It's too bad but a perfect example of dog owner ignorance and carelessness. Didn't the woman who owned the horse have a gun? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> Most people I know who live in rural areas have at least one rifle or shot gun.

We had an AB attack our horses. This was a dog someone brought out to be evaluated for training. After we were done she put the dog in her SUV secured by a steel cable. The dog broke it, got out and right into our horses pasture. The owner was USELESS, just stood there like a limp noodle, so my hubby went in there after the dog, he managed, eventually, to catch him, at which point the dog turned around and attacked him, leaving him so very nice puncture wounds! The dog had ripped two 12-15inch long 'slits' all the way down our 2yr old horses neck, each slit around 2inch deep, his throat was more or less totally open.

We were not living on the property at the time (just in the process of moving in) so had no guns here.. if we had have, the dog would be dead.

Funny thing is, our other horse, a big QH, (who the dog was also going after) kicked the dog, full throttle, both back feet, half way across the pasture several times. We were SURE the dog would have internal injures.. but nope, not a thing!

After that incident we tell everyone who comes out here.. use to lines on the field, dog HAS to be crated in the truck.. if your dog goes after my horses it gets shot, Period, No questions.

Very sad story.

Is sad to see because if that would of been another breed of dog it wouldnt have made news. Damn media always want to hype crap like that. The dam and sire of a GSD I had killed a small cow and that never made the news. Or it is a pitbull mix <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> so that can cover their asses.

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if that would of been another breed of dog it wouldnt have made news

I have a feeling that it was more the owner of the horse that forced it into being an issue. In my hometown in Missouri, we had similar things happen. 2 rotts got a horse, but they guy owned the rotts and the horse, so no public story, even though animal controll was out. Few months later a couple of mix dog got a foal that was out at pasture. BIG story that time, cause the foals owner kicked up a fuss. Its a shame that pit mixes were involved, but it could be that with this lady, it could have ben a pack of jack russels and she still would have complained. Its hard enough to replace a riding horse, even harder when you have ties to it like she did with that horse.