The woman noticed that pit bull is a nursing mother and she wonders why the dog was off a leash, why it was on the trail without its owner, and why the dog “immediately charged at us and attacked my dog...were we an experiment? Has this happened before? Is this dog trained to fight?”The woman has owned pit bulls in the past, and noted that her dogs “never attacked anything but a Frisbee. I am so tired of reading bad publicity about pit bulls. As owners of these precious animals, we should be the ones held responsible for the actions of our dogs. And, if you can’t control one, you simply should not own one!”She firmly believes that the “problem exists, not within the breed of the dog, but rather within the owners that fail to control, supervise, maintain and properly train this breed of dog. It hurts my heart to think that a dog” could be put down “merely because the owner is irresponsible.”The woman and her dog were not seriously injured, but both did suffer burns from the spray. In addition, her dog had a “few small cuts and bumps...we are just thankful that it wasn’t worse.”
SP Creek walkers beware: Pit bull escapes, attacks while owner watches
July 27, 2005
Santa Paula News
A Santa Paula woman out walking her dog along the creek near her home had to fight off an attacking pit bull while the owner watched from atop a ladder from his backyard.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesA Santa Paula woman out walking her dog along the creek near her home had to fight off an attacking pit bull while the owner watched from atop a ladder from his backyard. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, was carrying pepper spray and was able to stop the recent attack long enough for the owner of the pit bull to call his dog home. The Santa Paula Police were notified of the incident, and are investigating.The route by the creek was one the woman and her dog often take, she noted. “After I saw the dog charging toward us, I quickly fumbled for my can of BG-X pepper spray,” but by the time the woman pulled the can from its case the pit bull had locked onto the neck of the woman’s dog. The two were “rolling uncontrollably on the ground...acting on instinct I started screaming at the dog, and emptied the entire can on her.”Especially troubling is that “During the time the dog started to charge down the hill at us, I saw a man put a ladder against the fence that separated the trail from the houses. He climbed up the ladder; watched the entire event,” not offering any help and not even asking if the woman’s dog or the owner were injured. “Only after I sprayed his dog did he call for her to come to him.”
