Fatal Dog Attacks

By Karen Delise

Product # 954

$20.00+s&h

Table of Contents 

1. Canis Lupus
       Chart A - Taxonomy

2. Human Expectations of Canine Behavior

3. Canine Aggression
           a. Recognize Types of Aggression & Fatal Attacks
           b. Physical Health and/or Environmental Stresses
           c. Reproductive Status
           d. Children & Canine Aggression
           e. The elderly & Canine Aggression
           f. Location of Attacks
           g. Warning Signs & Prevention
    Chart B - Victim Ages
    Chart C - Locations of Attack

4. Elements of a Fatal Dog Attack
           a. Chained Dogs
      Chart D - Chained Dogs & Victim Ages
           b. Dogs Obtained for Protection, Fighting, Image-Enhancement
           c. Newly Acquired Dogs
           d. Irresponsible Owners/Breeders
           e. Pack Mentality & Multiple Dog Statistics
      Chart E - Breed Involvements/Single vs. Multiple Dogs
            f. Dogs & Newborns
      Chart F - Newborn Ages in Months
      Chart G - Newborn & Relationship to Dog
           g. Breed of Dog
       Chart H - Breeds of Dogs & Number of Fatalities

5. The Breed Issue
           a. Definition of a Breed
           b. Function of a Breed

6. The Breeds Involved in Fatal Attacks
           a. Breed Populations & Statistics
           b. Pit-Bull-Type Dogs (see Chapter 7)
           c. MIxed Breed Dogs
           d. Rottweilers
           e. German Shepherd Dogs
           f. Wolf Dog Hybrids
           g. Siberian Huskies & Husky-Type dogs
           h. Malamutes
           i. Great Danes
           j. St Bernards
          k. Chow Chows
          l. Doberman Pinschers
      Chart I - AKC Registrations & Fatalities

7. The Problem with Pit Bulls
           a. Definition of a Pit Bull
           b. History of the Pit Bull
           c. The Present day Pit Bull

8. The Statistics
           a. Goal of Study
           b. Comparison to Other Statistics on Fatal Dog Attacks
           c. Documentation
           d. Supplemental Cases
           e. Definitions - Fatal Dog Attack
           f. Human Initiated Attacks
           g. Fatal Dog Attacks Statistics - Summary of Finding
     Chart J - Fatalities by State

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Also check out The Pit Bull Placebo, another book by Karen Delise.

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QUESTION:

Good Day Ed,

I am desperate for some direction and would appreciate any feedback and/or suggestions you can offer me. My parents own three dogs (all Pit Bull mixes - mother + 2 children). The situation that I will outline concerns one of the three dogs (male dog - one of the children). This dog is about 4 years old and has always been with my family. He is very, very protective of our home and my family. He definitely demonstrates very aggressive tendencies. All our dogs are also extremely spoiled which we believe only adds to the protectiveness of the dogs, especially the one in question. The dog I am speaking of barks as soon as he sees anyone approaching the home. He also has a tendency of running and jumping on the fence of our back yard as soon as he sees any of the neighbors in their respective back yards.

Essentially all our neighbors are extremely terrified of our dogs and have repeatedly called the police on my parents when they have gotten loose a couple of times and even when they bark which is very disturbing to me since virtually most of our neighbors also have dogs who incidentally bark and run around freely without leashes and/or supervision at times. The police have been called to my parents home enough times where they have expressed their frustration and disgust in the entire matter.

Now that warmer weather is approaching we are trying to come up with strategies to control the one dog in question so that he discontinues his extremely aggressive behavior (i.e. jumping and biting the fence when he sees a neighbor in their own back yard). We are at our wits end and we do anticipate more problems in the near future if we do not find a way to control the situation. We are also currently toying with putting our one dog to sleep. We really, really are hoping for alternate options since it is breaking our hearts just to think about putting our dog to sleep since he is young and healthy.

We do not feel that giving him away to a pet shelter will be a feasible option since he is so spoiled that he would be extremely miserable in a locked up environment. We do not believe anyone will want him and even if someone chooses to take him this dog is so spoiled that he would retaliate if he was treated any differently. We do not want to have on our conscience that either 1. our dog is locked up in a cage somewhere or 2. he is taken by people who are abusing him. Please advise my family and myself. We are currently in a terrible bind, especially at this point in time where it has been proven that all the neighbors are against my parents and their ownership of these dogs. We have every indication to believe that the neighbors will continue calling law enforcement continuously and relentlessly at the drop of a hat. Please contact me with any feedback or advice. I would truly appreciate your help in this matter.

Desperately,

Yolanda Wall

ANSWER:

You and your parents need to become better educated about pack behavior. Read the article I wrote titled DEALING WITH THE DOMINANT DOG - You can find this on the article page on my web site at http://leerburg.com/articles.htm

Have your parents read this article.

You may want to buy the book titled FATAL DOG ATTACKS.

Three dogs is a dog pack. On top of this the dog is not well trained. I hope they have good
insurance. Dogs like this can kill people and the legal mood around the country is to charge the owners with murder. I know, I testified against a lady who is now in prison for 11 years.

These dogs need to be in a dog kennel. If need be, they need to have a barrier put up that does not allow them to see neighbors. I can tell you that if you were my neighbor we
would have serious problems. Your parents (and you) are not responsible pet owners. You are a danger to your neighbors and unless you make changes, it's only a matter of time before these dogs seriously hurt someone.


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