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| Rottweiler fights Pitbull to save boy |
| 2008-08-27 |
| A South African Rottweiler has helped rescue a two-year-old boy who was being mauled by a pit bull terrier. The pit bull attacked Tshepang Taeli as he was walking with his grandmother in Oakdene, south of Johannesburg. The dog was dragging the toddler down the road and would not let go, despite being kicked and beaten by residents. One of the neighbours, Ricky Veludo, came to help and then went to fetch his dog, Blade. "He fought the other dog to free the child," he told a local paper. "Blade is very protective," Mr Veludo told Die Beeld newspaper. The boy was then rushed to hospital where he is recovering from bites to his face, legs and stomach. "I have never felt so much pain in my life. The dog was attacking him and I was trying to release him and I could not," the boy's grandmother told The Star newspaper. Police have opened an investigation into the attack. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #11 My pup's part Rottie. A sweetheart, but I wouldn't want to get on her bad side. Good on ya, Blade! |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-27 23:20 |
| #10 Rin Tin Tin? Now you're just being silly, JosephM! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-27 22:33 |
| #9 OTOH, RIAN > Russ Pert claims normal Household care = feeding of CATS/FELINES IS CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL OVERFISHING. IOW, GARFIELD IS WIPING OUT FLIPPER, NEMO, + CHARLEY THE TUNA, and prob MAKING DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID CRY + MAKING POLAR BEARS HOMELESS! GENTLE BEN + RIN TIN TIN NOT IMPRESSED. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-27 20:32 |
| #8 As dog breeds go, Pit Bulls have a pronounced and primitive attack drive. It's not their fault, it's how they were bred. Often children, with their small stature and unpredictable movements trigger that drive. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-08-27 17:26 |
| #7 Rootweilers were not created as attack dogs. It was just a bullherder dog. (Guarding cows and bulls not fighting them as bulldogs and buull terriers). Of course a dog this size ended attracting the attnntion of security firms and drug dealers. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-08-27 17:10 |
| #6 While gripped the dog is breathing through its nose. Water gives the dog a choice of drowning or letting go. Even covering the nose is going to be more successful than trying to force the jaws apart. The point is to make the dog choose to release the jaws if you can. Of course you then have an angry dog with nothing occupying its mouth but that's another problem and you did pin it first, right? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-27 16:20 |
| #5 Yup. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-27 16:19 |
| #4 Use water on the dog's nose Like waterboarding? |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-08-27 16:06 |
| #3 Water will work on most breeds but the pit bulls have a VERY strong instinct to grip and hold. Their wide jaws (at the hinge) combined with the shape of the skull and musculature attachments give them great force in the bite and they can lock that bite when they choose to the point that it persists when they've died (i.e. need a crow bar to release the victim). Rotties are great animals apart from the perversion of the breed that drug dealers have created. They originally were used to pull carts and move cattle along roads. I've known some awfully sweet, sensible Rotties. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-27 14:59 |
| #2 water? |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-27 13:54 |
| #1 Use your weight to pin the dog. Use water on the dog's nose to force it to release it's grip. Sad story but good for the Rottweiler. They have a bad reputation because they often have bad owners, not because the breed is bad. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-27 13:46 |