In reply to Linda.

You think a pit bull is bad? There are far bigger, stronger, with more bite force, around. Check out the Ovchark (Caucasian Shepherd), the Kangal, the Cane Corso, the Mastiff, the Rottie, the Wolf Hybrid, the Dogo Argentino and a few more. Any one of these dogs would eat a pit bull for lunch. The Ovchark can take on anything and will dispatch it in short order. Same with a Kangal. I think one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen in my life is an Ovchark fighting.

What's truly unfortunate in this story is this dog was a rescue. I think rescuing any dog is a big risk, but a pit bull especially as you don't know how it was raised or trained. It's a very sad situation and one can tell that this lady and her daughter were very torn over having to shoot this dog. They were in a kill-or-be-killed situation. I don't care how much I love my dog, if it attacked me, another family member, a person or their dog, I would have done the same thing. What strikes me as odd in this instance is they had the dog for 4 years and it never showed any aggression. Not sure I fully believe that though. Does this mean I think they were wrong in killing the dog? Absolutely NOT!!!

"Every person should learn how to use a firearm AND USE IT TO KILL AN ANIMAL THAT ATTACKS...PERIOD." Agree with you 1,000 percent on both counts! I'm a firm believer in any Citizen of legal age being trained to use a gun and owning at least one.