Went to shelter adopted tiny pit mix, seemed quiet and docile, now in hindsight I’m pretty sure was illegally dosed with trazodone or another sedative.

At first peed thought no problem, takes times to adjust. After two weeks I’m gonna return her, for a litany of issues.

So far:
Separation anxiety
Cat aggressive
Over-stimulation and chokes herself jumping 100x per walk
Pees on the floor with no warning over a dozen times IN FRONT OF US 20 minutes after being walked many numerous times
After being put in crate just pees in crate if left longer than 1-2 hours even after being walked before being put in.

I am angry, and I feel bad getting rid of a dog but there’s something mentally wrong with her, if I give her treats and treat her well, i notice she gets more anxious/resource guarding and pees in the house more.

She tried bolting for an outdoor cat on a simple walk, and growling at one inside who was a good distance away.

At a relatives house we had some children inside, she peed 20 times, as the crate had not yet arrived.

In the crate nonstop whining and scratching even staying by her and petting.

I don’t know why anyone would inbreed an entire genetic lineage this fucking bad, I don’t know why you’d drug a dog to offload it on someone who will inevitably return it.

It’s so frustrating as I’ve grown up around dogs all my life and wanted to take a chance, and now I’ll never adopt again from another fucking shelter.

The family of a 5-year old girl found dead in their back yard claimed it was a cougar that killed her, despite police having to shoot the dog to get to the girl's body. The family originally described the dog as a Cane Corso, but in the September 26 article linked above, the girl's father confirms it was an Amstaff belonging to a friend. The police took the unnusual step of correcting the family's claims it was a cougar before DNA testing was complete.

DNA testing report here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Q8wt6JNXBMM?si=zXCk7cXL7ObxrtEF

>We’re trying to grieve.’ Sheriff Swank’s posts hurt deceased girl’s family By Peter Talbot Updated September 23, 2026 10:40 AM

>The day the family of a 5-year-old girl killed in Pierce County laid her to rest, they still did not know what happened to their “beautiful” and “sassy” little girl. While they grieved, Sheriff Keith Swank posted his opinion online with a tone of certainty. “I need to set the record straight,” Swank wrote Sept. 12 on X, responding to a post that claimed the girl was killed by a cougar. “The dog, I repeat, the dog killed this poor child. It is very tragic, but it was the dog, not a cougar.” Alice Jo Sandholm Locke’s cause of death had not been confirmed by the Medical Examiner’s Office, and it remained pending Tuesday. In follow-up posts on social media, a commenter asked Swank what the source of his information was. He responded: “My brain.” Swank went on to accuse some members of Alice Jo’s family of spreading lies, and he said he was considering releasing body-camera footage of the dead child. He said he hadn’t shared it because of the trauma it could cause her family and the community. In an interview with The News Tribune on Sept. 17, Alice Jo’s parents, aunt and grandmother explained that they were offended by the sheriff posting what he thought happened to Alice Jo without facts to back him up and without speaking to her mother and father. Josie Locke, the mother of Alice Jo, said the posts were too much. “We haven’t gotten answers,” Locke said. “That’s why we don’t understand why he was able to even talk about it because nothing has come back.” Justice Sandholm, the girl’s father, questioned why Swank chose to weigh in at all. “If his daughter passed away, would he want me posting on there my conspiracy theory about what happened to his daughter without having factual evidence?” Sandholm said. “Or would that man, as a man, be mad and hurt?” Alice Jo’s family emphasized that they don’t know what killed her, but they want people in the Graham area to be aware that there have been confirmed cougar sightings so they know to keep a close eye on children. Locke said law enforcement should not exclude it as a possibility in her daughter’s death investigation. But the family is concerned that’s exactly what has happened. “It could have been the dog, could have been a cougar, could have been anything, but we don’t know,” Locke said. “So at the end of the day, another little kid walks down that road and dies, that would be on him, and that’s wrong.” In a written statement to The News Tribune on Tuesday, Swank defended his posts on X. In his posts, he said if the Sheriff’s Office thought a cougar was responsible, they would have had the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife respond to help capture or kill the animal. “I stand by what I said on X about the dog being the one that killed the little girl,” Swank told The News Tribune. “It is a tragic event, and no family should have to experience what they are going through.” Deputy Carly Cappetto, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation indicated the child’s injuries were consistent with a canine attack. But she said DNA comparison between the deceased dog’s saliva and Alice Jo’s wounds would provide confirmation and help investigators make final conclusions. “We understand there are members of the community who remain concerned that a cougar may have been responsible for this tragic incident,” Cappetto said. “The DNA analysis is an important part of the investigation and will help provide clarity regarding the animal involved so that appropriate conclusions and responses can be made.” ‘I screamed and screamed and screamed.’ Alice Jo died Aug. 13 at a property south of Graham, near 304th Street and 92nd Avenue East. She was spending the day with her grandmother, Paulla Snider, at a friend’s house. Snider said Alice Jo was on a deck when she went inside to turn off some water. The first call to 911, according to the Sheriff’s Office, was for a missing girl. When deputies arrived, Cappetto said an aggressive dog came at them outside the property, and a woman came out to restrain it. Deputies told her the dog needed to be put away if she wanted help looking for the girl. “The investigation goes on from there,” Cappetto said. MyNorthwest News reported that deputies shot and killed an aggressive dog found near Alice Jo’s body. A detective told the news outlet that the animal had gotten in the way, and that they needed to render aid to the girl. Sandholm said the dog belonged to a friend of his and that it was related to his dog, a type of pit bull called a Staffordshire Terrier. He said his daughter had spent many weekends around the dog without issue. Locke said she heard about the incident and called 911, too. She was told the road was likely blocked off, but she went to the property and made it through. Law enforcement vehicles lined a gravel road. The rest, she said, was a blur. “I made it halfway up the road, I think, and I turned around because I didn’t want to remember my daughter the way that they were explaining things,” Locke said. “And I just sat down, and I mean I screamed and screamed and screamed and bawled.”

>About a month later, on Sept. 17, investigators carried out a search warrant at the property. Deputy Carly Cappetto, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, said it was necessary to finalize investigative reports. “Once the reports are completed, they will be forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review,” Cappetto said Tuesday. “Any decisions regarding the case moving forward will be made by the prosecutor.” Swank demanded apology from girl’s aunt Alice Jo’s funeral was Sept. 12 at Mountain View Funeral Home in Lakewood. Hundreds of people attended, and a horse with flowers in its tail pulled a carriage that held the girl’s white-and-pink casket. She was born in January 2021 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. Locke said she was the most beautiful girl she’d ever seen.

>“She’s the closest thing there is to perfect,” Justice Sandholm said. “She’ll tell you that. She’ll say, ‘In my world, I’m the closest thing to perfect there is.’” Alice Jo lived in Spanaway and Graham. Her aunt, Patience Sandholm, said all of her family helped raise her. Patience Sandholm said she was a grandma’s girl, a momma’s girl and an aunt’s girl. She said she could talk all day about Alice Jo. The day of the funeral, an account on X posted a screenshot of a Facebook post from Patience Sandholm. The post said a cougar had killed Alice. Now, Patience Sandholm says she doesn’t know what killed her niece, but she does have evidence of recent cougar sightings. Patience Sandholm showed The News Tribune a photo from a neighbor’s trail camera of a cougar in the area in late August. And the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s map of predatory wildlife incidents shows one confirmed sighting Aug. 24 east of state Route 7, near the Maxine G. Morse Nature Conservancy. “I have proof of there being a cougar,” Patience Sandholm said. “I have video footage of the cougar from multiple neighbors. I even have more reports. They’re just not following up and doing their job. I am.” The day after Alice Jo’s funeral, Patience Sandholm said she was at her desk when she got a phone call from a number she didn’t recognize. It was Swank. In the conversation that followed, Swank demanded an apology for scaring the public, according to Patience Sandholm. She said she told him his online posts had been “beyond disrespectful.” “I’m going to need an apology from you for all this (expletive) that you’re stirring up because we’re trying to grieve,” Patience Sandholm said. “Nobody wanted to get on social media and do all this. Nobody wanted to do all that.”

>Snider said she thought the night after the funeral was the first time she slept since Alice Jo died. She said the whole thing had been “like a big nightmare,” and the last thing she wanted was to hear from a cop who she said didn’t know what he was talking about. “Until something’s been confirmed, I just wish everybody would just stay out of it, you know,” Paulla Snider said. “It would be better for us, all of us. It’s hard every day to live with her being gone, my baby.” This story was originally published September 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM.

Aunt put pitbull down, October 10, 2026, Mcallen TX. last week my uncle was putting the sectional cover on the sectional when their pitbull thought that my uncle had a cat or something in his arms. So he begun attacking. He jumped on my uncle and his claws dug into my uncle’s arms and legs. My uncle had scratches on his arms. But the thing that really got my aunt and uncle is that the dog would not listen and they describe that something snapped in the dog and they lost control. I knew this would happen but didn’t want to say anything in the years before this. The dog was once owned by my cousin and her ex boyfriend. Im not surprised that the boyfriend got the dog. he was the type who owns them. but my aunt is the type who is adamant that its not the dog its how they are raised and there was no reasoning with her. I have to pick my battles. and I don’t want to pick a fight with my aunt. but I’m glad the dog is now dead. I’m not sorry or sad about the dog. It doesn’t deserve to be mourned because it would have mauled someone and wagged its tail.

Tragedy in Moreno : A pit bull killed a 4-year-old boy who had gone to spend a few days at his godmother's house. The incident occurred inside a home located at 2500 Fresnos Street, in the town of Francisco Álvarez. The neighborhood is in shock.

According to what Primer Plano Online was able to reconstruct with sources from the investigation, the woman left the house with her partner to go pick up her daughter from skating and the little boy was left alone on the farm.

Apparently, the animal managed to enter through a ventiluz (small window) and, not recognizing the child, immediately attacked him. Upon returning, the woman, identified as Yohana Mercado (31), found the horrific scene: the dog on top of the bloodied child, still biting him in various parts of his body.

“When they managed to pull him out , the boy was already dead,” sources close to the investigation told Primer Plano Online. The boy was identified as Homero Mauro Leonar Fernández. Prosecutor Carina Saucedo ,of UFI No. 2 in Morón, ordered the woman's arrest while she evaluates what legal action to take. Initially, she is being charged with manslaughter.

The judicial official also ordered the transfer of the child's body to the morgue for the required autopsy. The dog, meanwhile, was placed in the custody of the Municipal Zoonosis Department.

Large pit bull attacks young 18lb Golden puppy, causing $2k in vet work

doug has a pneumothorax. basically he has a contusion in his lungs, causing air to leak into his chest cavity. his heart isn’t laying where it’s supposed to be because of it. they are keeping him at least 48 hours. they have to get all the air out of his chest. they are giving him antibiotics, anti inflammatories, super strong pain medication, and i think oxygen? we are over $2,000 in vet bills already.

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A new UK law requiring children and banned dog breeds to be separated in the home will come into force next month

The new law will apply to XL Bully dogs and will be a condition of the Certificate of

A new law on keeping banned dog breeds will come into force on November 1.

From next month, it will be a criminal offence to leave a child under the age of 12 in close contact with a dangerous dog in a private place, which includes homes and gardens, without adult supervision.

The new law will apply to anyone with an XL Bully dog after they were added to the list of banned breeds in 2023. Even pet owners who hold a Certificate of Exemption will be subject to the new law.

The new rules were confirmed in June this year under Sir Keir Starmer's government. At the time, the government said the new safeguard would "reduce the risk of serious injury to children in domestic environments, while allowing exempted dogs to remain with families where appropriate supervision is in place".

The new law will come into force on November 1 and guidance published under Andy Burnham's premiership in September this year outlines how dog owners will be impacted by the new rules.

The guidance states: "Young children, especially those under 12, are at higher risk of dog-related injuries in the home, where incidents often involve a dog they know." It said children may behave in ways that make dogs uncomfortable, such as by making sudden movements or loud noises or by getting to close contact with them.

In order to protect children, the new law will require dog owners to ensure that children are not left alone with banned dogs without an adult being there.

The guidance states: "A child under the age of 12 must only be near a banned breed dog if an adult is there to watch them closely and step in if needed. Dog owners and carers of children should plan ahead for times when supervision may be difficult."

The government is encouraging affected dog owners to ensure that they can adequately separate their children from dogs in the home, such as by keeping them in separate rooms with the door closed or by using secure stair gates or other physical barriers.

"Any barrier should be secure enough to prevent the child or dog getting over, under, through, or around it," the guidance says. "The barrier should not allow children and dogs to touch."

A dog crate or pen may also be used to separate a child and banned breed dog, where it prevents physical contact between them and is safe and suitable for the dog, according to the guidance.

As with other conditions of exemption, failure to comply with the new requirement may result in enforcement action, which can include seizure of the dog and potential prosecution, in line with existing powers under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

At the time of the announcement, animal welfare minister Baroness Hayman said: "Any attack on a child by a dangerous dog is unacceptable. The safety of children must always come first, and this new measure will strengthen protections in the home by ensuring young children are not left unattended around banned breed dogs, including XL Bully types. While many owners are acting responsibly - those that don’t should face the legal consequences."

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SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Three pit bulls are dead following an incident in South Charleston Thursday night that left two smaller dogs dead.

According to the South Charleston Police Department, officers responded to a home in the 300 block of Henson Avenue after receiving reports of dogs attacking other animals inside a fenced yard.
When officers arrived, they confirmed that two smaller dogs had been killed in the attack.

Police said an officer shot and killed two of the pit bulls involved. A third pit bull was removed from the property and later euthanized.
The owner of the pit bulls was issued a citation for violating South Charleston’s vicious animal ordinance, according to police.

Surgeons are sounding the alarm and worried about the lack of municipal regulations prohibiting pitbull-type dogs in Montreal. "Prioritizing dogs over children is totally unacceptable," says Daniel Borsuk, a pioneer of facial reconstructions.

No type of dog is currently prohibited on the island of Montreal. The regulation banning those of pitbull types, adopted by the administration of Denis Coderre after the death of Christiane Vadnais, attacked by the molossus of a neighbor in her yard, was suspended after the election of Valérie Plante.

"Being aimed at a single breed, a single kind of dog, is the wrong way, because all dogs can be dangerous," said City Councilor Craig Sauvé, head of the animal management file, at the time.

Plastic surgeon Daniel Borsuk, a pioneer in facial reconstruction, regrets this.

Dr. Daniel Borsuk practices at the CHU Sainte-Justine.

>Prioritizing dogs over children is totally unacceptable. It's a lack of empathy, a lack of humanity.

Dr. Daniel Borsuk, plastic surgeon at CHU Sainte-Justine

Dr. Borsuk compares pitbull-type dogs to assault weapons. Some weapons are prohibited and others are strictly controlled.

Like firearms, not all dogs do the same damage, says the doctor. "If we could save a single girl or a single little boy, it would be worth to pay," he says.

>Most of the children I receive in the hospital have been attacked by pitbull-type dogs or mixtures, including the pitbull type.

Dr. Sabrina Cugno, plastic surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital

With the exception of children from the Far North, who are more often bitten by huskies.

At the CHU Sainte-Justine, where he practices, Dr. Borsuk has dealt with cases of torn limbs or disfigured children. He remembers too well this six-hour operation, on a girl attacked by several huskies belonging to her grandfather. "His scalp, an ear, everything was torn off," he describes. His abdomen, chest, thighs, legs had been bitten. "

The child was the same age as his daughter. "It was the first time I cried in the operating room," he says. It was a disaster. "

Since 2020, 37 patients have been hospitalized at CHU Sainte-Justine due to injuries caused by dog bites. Twenty-four of these patients were under 5 years old; the others, 6 to 12 years old. Almost all patients aged 0 to 5 years (92%) needed surgery.

The vast majority also had more than one injury. Among the most common: traumatic open wounds and lacerations (sometimes with muscle and nerve damage), contusions, massive facial/cranial fractures or intracranial lesions.

In most cases, the bitten child knows the dog, observes Dr. Cugno of the Montreal Children's Hospital. It is that of the immediate or extended family, or of a neighbor. "Most of the time, the child provoked the dog in one way or another, by playing with his tail or by disturbing him while he eats," she explains.

Hence the importance of teaching children from an early age how to approach a dog, says her colleague Debbie Friedman, director of traumatology at the Montreal Children's Hospital. In this single pediatric hospital center, the emergency room receives an average of a hundred cases of dog bites per year.

Parents are not sufficiently aware, according to her, of the fact that it is necessary to be particularly vigilant when children have food in their hands.

>The dog won't say to himself: I want to hurt the child. He said to himself: I want this cookie.

Dr. Debbie Friedman, Director of Traumatology at the Montreal Children's Hospital

Children were seriously bitten in the hand, in the face or downright in the lips in this way.

This kind of accident "breaks families", says Dr. Dominique Tremblay, plastic surgeon at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. "Unfortunately, we see patients who have to take legal action against the dog owner, sometimes within their own family, because there is no opening to have him euthanized. "

At the beginning of her practice, Dr. Tremblay operated on an 18-month-old child completely disfigured by the family dog. "The mother was at the baby's bedside during multiple surgeries and on the other side, you had the father who did not want to know anything about parting with the dog," she describes.

"I think we need to be more aware of the danger of dogs," continues Dr. Borsuk. I believe that we would benefit from offering more support to the owners when they register their dog with the municipality. And those who are not equipped to own this kind of big dogs should be more supervised too. "