Oklahoma: Woman uses taser on attacking Pit Bull, saving her English Bulldog's life

OKLAHOMA -- Karen Mccoy-hefner posted on Facebook March 22, 2018 · Holdenville, OK ·

I take my dog walking every evening. I have every since I moved here over a year ago. I carry a taser with me every evening. Well thank you Lord because tonight Spanky got attacked by a pit bull.

I saw this dog jump the fence, run across the street, I'm trying to get my taser out of my pocket. Just as I get it out he hits Spanky so hard he knocks him into the ditch.

Spanky is on his back and this dog has him by the neck and he's starting to shake his head back and forth. 

I start screaming and start tasing him. I [zapped] the Pit Bull maybe 3 or 4 times and he finally let's go and runs off. 

This scared the living daylights out of me y'all.

 

 

Oh Lord I thank you for giving me the sense to carry this taser with me, cause if I wouldn't have had it Spanky would either be dead or in the hospital and maybe me too who knows.

So thank God for watching over us and protecting us.

Tiffani Wood Howard - Omg so scary ! Did the pits people come out?

Karen Mccoy-hefner - Yes after it was over. And argued with me about how it wasn't their fault. It was just ridiculous

Tiffani Wood Howard And maybe you should get a dog stick too.

Karen Mccoy-hefner I wouldn't have gotten him to let go with a stick. That's why I'm saying thank God I had that taser.

I talked to em right after it happened for ten minutes and the lady owner denied that it was her fault. She said "I had him chained up. I can't help it if he broke his leash. That's not my fault."

  

 

Nebraska: You can't fix stupid. Woman nearly killed by her Pit Bull wants dog to be adopted to new home

NEBRASKA -- A Lincoln woman who was attacked by her own pit bull Tuesday morning said it's not the dog's fault and pleaded for his life to be spared.

Michelle Gandara, 25, said she has had Zeus since he was six weeks old.

She said the two year old pit bull has never acted up towards her or her four young children

"Because if he was aggressive, I never would have had him around my children." Gandara said.

That's why it surprised Gandara when Zeus attacked her.

"He grabbed my whole stomach and pulled me down and tried biting me on my face," Gandara said recovering from a room at Saint Elizabeth Hospital.

"He bit me on my hand my leg. I was getting drug around like a rag doll in my living room I was getting drug every where," Gandara said.

Gandara said the attack lasted about 30 minutes.

Lincoln police used a taser on Zeus to get him release his grip and run off.

"I was scared when they found him they were going to put him down right away," Gandara said.

Lincoln Animal Control officers found Zeus with a neighbor Thursday morning.

He is quarantined for 10 days to check for rabies, and determine if he is vicious and has to be destroyed.

"He's not a bad dog. He doesn't deserve to die," Gandara said.

"Because honestly it was my fault."

She said Zeus originally went after her husband Corey.

She said she tried blankets, water and pepper to distract him.

When that didn't work, she grabbed a baseball bat.

"When I had that bat and made that loud noise, that's when he attacked me," Gandara said.

She struck the dog several times during the attack.

"It was scary it was," Gandara said.

She said even though she is not angry with Zeus, she can't take him back.

"When he sees me, he'll only see me now as someone trying to hurt him, not somebody that had a bond with him," Gandara said.

She hopes officials will allow her to give Zeus to a new owner.

"I have a lot of people know what type of dog he is. I have two people that want to adopt him already," Gandara said.

  

  

 

(KETV Omaha - March 9, 2018)

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• Nebraska: Woman beats her Pit Bull with baseball bat after it attacks her; police Taser it to stop attack

Nebraska: Woman beats her Pit Bull with baseball bat after it attacks her; police Taser it to stop attack

NEBRASKA -- A pit bull that attacked a woman at a north Lincoln home early Tuesday remains on the loose, a police spokeswoman said.

The dog became aggressive inside the home, in the 1700 block of North 31st Street, at 12:45 a.m., Officer Angela Sands said. A 25-year-old resident there grabbed a baseball bat and began hitting Zeus the pit bull in the head after it bit her hand and chest, Sands said.

The dog then latched onto her leg and wouldn't let go after she hit it about 30 times with the bat, Sands said.

The woman and her husband tried to get the dog out of the house as police arrived, she said. Zeus was still biting the woman’s leg, so officers stunned it with a Taser, and it ran off.

Hmm, if they'd simply shot it and killed it then it wouldn't have run off...

The woman was driven to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The 2-year-old white pit bull is believed to be injured and remains dangerous, Sands said. Police do not have a photo of the dog.

Police have notified Lincoln Public Schools officials.

Anyone who encounters the dog should call Animal Control at 402-441-7900 and should not approach it.

UPDATE:
Pit Bull that attacked owner found by Lincoln Animal Control

Animal Control officers have found the 2-year-old pit bull that attacked his owner at her north Lincoln home early Tuesday.

Zeus was found near his home in the 1700 block of North 31st Street shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, said Animal Control Manager Steve Beal.

His officers are investigating why the dog bit and latched on to one of his owners, who then hit the dog 30 times with a baseball bat.

The dog didn't let go until police arrived and stunned it with a Taser, Officer Angela Sands said.

Zeus did not appear injured from the incident when he was turned over to officers Thursday, Beal said. Officers took the dog to the Capital Humane Society, where it will undergo a 10-day bite quarantine to assess whether it shows symptoms of rabies.

Animal Control had no previous bite reports for Zeus.

(Lincoln Journal Star - Mar 8, 2018)

California: When Taser has no effect on Pit Bull attacking man, Kern County Sheriff's deputy shoots it

CALIFORNIA -- A member of the Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Mobile Evaluation Team was the person attacked by a pit bull that was shot by a sheriff's office deputy on Monday.

Sheriff's deputies were on a call in the 2000 block of Valencia Drive at around 3:30 p.m.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office says a 3-year-old pit bull broke loose from a yard and attacked the MET team member as he was simply talking to someone in a front yard.

A sheriff's office deputy first used a taser to stop the attack but when it had no effect on the dog, he pulled out his service weapon and shot the dog. The Pit Bull only stopped its attack after being shot.

The MET team member was taken to Kern Medical for injuries to his forearm and ankle and was later released.

The MET team partners with law enforcement linking residents to mental health services and also responds with deputies on calls involving people experiencing mental health crises the Sheriff's Office said.

The dog was not killed, but was seized by Kern County Animal Control.

A sheriff's office spokesperson said the name of the deputy won't be released since dogs are considered property, therefore, not considered an "officer involved shooting."

(Kern Golden Empire - January 24, 2018)

Tennessee: Doberman has to be tased to stop attack on firefighter and bystander

TENNESSEE -- A Shelbyville firefighter was injured Friday morning when a Doberman Pinscher belonging to a neighbor attacked at least two people at a house fire on Jarrell Street.

The firefighter was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment, sources said. City Manager Shanna Boyette would not release the firefighter’s name, citing HIPAA health privacy regulations.

She did say at least one other person at the scene was treated for cuts inflicted by the dog.

A city police officer used a taser to bring the dog under control, bystanders said.

The dog has caused problems in the neighborhood for some time, according to comments on social media.

Police were unavailable for comment Saturday,

Heavy smoke

Smoke was pouring from the home on the 300 block of Jarrell Street when firefighters arrived about 10:30 a.m.

No flames were visible, but acting fire chief Matt Doak said the home suffered “extensive damage.”

The occupants were away, but firefighters removed a dog from the home. That dog — which was not the one that attacked bystanders — emerged with no signs of distress and was placed in the care of neighbors.

The fire is “under investigation” and no cause or origin had been determined as of Saturday, Doak said. Real estate records show the house is rental property owned by Warren and Dena Landers of Shelbyville.

(Shelbyville Times - January 14, 2018)

Missouri: Josiah Wheat ordered to undergo mental evaluation after he filmed himself beating a litter of puppies to death and posted it online

MISSOURI -- Josiah David Wheat, 31, of Vanzant, charged Aug. 31 in the beating deaths of five puppies, has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation by Douglas County Circuit Court Judge R. Craig Carter.

Wheat is facing five felony counts of animal abuse by torture and/or mutilation while the animal was alive.

 

He allegedly posted a video of himself beating the puppies to death with a baseball bat on Facebook. Officials with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department reported they received numerous calls from the United States and Canada regarding the video.

The video, dated Aug. 25, reportedly showed the dogs being hit 16 times over the course of one minute, with most of the injured, dying puppies still moving and making noises at the end of it.

A photo of the dead puppies was also allegedly posted, along with the statement “these pups were illegitimate forced upon a beagle at residence while I was away and began too make a mess, in my experience such mess if not handled is latched upon by downgrading individual(s) who want too tear others down, so in essence killing these pups is similar too aborting rape impregnation.” [sic]

According to records, during a search of Wheat’s residence, items matching those seen in the video were found and an area of the home matched a view shown on the video.

The bodies of the puppies were never found, but officers reported there was a female beagle at the residence that appeared to have been nursing puppies. No live puppies were found on the property.

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ORIGINAL STORY:
(KY3 - August 31, 2017)

Authorities have arrested Josiah David Wheat for posting a graphic video of himself on Facebook, beating a litter of puppies to death.

Investigators at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office first saw the graphic video on Tuesday, and they've been working on this case ever since.

The video posted on a rural Douglas county man's Facebook page outraged many, including his friend, Becky Parker.

Parker says, "I got through about 3 seconds of the video. And then I immediately contacted him, and he kept rejecting my calls, and finally he messaged me back and said it was none of my business; I was blowing it out of proportion."

The video shows the puppies being beaten to death with a baseball bat. Parker and others reported it to law enforcement.

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase says, "A lot of the evidence is there. The ball bat; we're able to match up the baseball bat; you could read the writing on the video."

 

Degase says a bat matching the one in the video was seized from the man's car when Mountain Grove officers arrested him this morning. They planned the arrest in a traffic stop to avoid a situation like another with the same man in the past.

"He was combative; he had a 22. We ended up, I believe 96 hour committing him for a mental evaluation, and then really haven't had any contact with him since then. But that incident there was tense. I believe he was tased twice," says Degase.

Parker is shocked by the deadly beating, but also concerned for the man.

"He confided in me; he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, he says, and he never took his medications, ever," Parker says.

"My opinion, I do believe he has some type of mental disorder," says Degase.

"He has no remorse, which kind of unnerved me a little bit. I just want him to get some help. For his safety, I'm glad he's in custody, and for our safety, and all the animals out there," says Parker.

The man accused of making that video is now being held in the Douglas County jail; the sheriff expects charges by tomorrow.

The sheriff says the man gave consent for investigators to search his property, and the Douglas County Sheriff and the Humane Society of Missouri arrived at his home Thursday afternoon in eastern Douglas County.

The man's Facebook page shows an adult female dog with a caption including, "This female canine doesn't have the stress of the vagrant impregnation that was the five pup litter."

It's unclear if he has any other animals. The Facebook page also included recent posts of links about pet euthanasia.

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Massachusetts: 'Violent, extremely aggressive' pit bull attacks police in Amesbury

MASSACHUSETTS -- A pit bull attack prompted police to issue an urgent warning in Amesbury.

Police said a “violent and extremely aggressive” brown pit bull attacked a sergeant Sunday morning in the area of Whitehall Road.

The sergeant and another officer were responding to a medical call when the Pit Bull ran out of the house and went after the sergeant.

The other officer shot the dog with a Taser, but the pit bull was able to escape. The dog was last seen heading towards Friend Street.

Amesbury residents near the Whitehall Lake Drive Condos, Barbara Drive, Pamela Lane and Unicorn Circle areas off of Whitehall Road are asked to stay in their homes until the dog has been found and caught.

Woodson Farm was temporarily closed as a precaution, police said.

The dog is considered dangerous and police are advising people to not approach the pit bull. If you spot the pit bull, contact police at 978-388-1212.

(WCVB Boston - November 19, 2017)

(October 2017) Ohio: "I can't believe that dog came into my yard and got my Annabell"

OHIO -- Dawn Chasteen Flunder posted on Facebook October 8, 2017 ·

I am so upset in fact just calmed down. I put Annabell out on her chain in the front of my porch she is a very small Bishon Frise then I went back inside in the living room not ten feet away from Annabell then I heard all this screaming crying awful fighting yelping so I started screaming. I said help help I don't know what is going on out there.

Luckily my son Larry and my grandkids were over we all ran to the door I couldn't tell what was happening I cant see a thing then Larry started yelling this lady was walking her Pit bull maybe a mix? the pit was hurting my Annabell my son picked up the metal chair on my porch and threw it at the mean dog then he told that lady what is wrong with you she was walking her dog without a leash and he attacked my little dog she also had two children with her them poor kids seeing all this

I cant believe that dog came into my yard and got my Annabell. I just am so upset I don't think she is hurt too bad she feels wet but no blood thank God so if anyone on here that lives in my neighborhood the lady walked down Richford turned on to Oakmont I would like to know who she is and if her dog has had her shots and to tell her off I didn't get to say anything to her because I wasn't sure what happened till it was over and was told my grandkids were upset seeing this too. I hope the other dog isn't hurt because he got a chair throwed at him but that was the only way to get the dog off and out of my yard thank God that dog didn't kill my Annabell.

Sonya Shiffler - Yea my mom's dog was killed by a pit bull thursday

Shiffler Betty - Dawn I am so sorry about your dog and glad she is ok. I had to put my little shih tzu Max to sleep because a pit got ahold of her. A man tried to beat him with a pipe it took the police to taser him. I ran max to the teams vet on central. There was nothing they can do. Sonya and my friend stayed with Max when they put him down I couldn't do it. It's only been 2 days but he was like a child to me.

Candy Baker - Sorry for Annabell, too bad Larry didn't have 2 chairs, so he could have thrown 1 at the stupid woman. Some people just need to have sense knocked in to them. Just saying.

Florida: After Pit Bull attacked its 3rd victim in less than a year, its owner told police she wasn't going to bother trying to catch it

FLORIDA -- When animal control officers first responded to the call, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies had already Tased the dog, which ran into a nearby swamp.

Her owner told officers she wasn’t going to look for the animal, that it would come back on its own.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Officials say a 62-year-old woman was seriously injured after being bitten Friday morning by a neighbor’s pit bull, which fled after it was Tased by an Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy.

Lulu the Pit Bull, waiting for another opportunity to attack

Animal control officers from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society found the dog, whose name is LuLu, hiding under a car several hours later with the Taser barb still in her nose.

Because she had the barb in her nose and was under a car, officers tranquilized her to take her to PAWS.

Deputies reported the dog bit the woman on Hickory Street in Sylvania Heights just after 11 a.m. The woman was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center with injuries described as “serious” on preliminary reports.

Her condition was not available late Friday afternoon.

By the time animal control officers responded to the call, the dog had been Tased and had run into a swampy area. Her owner told the officers she wasn’t going to look for the animal and that it would come back on its own.

It wasn’t LuLu’s first brush with the law. The dog bit someone else in October 2016, according to PAWS officials.

(News Herald - August 25, 2017)

Nevada: Let's play guess the breed! ___ attacked a neighbor, then attacked its owner, then attacked its other owner. Police say it was "physically latched onto" her arm. Taser had no effect on the ____ which then tried to attack officers so they shot it dead.

NEVADA -- Sparks police shot and killed a dog that reportedly bit and injured three people Friday night.

At around 8 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex in the 1000 block of El Rancho Drive on a report of an assault and battery between neighbors, a news release from the Sparks Police Department said.

If the location is the Banbridge Apartments, it's a low-income housing project.

One of the victims reported being bit by a dog during the assault.

While officers were gathering information from the victim, "officers heard screaming coming from a neighboring apartment where the other party in the assault and battery lived."

According to the release, a male adult - later identified as one of the owners of the dog - was bleeding from his arm. 

"The officers heard a female screaming and found the female in the entry way to an apartment with the dog biting her and being physically latched onto the female's upper arm," the release said. 

The female victim was later found to be the second owner.

According to the release, officers tried to physically remove the dog and then taser it when the dog reportedly tried to bite the officers. An officer then shot the dog twice and killed it. 

The breed of the dog was unknown.

Officers used a tourniquet to stop the female victim's bleeding. The owners were transported to a local hospital for treatment and the neighbor declined medical attention.

No arrests were made in the assault and battery case at this time, but will be submitted to the Sparks City Attorney for possible charges.

(RGJ - July 10, 2017)

Michigan: Man with a gun lets himself get seriously mauled by two large dogs, claiming he didn't "want to hurt" the dogs

MICHIGAN -- A man was viciously attacked by two dogs after attempting to inform their owners that they were running loose.

The man was armed with a gun, but he did not shoot the dogs.

Big mistake. 

The incident occurred at about 11:15 a.m. May 16 in the 3800 block of 20th Street.

According to Wyandotte police, the two dogs somehow got out of the house or escaped from their yard without their owners knowing about it.

One dog is described as a German shepherd / Boxer mix breed, and the other is a Pit Bull / Boxer mix.

“(The victim) had gone across to his neighbor’s house to inform them the dogs were loose,” said Inspector Brian Zalewski. “That’s when the dogs grabbed a hold of him and knocked him to the ground. He received injuries to his arms, legs, back and the back of his head, as he was trying to shield his face.”

Police, who were the first to arrive, found the dogs sitting in the driveway, close to where the victim was.

Zalewski said the responding officer used his “good judgement” not to shoot the dogs, in large part because of their proximity to the victim, and the fact the location was a residential neighborhood.

However, witnesses reported hearing a gunshot. Police confirm that a gun was fired, but not by a police officer.

“The victim is a licensed gun owner who had his gun with him,” Zalewski said. “He fired his gun into the ground to scare them off.”

Zalewski said shooting the gun did succeed in getting the dogs to stop attacking.

When the reporting officer arrived he said a detective and a command officer were already at the scene, trying to get the dogs away from the victim. They were circling the injured man and made several charges at officers, displaying their teeth and growling.

One of the canines, described as a large brown dog, charged the command officer so the reporting officer used his Taser on the dog, which immediately took effect.

As officers tried to grab the brown dog, the white dog came to his defense, growling at officers. The dog that was tased broke one of the copper wires and ran into a yard. Both dogs were captured by animal control officers a short time later.

Police spoke with the 68-year-old victim as paramedics were working on him in the back of an ambulance.

He said he was on the neighbor’s porch, knocking on the door in an attempt to inform them their dogs were out, when the brown dog grabbed his leg and the white one grabbed his arm.

The dogs dragged him off the porch and onto the ground, where they proceeded to maul him. He told police he fired a “warning shot” to scare off the dogs. Police said the victim has a valid concealed pistol license.

Even with his injuries, the victim said he didn’t want to hurt the dogs, but used his gun so they would stop attacking him.

The victim was taken to Beaumont Hospital —Trenton for treatment to his injuries. An officer described his injuries as severe.

He didn't want to hurt the dogs? Seriously? He thinks it's better to lose his hand or his arm or his eye from the attack. I don't believe this at all. 

I think what really happened is that he went to shoot them, the dogs jumped on him, knocking the gun out of his hand and then proceeded to maul him. He either fired the shot at them and missed or he fired off a round when the dogs knocked the gun out of his hand. He just doesn't want to admit that this happened. No one is going to willingly endure a "severe" mauling by two large dogs because they didn't want to hurt the dogs.

Police said it took several minutes for the dogs’ owner to open the door. When told her dogs mauled her neighbor in the driveway, and she saw the blood, she asked police if he had died.

Police asked her why it took her so long to answer the door. She said she was sleeping and had a fan next to her, so did not hear knocking at her door.

The dogs’ other owner arrived and turned over paperwork for the dogs. He said the German Shepherd-Boxer mix had attacked a mail carrier about four weeks ago.

The man said both dogs were in the house when he left for work. The front screen window was damaged, leading police to believe the dogs jumped out through that window.

Investigators also found a large hole through the back cyclone fence. Someone had attempted to close the hole, but police said the dogs appear to be able to access the opening.

A detective spoke with the victim in the hospital on Wednesday, saying he appeared to be in good spirits and was recovering.

Both dogs remain in the city’s animal shelter. Zalewski said they most likely will be held until police hear back from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office for review of charges.

Zalewski said having a dangerous dog can, in some instances, be considered a felony. He said the city also has ordinances in the book pertaining to possession of dangerous dogs.

The victim has been released from the hospital.

(The News Herald - May 19, 2017)

Michigan: Robert Laughton, 28, charged after his pit bull mauled his mother and her boyfriend

MICHIGAN -- Authorities filed charges Thursday against the owner of the dog that mauled two people Sunday in Roseville.

Robert Laughton, 29, was arraigned in 39th District Court on two counts of owning a dangerous animal causing serious injury, both four-year felonies.

Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said Laughton’s year-old pit bull terrier attacked Laughton’s mother, Suzette Laughton, and her boyfriend, Michael Mager, without provocation, causing injuries that required both to have multiple surgeries.

“I feel awful about the whole thing,” Robert Laughton said during the hearing. Bond was set at $5,000.

Suzette Laughton said in court she wanted her son to stay in the family’s house with her.

“I want him to stay with me, and Mike wants him to stay there too,” said Suzette Laughton. “(Mike) wants Robert to stay in the house, and he doesn’t want anything bad to happen to Robert, either.”

Judge Catherine Steenland told Robert Laughton not to purchase another dog until the case is over.

“I’m not judging you,” Steeland told Laughton. “At this point in time ... whether or not you did a good job with the dog or you didn’t, but the point of the matter is this did not work out well allegedly.”

If convicted, Robert Laughton could face four years in prison on each count of the charges against him and/or a $2,000 fine, as well as be ordered to do 500 hours of community service.

The attack occurred about 9 p.m. at the home in the 30600 block of Normal near 13 Mile and Utica.

 

“I’m the same as most of you,” Smith said in a statement. “I grew up with dogs and love them dearly. But as owners we bear complete responsibility for the training and behavior of our animals, especially regarding their interaction with the humans they encounter. “With these powerful breeds, that responsibility is particularly acute. A single aggressive episode can result in life-ending tragedy.”

According to Smith, the dog, named Bruce, attacked Suzette Laughton, 52, when she tried to let it out of its cage. Her boyfriend, Michael Mager, tried to stop Bruce and was mauled.

Police, according to Smith, found Mager, 51, face-down in the home, covered in blood with the dog circling him.

A team of officers subdued the dog and then Mager was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital for treatment of severe injuries, including a severed artery, Smith said. Mager also lost the tops of his ears.

Paramedics initially feared Mager would lose both arms, the prosecutor said.

Suzette Laughton told police Bruce was not provoked or agitated before the attack, and no food was out that would have triggered any aggression, Smith said.

Robert Laughton has said he shouldn’t be blamed for the attack.

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” Laughton told The Detroit News in a Tuesday interview. “It’s not my fault. My dog was loved. He had toys. I did not abuse my dog. I didn’t make my dog vicious. My dog did what he did. He’s paid for it.”

I believe him. I believe that he did not abuse this dog. I believe he treated this dog like a king and a member of the family. What he refuses to acknowledge is that it is a pit and it did what many pit bulls do regardless of how you raise them.

Laughton described his dog as a retriever “bully mix.”

Laughton said Tuesday he was struggling to cope with the injuries to his mother and her boyfriend, and with the possibility of being charged.

“It’s emotionally overwhelming,” he said.

Laughton has said he wasn’t home when the attack occurred but his sister told him the horrific details.

Laughton said his mother and her boyfriend were sitting on the sofa with Bruce when the dog attacked his mother.

“The dog was licking on her. She put him down and he started attacking her,” Laughton said Tuesday.

According to police and prosecutors, Sunday’s incident wasn’t the first involving the dog.

Smith said that on April 19, Bruce attacked Suzette Laughton, opening a wound on her hand that required 30 stitches to close.

Police cited Robert Laughton for unlicensed dog and harboring a vicious animal, Smith said. Laughton also agreed to a 10-day order by the Macomb County Animal Shelter to quarantine the dog, then surrender it to the shelter to be euthanized May 1 — the day after the second attack, the prosecutor said.

OWNER ROBERT LAUGHTON CONTINUES TO BE IN DENIAL
Laughton has said he believes the Sunday incident was caused by a “neurological trigger” the dog might have been experiencing. Laughton added that he thought the dog bit his mom’s boyfriend out of fear.

“Bruce didn’t know what was happening, so he reacted. He loved my mom,” Laughton said Tuesday. “They were great friends.”

Laughton is scheduled to be back in court May 17 at 8:15 a.m. for a probable cause conference on the charges. He has a preliminary examination scheduled for May 24, also at 8:15 a.m. in 39th District Court in Roseville.

They have created a GoFundMe page to raise money to cover their medical expenses. I'm not going to post it because they're grown adults who knowingly decided to let this dog remain in the household after it previously attacked them. They should have told their nearly 30-year-old son to get rid of the dog or to take the dog and both of them get out. What if this dog, after mauling them, went and killed a child? This one's on them.

(Detroit news - May 6, 2017)

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• Michigan: Man whose pit bull mauled his parents two weeks ago, at the house they all share, is allowed to go back home. Today, the dog tries to finish what he started -- seriously mauling both of them

Michigan: Man whose pit bull mauled his parents two weeks ago, at the house they all share, is allowed to go back home. Today, the dog tries to finish what he started -- seriously mauling both of them

MICHIGAN -- A Roseville couple viciously mauled on Sunday by a pit bull owned by the woman's son were attacked by the same dog two weeks ago, police say.

The woman had been hospitalized in the earlier incident, while the man was treated for dog bites and released, Roseville Police Chief James Berlin said Monday.

He said the woman's son, who owns the dog, was issued two tickets at the time, but they apparently let the dog remain in the home.

Then on Sunday night, the dog again attacked the couple while the son was away, Berlin said, critically injuring both of them. The woman's condition was upgraded to serious condition Monday afternoon, but the man -- who police found unconscious inside the home with "horrific" wounds -- remained listed in critical condition, Berlin said.

"This attack is one of the most vicious any of our officers have ever seen," Berlin said. "Our thoughts and prayers go to the victims. They have a long, long road back."

Roseville police responded at around 9pm Sunday to a report of a dog mauling and found a 52-year-old woman covered in blood outside a home in the 30000 block of Normal Street.

She said she was attacked by her 28-year-old son's dog and officers then found the woman's 51-year-old husband lying unconscious in the living room and bleeding profusely from his wounds.

Police say the one-year-old male pit bull suspected in the mauling was 'extremely aggressive' and wouldn't allow emergency crews to get past, so they distracted the animal by banging on the rear door of the residence.

Rescuers tried to remove the severely injured man from the home and the dog returned, so they used a stun gun on the animal to subdue it long enough to extract the male victim from the house.

The husband and wife were taken to a hospital with bites to their faces and arms. The man was later airlifted to the University of Michigan Hospital in "extremely critical condition", and both have undergone surgeries.

Berlin said authorities are not exactly sure why the mauling occurred Sunday or what provoked the attack. He did not know if the couple was able to fight back in any way.

He said the woman went to the next-door neighbor screaming for help for the man in the house. The unidentified neighbor went to the home, trying from the front door to get the dog away from the man inside. The dog would not allow the neighbor to enter the house.

Berlin said the male victim must have tried to make it to the front door to escape, almost making it.

'This attack is one of the most vicious any of our officers have ever seen,' said Roseville Police Chief James Berlin, according to Detroit Free Press.

Police say the pit bull and another dog were captured by Macomb County animal control officers. Berlin said that he was told the second dog also is a pit bull.

It is unknown what will happen to the second dog. Berlin said investigators want to try to talk with the victims to determine whether that dog played any role in the attack.

The dog was euthanized Monday and sent to Lansing to be checked for rabies, Berlin said. He said the dog's owner signed off on the dog being euthanized.

The incident comes two weeks after the Roseville couple had been attacked by the same pit bull and required hospitalization. The son didn't do anything or get rid of the dog, Berlin said, adding that the son wasn't home during either attack. He did not know how long the son had been living in the home.

Their 28-year-old son - the dog's owner - was issued two tickets in connection to that earlier mauling for harboring a dangerous animal and failure to license his dog. The son was not home during Sunday's attack.

Berlin said the son got the pit bull when it was just a puppy, about a couple months old, back in August. He said the son is the dog's owner and the dog is unlicensed. Berlin said that he was not aware of any other problems with the dog - other than the attack that happened about two weeks ago. He said the citations from the prior incident are still pending.

Berlin said in the incident two weeks ago, the woman was going to feed the dog, which was in a crate, when she was attacked.

Prosecutors will review the case to determine is any charges will be filed in this case.

(Daily Mail - May 1, 2017)

Ohio: Man begs his wife to shoot their pit bull after it attacks him. She can't find the gun but grabs the biggest knife in the kitchen she can find and starts stabbing the dog. When that had no effect, she tased it, saving her husband's life

OHIO -- A Cleveland man is in serious condition after he was attacked by his own dog Tuesday night.

Officers were called about 8 p.m. to a home in the 5100 block of Hamm Avenue after a man was attacked by his own pit bull, according to a Cleveland police news release.

When police arrived on the scene, the wife of the man who was being attacked, Ethel Taylor, had blood splattered across her shirt.

She told police that the dog "attacked my husband and you need to kill that dog."

Taylor said she went to take a bath when she heard dogs barking in front of her house. She followed the noise to discover that her husband, Cedric Gardner, was being attacked by their pit bull.

Gardner told his wife to grab the gun but she couldn't find it.

Taylor went to the kitchen and found the biggest knife she could find and started to stab the dog repeatedly, according to a news release. Taylor pulled out her taser after stabbing the dog didn't work.

The dog let go of Gardner and retreated to the back of a pickup truck that was parked on the street.

Taylor and Gardner were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. Gardner suffered a puncture wound above his left nipple and also had bites on his arms and legs. Taylor had bites on her right lower leg and fingers.

Cleveland Animal Control confiscated the dog to be euthanized.

In a separate incident, two men were also attacked by a dog at 8:27 p.m. Tuesday.

The victims were a 79-year-old man and a 30-year-old man.

Cleveland Animal Control responded to 7102 Linwood Avenue and confiscated the dog.

The victims were taken to University Hospitals for treatment.

(News 5 Cleveland - ‎Apr 26, 2017)