posted 01-04-2003 11:26 PM           

The incident began shortly after 9 a.m. when Portia and Peter Wells, of Mastic Beach, were walking their dog Pepper along Locust Drive. As they passed a house at 51 Grove Road, two pit bulls jumped over the fence and went after Pepper, police said.

As the couple fought to separate the dogs, two neighbors, off-duty police officers Ed Foglia, of the New York Police Department, and Thomas Burroughs, a New York State Police trooper, tried to separate the dogs with gardening tools, police said.

One of the pit bulls then split off from the attack and began attacking Burroughs' wife who was in the family car. The dog jumped through the window of the car and the woman had to fight it off using a baby seat. She was then able to get out of the car and lock the dog inside.

The other pit bull then charged at the two officers who both shot and killed it, police said.

Officers from Brookhaven Animal Control responded, and with much struggle, removed the second pit bull from the car and took it to the pound.

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A pit bull was shot dead on Long Island after it attacked three young children.

The children were treated Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Suffolk County police say 10-year-old Celida McCloud and two eight-year-olds, Shanaqua Newkirk and Mikal Heath, were each bitten by the pit bull. They had unlocked its cage to feed the dog.

Police emergency service officers were called and were forced to shoot the pit bull.

The dog had been abandoned and was taken in last week by Teesha Spears. She was caring for the dog, who was caged, in her backyard at 83 State Street in Wyandanch.

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Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Pit Bull Who Was Attacking His Dog
A Long Island man bit a pit bull that was attacking his pet Siberian husky and his action may have saved his dog's life, police said.

Richard Robbins, 44, said he was walking his three dogs Saturday morning when three pit bulls dashed from their owner's side and one attacked his husky, Gina Marie.

Robbins sank his teeth into the attacking pit bull's head, leaving marks. He suffered multiple puncture wounds in the attack.

"I wasn't going to watch my dog die," Robbins told the Daily News. "I bit right into the top of his head."

Suffolk County Police Lt. Kenneth Fasano said Gina Maria "would have been severely injured or even killed" without Robbins' intervention.

The pit bulls' owner faces charges of assault and reckless endangerment.

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posted 01-05-2003 12:37 AM            

When I was a child we had an extremely aggresive German Shepherd - he would try and kill anyone who entered our house. One day while I was petting him he bit me and with my toddler brother crawling around my parents feared for his safety and tried to re-home the dog. Re-homing him was unsuccessful because this dog wouldnt let anyone near him and he ended up being put down.

These are the only two stories I have to share about life threatening situations with dogs - neither of which were pitbulls.

posted 01-05-2003 04:13 AM         

You are correct to point it out. This topic already went to the moon and back, twice.

That’s all folks, I’m done with PB. I think that I've made my point re this issue.

posted 01-05-2003 05:10 AM         

I will not carry on anymore on this topic between Albert, Doc and myself.

All I want is some thought on the original topic which is pitbulls.

Not politics, attacks or BSL

Russ

posted 02-03-2003 05:36 PM            

Are you a veterinarian? Are you a dog trainer? Have you ever met a APBT? Where are all these facts and stories coming from?

Are you searching for facts against or for the APBT?

I was once afraid of the APBT, just like yourself, but came to the realization after a friend purchased a Pit Bull puppy what great and loyal dogs they can turn into and that the media makes them out to be monsters, but that is due to very important information being left out.

It's funny....three houses down there is this little white fluffy thing that charges out of its yard every time someone, walks, runs, bikes by. This dog lunges and grabs the ancle of every person who passes. No one complains about this dog, but when I take my dog for a walk down my street wearing a leash and in a full heel command, I get stared down as if I'm escorting the devil. Tell me.....why is this breed being targated when every little white fluffy thing I see has such a sever aggression problem?..oh let me guess, because it's bite has no worth. But the one time somone does something wrong with their Pit Bull and it's plastered all over the news and Pit Bull banning is going into affect.

I know my APBT would never bite a child that was giving him a hug...as for that white fluffy thing, you can be darn sure it would rip that kids nose right off.