Pit Bulls Enter Home, Maul Sleeping Woman

[wally246]

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Pit Bulls Break Into Home, Maul Woman

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Two pit bull terriers broke into a house through a pet door Tuesday and attacked a woman in her bed, mauling her badly, a Pierce County sheriff's spokesman said.

The woman was able to grab a gun and try to shoot the dogs, then break away from the attack and lock herself in her car, where she called 911, sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said.

The woman, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a hospital in Tacoma, where she was listed in serious condition.

Officers planned to talk to the dogs' owner.

The pit bulls also killed a neighbor's Jack Russell terrier, which entered the house during the attack, Troyer said.

"The thought is that the Jack Russell heard noise in the neighbor's house, came in and was attacked by the dogs," Troyer said.

Firefighters responded first, locking the dogs in the house, treating the woman and calling for an ambulance.

Officers "had to pepper spray and fight the dogs until they were detained. We almost had to shoot them on site," Troyer said.

The dogs were taken to a Humane Society and will probably be destroyed, he said.

It was not immediately known why the dogs entered the house, whether the woman had dogs of her own or what set off the attack.

I personally don't like being around those types of dogs.

[Worrymon]

Originally Posted by wally246

The dogs were taken to a Humane Society and will probably be destroyed, he said.


I personally don't like being around those types of dogs.

No probably about it, they will be destroyed. The question is if the owner can be found or not.

Pit bulls, if brought up in a friendly home, are very nice and docile animals, extremely smart and easily trained. The unfortunate thing for the breed is they have a very strong jaw muscle, which makes them prime candidates for fighting and attack dogs. This means the unscrupulous bastards that have animal fights choose this breed to train to attack. After two decades of the media making this into a self fulfilling prophecy, it's no wonder there's so many Vick stories and so few Peteys.