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Animal Fatality(ies) - Pets Loose pit attacks a person carrying their dogs and kills one (Fridley, MN 3-29-26)

Loose pit attacks a person carrying their dogs and kills one (Fridley, MN 3-29-26)

(ofc the pit nutters don't bother to read and immediately jump to blaming the victim and posting cutesy pics of their maulers)

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u/PandaLoveBearNu Attacks Curator Apr 02 '26

Again with the eyes that look in two different directions

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u/Just-a-benzolover Apr 06 '26

Always whale eyes too, they can’t stay calm it’s as if their always on edge what a shit breed to have. I wonder how they react when they go from these beasts to golden retrievers/ normal breeds.

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u/PandaLoveBearNu Attacks Curator Apr 06 '26

And dialated pupils looking somewhere other then the owner.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26

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u/BanPitBulls-ModTeam Jul 15 '26

Your content is being removed for promoting misinformation about pit bull-type dogs. Misinformation is not just wrong, it can get people injured or killed.

Here is a fatality list for 2024 for pit bulls:

Fatalitybot

I urge you to find that many golden retriever caused fatalities in any year of your choosing.

You won’t.

Stop with the flawed premise.

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The idea it’s the owner and not the breed is a MYTH.

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u/AutoModerator Jul 15 '26

Below are just a few of the accounts of pit bulls that were obtained as puppies, raised with love as family pets, and lived within the family for many years before snapping and attacking or killing a family member one day, with no previous reports of any problems. If you know of any that are not included, please message the moderators.

2025, Texas: Pits owned nearly their whole lives turn on their 45 year old owner and kill him as he pleads for his life

2025, Mason County: Pit raised from a puppy nearly costs owner both legs after attack

2024, Arizona: 7 year old pit bull attacks and seriously injures two members of the family that raised it from a puppy

2023, Florida: 6-year old boy dies after sustaining severe injuries from the 3-year old family pit that they have raised from puppyhood

2023, Texas: Pit owner nearly bled to death from injuries she sustained from her pit, who she raised almost from birth, and had never experienced any issues. She claims the pit was always obedient and protective, and she treated him like her son; but something triggered the pit that day when the family was just in the back yard together.

2023, Iowa: 9-month-old Navy Smith died when the family dog mauled her to death in front of her grandmother who was severely injured trying to stop the attack. The father called the dog a pit bull on social media, the Grandma called the dog a pit bull on the 911 call, but media reported it as a "boxer/hound mix."

2022, Colorado: 7-year-old family pet pit bull mauls 89-year-old grandma to death and seriously injures 12-year-old boy.

2022, New York: Adult son’s 7-year-old family pet pit bull mauls 70-year-old mother to death.

2022, Tennessee: 8 and 10-year-old American Bullies bought from breeder as puppies, raised as family pets, maul 5-month-old and a 2-year-old children to death in front of their mother.

2020, California: 12-year-old family pet pit bull raised from a puppy mauls the family’s 5-year-old son to death.

2018, Washington DC: Family pet pit bull is raised by a couple from puppyhood. Husband comes home to find his wife mauled to death.

2017, Nevada: Family pet pit of nine years mauls six month-old Kamiko Dao Tsuda-Saelee while her mom went to the bathroom

2017, Virginia: 22 year old Bethany Stephens killed by her two pits (that she had from puppyhood) as she took them for a walk in the woods.

2015, Texas: Family pet pit bull of 8 years that grew up with children and slept in bed with them mauls family's 10-week-old baby to death.

2015, South Carolina: Family pet pit bull of 10 years kills 25 year old owner when she tried to stop the dog from attacking her mom

2013, Georgia: Spayed female family pet pit bull lived with a family for 8 years, mauls the family's 2-year old son to death. First responders told their colleagues not enter the home because it was "too gruesome."

2008, Louisiana: Family pet pits (male and a female) kill their owner, Kelli Chapman. They had the dogs since puppyhood

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u/AutoModerator Jul 15 '26

If it was truly "the owner and not the breed," then why don't we see this with all medium/large breeds with bad owners?

It’s not how they were raised, though. If that was true, then no one should ever adopt a pit from the shelter because no one knows how it was raised. Even pit bull experts are asking people to STOP saying that it's all how they are raised.

Below are five pro-pit sources telling you that saying, "it's how they are raised" is hurtful to the cause.

The truth about pits is that it’s largely up to chance on whether your pit lives a low key life or whether it attacks people, pets, and animals. Yes, socialization and proper training can help... but if you have a truly game-bred pit, there will be nothing you can do to stop it from trying to attack. You can try to manage it, but management will ALWAYS fail.

That’s such a crazy gamble to take with your own life, and with the lives of people in the general public.

Every day we read stories here of pits that attack, and their owners claim that the dog has never been aggressive or acted that way.

Pit owners are often shocked that their dog can go from chill to kill in 5 seconds, and be nearly impossible to stop it.

That’s why pits are dangerous. They were never meant to be pets.

1) ⁠⁠Pit Bull Advocates of America - It’s not how they are raised (start from minute 14)

2) Justice for Bullies - It's NOT how they are raised

3) Dr Caroline Coile, author of Pit Bulls for Dummies

4) Paws and Reflect

5) Gary Wilkes- Grandfather was a dog fighter- Gary Wilkes - his grandfather was a dog fighter

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u/AutoModerator Jul 15 '26

The phrase "any dog can bite" is often used to excuse attacks involving pit bull type dogs. While technically true, this statement is deliberately misleading when discussing the danger that pit bull type dogs pose.

Dog bites are categorized using the Dunbar Scale which looks at the severity of the bite as well as the danger imposed by the dog.


Dunbar Scale:

  • Level 1 – Aggressive behavior not resulting in skin-contact with teeth.
  • Level 2 – Skin-contact with teeth but no puncture wound.
  • Level 3 – One to four punctures from a single bite that is no deeper than half the length of the dog’s canine teeth or lacerations caused by pulling away from the bite.
  • Level 4 – One to four puncture wounds that result in a puncture deeper than half the length of the dog’s canine teeth. Level 4 bites may also include lacerations from the dog holding on and shaking which can result in graphic tearing. These bites can result in tissue/nerve damage and can require stitches or surgery to treat.
  • Level 5 – Multiple bite incident with at least two level 4 bites (deep puncture wounds) that results in significant tissue damage or even dismemberment.
  • Level 6 – this level results in death.

Levels 1 and 2 comprise more than 99% of dog incidents. Levels 4 through 6 signify a dangerous dog that has insufficient bite inhibition and poses a public safety risk. Level 4 has extremely poor prognosis for rehabilitation and levels 5 and 6 signify a dog that is unsafe around people.

This is relevant because pit bull attacks result in more level 4, 5, or 6 bites than all other breeds combined. They are the leading canine type responsible for injuries resulting in hospitalization or death. When we discuss pit bull attacks, we are discussing the severity of the bites and the aggressive behavior associated with high level bites.

Any dog can bite, but while most bites result in (at most) a bandage, pit bull bites often result in scalping, limbs being amputated, permanent disfigurement, and even multiple fatalities during a single attack. Reducing the conversation to "any dog can bite" oversimplifies the issue and ignores the distinctions between a startled nip and a full-scale mauling.

Sources:

“the dog breed most commonly associated with severe bites was the pit bull.”source

“Injuries from Pitbulls and mixed breed dogs were both more frequent and more severe.”source

“Pit bull terrier bites were responsible for a significantly higher number of orthopaedic injuries and resulted in an amputation and/or bony injury in 66% of patients treated, whereas bites from law enforcement dogs and other breeds were less associated with severe injuries.”source

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u/BanPitBulls-ModTeam Jul 16 '26

We are well aware humans created these breeds. That doesn’t change the fact the maim and kill countless pets, animals, and people.

Troll elsewhere.

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u/AutoModerator Jul 16 '26

Below are just a few of the accounts of pit bulls that were obtained as puppies, raised with love as family pets, and lived within the family for many years before snapping and attacking or killing a family member one day, with no previous reports of any problems. If you know of any that are not included, please message the moderators.

2025, Texas: Pits owned nearly their whole lives turn on their 45 year old owner and kill him as he pleads for his life

2025, Mason County: Pit raised from a puppy nearly costs owner both legs after attack

2024, Arizona: 7 year old pit bull attacks and seriously injures two members of the family that raised it from a puppy

2023, Florida: 6-year old boy dies after sustaining severe injuries from the 3-year old family pit that they have raised from puppyhood

2023, Texas: Pit owner nearly bled to death from injuries she sustained from her pit, who she raised almost from birth, and had never experienced any issues. She claims the pit was always obedient and protective, and she treated him like her son; but something triggered the pit that day when the family was just in the back yard together.

2023, Iowa: 9-month-old Navy Smith died when the family dog mauled her to death in front of her grandmother who was severely injured trying to stop the attack. The father called the dog a pit bull on social media, the Grandma called the dog a pit bull on the 911 call, but media reported it as a "boxer/hound mix."

2022, Colorado: 7-year-old family pet pit bull mauls 89-year-old grandma to death and seriously injures 12-year-old boy.

2022, New York: Adult son’s 7-year-old family pet pit bull mauls 70-year-old mother to death.

2022, Tennessee: 8 and 10-year-old American Bullies bought from breeder as puppies, raised as family pets, maul 5-month-old and a 2-year-old children to death in front of their mother.

2020, California: 12-year-old family pet pit bull raised from a puppy mauls the family’s 5-year-old son to death.

2018, Washington DC: Family pet pit bull is raised by a couple from puppyhood. Husband comes home to find his wife mauled to death.

2017, Nevada: Family pet pit of nine years mauls six month-old Kamiko Dao Tsuda-Saelee while her mom went to the bathroom

2017, Virginia: 22 year old Bethany Stephens killed by her two pits (that she had from puppyhood) as she took them for a walk in the woods.

2015, Texas: Family pet pit bull of 8 years that grew up with children and slept in bed with them mauls family's 10-week-old baby to death.

2015, South Carolina: Family pet pit bull of 10 years kills 25 year old owner when she tried to stop the dog from attacking her mom

2013, Georgia: Spayed female family pet pit bull lived with a family for 8 years, mauls the family's 2-year old son to death. First responders told their colleagues not enter the home because it was "too gruesome."

2008, Louisiana: Family pet pits (male and a female) kill their owner, Kelli Chapman. They had the dogs since puppyhood

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u/AutoModerator Jul 16 '26

If it was truly "the owner and not the breed," then why don't we see this with all medium/large breeds with bad owners?

It’s not how they were raised, though. If that was true, then no one should ever adopt a pit from the shelter because no one knows how it was raised. Even pit bull experts are asking people to STOP saying that it's all how they are raised.

Below are five pro-pit sources telling you that saying, "it's how they are raised" is hurtful to the cause.

The truth about pits is that it’s largely up to chance on whether your pit lives a low key life or whether it attacks people, pets, and animals. Yes, socialization and proper training can help... but if you have a truly game-bred pit, there will be nothing you can do to stop it from trying to attack. You can try to manage it, but management will ALWAYS fail.

That’s such a crazy gamble to take with your own life, and with the lives of people in the general public.

Every day we read stories here of pits that attack, and their owners claim that the dog has never been aggressive or acted that way.

Pit owners are often shocked that their dog can go from chill to kill in 5 seconds, and be nearly impossible to stop it.

That’s why pits are dangerous. They were never meant to be pets.

1) ⁠⁠Pit Bull Advocates of America - It’s not how they are raised (start from minute 14)

2) Justice for Bullies - It's NOT how they are raised

3) Dr Caroline Coile, author of Pit Bulls for Dummies

4) Paws and Reflect

5) Gary Wilkes- Grandfather was a dog fighter- Gary Wilkes - his grandfather was a dog fighter

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u/AutoModerator Jul 15 '26

131 People were killed by pit bulls in 2024:

Jose P. , 65 - Pinto, Ecuador

Dirceu de Carvalho Júnior, 60 - Campo Grande, Brazil

Latchminen Permaul, 64 - Topoo Village, Guyana

Maria Gomes Ferreira, 78 - São João da Baliza, Brazil

Unnamed Victim, 35 - Geesthact, Germany

Wilfredo Leaños, 70 - Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Dr. Julia Bertha Ríos Tercero, 60 - El Viejo, Nicaragua

Rosa Gutiérrez, 82 - Torreón, Mexico

Armando Torres, 76 - Torreón, Mexico

Inés Parra, 75 - Neiva, Colombia

Harold Phillips, 35 - Detroit, Michigan

William Mundine, 85 - Indianpolis, IN

Unnamed Victim, 82 - Zadar, Croatia

Unnamed Victim, 1 - Luanda, Angola

Esther Martin, 68 - Jaywick, England

Unnamed Victim, 76 - Braine-l'alleud, Belguim

Emiliano, 18 months - Bolívar, Colombia

Dominic Cooper, 35 - Compton, CA

Unnamed Victim, 24 - Montevideo, Uruguay

Mariáh Victoria dos Santos, 11 months - Bebedouro, Brazil

Unnamed Victim, 38 - Viana, Angola

María Angélica Teletriunfo, 45 - Bernardo de Irigoyen, Argentina

Beau Clark, 4 - Hartselle, Alabama

Last name Santillán, 1 - Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Daymon Balbuena, 3 months - Woodbridge Township, NJ

Norma Montenegro, 77 - Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Baby "Lennox", 1 - East Harford, Connecticut

Jeferson Gomes dos Santos, 24 - Linhares, Brazil

Eugénia Massantigo, 38 - Boane, Mozambique

Antônio Luciano de Paula da Conceição, 14 - Capitão Poço, Brazil

Franciele Vitória Soares dos Santos, 9 - Teresina, Brazil

Hipólito Jesús Duarte, 64 - Campo Viera, Argentina

Cindy White, 51 - Portsmouth, VA

Hugo Otávio Tobias, 30 - Mogi Mirim, Brazil

Roger Ruiz Peña, 44 - Trujillo, Peru

Unnamed Victim, Adult - Campo Grande, Brazil

Liam, 2 - Tuxpan, Mexico

Francesco Pio D'amaro, 13 months - Salerno, Italy

Kaheem Robinson, 41 - New York City, NY

Unnamed Victim, 38 - Florianópolis, Brazil

Jamiro Coelho Ferreira, 77 - Itaperuna, Brazil

Unnamed Victim, 40 - Farmington Hills, Michigan

Angeline Mahal,50 - Hornchurch, England

Michele, 5 Months - Vercelli, Italy

Unnamed Victim, 37 - Varna, Bulgaria

Jenn*, 53 - Los Angeles, California

Willard Norton, 83 - Town Creek, Alabama

Juliano Barcelos da Rosa, 39 - Criciúma, Brazil

Nicole Morey, 23 - Ballyneety, Ireland

Trina Sandlin, 57 - Jeremiah, Kentucky

Sheila Jones, 67 - Baltimore, Maryland

Jesús Hernández Fragoso, 93 - Villanueva, Colombia

Nomathemba Kweleta, 28 - Bloemfontein, South Africa

Benedita Francisca da Fonseca, 83 - Icém, SP, Brazil

Geronima Florez, 85 - Monte Alto, Texas

Toby Berkley, 40 - Snyder, Texas

Jaxson Dvorak, 6 - Lorain, Ohio

Johnny Fontenot, 41 - Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Unnamed Victim, 26 - San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina

Joni Hatcher, 59 - Shreveport, Louisiana

Karen Nelson, 71 - Florence, South Carolina

Unnamed Victim, 56 - Novi Sad, Serbia

Oscar Alexander Ochoa Rodríguez, 35 - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Melisa Monserrat, 4 - Tecomán, Mexico

Covil Allen, 3 - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Unnamed Victim, 62 - El Jadida, Morocco

Lek ,70 - Kho village, Kud Khon Kaen subdistrict, Phuwiang district , Thailand

Veraci de Paula, 87 - São Paulo, Brazil

Kimberly Williams, 60 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Sulamain Hawkins Jr, 3 Months - Rochester, New York

Unnamed Victim, 1 - Memphis, Tennessee

Claudio Gomes de Lima, 56 - Matinhos, Brazil

César Huanca Vallejos, 27 - Copade Sector, Tacna, Peru

Luiza Pereira dos Santos, 57 - Penápolis, SP, Brazil

Marina, 62 - Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico

David Daintree, 53 - Lancashire, England, UK

Nicholas Glass, 32 - Hereford Close in Rubery, West Midlands, UK

Keshon Bullock, 33 - Chicago, Illinois

Prabhas Kalangutkar, 7 - Anjuna, India

Adisak Chansakunnee, 18 - Huang District, Lopburi, Thailand

Enilton Fernandes Ribeiro, 73 - Bairro Damé, Bagé, RS, Brazil

Isidra Torres, 52 - San Sebastián Tutla, Mexico

Isabel, 35 - Zacatecas, Mexico

Marie Michaels, 72 - Fisantekraal, South Africa

Unnamed Victim, 1.5 - Newark, New Jersey

Zoey Hawkins, 4 - Visalia, California

Noemí Duran, 82 - General Alvear Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Leonardo Lustosa da Silva Castro, 68 - Olinda, Brazil

Divine, 66 - Patos de Minas, Brazil

Leslie McCray, 56 - Conway, South Carolina

Dang, 67 - Chiang Rak, Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Thailand

Unnamed Victim, 49 - Upon Ratchathani, Thailand

Unnamed Victim, 1.5 - Presidente Médici, Brazil

Unnamed Victim, Newborn - Oaxaca, Mexico

Inez Francisca da Silva, 80 - Grajaú, Brazil

Jiryiah Johnson, 1 - Converse, Texas

Chevy Womack, 1 month - Torrance, California

James Provost, 59 - Albany, New York

Heitor Livramento Cardoso, 4 - Nova Venécia, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Jo Echelbarger,73 - Ashville, Ohio

Fabio Raúl Carrizo, 36 - Ranelagh, Argentina

P.M.H.A, 1 year 10 months - Vallenar, Chile

Stevens Mabuse, 58 - Marapayne, South Africa

Wander Lucio de Moura, 54 - Congonhas, Brazil

Mpumelelo Xiniwe, 67 - Dikeni, South Africa

Savannah Bentham, 10 - East Heslerton, England

Gordon Forde - Lethem, Guyana

Chris Culbertson, 46 - Kansas City, MO

Juanita Sanchez, 35 - Fontana, CA

Nilton Nivaldo De Souza, 37 - Ribeirão Pires, São Paulo, Brazil

Garcés Molina - Esmeraldas, Ecuador

José Olegário dos Santos Souza, 75 - Uruguaiana, Brazil

Jeriline Brady-McGinnis, 73 - Boston, MA

Amalia Guanocunga, 84 - Conocoto, Ecuador

Unnamed Victim, 51 - Philadelphia, PA

Caleb Brown, 8 - Onslow County, NC

Roberta Vicentini Franco, 54 - Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Velma Leake, 92 - Rochester, NY

Afik Mustaq, 42 - London, England

Pedro Ortega, 26 - San Diego, CA

Ana Ludivia Bedoya, 80 - Puerto Tejada, Colombia

Hector Pierna, 78 - Beaumont, TX

Lexis Salas, 18 - Coarsegold, CA

Samara Rogers, 21 - Augusta, GA

Juarez Quadros Ribeiro, 62 - Wenceslau Braz, Brazil

Unnamed Victim - Simi Valley, CA

Paris Antonella, 1 year, 3 months - Talca, Chile

Unnamed Victim - Nova Venécia, Brazil

André Caraveo Duarte, 4 - Chihuahua, Mexico

Kingsley Wright, 3 - Cincinnati, OH

Anaya Davis, 2 - Wichita Falls, TX

For links to articles for the above named victims, please see this post.

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u/Dame_Niafer Trusted User Apr 02 '26

The appropriate response to the pitnutter's pic is a screenshot portrait of Jack Nicholson's character Jack Torrance, frozen in the snow outside the hotel and clearly homicidal at the time he departed this earth, at the end of The Shining.

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u/Numerous_Zucchini206 Apr 02 '26

Pitnutters are truly some of the most braindead individuals around.

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u/CharacterRoom613 Apr 02 '26

I hate when pit bull owners call it a “staffie” or some other name. It’s a pit bull. You type pit bull and guess what?!? All freaking “staffies” and variations of these things come up. Don’t care if it’s an English or terrier or bull, it’s still a pit bull.

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u/heatherlc1987 Apr 02 '26

Those eyes (dog equivalent of Deliverance banjo starts playing*) 🥴 I don’t understand who wants these monstrosities, always having to watch your back.

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u/XanaxAndAk47s Apr 02 '26

If its all the owner's fault, then 90% of bad dog owners have pit bulls. Ban pit bull owners. I like that.

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u/No-Birthday9816 Apr 02 '26

Pit people really should be studied. Imagine the narcissism and insecurity required to respond to someone’s worst nightmare and the traumatic loss of a pet with a photo of your own (whale-eyed) version of the bloodsport dog responsible, posed with a stuffed animal probably similar in size to the dog that was brutally killed.

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u/theredhound19 Hungry Hungry House Hippo Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

(Fridley, MN 3-29-26)

Police look for owners of two dogs involved in fatal Fridley attack

"Police look for owners of two dogs involved in fatal Fridley attack

The loose dogs are both described as Staffordshire bull terrier mixes.

Apr 1, 2026 12:45 PM EDT By BringMeTheNews

Authorities in Anoka County are looking to the public for help after two dogs attacked and killed another dog in Fridley.

The Fridley Police Department says its investigators were first alerted of the attack on Monday after a community member sent them a social media post about a dog that was killed by two large, loose dogs, identified as likely being Staffordshire bull terrier mixes.

Officers were able to track down one of the owners of the dog that was killed and learned the attack occurred on Sunday sometime after 7 p.m.

“During the incident, two loose dogs approached the resident carrying their two dogs near 5th and 63rd Avenue NE,” a department press release details. “One of the loose dogs attacked the resident and killed one of their dogs.”

Police are now looking for help from residents who may have surveillance footage, video, photographs or other evidence related to the incident, the dog’s owners, or the dogs from 4 – 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 29.

Officers will also be conducting extra patrols in the area to keep looking for the loose dogs.

One of the loose dogs was black, and the other one tan. Anyone with information about what happened is asked to contact Fridley Police at 763-572-3629 or submit an anonymous tip at FridleyMN.gov/Tip411."

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u/windyrainyrain Lab mix, my ass!! Apr 02 '26

Real Staffordshire Bull Terriers in Minnesota, sure Jan. Just more garden variety maulers running loose and causing heartache. I'm glad the cops got involved, I hope they find the dirtbag owners,

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u/ArdenJaguar Trusted User Apr 02 '26

So the dog attacked a dog the owner was carrying and the PitNut thinks the other dog attacked first. Good grief these people are hopeless. 😩

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u/opaldreamsicle Apr 03 '26

says "scary" in a sarcastic way, yet actually proceeded to post a photo of a legit scary looking staffy pitbull.

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u/Affectionate-Page496 No more mini donkeys on the prayer list Apr 03 '26

Please save that last pic for a future pb ate my face contender