I am writing in response to the recent article, “Officers shoot pit bull after it attacks them.”
If you read the story it is easy to see why the dog attacked – if you know anything about canine and pack behavior. Any protective dog would have done the same, not just a pit bull. The dog was trying to protect his owner. Dogs do not know what a uniform and badge means. The man struggled with police, the police struggled back. The dog thought someone was trying to harm his owner and he was just doing what was natural.
The way The Herald titled it was negative. Why must you emphasize the breed? Punish the deed, not the breed. Earlier in the year The Herald did a similar blurb in the paper about a pit bull attacking its owner and the owner shot and killed it. Again, the dog was trying to protect its master. A husband and wife were arguing and the wife became physically violent toward her husband and this is when the dog attacked her. Again, being protective.
Most pit bulls, or any dog that attacks unprovoked, are dogs that usually have been physically abused by humans. Any dog is prone to attack. Here’s an example: there was a 10-pound Pomeranian that mauled a 9-month-old baby to death last year.
Lea Bowers
Everett
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