I’ve never encountered pit bulls, but I have encountered neighbors that don’t give a 2nd thought that their dogs believe part of my yard belongs to them and protect it as such. From the June 23 Rocky Mountain News…
Poor, misunderstood pit bull time bombs
Pity the poor misunderstood pit bull. Now they have their own underground railroad (“Pit bulls go underground,” June 11).
I’ve noticed that when a pit bull kills a child, it receives a small notice in the paper but whole stories will be written about the people who just want to save the gentle dogs.
You won’t find the story of the person whose 13-year-old Australian shepherd had its throat torn out by the four pit bulls who broke through the fence separating the yards or the person walking down the stairs of his apartment house whose face was rearranged by the nice pit bull who lived next door. You won’t see the blood-soaked living room of the two pit bull mixes who decided one of them had to be top dog.
This happens every day, over and over.
You blame the owner and not the dog, but you cannot take away instinct and breeding. The dog was bred to be tough and tenacious and to fight. They will go through wood fences and chain link alike. The only real way to solve this problem is to make sure they are spayed and neutered at an early age. Take the time to teach them some obedience. And pray that when that instinct kicks in, nobody dies.
Rita Grable Bennett
