357luvr
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This all happened a couple weeks ago. I don't post here much but I thought you all would appreciate the story. Just FYI, the dog was tested and was NOT rabid. The attacking Pitt was obviously a fighter dog since it had numerous scars all over his body. About once a week, I'll hear dogs fighting and am convinced that someone nearby is holding illegal dog fights. God help them if I ever discover who that someone is. Dog fights are cruel, illegal, and just down right WRONG!!!
Just FYI - I mention all three of my dogs by their names. Jack is a beagal, Lobo is a siberian husky, and cisco is a husky/pitt mix
Anyway, let me go ahead and start off at the beginning. Wednesday, Lobo started barking and come to find out a dog was on the other side of the fence. I thought it was my neighbors dog so I cautiously brought him inside. Jack got real upset and started growling as soon as I brought him in. A few hours later, my neighbor comes home and lets me know that it's not her dog. So I let him go not thinking that curious little Jack is right behind me. Needless to say, the second after letting the stray dog go, he attacks Jack. When I say attack, I mean try to kill. The stray (it was a pittbull which is why I thought it was my neighbors) has a killer grip on Jack's lower jaw literally trying to rip it off his face. I jump in and try to pry the pitbull off Jack and get bit like crazy in the process. My neighbor started hitting the dog with a bucket which finally runs him off. I immediately run jack inside and get my 44 magnum revolver. By the time I got back outside, the pitbull had Lobo by the throat. So I shot the pitbull. I'm sure one shot would've eventually killed him but I'm not willing to see any dog suffer, so I emptied the cylinder into him. I then ran back inside and reloaded, after which I go out there and put one more in the dog's head. That was my biggest mistake because to see if a dog has rabies, you have to dissect the brain. Well after a 44 magnum to the head, I doubt there'll be anything left.
An hour later, I was talking to animal control as they took the body. An hour after that, I'm in the hospital. They cleaned up the handokay but it still ended up getting infected so now I'm on the strongest antibiotic available, my hand hurts like crazy even though I've got some vicodin in me. Anyway, I got to go back for some rabies shots since I won't find out the results of the autopsy until monday or tuesday at the earliest.
Just to follow up and add a few things. Like I said, the dog was not rabid so I never had to endure the painful rabies vaccinations. I wish I had gotten a picture of the damage the first round caused. You all would've appreciated it. I didn't have time to aim and the bullet hit a few inches behind the middle of his body. I'd have to guess but I'd say it opened a 3-4" hole on the ENTRANCE wound. The bullet went in, caused massive bleeding and juststopped. It never penetrated all the way throughI now trust my life to the 240gr. Gold Dots that are in my 4" Taurus revolver. Probably wouldn't do much to an attacking kodiak bear but the biggest thing I have to worry about here in Va. is ... you guessed it, a stray pitt bull. We've seen a few mountain lions and even fewer bears in my area but nothing like that has been seen for years.
Either way, the attack shook me up pretty good. I had never taken a life in order to save a life and unless you've actually been there/did that, you can't say for certain how you would react. I'm a SLIGHTLY ashamed to say that after it was all over, I broke down crying. I was taught that 'big boys don't cry' but now know that's a load of B.S. Either way, I cried mainly because I though Jack was going to die. He was safely by my side the entire time I was crying but just the thought that I nearly lost at least 1 of my family members shook me up pretty good.
As a final note, to all those that have had run ins with strange dogs, BE PREPARED!!! If the dog looks all scared up like this one did, take that as a warning that it will attack you or someone you love without hesitations. I'm not saying to go around shooting stray dogs, but what I am saying is just be cautious of dogs that you aren't familiar with.
This all happened a couple weeks ago. I don't post here much but I thought you all would appreciate the story. Just FYI, the dog was tested and was NOT rabid. The attacking Pitt was obviously a fighter dog since it had numerous scars all over his body. About once a week, I'll hear dogs fighting and am convinced that someone nearby is holding illegal dog fights. God help them if I ever discover who that someone is. Dog fights are cruel, illegal, and just down right WRONG!!!
Just FYI - I mention all three of my dogs by their names. Jack is a beagal, Lobo is a siberian husky, and cisco is a husky/pitt mix
Anyway, let me go ahead and start off at the beginning. Wednesday, Lobo started barking and come to find out a dog was on the other side of the fence. I thought it was my neighbors dog so I cautiously brought him inside. Jack got real upset and started growling as soon as I brought him in. A few hours later, my neighbor comes home and lets me know that it's not her dog. So I let him go not thinking that curious little Jack is right behind me. Needless to say, the second after letting the stray dog go, he attacks Jack. When I say attack, I mean try to kill. The stray (it was a pittbull which is why I thought it was my neighbors) has a killer grip on Jack's lower jaw literally trying to rip it off his face. I jump in and try to pry the pitbull off Jack and get bit like crazy in the process. My neighbor started hitting the dog with a bucket which finally runs him off. I immediately run jack inside and get my 44 magnum revolver. By the time I got back outside, the pitbull had Lobo by the throat. So I shot the pitbull. I'm sure one shot would've eventually killed him but I'm not willing to see any dog suffer, so I emptied the cylinder into him. I then ran back inside and reloaded, after which I go out there and put one more in the dog's head. That was my biggest mistake because to see if a dog has rabies, you have to dissect the brain. Well after a 44 magnum to the head, I doubt there'll be anything left.
An hour later, I was talking to animal control as they took the body. An hour after that, I'm in the hospital. They cleaned up the handokay but it still ended up getting infected so now I'm on the strongest antibiotic available, my hand hurts like crazy even though I've got some vicodin in me. Anyway, I got to go back for some rabies shots since I won't find out the results of the autopsy until monday or tuesday at the earliest.
Just to follow up and add a few things. Like I said, the dog was not rabid so I never had to endure the painful rabies vaccinations. I wish I had gotten a picture of the damage the first round caused. You all would've appreciated it. I didn't have time to aim and the bullet hit a few inches behind the middle of his body. I'd have to guess but I'd say it opened a 3-4" hole on the ENTRANCE wound. The bullet went in, caused massive bleeding and juststopped. It never penetrated all the way throughI now trust my life to the 240gr. Gold Dots that are in my 4" Taurus revolver. Probably wouldn't do much to an attacking kodiak bear but the biggest thing I have to worry about here in Va. is ... you guessed it, a stray pitt bull. We've seen a few mountain lions and even fewer bears in my area but nothing like that has been seen for years.
Either way, the attack shook me up pretty good. I had never taken a life in order to save a life and unless you've actually been there/did that, you can't say for certain how you would react. I'm a SLIGHTLY ashamed to say that after it was all over, I broke down crying. I was taught that 'big boys don't cry' but now know that's a load of B.S. Either way, I cried mainly because I though Jack was going to die. He was safely by my side the entire time I was crying but just the thought that I nearly lost at least 1 of my family members shook me up pretty good.
As a final note, to all those that have had run ins with strange dogs, BE PREPARED!!! If the dog looks all scared up like this one did, take that as a warning that it will attack you or someone you love without hesitations. I'm not saying to go around shooting stray dogs, but what I am saying is just be cautious of dogs that you aren't familiar with.
