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by  Anonymous 6/08/2009 2:30 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
"Everywhere she went, the dog went"
Looks to me more like everywhere the dog went, she had to follow.

by  Anonymous 6/08/2009 4:07 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Pits currently dominate canine weight pulling competitions as well as chain breakin', fence bustin', window smashin' and leash snappin' incidents.

This owner mistakenly thought she could control the dog.

by  MamaDog 6/08/2009 9:40 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Pit bulls "pull" over 1,300 lbs in weight pull competitions. It's hardly a stretch one of these dogs could completely dominate an adult trying to walk it. What a horrible way to die...

http://swampdogkennels.com/IWPAChampionshipMedalists.html

by  Jimmy O 6/08/2009 3:03 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
FYI:
On May 24, 2009 at a weight pull event in Mossyrock,WA, an 81 lb pit bull named MAFIA owned by Richard Barnes pulled 6000 lbs.
Pulling 6000 lbs is roughly the equivalent of pulling 200 cocker spaniels or 550 dachshunds or 1000 chihuahuas.

http://www.weightpull.com/results/home.asp?idd=2298

by  bitbypit 6/09/2009 12:03 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
We've been watching comments on this post and seeing how they unfold. We have now removed some as well. Ad hominem attacks, which include celebrating the death or illness of any person, are usually disallowed in comment sections. We don't believe any of our remaining comments are doing so in this case. The DogsBite blog is also not a typical blog. We primarily deal with the issues of severe injury and death and the prevention of both. Most here are familiar with the death of Diane Whipple. She was mauled to death in the hallway of her apartment because Marjorie Knoller could not hold onto the leash of her presa canario dogs. The powerful dogs physically drug Knoller down the hallway as they launched their deadly attack and there was nothing she could do to stop them. The point of posting the story of Vida Silver was to question the paradox of owning a dog that is far more powerful than one's self.

There are various sides to this argument. A member of pitbullforum.com takes the dog owner side by asking, "Why wasn't the dog better trained?" We don't know that the dog wasn't well trained. As stated in the Fox video, Silver and Mama were "inseparable." The two attended social gatherings together (including functions at the homes of friends and relatives), indicating that the dog must have been trained. While perhaps sounding insensitive, others feel that at least an innocent bystander (such as Diane Whipple) was spared death in this instance. Finally, there are pit bull owners that attempt to be "breed ambassadors" and "lion tamers," to prove to the rest of us how well trained their dogs are, but at the risk to us as well. We do not know if Silver was either of these types. What we do know is that the way she had the leashed wrapped around her hand, possibly to prevent a sudden lunge or attack, led to her own death.

In the end, the issue returns to a common sense question: Is it safe to own a dog that can easily, if the animal chooses, overpower you?

by  Anonymous 9/07/2009 9:46 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
See this is why pit bulls should be banned, they're too strong and empty headed to know there was a train coming. I mean don't you think the dog would have seen the train at least? My goodness I feel sorry for this woman and I hope this opens the eyes of people that pit bulls are too strong and vicious!

by  Trigger 10/13/2009 3:55 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
A male pit bull owner that can't stop his dogs:

Oct 13, 2009 -- "The owner of the dogs couldn't control them and got dragged up the hill! They were so strong they pulled off his shirt by dragging him along the concrete, all while trying to get to my dog. The officer also said he'd fax a copy of the report to the dog control officer and advised me to take my dog to the vet."

http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_286122545.html

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