Pit bull jumps 6-foot fence, attacks 9-year-old Birmingham boy - Polidicks

[b]Pit bull jumps 6-foot fence, attacks 9-year-old Birmingham boy[/b] Via [url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/09/pit_bull_jumps_6-foot_fence_at.html]AL.com[/url] _________________________ [quote]A 9-year-old Birmingham boy was hospitalized after he was attacked by a pit bull in Ensley this afternoon. The victim and another child were playing in the their backyard in the 1500 block of 42nd Street about 4:30 p.m. when the dog jumped over a 6-foot fence and attacked the boy, said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards. The boy's mother heard her son's screams and tried to help him. Two other neighbors also came to his rescue. One of the neighbors shot the dog twice, and the other struck the dog with a bat, Edwards said. The dog finally stopped attacking. The boy was taken to Children's of Alabama, where he is expected to survive. "Our officer spoke with the child at the hospital, and he appears to be doing fine,'' Edwards said. The dog was still alive when taken from the scene by animal control officers. The owner of the dog has not yet been located. The investigation is ongoing.[/quote] The dog jumped over a fucking fence... holy shit.

sure is a good thing us dandy folk here at facepunch aren't prone to several page long bitchfits about what dogs are more dangerous than other dogs

[quote]when the dog jumped over a 6-foot fence and attacked the boy,[/quote] Okay you can not punish the owner for not locking up the dog properly imo, unless he placed some shit right next to the fence. 6 feet should be way more than enough.

Mr worldwide was the first image that came to my head

This is going to be a lllooonnngg thread. I wonder what ticked the dog off to target these particular boys?

[QUOTE=notlabbet;48778366]Mr worldwide was the first image that came to my head[/QUOTE] Unfortunately this is also true for me.

Whats up with Pit Bulls attacking people recently? If I remember correctly there was another incident not far back.

can't wait until someone actually says "He should have just calmed the dog down" [editline]28th September 2015[/editline] as if you could possibly do that [U]while being attacked[/U]

[QUOTE=Agent 47;48778306]sure is a good thing us dandy folk here at facepunch aren't prone to several page long bitchfits about what dogs are more dangerous than other dogs[/QUOTE] Hahah, good one. Although I'm sure that if a pit bull is risen and spoiled like a baby from birth, it couldn't even hurt a fly.

This makes me so mad. Pitbulls are the most agressive and bloodthirsty dog race out there, and the only people who get them are assholes who train them to do exactly that or don't know jack about training dogs and then this happens. You should need a license to buy dogs like this and if they bite anyone, immediately put them down.

[QUOTE=Agent 47;48778306]sure is a good thing us dandy folk here at facepunch aren't prone to several page long bitchfits about what dogs are more dangerous than other dogs[/QUOTE] This needs to be our motto

[QUOTE=Fapplejack;48778375]This is going to be a lllooonnngg thread. I wonder what ticked the dog off to target these particular boys?[/QUOTE] The fact that they existed in the nearby vicinity, I expect.

[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;48778310]Okay you can not punish the owner for not locking up the dog properly imo, unless he placed some shit right next to the fence. 6 feet should be way more than enough.[/QUOTE] i have a pitbull that scales 8-foot walls with ease. i don't know how she'd handle a chain-link fence, though. trying to keep a dog like that in the yard can get to the point where it's really too costly to seem worth it. its at that point that you really ought to keep a lead on them, but if the dog's never done this before then i can't blame the owner either.

[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;48778310]Okay you can not punish the owner for not locking up the dog properly imo, unless he placed some shit right next to the fence. 6 feet should be way more than enough.[/QUOTE] I dunno... I suspect this is one of those cases where the dog had "that kind of training" we all know and loathe. Plus, people apparenty like to train their jumping ability, from what I've seen. But we dont know if thats the case here or not I guess.

That's so weird. Pit bulls are like the nicest damn dogs. Dumb as hell maybe but they're the biggest sweethearts. I can't imagine what set him off?

[QUOTE=ghghop;48778583]That's so weird. Pit bulls are like the nicest damn dogs. Dumb as hell maybe but they're the biggest sweethearts. I can't imagine what set him off?[/QUOTE] Probably the fact that he was bred for generations for dog fighting.

damn the thing was shot twice

[QUOTE=RaptorJGW;48778418]This makes me so mad. Pitbulls are the most agressive and bloodthirsty dog race out there, and the only people who get them are assholes who train them to do exactly that or don't know jack about training dogs and then this happens. You should need a license to buy dogs like this and if they bite anyone, immediately put them down.[/QUOTE] Hey, no, pitbulls are sweethearts. Any breed of dog can be raised to be violent as hell. This attack is the result of its upbringing, not its breed.

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48778611]Probably the fact that he was bred for generations for dog fighting.[/QUOTE] Or probably the fact that the dog in question was raised badly?

[QUOTE=3noneTwo;48778624]Hey, no, pitbulls are sweethearts. Any breed of dog can be raised to be violent as hell. This attack is the result of its upbringing, not its breed.[/QUOTE] The difference is that raising a chihuahua badly doesn't turn it into a murder machine.

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48778652]The difference is that raising a chihuahua badly doesn't turn it into a murder machine.[/QUOTE] That could be said for every big dog ever.

[QUOTE=dannass;48778661]That could be said for every big dog ever.[/QUOTE] Not all big dogs have a tendency to be aggressive if poorly trained.

[I]SO[/I], I hope the boy turns out okay.

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48778652]The difference is that raising a chihuahua badly doesn't turn it into a murder machine.[/QUOTE] yes it does. chihuahuas are the pissiest dogs ever because the people who get them usually mishandle them and they turn into territorial growling little biting shitheads

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48778672]Not all big dogs have a tendency to be aggressive if poorly trained.[/QUOTE] Define poorly trained please. If a dog fears other humans he's more likely to be aggressive to either protect his owner or to protect himself. It's the owners responsibility to prevent this thoughtprocess. Therefore it's highly likely for any dog that is poorly trained to become aggressive no matter what race. What's your beef with pit bulls dude?

The environment, aka the life the dog lives and sees through its eyes, aka all the information the dog ever processes, must play at least 50% of the entire equation of what makes the dog "who he is" and how aggressive it is. Genetic information accounting for the rest, a lot of which is "simply" the protein synthesis of various of different types of tissues firstly that without, well, there is no dog. Dog without legs, or dog without lungs or eyes. And then there's the brain, which brings us back to the environment which the brain processes. Hell it's not like pit bulls are this born killers straight from the wild. You, headhumpy, make it sound like dog fighting as a betting sport is somehow wilder than the actual wilderness, where these pit bulls couldn't survive for a single week, where the natural born predators are truly bred.

Not sure if other breeds of dog when they attack typically make headlines unless it's fatal so it's difficult to know if Pit-Bulls are statistically worse. Anyone know?

[QUOTE=karlosfandango;48778708]Not sure if other breeds of dog when they attack typically make headlines unless it's fatal so it's difficult to know if Pit-Bulls are statistically worse. Anyone know?[/QUOTE] Pit bulls are [I]statistically [/I]kind of nasty, injury causing pets, iirc. according to some fresh figures posted a while back. Like, the leading cause. Someone else may do the digging.

There's no bad dogs, only bad owners.

[QUOTE=ghghop;48778583]That's so weird. Pit bulls are like the nicest damn dogs. Dumb as hell maybe but they're the biggest sweethearts. I can't imagine what set him off?[/QUOTE] There are SO many breeds of dogs. So goddamn many. And at least half of them would be classified as "the nicest damn dogs" by anyone who owns that breed. My theory is that people who prefer pitbulls only do it out of spite and "fight the liberals" bullshit.