4 Missouri Pitbulls attack FedEx Driver

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by alanm

It's these assholes who give pittbulls a bad name. In the criminal way they raise them.

Pitties are some of the sweetest most lovable critters there are. Not to mention some of the goofiest.

I have a 95 pound male blue nose. Every person who has ever met him loves him. He is sweet and goofy and he is far less aggressive than the chihuahuas I had. It’s how they are raised.

He’ll get loose once in awhile and roam, and people will put him in their car and bring him home. ( his name, my name, phone number and address are on his collar.) He’s only killed 3.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

I have a 95 pound male blue nose. Every person who has ever met him loves him. He is sweet and goofy and he is far less aggressive than the chihuahuas I had. It’s how they are raised.

He’ll get loose once in awhile and roam, and people will put him in their car and bring him home. ( his name, my name, phone number and address are on his collar.) He’s only killed 3.

Not sure why someone thumbs downed this post.
Maybe that last sentence.
It was a joke, folks. Lighten up. I've seen Bob's pittie and he seems like the coolest dog.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Not sure why someone thumbs downed this post.
Maybe that last sentence.
It was a joke, folks. Lighten up. I've seen Bob's pittie and he seems like the coolest dog.

I offset it with a one up

[seamonster]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

I have a 95 pound male blue nose. Every person who has ever met him loves him. He is sweet and goofy and he is far less aggressive than the chihuahuas I had. It’s how they are raised.

He’ll get loose once in awhile and roam, and people will put him in their car and bring him home. ( his name, my name, phone number and address are on his collar.) He’s only killed 3.

Not true with pit's. They've been bred for dog-fighting for 100+ years and not enough effort has been done to remove those traits. They're game and will fight to the death if the switch gets ignited.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by seamonster

Not true with pit's. They've been bred for dog-fighting for 100+ years and not enough effort has been done to remove those traits. They're game and will fight to the death if the switch gets ignited.

Blu sends hugs.

[seamonster]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Blu sends hugs.

I once had a black puerto rican pit with a massive scar down it's face. Sweetest dog I'd ever owned. Re-homed him when I got kids.

[Otter]

Pretty sure I mentioned this in the other thread but I took a position the 2 weeks before Christmas in 2023 as a delivery drivers helper for a delivery company we’ve all dealt with in some fashion. It’s a slow time of year for me and thought it would be neat to get to drive around La Plata County and be paid meagerly for a fun experience.

My job was simply to be handed a package do a sprint to the destination and drop it off in the most logical location. I’m not going to go the pit bull route but there are some real shit holes these guys have to go into and for some reason the majority of them have viscous dogs. There’s a variety of concerns from a yappy pug to an over curious great dane to pent up worker dogs that kill you as quick as look at you.

On a side note if anyone ever decides to take on this little adventure, sticking a package in a receptacle made for the USPS is a felony and the scariest dog I’ve met on that adventurer was a chow.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Otter

Pretty sure I mentioned this in the other thread but I took a position the 2 weeks before Christmas in 2023 as a delivery drivers helper for a delivery company we’ve all dealt with in some fashion. It’s a slow time of year for me and thought it would be neat to get to drive around La Plata County and be paid meagerly for a fun experience.

My job was simply to be handed a package do a sprint to the destination and drop it off in the most logical location. I’m not going to go the pit bull route but there are some real shit holes these guys have to go into and for some reason the majority of them have viscous dogs. There’s a variety of concerns from a yappy pug to an over curious great dane to pent up worker dogs that kill you as quick as look at you.

On a side note if anyone ever decides to take on this little adventure, sticking a package in a receptacle made for the USPS is a felony and the scariest dog I’ve met on that adventurer was a chow.

I don't know how delivery drivers do it. There are some really irresponsible dog owners.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Lzen

I don't know how delivery drivers do it. There are some really irresponsible dog owners.

I think these attacks are probably pretty rare. I delivered pizzas in HS/college, worked as a courier for a summer after college, and only had a couple sketchy situations with a dog ever. Most dogs are all bark and no bite.


But I also carried mace and later pepper spray just in case. Never had to actually use the stuff, but it seemed like a good idea.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I think these attacks are probably pretty rare. I delivered pizzas in HS/college, worked as a courier for a summer after college, and only had a couple sketchy situations with a dog ever. Most dogs are all bark and no bite.


But I also carried mace and later pepper spray just in case. Never had to actually use the stuff, but it seemed like a good idea.

My BIL is a Fedex driver and I think he said he carries pepper spray. I don't know, man. Does that even work on a pack of bloodthirsty dogs like in the story above? Maybe bear spray would be a better option.

[PunkinDrublic]

Finding a new pitbull attack thread to read through is like pulling your jeans out of the dryer and discovering a ten dollar bill!

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Lzen

My BIL is a Fedex driver and I think he said he carries pepper spray. I don't know, man. Does that even work on a pack of bloodthirsty dogs like in the story above? Maybe bear spray would be a better option.

sure. Probably overkill though. Dogs, like bears, have many more times the receptors in their nasal cavities that a human has. Makes them much more sensitive to things like pepper spray, iirc. So regular pepper spray should be more than adequate. Cheaper too.

The one advantage to bear spray, and you kind of touched on it, is the fact that the canister is much larger than normal, so if you are attacked by multiple dogs, you have more ammo, as it were.

[Couch-Potato]

This is such a weird reoccurring thread.

I live in an area referred to as "Dog Town."

Pits are a local favorite, never heard of an issue but not much yard space in the city.

[Pinchshot]

Just when you think pitbulls are out of the woods...