Amber A Maclin -- This why I never go any where on foot with my two boys and some kind of weapon.

Amber A Maclin

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Had a scary moment on my walk today... I'm 4 months pregnant and a loose German Shepherd mix dog ran up on me and my two German Shepherds. My oldest Shepherd pictured below. Put himself between me and the offending dog while my youngest Shepherd stood by ready if anything should happen. Here's what really pissed me off. The owner said "oh he just broke free I have nothing to hold him with".. I was so angry I didn't say a word to her. Just held my knife out in plain sight so she could see I was armed and I would defend myself if need be. She kept trying to call her dog off but it wasn't working then kept saying "he just wants to play" I still remained silent because I didn't want to upset my unborn child by yelling and screaming. This dog was literally trying to find a way around my dogs to get to me. I was so scared when normally I'm not. This why I never go any where on foot with my two boys and some kind of weapon.

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  Amber A Maclin It took all my might not to cuss her out and yell at her pick up a damn book and understand dog body language your dog does not want to play he wants to attack. She had to literally drag her dog away by it's back legs because it was not leashed. SMH!

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  Heidi Schold what an idiot...

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  Amber A Maclin I should have recorded it but I was more concerned about protecting me and my child than whipping out my phone.. I can't stand people with aggressive dogs that have them unleashed in public

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  Heidi Schold a Pit ran up once and grabbed onto my beagles side unprovoked, took 4 adults to get him off... I know exactly what you mean...

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  Christy Cornell Amber A Maclin First of all, congratulations on your pregnancy.  
  
  I'm so glad you are ok and weren't physically harmed. Keep yourself and that baby safe! ...See More

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  Amber A Maclin I will report her if this happens again. I've never seen this dog before when I'm out. I could clearly tell her dog was not interested in play at all not the way he was looking for an opening and baring his teeth at me. I'm showing very early so she could CLEARLY see I was pregnant...and she didn't even say she was sorry ....ugh

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  Amber A Maclin Thank you Christy btw!

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  Jennie Conway I'm just so glad to hear you are ok

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  Kimberly Riddle Lanka Amber, I'm upset reading what you just experienced. Congrats on four months. Magical times are ahead. You sound so grounded in your description of the interaction and your rationale. I hope you can focus on calming yourself and getting rid of those stress hormones. I used Chamomile Tea and Classical Music, hot baths with good smelling salts, peaceful vacation idea shows on tv, and most often reading in bed with hot tea. I also hope you can report the person. They were clearly a danger to everyone and hardly a responsible owner. I feel the same fear of random dogs when walking. Remember to give your pups some special treats for their brilliant protective behavior.

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  Lynne Smith No one wants to report a neighbor, but the next time - if there is one - might be one time too many for you or someone else. If you can report anonymously, please do so. Animal controls need paper trails in order to do their jobs.

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  Earl Upham Don't bother being anonymous because any dog behaving badly without being corrected when the behavior is unacceptable needs to be reported. Do not hesitate! Do it right away. It is true that you need a paper trail. If this dog ever does something in the future then it will be known that the dog has already been a problem.

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  Amber A Maclin Thanks everyone. I will call my local AC tomorrow and make a report. Last time I made a report police came and shot the dog right in front of me. This was in my old neighborhood

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  M.j. Brandt Amber,your dog is beautiful.

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  Fawad Arslan these german Shepards can protect you , you dont even need a weapon

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Walworth authorities release details of fatal pit bull attack

Neil Johnson

FONTANA
What started as an annoyed slap to deter a jumping dog ended in a horrific attack by two pit bull dogs that left a babysitter's clothing shredded and a 14-month-old boy naked, lacerated and dead of multiple dog bites.
According to Walworth County Sheriff's Office reports released Monday, North Lake Shore Drive resident Susan Iwicki's two 45-pound pit bull terriers Bosston and Penny turned from playful and "nippy" to vicious March 6 as she took them outside her Fontana home while holding Daxton Borchardt, a 14-month-old boy she was baby sitting for a friend.
Iwicki, 30, told deputies the dogs were jumping up and nipping and that as she yelled at them and batted them away, the dogs went into a violent frenzy, brutally attacking her and Daxton, according to reports.
Iwicki said she "fought for her and Daxton's life" as the young boy's blood covered the snow in her yard.
She said the dogs gnashed and bit her, injuring her hand. The dogs tore off large parts of her coat and shredded it to pieces, sending her cellphone flying and knocking her to the ground.
Iwicki then lost hold of Daxton and the boy went sprawling to the ground. The dogs lunged onto Daxton and began a brutal and ultimately fatal attack on him, according to Iwicki's accounts.
Iwicki screamed for help and tried to kick the dogs away as one stood on her back, mauling her. As the dogs stalked in circles around Daxton, she somehow managed to get the pit bulls and Daxton separated. Inside her house, she used baby gates to keep Daxton and the dogs in different rooms while she called 911 and shouted frantic and panicked pleas for help.
By then, Daxton was critically injured and was losing massive amounts of blood, according to reports.
A deputy was the first to arrive at what deputies at first feared was a murder, according to reports.
Blood and fabric were all over the yard where the attack took place.
The first deputy to arrive said one of the pit bulls came out of the house, and sniffed him, and ran back inside. He drew his gun, but decided the dog was not a threat at the time.
The deputy said he yelled for Iwicki to get the dogs out of the house and away from the scene. He then went into another room. There he found Daxton. The toddler was completely naked and lying motionless on his back on the floor in puddle of blood that was "everywhere," according to reports.
The deputy at the time believed the boy was dead, but then Daxton began to gasp and at one point glanced at the deputy with his left eye, according to the report.
Daxton was first taken by ambulance to Mercy-Walworth Medical Center, and later flown by helicopter to a Milwaukee children's hospital with "critical" injuries.
Daxton was later pronounced dead of injuries from multiple dog bites.
Iwicki was treated and released for injuries at Mercy-Walworth Hospital, according to reports.
Daxton's father, Jeffrey Borchardt, who is a part-time disc jockey, was helping Iwicki's boyfriend install carpeting at another residence when the attack happened.
It's not clear where Daxton's mother, Borchardt's spouse was at the time, and police did not name her in the report.
According to reports, Iwicki called her boyfriend in a panic after the attacks, and he left the carpet job site "like a rocket."
He would not tell Borchardt why, only that something had happened involving Daxton, according to reports.
A man working at a resort next door told deputies he'd heard Iwicki's screams but didn't go check out the situation because he thought it was children having a snowball fight at a nearby playground.
The man also told deputies he'd been watching "too many horror movies lately," and suggested that was why he did not investigate the screams, according to reports.
Deputies reported that the dogs were trying to ram past chairs blocking a door to get near officers and medics who were tending to the critically injured Daxton.
Deputies used pepper spray to keep the pit bulls at bay, and they used hot dogs to entice the dogs into snares, according to reports.
Area humane society officials helped deputies load the pit bulls into crates and removed them from the scene, according to reports. A local veterinarian later killed both dogs, and officials collected the dogs' heads for rabies testing at the Waukesha County Medical Examiners Office. Both tested negative for rabies.
One of the pit bulls, Penny, was identified in a prior veterinarian chart on file at Geneva Lakes Animal Hospital as "stand-offish." The chart notes the dog was easily startled and would "hide behind" its owner during visits to the vet, according to reports.
None of those records noted that either of the dogs, which were 3 years old, showed signs of violence while getting veterinary care at the facility. Records at the clinic show both dogs had been spayed and neutered there.
The clinic notes also advise that pit bulls, Rotweilers and German shepherd dogs generally tend to "freeze" before they attack instead of running away, and they can tend to give little warning before an attack.
The fatal attack has sparked a controversy over pit bull dogs. Officials disagree over whether pit bulls are any more dangerous, aggressive or likely than other dogs to attack, or whether pit bull attacks are any likelier to be fatal than other dog attacks.
To Jeffrey Borchardt, it doesn't matter. He told police he can hardly look at his deceased son's toys, and he and his wife are so distraught over the death that they plan to move away.
Police have said there are no criminal charges pending. Borchardt has vowed he'll lead a charge to have pit bull dogs "bred into extinction."
He told deputies after the incident that he plans to "get pit bulls banned by insurance companies," and said he never wanted to see Iwicki or her boyfriend again. - See more at: http://www.gazettextra.com/article/20130402/ARTICLES/304029999#sthash.mzJXVxDj.dpuf

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• Lisa Gaffney Maybe we should make a thread showing victims of pit bull attacks and just include the photos on the comment posts where replies are shown rather than immediately visible. This way we could say on the main thread warning graphic pictures contained inside so those who don't want to see don't have to but people who are on the fence about the issue can observe and come to their own conclusions

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  Rachel Simas Of course they reported it. They don't want their dirty laundry out there for us to see. They know how much crap like that goes on amongnst their supporters, and they know if the rest of the world saw they would lose all sympathy.

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  Lisa Gaffney ^ exactly!

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  Olivia Wyatt They don't want the world to know they have sex with pit bulls and use them for their own means.

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  Jackie Jenkins I don't see a Michael Lee

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  Jeff Borchardt Anything controversial must be posted on a blog where nobody can touch it.

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  Jackie Jenkins I agree I'm tired of seeing our personal conversation spread all over the place with the nutty people

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  Jeff Borchardt Like this. I used Noah's ESA dogs as my featured photo. Sort of killed two birds with one stone in a subtle way.  Yes, I am an asshole sometimes. I admit it. http://daxtonsfather.wordpress.com/.../service-and.../

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  Jeff Borchardt Which, by the way, I added to my "REAL service dogs that were attacked by pit bulls." A visually impaired Calgarian is recovering from an attack by an unleashed pit bull that injured both him and his guide dog.
  
  It happened last Wednesday as Trevor Fitzhenry was walking his dog, Neptune, in Forest Lawn.
  
  “He had his jaws right on his neck, on Neptune’s neck,” said Fitzhenry. “I was thinking, ‘I am going to lose my dog. My dog is going to die here on me.’”
  
  Fitzhenry couldn’t actually see the attack; he has been blind for 15 years.
  
  “It’s just crazy because Neptune is my lifeline, he’s my eyes,” he told Global News. “I was just horrified seeing another dog attack your seeing-eye dog; it was just horrifying.”
  
  The dogs were eventually separated, but not before Neptune was bitten on the face and paws. Fitzhenry required stitches to his hand.
  
  “I was horrified, I was screaming. I was yelling for someone to come help separate these two dogs and it just wasn’t working.”http://daxtonsfather.wordpress.com/.../service-and.../

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  Rachel Simas Lol I'm an asshole too. It's a symptom of exacerbation of being confronted with stupid people.

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