Pitbulls' fate to be decided

Pitbulls' fate to be decided :

"Council general manager Brent Armstrong said the dogs' owner had relinquished ownership of the animals and a decision was being made on whether they should be destroyed."

I'll try and pretend these are not pitbull crosses. I lived next door to a pitbull cross once and they are scary because they are silent, dumb and unpredictable. You can't read them like normal dogs. They stare at you, they are so silent in their approach. They do not respond logically. One attacked a friend of mine when she went to see a friend of hers . The pitbull mauled her arm and she had to have a lot of stitches and had no feeling in her arm for nearly a year. It also ripped her skirt, which was thick denim or she might have had more injuries. They latch on and they will not let go.

To come back to the dogs in question. Clearly the owner has no control over them. If they do not respond to her as the mistress, then the two people had no hope in her yard. The man going onto the property was putting himself at risk. The second man was trying his best to help. A trainer and the RSPCA need to be consulted as they will be able to indicate rationally whether the dogs are able to be retrained to a new owner and then be safe. There are two women who walk two pitbulls around here and they seem to be in control, but who knows, those dogs are in a world of their own. I love dogs..but I love them because they respond.