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A pit bull dog had to be lethally injected when it latched on to a man's hand for more than 20 minutes after attacking his two pet dogs in Melbourne's north last night.

If a dog latched onto my hand even for 5 seconds I'd be repeatedly punching and kicking that bastard until it let go. How can a dog bite your hand for twenty friggin minutes!?

Dogs can just go crazy sometimes. Anyone have any good dog stories?

cue the pit bull defense force

pit bulls need to be f***ing banned imo

Dogs have 43 muscles in their neck/jaw and Staffordshire/American Pitt Bulls have the ability to lock their jaws (makes them good hunting dogs for taking down large prey). The only way to break that lock is to knock out or kill the dog or get the dog to release it (usually by command on a trained dog or by causing extreme pain).

Shame of it is that the dog gets put down and the stupid irresponsible owner gets a slap on the wrist and told to take better care of his animals. These dogs are dangerous but I think all dogs are dangerous when not cared for or trained properly. Should start euthanising irresponsible owners......only take one or two and people will start to get the message.

pit bulls need to be f***ing banned imo

No, you need to be banned, from life.

Pitbulls can be a very nice breed with a proper owner.

pit bulls need to be f***ing banned imo

+1
don't tell me pit bulls are nice until you've had an angry one bearing down on you at full speed and rip chunks out of your nice little dog
BULLs*** THEY'RE NICE, THEY'RE f***ING KILLERS

I agree with Rav or atleast have a licence system for listed dangerous dogs, where the person must have a reason for owning such. WHY do people keep buying these dogs?!

Pitbulls can be a very nice breed with a proper owner.

The amount of times ive heard a pitbull owner say "It has never attacked anything before" or "It's usually such a gental dog" makes me to wonder how ignorant can someone be to purchase or home such a notorious animal

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They are banned in Queensland

Pitbulls can be a very nice breed with a proper owner.

I'm sure the same could be said about tigers. You go to the zoo, the tigers and their handlers seem to get along well.

Not about to let random members of the community keep tigers though.

Pitbulls can be a very nice breed with a proper owner.

I would argue a lot of the people who are attracted to a pit bull are the sort of people who would not be classed as a proper owner.

I would argue a lot of the people who are attracted to a pit bull are the sort of people who would not be classed as a proper owner.

Exactly. I reeally wonder about some people's motivation to own a dog, especially a pit bull.

The 'pitbulls can be a nice breed with proper training' is the worst argument evar. There's about 10000 other breeds of dog that are just as nice or nicer but don't kill and maim people regularly.

Wtf do people have to get dogs that are genetically prone to being hunter-killers? Get a normal dog ffs.

No, you need to be banned, from life.

Pitbulls can be a very nice breed with a proper owner.

just diaf while skydiving already.

an aggressive dog will always be an aggressive dog no matter who the owner is.

i want a husky! :)

Agreement +1. No need to have pit-bull in suburbia.

Obes has it nailed there. I used to teach dog obedience and it was typically the same type of people who owned these dogs, never what I would call a dog lover and almost always at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. Often described as "Bogans", "Bevans" or "Westies" they tend to get these dogs and do some basic training with them, feed them supermarket dog food (this will cause all sorts of problems for dogs) and shut them out in the backyard to play with the kids.

Its a recipe for disaster.

That said I one of the guys I used to train obedience with had a staffy and it was very well trained and cared for dog, it still went rogue and killed another dog. There really isn't a place for these dogs in our communities.

+1

I was wondering why they didnt just shoot it - article says it was too close to the man? wtf cop out.

I'd be too scared to own one.. but i honestly think they are good looking dogs!

i am gonna get a husky tho!

I would argue a lot of the people who are attracted to a pit bull are the sort of people who would not be classed as a proper owner.

so true, typical bogan dog

You wouldn't own one because it's too much of a responsibility, may as well have a child because the pitbull is going to own your life from then on.

Any dog can snap, not any dog can latch onto your arm for 20 minutes and has to be killed to make it let go.

right up there with staffies and rotties infi

after about two minutes of that s*** I would have found a knife in the kitchen/shed/where ever and given the dog a steel enema

http://www.bestdogsearch.com/photos/american-pitbull-gemini3.jpg


meh i like em..

ick. all bull terriers are butt ugly imo.

http://www.worlds-smartest-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/porcupine1.jpg

http://cinelena.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/worlds-strongest-dog.jpg

you call that a dog... THIS is a dog.

typical bogan dog

CHUB is wrong.

Shhhh.

lol my bull killed a roo the other day

owned!

konstie, wtf is that? the forsaken dog that shoots out killah beez from hell?

Cant see these types of dogs being Legal for much longer.
I think the solution is something like a Pool Fencing Law.
Certified security fencing for the animals and regular visits to check them.

Have no idea what is going on in the heads of parents with kids that have dogs like this.

MatchFixa, that dog has a genetic defect that makes it "double-muscled". news article

funnily enough i typed in worlds strongest woman into google images and that came up as the third hit.

Wow. Apparently it has a 24 pack and can run up to 60 km/h. It's like a Terminator Dog, T24000

You wouldn't wanna be chased by one of them in a dark alley (even if you're in a car).

paveway would be safe he has a turbo

the only good pitbull is the one under the wheel of my car,i got 3 already.

if people are allowed to have cars then they should be allowed to have pit bulls and guns and meth labs

lol at pit bull owners being 'responsible'...

jaw cramp

paveway would be safe he has a turbo

der

i am gonna get a husky tho!

much better dog. Heres mine

http://www.ngl.com.au/pics/wolf1.jpg
http://www.ngl.com.au/pics/wolf3.jpg

ahaha konstie, that dog has a disease where it continually puts on muscle. same disease happens in humans/bulls and a few other mammals.

CHUB.
You are stoopid.

ps, holy s*** at the dog which I assume went bats*** crazy on a porcupine?
What a beast to keep going :/

much better dog. Heres mine

I think in that second picture the dog is thinking how tasty you would be.

There was a show on discovery last night which interviewed a woman in the US who has been attacked by a pitbull for over 25 minutes, her injuries were horrific, the owner couldnt even pull the pitbull off, only when the sherrif turned up and shot at it, did it let go.

I'd be too scared to own one.. but i honestly think they are good looking dogs!

i am gonna get a husky tho!

I haz a Husky. Loves to malt and run. You better enjoy vacuuming and running.

Does it run at you or away from you?

A friend had one, used the old "nahhh they're good dogs if they're treated and trained right by the right owner" line until his wife put a huge dent in a thick iron frying pan trying to knock it out as it was going nuts ripping their bluey to pieces right near their baby.

Their bluey was such a nice dog :(