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Reply With QuoteMmmmm here we go again!!! This went from being a Pitbull to being a Mastiff cross grrrr!!!
I do feel sorry for the young boy tho, what else was he meant to do?
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A boy who stabbed a pit-bull cross that was mauling his pet Labrador will not be charged with animal cruelty offences, police said today.
Kurt, 13, stabbed the dog three times with a carving knife after it entered his backyard in Melton and viciously attack his pet dog, Cougar.
Cougar died from injuries sustained in the attack, which Kurt estimated lasted for up to 90 minutes.
The teenager claimed police at the scene told him he was facing a possible animal cruelty charge after stabbing the pit bull, but Sergeant Matt Golding from Melton police today said no charges would be laid against him.
However Sergeant Golding said police and Melton Shire Council could take action against the owners of the pit bull.
‘‘That investigation is still under way,’’ he told radio station 3AW.
Kurt said he was playing in the backyard with a friend when the pit-bull cross broke into the yard and ran for Cougar last month.
"It went straight for the neck, just immediately for the neck and attacked. Cougar went on the ground, then the pit bull next door went for Cougar’s legs after that," he said.
"I hit the pit bull with wood, metal and then at the end I turned to knives."
Kurt said he ran into the kitchen and grabbed a carving knife before heading to the laundry door, where the dogs were fighting.
"I opened up the laundry door a few centimetres and got the dog twice in the back and once in the stomach," he said.
"It tried to go for me but I shut the door quickly. It was still attacking Cougar."
The pit bull was injured but continued the attack, only stopping when Cougar lay lifeless on the ground, Kurt said.
Cougar was taken to the vet but died soon after, while the pit bull was put down the following day with its owner’s permission.
Tough new laws cracking down on dangerous dogs are expected to be introduced in Victoria by mid-year following a pit bull attack in Portland last month in which a woman almost lost an arm.
The woman was mauled for up to two minutes, sustaining injuries to both arms and her face, before her neighbours intervened, throwing a wheelie bin to scare the dog away from its victim.
Following that incident, Premier John Brumby said the new legislation would involve tougher penalties, some curtailment of dangerous dog owners’ rights and extended powers for council officers to apprehend and destroy unidentified dangerous dogs found "roaming the streets".
A 2005 Victorian ban on breeding and importing American pit bull terriers had seen their numbers decline
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Teen who stabbed attacking dog safe from charges
Mmmmm here we go again!!! This went from being a Pitbull to being a Mastiff cross grrrr!!!
I do feel sorry for the young boy tho, what else was he meant to do?
[I]RUFFLOVE KENNELS[/I
I don't think he should have stabbed it over and over, if they wanted to truly stop it quickly grabbing a shovel would have been more humane, quick blow to the head. Very sad either way.
Too many knife happy people around.......
Amy
There was nothing else he could do .
What about the poor lab , that was being mauled for an hour and a half until it finally collapsed, and died later. Is everyone forgetting about that.
WAKE UP PEOPLE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DOGS LIKE THIS IN OUR SOCIETY.
I found the whole thing disgusting and cruel.
poor poor lab .
Yes you can all talk until you see it for yourself in front of your own eyes and experience it , you have not got a clue.Sometimes there is no stopping a dog when it goes into kill mode. I have been there and seen it first hand .
Hoses ,chairs, lumps of wood, that is all bullshit, if a dog does not want to let go, it won't
That child should never have been put in that predicament. Society owes him that .
I made an oath 2 years ago anymore of my dogs fight with each other or show dog aggression they get a bullet straight in the HEAD, no ifs and no buts.
Deep down you all know there is no room for these dog aggressive dogs in our lives , but really are all out to just to save you own arses , and save your own breeds.
By saying oh if they get rid of them they will come after our breed .
Bullshit , be responsible, and you will have no trouble, if one cannot afford to contain their dog in a proper manner they should not own one.
You say he should have got a shovel what if that dog had let go of the lab and latched onto the kid. What was that kid going to do with a shovel???
That poor kid could have died.
Get rid of those breeds their will be no more dog troubles and we will be out of the limelight that is the only way to save our breeds.
And no you cannot train it out of them .
Robert Santori
A sharp hard blow to the head would have saved the innocent dog and potential bite victim a lot faster then a knife is what i am saying. What was he supposed to do with a shovel, you ask? Clean shot to the head. Problems over. I have broken up serious dog fights before and they are not a pretty sight to see or break up.
Get off your high horse Rob....
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Get rid of those breeds their will be no more dog troubles and we will be out of the limelight that is the only way to save our breeds.
And no you cannot train it out of them .
What are you saying here?
Amy
[quote=Amy Pattison;7058]A sharp hard blow to the head would have saved the innocent dog and potential bite victim a lot faster then a knife is what i am saying. What was he supposed to do with a shovel, you ask? Clean shot to the head. Problems over. I have broken up serious dog fights before and they are not a pretty sight to see or break up.
Oh did you see the footage of the kid ??? He did not have the strength, and what then, how was he going to restrain the dog afterwards from re
attacking, or even from the dog attacking himself, get real Amy.
You obviously have not seen a real dog fight where they are playing for keeps just go to you tube and see how 2 grown men cannot separate a dog that means business, with only one thing on his mind. The boy did use a steel bar but to know avail.
The poli"s only react to something when it is in the limelight , get rid of the breed and we will not be in the lime light.
Because there will be far less incidents.
lol i really could not care what fight is on youtube or any other place. In the real world which i happen to reside in, a shovel would have knocked the dog out or killed it on the spot. You be real......Is that where you see dog fights Rob? Youtube? Happy learning friend...
You say get rid of the breed.....Hmm..if we got rid of every dog breed,what then? do we move onto humans and get rid of criminals too?
Cheers
Amy
Oh you have since edited....
What a load of shit.....I think most of us have seen a genuine dogfight so let's move straight past that.
Now the issue here is that this teenager put himself in harms way by stabbing the dog obviously placing himself at close proximity to the fighting. If he was unable to stem the situation by other methods then I think the knife was a malicious act done in frustration and he should have let the dog kill the Lab and stayed away. I don't agree with the ruling.
Finally I want to shine a little light of common sense to this thread and remind users that flat breed bans do not, will not and never have made measureable differences to the number of reported dog attacks.
Cameron
Now Im bloody sorry, but Rob, I thought you were a dog person!!! I tend to disagree now!! That is the worst thing I have heard come out of anyone on this forums mouth!!!Get rid of those breeds their will be no more dog troubles and we will be out of the limelight that is the only way to save our breeds.
I own this breed, and let me tell you, my bloody GSD is more dog aggressive than any I have owned, so what then, get rid of GSD's too?? What an absolute joke!!
Now a whole breed cannot be blamed for irresponsible owners who let their dogs get into someones yard for a start!! It shouldnt happen!! Not to mention it is questionable what this breed of dog was to start with, but small minded ppl like yourself decide to give away the one breed that is in the lime light. I have to tell you I am absolutely shocked and pissed off to hear this from someone on here!! I deal with this crap on a daily basis and this is one place I thought I could be free of it!!
I believe the poor kid did whatever he could. Lets face it, kids dont think like adults so I dont believe he can be blamed for what he did.
But that doesnt help the poor old Pit that once again gets the blame when in actual fact he probably had absolutely nothing to do with it!!
[I]RUFFLOVE KENNELS[/I
The kid was trying to save his dog , are you going to blame him for that what are you heartless.Originally Posted by Cameron Williams
Banning that breed will make a difference to the number of dog attacks . I think the last 3 attacks have been pitties or pitty crosses , so you tell me.
So you are saying let the dog kill the lab , but do not kill the aggressor, in his own property.
Is any one sorry for what the poor lab went through in his own backyard, is the lab a lesser dog than a pity, in his own backyard gets murdered.
Need I remind you that a lab is a true working dog , they are blind assistance dogs , deaf assistance dogs sniffer dogs , what is a pity nothing but an animal mauler. Deep down you know that .
So killing it with a shovel is ok , but stabbing it is not.
I do not get it.
It was a kids pet .
If this had happened to one of your dogs in your back yard you would not be a happy camper.
Come in my backyard kill my dog it is ok , what has this world come to .
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