TheBanyanTree: Killer Dogs, another tale

[Theta Brentnall]

This brought tears to my eyes, NancyLee.  I've known some very nice pit 
bulls and I agree, their personalities are shaped by the training, but 
the instincts are there when they need to be.  Brave doggies.

Theta

On 4/19/2010 5:05 AM, NancyIee at aol.com wrote:
> My neighbor has three Pit Bulls.  They live on several acres, and  raise
> Miniature horses, a hog every now and then (when the man of the house  catches
> one of the feral wild hoglets) and a beef every other year, or when the
> freezer is empty.  This Spring, they were blessed with three tiny Miniature
> horse foals, which are no bigger than a fox terrier when newborn. The adults
> are  about three feet tall, or less, usually less. I have one that is 28
> inches.  Their Pit Bulls are big, heavy-set, menacing to look at. They are also
> porch  ornaments, coming out to greet you when you arrive, following you as
> you go  about their territory, nudging you to pet them, lest you forget
> their presence.  Lazy, sleep-in-the-sun dogs, jokes to the reputation of the
> breed.
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> There are also other creatures sharing our landscape, besides the wild
> hogs. There are eagles, hawks, foxes and coyotes, armadillos and possums,
> bunnies, an occasional bobcat, and rarely, because they are on the verge of
> extinction, a Florida Panther, rarest of the rare.
>
> My neighbor was in a panic one mid-evening. "Something is at the horses!!"
> went out her cry. They had been out for a short time, and some carnivore
> had  decided little horses might be dinner. We dashed over. One of her foals
> and been  mauled, but would survive. The stallion, gallant little king, had a
> nasty neck  slash that needed many stitches.
>
> The Three Pit Bulls are also injured, two so badly they had to be put down.
>   BUT, at the core of it all, we pieced together that the "creature" had
> stalked  the horses. The Pit Bulls had defended them. The vet who came out and
> tended all  checked the remaining mayhem, fur, blood, etc, and determined
> the invading  creature had been a panther. The dogs had fought to their death
> to repel the  enemy, had driven it off without a fatality to the horses, had
> given their all  in defense of "their" territory.
>
> Now we have a Pit-Bull-mauled panther out there, probably mad as heck,
> sore, and still hungry.  I am seriously thinking of getting a Pit puppy of
> that particular bloodline for my own place. Just in case one day I need such a
> defender. There are several out there, as other neighbors all have one or
> two  from that extended Pit Bull family.
>
> It's all in the raising.  You want a tough dog, you will get a tough  dog.
> You want a family pet who will adore all yet defend you to the death,  you
> will get one.
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