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Boy Bitten By Dog While Walking To Bus Stop
August 25, 2010
A 12-year old boy on his way to a school bus stop was attacked by a dog Tuesday morning in Cantonment.
The incident happened about a mile from Tate High School on Pinedale Lane, just off West Roberts Road. The victim and another boy were reportedly walking to a school bus stop when an Alaskan Malamute and another dog escaped from a yard. The boys ran from the dogs, and the Alaskan Malamute attacked the 12-year old student.
A construction worker and the dog’s owner pulled the dog off the boy, according to deputies.
The boy was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital, reportedly with puncture wounds and muscle injuries to his arms. The construction worker was also bitten by the dog; he was transported to West Florida Hospital.
Both dogs were taken to the Escambia County animal shelter where they were quarantined. The owner has signed both dogs over to the animal shelter, and officials say the Alaskan Malmute will likely be put down.
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36 Responses to “Boy Bitten By Dog While Walking To Bus Stop”
I feel so bad for him ! This guy goes to my school and me and him were really good friends .
I routinely run from my shop in Century to my house in McDavid along Hwy 29.There are two dogs at one trailer that I have to battle every time since they decide I cannot outrun them.Next time I will have a can of wasp spray and will aim,pull trigger and continue on my way. I am not waiting for them to decide if I provoked them or not by running along the highway.My only other hope is that they get too close to the road and meets a semi. Save me from having to carry a can while I run.
animal control seems to be very very under staffed
thats a sign the town doesn’t care about pit bulls and children
it took animal control 24 hours to come to my house one time
when he got here he was nice enough and i believed he actually
cared so i’m inclined to believe that they are just under staffed.
the dogs i was complaining about had long gone but he told me
what to do next time and what some of my consequences could
be according to what I did about the situation.
For that I was grateful
I would like to know if these dogs have ever gotten out before; if so, had animal control been notified? The reason for my concern is that I know of several times that animal control has been notified by neighbors of mine that pit bulls are loose on our street, as well as a dog belonging to a police officer on the next street over that comes over growling at people on my street. However, I have waited numerous times to make sure animal control responds, and they never do.
In fact, the one time I remember them coming out, was THE DAY AFTER I initially contacted them to notify of this part german-shepard growling at people at 7 in the morning. Now, animal control doesn’t answer their phone until 8am, so I had to wait until then to reach someone. The dog was still roaming the street at that time. I waited for three hours, and animal control had still not responded. When I got home from work at 5pm, the dog was still roaming; however, I could not reach animal control at that time because they were closed. On the second day, I called again and asked why they had not come out and notified them that the dog was still loose and there are several children in my neighborhood. They finally came out that day, several hours later, and left a note on my home that the dog could not be located; yet, the dog was BACK ON MY STREET at 5pm again!
I contacted law enforcement just the other day when two pit bulls were loose in the neighborhood at 6:30am when children were getting on the bus. Now mind you, these pit bulls had gotten out of their yard last week and killed two kittens down the road. LAW ENFORCEMENT COULDN’T EVEN GET ANIMAL CONTROL TO RESPOND!!!! I know these pit bulls will end up hurting someone, or someone’s child, then that story will be in here! Let it be known that this has been reported to animal control previously, with no response!
REGARDING::
“That dogs bite unprovoked? ”
You know a chow will.
Not that it matters, dogs are territorial and many consider themselves provoked if someone invades their territory. Sometimes that territory includes public places.
I knew a kid in McDavid who had his face torn off by a dog which decided it had been provoked. I think the kid was trying to give it an cookie. They reattached the face but there was scarring. He was a sweet kid, just not cautious enough because he already knew the dog and had fed it earlier that day.
Many dogs might have bit the kid for having the audacity to offer a cookie. Most dogs could not have done as much damage.
Should trusting kids be outlawed?
David not blaming a danger
but recognizing they exist
mickey powell…. what are we not believing? That dogs bite unprovoked? Clarify your position please so we know if we should shout “Agree” or “Disagree”
This is to all of the non belivers. Just read the newspaper. Instead of giving a foolish and no research response here NE you need to read and search. One example of an aggresive dog just search and go to NY and read about the Old lady that was attact by neighbors dogs and died (In an Apartment building no less) The dogs were destroyed and the Owner (Man and Wifw are behind bars right now.) All she was doing was carring her groceries to her apartment. She had actgually petted the dogs before and they knew her just like the stupid owners did.
Foolish people say foolish things and foolish people do stupid things. One of my ex-wifes told me one time that I was stupid. I told her I might be crazy but I’m not STUPID.
Mickey Powell
at that age you are usually late for school anyway when it is i that direction of the day… so have the significant time to annoy a properly raised dog from over a fence, say they threw something, a golden retriever I had borrowed someone kicked a small stone our direction, it was catch to him. In NW mobile 8 yrs ago a woman was mauled to death, so place them on long leashes, leash law, or have SPCA, or sheriff check that dog ENCLOSURE encloses the dogs
I love dogs. I have 3 of them and I spend thousands in vet and food bills a year. If one of them bites a child unprovoked I will put it down myself.
That being said – I remember when we had boys (probably even about 12yrs old? it’s been a while) who would walk along our chainlink fence kicking the fence, dragging sticks down it, yelling at the dogs. If my dog had jumped the fence and bit them I probably would have given her a treat (joking, don’t flame me!).
Teach your kids respect for all beings with teeth, teach them the proper way to approach or avoid a strange dog – and keep your dog in the yard, raised as a member of the family (chained dogs, outside neglected dogs are more prone to bite unprovoked)
There are a number of you here spewing self-contradictory statements, most are defending the animals and blaming the owners or the attacked child. I’m not going to defend the owner here.
For starters, comparison of domesticated dogs to wolves is ridiculous? You say the generations of selective breeding has made them docile yet at the same time some of you say, if given a chance, a chihuahua will tear you limb from limb. Which is it? Have domesticated animals lost their blood lust or are they vicious murderous animals? Maybe somewhere in between? Couldn’t it be possible for breeders to make an animal with aggressive tendencies to protect their land and owners? Put in other words , has selective breeding always brought out the traits that make them less deadly?
All dogs possess the ability to bite and no matter the amount of training, love, affection or human interaction the possibility is always there. If across the board, all breeds had the same propensity to bite we’d focus on the breeds with the most damaging bite. How would you identify those breeds, any common characteristics? Are there certain breeds that are better suited for delivering a devastating bite? If so, one would have to consider those dogs more dangerous than other breeds.
Remove the owner from the equation. You personally know, even in your community, only an infinitesimal number of the dog owners and can vouch for, fewer still, the environment those animals have been raised in. Because of that, almost every dog you meet is a variable. I’m sure most of us have seen well mannered and loving animals bite a toddler over a chew toy. I know I have. No owner can remove the animal nature within them, don’t fool yourself into thinking they or you can.
This is getting out of hand. The rules below must be strictly following on all future posts on this story. We are not going to call each other stupid.
@ No Fear
Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Tell the 12 yr old boy to stand his ground against a vicious dog. I’m not saying it doesn’t work, but what if the dog is itching for a fight? Also, don’t tease a dog? I’m assuming you’re adding this in for a reason. We’re the children teasing the dog in question? Couldn’t standing your ground and throwing your hands up teasing, or is it only teasing while the dog is confined?
We should make it clear to kids and adults alike: if your being attacked by a dog, anything goes. Beat it with a rock, throw it into traffic, stomp on it, bang it on the ground repeatedly, punch in eyes, stab with anything nearby. A dog would not walk away alive if there was any way to kill it if it was attacking me or anyone else.
“These stupid predatory animals need to be eradicated” I know some people who are described properly here. Should they be eradicated also? I do believe that some animals, whether they are dogs, cows, horses, or even humans are just bad. I know of more than one occurance where 2 children are born of the same parents, reared in the same home, same school, and the same church. One of them grows up to be the salt of the earth and one seems to have no socially redeeming values at all. Some animals, including human animals, are just born to be bad.
Ethan, it’s not the breed of the dog, it’s the owners. You can make a “killer” out of ANY dog breed – including poodles – given the “right” stimulus. I’ve owned pitbulls all my life and NEVER have I had any problems with biting or viciousness because I actually train my dogs. I socialize them. I love them, like I love all my animals. Saying that all pitbulls are vicious and stupid is the same kind of mentality that began the Jim Crow laws.
To Ethan:
WHY would you even bring up pit bulls in this post. Apples and Oranges.
Pit Bulls are just like any other dog – it’s the OWNERS that exploit the physical and mental characteristics of pit bulls that are at fault. I have a pit bull, and he is a service dog. Other than detecting seizures before I know, he retrieves things for me, alerts family to the onset of a seizure, and is a wonderful companion to my three other non-service dogs. Oh…and he was a rescue. From a state that recently BANNED pit bulls.
So, you want to ‘eradicate’ the animal that keeps me safe and alive?
To Ethan – ever lived with or been around a properly raised and trained PitBull ?
To “Me” – “There’s no such thing as bad wolves, only bad wolf owners!” – pretty good comparison, a wild animal versus one that has been domesticated for thousands of years.
If an Alaskan Malamute came charging at me, I’d probably run, too, despite knowing better. Your average 12-year-old boy isn’t that big and a Malamute is an ENORMOUS dog. My friend has one and he weighs well over 200 lbs. I have furniture smaller than that dog. Luckily, he’s a sweetie, but I still wouldn’t mess with him.
REGARDING:
“There’s no such thing as a bad dog…only bad owners.”
Please consider the Chihuahua. It is usually harmless, but many of them would eat you from the ankles up if they could. Thus they are bad but harmless. If a larger dog were that aggressive, it would be hard to say it is not bad.
Now if one meant no dog is bad when a puppy and would be a good dog if raised properly, that might be true–except for Chihuahuas, of course. Nonetheless, no matter how it gets that way, a dog which attacks people could reasonably be considered bad just as a person who attacks people is usually considered a bad person.
A person who raises a dog to attack children could reasonably be considered a bad person, I’m not sure most would say that about some old lady who just fed a stray which took up with her. If she didn’t raise it at all, simply put out food for it out of pity, animal control considers her the owner of the stray. If that dog attacked people, some would declare the old lady bad? Me not think so.
Life’s complicated.
Dogs are simple.
David for possums
@Ethan:
I’m seriously impressed at the depths of your ignorance. Just because there are pedophiles walking the streets doesn’t mean that we want to exterminate the entire human race.
It has been proven time and again that a dog’s behavior can be attributed to their upbringing and environment. With extremely rare exceptions, a bad dog can be attributed to a bad owner, or mistreatment.
Saying all pit bulls should be exterminated…you make me sick.
I know dogs– this “Malamute” looks like a Hybrid Wolf to me!
To the guy named “Me”…you are a moron there is a major difference in a domesticated animal and a wild animal. It takes many generations to breed most of the wild instincts from an animal.
To “Ethan” you must be trolling because no one can be that dumb! If not well I am sorry to any children you have and their children and so on down the line because they most likely will be as ignorant as you are. Every dog, every cat is still an animal and with being so have animal instincts. There is no overly aggressive breed. The only breeds that might come close would be chihahuas because bite stats will show you they are the breed with the highest propensity to attack. Pit Bulls are innocent it is up to their owners to properly train them. Should we kill the child of a murderer because if the father murdered then the breeding must be bad all the way down the line?
I would suggest the idea that pit bulls in general are no more violent than the average breed, but that when they are the damage done is more severe and oftentimes results in death to the object being attacked. They are too effective at attacking because of their design. Small cats and tigers are not very dissimilar when you remove the physical differences, thereby removing the killing ability due to the tiger’s greater size.
Can we eradicate judgmental humans while we’re at it? I find them to be more harmful to society in general than pitbulls.
Any aggressive dog that is stupid enough to attack a human must be put down. Any human that owns an aggressive breed should be arrested.
Even though they are not the subject of this article, there is no such thing as an innocent pit bull, either. These stupid predatory animals need to be eradicated.
@No fear – The kids were following their own instincts to run. I wouldn’t assume they were antagonizing the animals, though there may well be more to the story.
There’s no such thing as bad wolves, only bad wolf owners!
See the illogicality of this argument? No? Then never mind, and enjoy living in stupidity.
Why was the dog walking to the bus stop anyway? That is not the proper English sentence construction I learned in school but enough of the critique, at least everyone was ok. In multiple offence situations, owners should be held accountable to a higher degree than just a fine. Even first offence for failure to control your animal should require owners to assume responsibility of medical claims.
True that running isn’t the correct thing to do and encourages attacks. But cut the child some slack, after all he’s twelve! He was being chased by a ferocious looking dog that actually could have weighted more than him! Not many twelve year olds react with the maturity of an adult when they fear for their lives…or for that matter, neither do many adults.
It seems to me that the boy had it coming. More power to the dog. I will adopt him!
Thanks for further propagating the ignorance surrounding innocent animals. Pit bulls are not vicious – their “owners” are.
There’s no such thing as a bad dog…only bad owners. It is a shame that the dog will have to be put down. Unless the kids were throwing rocks or somehow attacking the dogs through the fence, the owner is 100% responsible.
The dogs need to be restrained. Lets put the owner in a pen with some vicious pit bulls to see if he can then understand.
The dog should not be put down, the owner should be behind bars!
Shame Shame Shame
This whole thing didn’t have to happen
If people would just take care of their animals!!!!!
I wouldn’t own an aggressive dog and you can bet the owner knew this
dog was a problem.
Indict the owner, this dog has done it before I promise you. You can bet somewhere along the line this dogs has been aggressive toward humans. Owner, look back a few months in the Tri City Ledger and you’ll read where a neighbors “PET” mauled an elderly lady here in Flomaton Al. This dog had a history of aggressiveness.
Owner got off scott free, with a little old fine. SAD SAD SAD
Mickey Powell
Flomaton, Al.
“The boys ran from the dogs, and the Alaskan Malamute attacked the 12-year old student.”
Never run; running triggers a predator/prey instinct in animals typically resulting in being attacked. It is better to stand your ground, raise your arms to appear as large as possible and yell loudly. Also teach children not to tease fenced animals.