Seems like the most appropriate place. Family I know rehabilitates pit bulls. They currently have four, only two of which I had ever met. One has to stay in a room when I show up because he was abused and barks and snarls at white men when they enter.
Anyway, I'm there today in the kitchen, and this dog gets brought in. Sweet, wonderful, comes over wagging his tail, head in my lap. Love this dog as much as the two I know. Suddenly, assistant walks in, and this woman walks the dogs regularly, takes care of them, etc. She opens the door and this dog takes his head out of my lap in a flash and flies to the door. In about three seconds, the woman has screamed and pulled the door shut.
I'm in the kitchen now with pit that just "attacked" and owner. Dog is back to being all sweet when the owner's son comes up and says "Rocky just bit Joanne!" I had thought the dog got shoved back as it got in, but in those three seconds he had gotten to the door and gotten her leg.
So, she has blood coming out of the puncture wounds on her leg, dog gets put away again all sheepishly, and they're trying to figure out how to get her to the hospital so, in Joanne's words, NOT the owner's, they didn't know it was Rocky and call animal control, who would put him to sleep.
He's only been there a few weeks, they've seen barking but nothing like that. If she hadn't had the door to shove in his face, I don't know what would have happened. I love those dogs individually, but I still don't get how as a breed they're thought of as children appropriate. It's not the individual dog's fault. It's the breed. I've dealt w abused dogs before, mostly boxers. Never saw anything like that.
