I live in Liverpool and every idiotic scally type, of which there are a fair few in certain parts, own's a pit bull or some other little angry dog. I once seen a group of teenagers in the park whilst on my bike and they had their pit bull hanging from a tree, quite literally wrestling it. I was told this was to strengthen their jaws for fights with other dogs!

There have been a myraid of stories in the paper about three pitbulls rippig a new born calf to pieces in the local park. Some killed this weird bird that lived in local woods. There are stories of people dogs being killed by the pitbulls owned by these stupid children. Then of course the dog fights. (by the way I haven't heard great things about those Japanese Akitas... but then you only ever hear the BAD stories so they get let off the hook here haha).

What I want to know is how would my dog fare if he was set on by three/four of these pit bulls? Right now he's just fur and legs, but slowly thinnging out. There was an incident a while ago that he got out of with ease. BY THE WAY these have been OTHER PEOPLE setting dogs onto him... we don't partake in that idiocricy. ANYWAY, has anybody had any bother like that?

Dog crime is a HUGE issue in Liverpool just lately you see... and my "Mad Charlie" as he's known would probably be a good target to see how "hard" your dog is since he just attracts attention. So I do worry a wee bit. But knowing how he dealt with his other problem I'm slightly less worried than I should be perhaps...

Yes, same story here... apparently dog fighting is going on in South London too... :( :angry:

With a grown pyrenean, I wouldn't be too worried. Troy once got set on by two German Shepherds; one front end, one rear end. He sent them both packing... one was limping, the other bleeding from the neck... Troy wasn't injured at all and it was no problem at all for him.

With a puppy, it is a bit different. I don't think a baby pyrenees would have much of a chance... :(

He's a good 18 months old now lol. But still scrawny. What happened with this pit bull, CRAP I think they aren't those. They're staffs :rolleyes: Sorry. But all the same, similar. Sorry for giving those dogs a bad "rep." as they say. My dad doesn't let him offlead during walks because of his being "unpredictable". But this STAFF (haha) strolled over, had a sniff, then had a go. It ended with the other dog grabbing what it though was Charlies throat, but was actually just a clump of fur, and Charlie with this dogs ear in his mouth. The story goes that everything went eerily quiet and still haha! But that doesn't sound like he handled it well as just got lucky. Good on Troy though. Were they actually set on to him or it just happened? They aren't particularly little dogs in their own right :o !

Well, the owner said that he was very surprised about how Troy reacted. He said that other dogs normally run away or submit. This means that he lets his dogs bully other dogs without doing anything about it. Well, they bullied the wrong dog that time... and we never saw him with his dogs ever in the park again. Perhaps he has learnt his lesson.

Vera

That's awful. Not heard anything like that where I live in Derby.

I am going to be a RSPCA home inspector soon (doing course in a couple weeks) so might pick up on some stories with that, lets hope not.

I think JD would be useless. My sister-in-laws miniature schnauzer bit JD on the end of her nose the other week because JD pinched a biscuit off her and she just looked at her as if to say "what did you do that for" :blink: I don't think she has a nasty bone in her body, but you never know if threatened.

Cheeks