I beg to disagree still.
We disagree. Ive used those collars on dogs most have the posters here would euth. They turned out to be my best friends.
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skyon-More about the tragic Virginia Beach case, by a previous adopter of the same animal, she returned the dog after two days after it attacked her adult nephew:
This article from the Virginia paper, talks about the underground transport system for dog that will be euthanized, and states that many have histories the next rescue they’re going to doesn’t have a clue about bite histories, or other issues:
The dog in this case had a bite history, was scheduled to be put down in NYC, transported to Va. Beach, and adopted out with a nice write up, ignoring the previous history of the dog. I hope the daughter of the woman who was killed wins her suit, but it won’t help what her mother went through because of this adoption.
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I’ve convinced several people that prong collars aren’t the torture devices they look like. I fastened the collar correctly around the person’s bare arm, not tight and not too loose, and gave a tug on it. All three times the person looked quite surprised and said that it wasn’t bad, or wasn’t what they expected at all. They really are safer for a dog than a metal choke collar, used appropriately. They look scary, but apply pressure very evenly, and not painfully.
I’ve had one very stubborn whippet (out of 6) who wore one being walked, when I had tennis elbow. Even though she’d lean into the prong collar while walking and she had very short hair, she never once even got a scratch from it.
It’s a tool that can be used appropriately, for the right situation and animal. Sure, it would have been better if she was a perfectly trained non-pulling angel, but her hound stubborness, enthusiasm, and interest in jackrabbits made for a dog that was no fun to walk at all, until we got the collar and the training to use it. A prong collar should never, ever be left on a dog without a person right there on the other end of the leash.
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loose dogs in the northern reserves area a serious issue - woman was killled and eaten in one in northern manitoba not that long ago. (so yes their are deadly attacks on adults by breeds)
Due to the fact that many towns are so small in the north the police are often required to act as bylaw and animal control as well, often working a large area in conjunction with a conservation officer.
Some reserves have their own police force. I’ve never heard of a reserve around here having separate bylaw officers though. The stray dogs just starve, get shot, or get hit by cars. The cats multiply and then get eaten, starve, or freeze over the winter.
Another attack, one woman dead and her husband wounded from two pit bulls.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://amp.kentucky.com/news/state/article191504879.html&ved=0ahUKEwiY9NioiKTYAhXKx1QKHT4_BfYQFgg0MAQ&usg=AOvVaw1zshEXAx27EW3feY7BLhct&cf=1
Two loose pit bulls killed a woman and injured a man tonight, Christmas eve, in Bell county, Kentucky. One pit was shot by the man and killed, the other is still loose at the time of the article. Seems the attack happened on the highway? The wife was dead at the scene. Dear god.
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They were simply outside their own house
What boggles my mind is that the husband had a gun and the woman was still killed at the scene. Makes me think the dogs attacked, and the husband ran to get his gun but was too late. My god, can you imagine how desperate the situation was? If husband had to make a choice to stay and keep fighting the dogs off or run and get his weapon. Absolutely just a nightmare. This SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES. This is the kind of thing you hear about happening in undeveloped, 3rd world countries. There is a pit bull problem in the US. The feds needs to step in because people are insane with their defense of this breed/type of dog. Social media is in part largely responsible for this insanity. Maybe I will write a letter to the President. Everything else he does is grossly unpopular and controversial, maybe that penchant for notoriety will swing in our favor for once.
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Here’s an updated article about the attack:
http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Woman-killed-following-dog-attack-466291063.html
The husband and wife were attacked in their own yard, and she was killed, and he manage to escape and get his weapon. The man’s brother lived next door, and threw a doorstop at the dogs, they had the man by the arm, and were dragging him back, when the brother threw he doorstop it distracted them, and he managed to get loose, and ran for his gun.
I had a registered Husky as a teen. I believe I was 15 or so when we adopted him. He had a history of aggression. I have NO IDEA why the rescue thought it was prudent to send him to a single mom and her daughter? However, he thrived and was one of the best dogs I’ve ever seen. We NEVER contained him and he never wandered off of our farm. He had zero desire to run, but was EXCELLENT are guarding. When people would pull in the driveway, he would meet them at their car. He never barked or growled. He simply gave them “the look”. He was large for a Husky and had one blue eye and the other was half blue and half brown. He was gray and white and looked like a massive wolf. No one ever got out of their car. He was extremely intimidating. I realize he is the rare exception, but never say never. To the day he died, he always stayed on our property and never attempted to run off. I miss him every day of my life.
