Police Officer Runs Over Pit Bull After Girl Attacked

[McKay]

People would be singing a different tune if the Officer didn't chase the dog, failed to subdue it and it attacked another small child.

[Growled Member]

I also believe they did the right thing.

[Richteralan]

I would kill the dog but that doesn't mean it's the dog's fault. It's still humans who created the situation so I would blame them.

Of course it's not the dog's fault. But that is the consequence that the owner has to face.

You don't train your pet? You lose your pet.

[MindTrickz]

Why didn't he set it on fire afterwards and taze it too... I mean you can never be too sure

That's a bit beyond the pale :\

Seems cruel to run over the animal when they could have attempted to put it down more.. humanely..

Either way, glad the girl is ok.

The officers felt that it was threat and could possible hurt other people. In that case how would you have the officer subdue this vicious animal that is capable of killing an adult easily? Discharging his firearm could have been dangerous considering that there might have been people around so naturally running it over was possibly the safest way.

[TEX4S]

In the end; it's just an animal. I can't understand how people care more about an animal than a human being.

Well for 1 reason, or so my therapist used to say, is that people can identify with their helplessness. The pet becomes wholeheartedly dependent upon the owner or "parent".

Another reason is unconditional love:

Lock your wife and your dog in the truck of your car, after an hour - open the trunk and see which one is happy to see you. - thats unconditional love.

My thoughts are this - there is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad owners. Pit bulls are not born to be violent - they are not genetically conditioned to maul people - they are made violent.

The reason for the "always pitbulls" are f*-ing idiots watch a bunch of rap videos and think that a pitbull gives them respect and its the cool thing to do - I mean a rap star with a 12 IQ is a good role model after all. Then they think if the dog is tough, that makes them tougher. After all, when youre in da hood, how tough is a cocker spaniel that likes to hop up on the sofa and use your lap as a pillow when you're watching TV ?

You never hear about this in the good parts of town, any ideas as to why that is ?

But like others have mentioned, more info is needed to make a call on this -

I like dogs a lot better than people, I have no problem saying my 10 yr old cocker spaniel is probably best friend - always there, always happy, never judgemental - good luck finding that in a person - now if she just came from money !! :D

[HawkMan]

Yes you can train dogs and they will generally behave as they are trained and as their owners are.

HOWEVER dogs are also bred differently from the breed was created, and some dogs have it in the genes. ANY dog can suddenly turn on you and become violent or bite. but a Pit Bull or am Staff is far more likely to do so than a Cocker spaniel, it's also significantly more dangerous.

a pit bull cqn be trained as an attack dog, my new Pyrenees pup however as big as the thing is, is not a very good choice for training as an attack dog, even if it will fight of bears.