Well, last night the pups and I went for a walk/potty break. Almost home a storm moving in. We run into a skunk! He chased us, but for a short time but didn't spray! Thank goodness.

But that's the end of the "good luck". The storm hit just after getting inside, and a few minutes later it sounded like a bomb went off and the lights went out.

I walked out the door and a large branch had come out of my tree, and took my service line down, and the line from that poll to the next in front of my house. It was laying in my driveway, and running down the street across it. I was trapped! Call the power company around 10:45 PM, and was told there were 1,500 customers out of power in different locations.

I told them a hot wire was down across the street a couple of times, in my driveway and a large branch was down in the road.

At 6:00 AM, they came by about put caution tape up, and left the hot wire in the road.

10:45 AM, a service truck came and disconnected the service line to the poll and told me that I need an electrician as the service mast was broken and down and that was the Homeowners responsibility. That there was debris that I needed to remove also so they can get to the repair.

I thanked them and started to make calls. A have a couple electrician friends/neighbors and the first was out of town. Got ahold of the other and he said he be right over.

Soooo I take the pups for a walk/potty break before I get started and a neighbors kid asks if I have seen his dog. Nope. Then, the next thing I know another neighbors Pitbull mix jumps the fence and starts to chase the kid! Before I can do anything, the Pit mix breaks contact with the kid, and comes straight after us! It's me, my two pups, an elderly neighbor and her pup, the Pitbull mix hits my Sequoyah straight on and now, we are in a full blown dog fight! Fur, blood flying. I'm trying to protect the elderly neighbor and her pup, my Ahyoka and get this dog off my Sequoyah.

The owner of the Pitbull mix, and a grass cutting crew come running. It's full on now! The Pitbull mix is latched onto Sequoyah's chest, Sequoyah has him by the face/neck, the Pitbull mix is really getting it from Sequoyah, but he is clamped down on Sequoyah's chest real good and shaking his head.

I tell my elderly neighbor to get to safety and it's me trying to pull Sequoyah off the other dog, while trying to get it off Sequoyah. The owner ( young female) and grass crew is trying to get the Pitbull mix off. Blood is everywhere.

We get separated and I get away from them. Check my little guy out. He has just a small wound on his lip. He gave more than he got.

Next thing I know the police and animal control is here. They never talked to me.

So, I put my pups in the house, the electrician friend gets here and looks at the mess. He don't have the parts that are missing and broken, so off he goes. I started removing the debris and damn near cut my finger off with a sharp piece of wire that's in the rubble.

So, now I'm bleeding like crazy. I patched myself up, finished getting the crap out of the way, and here at 4:15 PM EST, the electrician neighbor still hasn't returned.

I'm hot, sweaty, dirty, tired and hungry. Oh, and still in the dark.


ARman

Well at least you didn’t have to shoot the neighbors dog.

Good luck with the repairs

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Well at least you didn’t have to shoot the neighbors dog.

Good luck with the repairs

Yeah, no kidding! I was starting to think that was going to be my only option. I hit him with a fairly large flashlight but didn't faze him.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get the power on tonight.

ARman

Geez. Sounds like a feet up, cocktail and candle night once you get to a stopping point.

Hope the repairs occur quickly.

Hope you get the power back, your dogs ok, and you get a nice beverage to sit down with.

A rescue pit was at the dog park, my daughter was just entering with our Bassett, barely in the gate, it attacked and had her by the neck, she couldn't fight back. She had several puncture wounds on the neck.

They got separated somehow and we got her to our vet who sewed her up. And the owner? I contacted him and he never mad good on his promise to cover the vet bills, it was his mom and GF that brought a new rescue to a dog park, it had no reason to be there and running free.

I wasn't there, out on the motorcycle, but If I had been I'd have shot that Pitt bull as many times as it took to get it to stop.

One of life's greatest moments awaits, when the power comes back up. Hold on a bit

Well, the electrician left about 1 1/2 ago. He installed a new service mast and stuff. I called the power company and they said that they are on the way. They are just getting here now!

ARman

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Originally posted by ARman:


Yeah, no kidding! I was starting to think that was going to be my only option. I hit him with a fairly large flashlight but didn't faze him.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get the power on tonight.

ARman

Story time

I was trining a new guy and we saw a group of folks in an empty lot. It’s 0130 on a Saturday.

I rolled the patrol car right thru some folks and see it’s a dogfight. Everyone scatters leaving the 2 dogs still fighting (and one retard with another dog) tell my rookie to arrest the guy with the dog, while I try and separate the other two. White dog (75 lb pitbull) has the black dog (40 lb pitbull) by the throat.

Pepper spray don’t work, I walk back to the cruiser and get a fire extinguisher-blast it in the nose of the white dog-nothing. I bonk it on the head with a 15pound steel fire extinguisher and nothing. Finally I was left with shooting it.

Sgt shows up after hearing 911 reply that they are getting shots fired in the area. And I told them it was me. Sgt wants to know why I felt compelled to shoot the dog. I explained we’re in the hood, people and little kids are out till 0500 and I didn’t think it would be good to have a blood crazed 75 lb pitbull roaming the neighborhood. Dude just didn’t get it and went to the captain to complain-the CPT squashed that noise.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

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Originally posted by ARman:


Yeah, no kidding! I was starting to think that was going to be my only option. I hit him with a fairly large flashlight but didn't faze him.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get the power on tonight.

ARman

Story time

I was trining a new guy and we saw a group of folks in an empty lot. It’s 0130 on a Saturday.

I rolled the patrol car right thru some folks and see it’s a dogfight. Everyone scatters leaving the 2 dogs still fighting (and one retard with another dog) tell my rookie to arrest the guy with the dog, while I try and separate the other two. White dog (75 lb pitbull) has the black dog (40 lb pitbull) by the throat.

Pepper spray don’t work, I walk back to the cruiser and get a fire extinguisher-blast it in the nose of the white dog-nothing. I bonk it on the head with a 15pound steel fire extinguisher and nothing. Finally I was left with shooting it.

Sgt shows up after hearing 911 reply that they are getting shots fired in the area. And I told them it was me. Sgt wants to know why I felt compelled to shoot the dog. I explained we’re in the hood, people and little kids are out till 0500 and I didn’t think it would be good to have a blood crazed 75 lb pitbull roaming the neighborhood. Dude just didn’t get it and went to the captain to complain-the CPT squashed that noise.

This Pitbull mix has attacked Sequoyah a few times. It jumps the fence and runs around.

He's actually sweet to people, well until this happened and chased the neighbor kid ( middle schooler ).

He is about 65+lbs or so. Sequoyah is 51lbs Australian Shepherd. Sequoyah has held his own when this happens. This time and the time before he was relatively unscathed, but Sequoyah bloody up this Pitbull mix badly.

Animal Control and the Police didn't do much of anything. They didn't come and talk to me.

I don't know who called, but they got there fairly quickly. I live in a very, very small town ( a few stop sights, no stop lights, a couple of businesses, around 880 people in total of "town foke" and the surrounding areas ) and the County Police, Sheriff's office, or State Trooper respond to calls, as we don't have a town Police/Constable. Usually that's a 20 minute response time at best, but they ( two county Police and one Animal Control ) were there within 10 minutes.

The young lady that owns this dog is OK, like I said before, he's usually sweet to people. I hate to see him put down, but this keeps happening! I surly don't want my little guy hurt, he's a tough fucker I will say, and very protective of me, and his sister. He's always watching the house this Pitbull mix lives at.

Well, Sequoyah is fine, just a little wound on his lip and very small mark on his chest. He's not limping any more, a friend of mine daughter is a Vet tech, going to school to be a Veterinarian looked him over just in case and found nothing wrong.

I don't have anything against Pitbulls and the like, another neighbor has two that are very sweet and very nice to my two. A friend has a Pitbull mix and it is very sweet, and gets along great with my two. But this one. I don't know. I don't want it attacking my dogs.

If anyone remembers when my Ahyoka was attacked, it was from a German Shepherd this same girl owns. They were both rescues.

I'm mad, but feel sorry for them at the same time. They were abused before she rescued them, and has tried to work with them, but here we are.


ARman

It's not the pitbull's fault.

But the people cannot/will not control the dog, and it is a matter of time before this dog attacks a person, and likely a child.

You need to press Animal Control or start escalating.

I realize it's having to eat someone else's shit sandwich, but I think you would have a hard time with "shoulda, coulda" down the road.

Hate the situation for you.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
It's not the pitbull's fault.

But the people cannot/will not control the dog, and it is a matter of time before this dog attacks a person, and likely a child.

You need to press Animal Control or start escalating.

I realize it's having to eat someone else's shit sandwich, but I think you would have a hard time with "shoulda, coulda" down the road.

Hate the situation for you.

Yeah, that's the problem. This dog is usually sweet to people, until this Incident. He was abused and rescued by her, she has tried to control him, but every time he gets a chance, he'll go after Sequoyah.

When he was a puppy, he followed me around, very sweet after all he been through. But when he got older, he became very aggressive towards other dogs. And his first was towards Ahyoka. Sequoyah, being just a puppy protected his Big Sis.,and that's when all this animosity between them began.

As a dog lover, this has put me in a very bad place. I fell sorry for this dog. This girl has tried very hard to help he. But this keeps happening!

I'm just lucky that Sequoyah is a tough fucker. He's very protective of me and his Big Sis. And he knows how to handle himself, but I don't want him to be hurt or worse!

Funny thing, Ahyoka and Sequoyah got out, and just played roughly with another dog and I, and them got into more trouble. They weren't being aggressive, as Australian Shepherds, they were trying to heard the other dog, and play with him. I got fined, they were quarantined. A whole shit show. I called them back and they came and sat beside me. Clearly not attacking the other dog. Yet, I got fucked.

Then this. The same Animal Control officer, and basically nothing in a clear aggressive attack.

Like I said, I feel sorry for this Pitbull mix. I feel sorry for the young lady, she loves him very much and has tried to do the right thing. But this can't keep happening!

I'm very upset with the whole situation!


ARman

I once had a German Shepard Dog. Despite good breeding, training and working with the dog, he was unstable. I could not live with myself if he injured someone so I spoke with my vet and the trainer and the consensus was to put him down. Sometimes the hardest thing is the right thing. It sounds like it may be a similar situation with that Pitbull.

You had quite a day! I'm glad Sequoyah is ok, and that pit bull needs put down.

If the young lady is aware that this is not the first time an incident has occurred, you and her need to have a heart to heart discussion about what she thinks is the proper thing to do. Perhaps she recognizes the issue and will do the right thing.
Are your dogs being walked off leash? I somewhat gathered that but don't know for sure from your post. If they are being free walked, sorry to say, it is partly your issue also.
I hope your fortunes improve. Too much, too fast.

Sadly, it’s in that particular pit mix’s habit to attack other dogs and nothing short of euthanasia or complete control over it when outside its house is ever going to change that. The young lady might be nice but it’s time for a hard talk with her about reality. My 11 year old beagle is far too frail by comparison to any large dog and would necessitate a SD shot to avoid her being badly injured in the scenario you described.

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Originally posted by bettysnephew:
If the young lady is aware that this is not the first time an incident has occurred, you and her need to have a heart to heart discussion about what she thinks is the proper thing to do. Perhaps she recognizes the issue and will do the right thing.
Are your dogs being walked off leash? I somewhat gathered that but don't know for sure from your post. If they are being free walked, sorry to say, it is partly your issue also.
I hope your fortunes improve. Too much, too fast.

Nope on a leash. But this dog, and the other has arracked both Ahyoka and Sequoyah in their own yard.

She lives with her dad, she's 20ishsomething. Her dad said the last time this happened, he would put down that dog. I don't know if that will happen, we'll see.

I hate the thought of that. I hate the thought that this dog hurting someone.

Thankful this Pitbull mix quit chasing the kid. Thankfully Sequoyah wasn't hurt, and out of the three dogs there, Ahyoka, Sequoyah, and Henry ( elderly neighbor's Border Collie/Aussie mix ), Sequoyah is the youngest, and tougher one. Was able to hold this dog off so the neighbor and her dog could get away.

I'm thankful for the grass cutting crew that ran down and helped. I never got the chance to thank them.

She knows about all the attacks, we've talked before about this. I don't know what else to say or do besides some kind of legal action, they are low income, so I don't know what it would accomplish besides bad blood between us.

As you can see, IT IS a big shit sandwich.


ARman

Sometimes the right thing to do is to put down the dog. I’ll go a step further and suggest that this young lady, though well intentioned, should not be rescuing these questionable dogs. Maybe there is someone out there who could control these dogs, teach them what is and isn’t acceptable, and keep them, but that someone is not her.

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Originally posted by slosig:
Sometimes the right thing to do is to put down the dog. I’ll go a step further and suggest that this young lady, though well intentioned, should not be rescuing these questionable dogs. Maybe there is someone out there who could control these dogs, teach them what is and isn’t acceptable, and keep them, but that someone is not her.

Yes, her intentions are good. She loves them, and has tried very hard to train them. But, she just isn't that person.

This is the rub. She's a very nice girl. The dogs are sweet to people ( except this Incident ), and there are at least a dozen reports on them. Yet it keeps happening!

I live less than 100 yards from them. I know them. This dog loves me, yet he hates my two dogs.

I'm just frustrated about everything!

ARman