 Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
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Some dogs do adore children, I have one of them, when we are out and about the minute he sees a child he tries to belly crawl to them to say hi.
So possibly this dog is a big fan of kids and sensed that one was in danger.
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
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So possibly this dog is a big fan of kids and sensed that one was in danger.
But how does this dog "sense" that the kid is in danger? From the article the child wasn't threatened, the mother was and then for only a very short time before the dog supposedly intervened. The child himself didn't even know he was in danger........so where does the dog pick up on this magic signal that a child is in danger and that it must come to his aid?
We're making the dog into a miracle worker to imagine that it has this magical power that allows it to determine that a total stranger is in danger - this just doesn't happen in anywhere but make believe land.
I'm not saying all this to be argumentative, but this just makes no sense whatsoever.
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
[Re: Will Rambeau ]
#215664 - 11/11/2008 05:04 PM |
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I actually agree with you, I was grasping at straws lol, I'd like to think of the dog actually doing something this amazing.
The story does sound a little fishy
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
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#215670 - 11/11/2008 05:21 PM |
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Gotta' go with Mr. Rambeu's logic on this one. Even if it is true, it's still a "pitbull mix" attacking a human, even if they deserved it.
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I agree with Will, it's a puzzle and it doesn't make sense. However what does come to mind, is that most bully breeds become very excited at the site of rough play and they want to get in on the action? maybe...?
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That maybe makes sense to me....something about the interaction set off the dog and it came forward to get in on the action.
It is a nice story though....I forwarded it to Toby without thinking about how it doesn't totally make sense, but Will is right. Shoot.
From a conspiracy theory standpoint, if the dog was apparently obviously an owned dog, maybe the dog is owned by the woman. ?? It would explain the dog's behaviour, though not hers. I'm just rampantly speculating now though 
Teagan!
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
[Re: Will Rambeau ]
#215747 - 11/12/2008 04:52 AM |
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So possibly this dog is a big fan of kids and sensed that one was in danger.
But how does this dog "sense" that the kid is in danger?
I'd like to throw one possibility, although I haven't read the article I've been interested by the thoughts on the behaviour.
It is possible for dogs to "sense" danger using a number of factors like body language, sound etc. but that aside, lets factor in scent, adrenaline, or any other chemicals given off by perp or victim.
Maybe the unique situation is not explainable by lassie type behaviour, but rather what someone else mentioned about this type of breed becoming excitable at certain stimuli? This could lead to a somewhat uncanny understanding of what is happening for the dog. I don't mean that the dog knows there are people being mugged, but more that there is a danger/threat in it's territory and it doesn't like it, maybe because it's the dominant force there?
Just a thought and maybe way off the wall
John
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
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#215750 - 11/12/2008 06:58 AM |
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I rarely pass on crazy news stories because I know news stories can be skewed, sometimes rather dramatically.
Maybe this story is far-fetched. However, my own GSD I've owned since he was a pup goes into protection/ defender mode when my boyfriend "playfully" acts aggressively toward me, or I toward him. If either of us shows a threatening behavior to the other (all in good fun! We aren't beating on each other over here, I swear!!) the dog reacts immediately and comes toward us, growling, ready to get into the fray.
It's so strange. I don't know where he got that from. I realize I don't have a protection trained dog, so who knows how he'd act if I were out walking and someone tried to really attack me. But maybe he'd snarl and act aggressively enough in the attackers direction that it'd scare off someone. Plenty of crazy people out there.
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Re: Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child from Attacke
[Re: David Snellbaker ]
#215762 - 11/12/2008 08:19 AM |
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I agree with Will, it's a puzzle and it doesn't make sense. However what does come to mind, is that most bully breeds become very excited at the site of rough play and they want to get in on the action? maybe...?
This makes sense, and I see it w/ my bullmastiff mix all the time...
That being said, the other day we were in our front yard (she had a long line on) and a young couple approached us from about 60' away. The young man had his girlfriend from behind in a bear hug amd was picking her up and dropping her as they were moving down the sidewalk. She was laughing and screaming as he was doing this. As they approached to about 30-40' away, Chula started barking and growling and looked like she was about to charge them. I grabbed her line and hauled her in, and she continued to bark and growl until they passed. I wasn't sure how to interpret this; did she think the girl was being attacked, or was it just the commotion they were making? (She doesn't normally react this way when she sees new people...)
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