lot of future drug dealers have seen that TV clip and it's further cemented the idea of having a Pit to guard their dope house.

The breed would have been better off if the reporter had looked a little closer at the story and decided not to air it.

Can't win this one, Will. Censor the clip cause it's a Pit, or encourage the drug dealers by saying something good about a Pit. Someone's gonna be unhappy.

I have seen this discussed on many forums and I agree, the situation of it all seems fishy. With that said I think it was horrible for APBT's.
They story was not good for the image of the breed for many reasons.

I agree it's too bad for the dog he couldn't pick his owners. And maybe this wasn't the best story to tell, but I don't see how that takes away from his courage and effort to protect his owners, crackhead or not. This poor breed can never win. No matter what they do.