And they put the dog into quarentine after he was bitten by the woman? Woman Bites Dog Who Attacked Her Dog

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amy Rice feared for her dog's life when a pit bull jumped over a fence into her yard and attacked her pooch. So she took matters into her own mouth.

Rice says she bit the pit bull on the nose Friday after trying to pull the dog's jaws off her Labrador retriever, Ella. The dog had jumped a fence to get into Rice's northeast Minneapolis yard, and Rice says she feared the pit bull would kill Ella.

"I didn't plan it, that's what happened. I broke the skin and had pit bull blood in my mouth," said Rice, 38. "I knew what happened, and I knew that it wasn't good."

The pit bull was quarantined Wednesday by Minneapolis Animal Control officers while rabies tests are being completed. Rice's doctor will determine whether she needs shots for rabies.

"I was sure that my dog was dying in my arms; it was horrible," Rice said.

Ella is recovering with staples and stitches to her head and a crushed ear canal, but she is afraid to go for walks, Rice said.

If that were to happen to my dog (and it is possible because several people let their dogs run free in my neighborhood) I would bite the dog's nose too to save my dog Provided I did not have time to get a firearm and put the aggressor to rest for good!

I'll have to remember that trick if it happens at home.

Kitchen carving knife, golf club, tennis recket, lighter to the fur or screw driver to the upper thorax will get that dogs attention.

A gun is nice, but by the time you get the safty trigger lock off, loaded and yourself back to the scene...your mutt is going to be dead.

Little petey lives in such fear of encountering a liberal, he's probably always packing heat to protect himself from such a chance encounter.

esox:

Kitchen carving knife, golf club, tennis recket, lighter to the fur or screw driver to the upper thorax will get that dogs attention.

A gun is nice, but by the time you get the safty trigger lock off, loaded and yourself back to the scene...your mutt is going to be dead.

In the time I can grab a kitchen knife I can grab my revolver. I dont keep trigger locks or other restraints on at least one loaded pistol in my home. It is not required in My state provided I keep it out of the hands of an unsupervised child. My grandkids cannot get to the place I keep my loaded and ready pistol. Their father is a Peace Officer and keeps his duty peice handy at all times. They know not to even touch a gun without supervision.

My response to the original post was not intended to start a debate about guns but rather compliment the woman on the way she saved her dog.

Greco:

Little petey lives in such fear of encountering a liberal, he's probably always packing heat to protect himself from such a chance encounter.

I have little or no fear for what a liberal can or will physically do to me. They generally are peaceful folk. However Liberals are more tolerant of criminal acts than I am. Liberals are generally opposed to owning or carrying firearms for almost any reason.

I don't have a concealed carry license becuase my lifestyle seldom puts me in a position where I feel it would be useful. In Texas a concealed carry license is not necessary while traveling (which is the only time besides target practice and hunting that I take a firearm out of my home).

I had a 12 year carreer in Law Enforcement before becoming a paralegal. I worked as a Parole Officer and as a Jail Supervisor. Neither job required me to carry weapons on a daily basis (I did qualify with a shotgun at the Jail and had a key to the firearms locker).

Greco,

Can't you just sometimes appreciate the post for what it is (nonpolitical). I apperciated the woman's ingenuity in the way she saved her dog.

I have a dog and beleive I would do whatever neccessary to save it from this kind life and death situation.

My guess is you don't like dogs.

Wow, little petey makes it so easy to show what a twit he is. He "assumes" I don't like dogs. My great pal for seventeen years was a dog named.... Greco!

I guess that's more insight into the accuracy of little petey's "assumptions".

Greco,

So I assumed wrong. Your hostility on such a benign subject threw me off. I don't go round making fun of your moniker trivializing it in any way. So when I see your hostility directed at me for something said in defense of dogs I don't know where you are coming from.

I consider such hostility a sign that you fear I am making better arguements than you. This subject however is not a confrontational subject to me.

Let me start over......My dog's name is Ginger. I think she is a Shepard/Lab mix (a Shlab?) She is reddish with Lab Like hair but her ears and muzzle are like a Shepard. She is my best friend second only to my wife.

What was Greco like?

REPUBLICAN, Right-Wing, "GUN-NUT WACKOS"

with GUNS, Kill DOGS.

At least, that's the "word",

that's "out on the street"

TP you keep a loaded gun around the house?

How many times did you ever have to use it?

IMHO you are kind of asking for a problem there.

But yeah it would be the quickest way to resolve that problem.

I got a 1187 Premier, and Savage 22 with scope, both for hunting samll game...I just like the flavor. Rabbits, quail, pheasant.

Used to deer hunt until it got so crowded in the woods it became a pissing joke. And all those yahoos with their high end AR platform 440 Bushmasters blasting away in the wood.

Screw them. I'll do fall in the garage fixing my hot rod or picking on my banjo.

A gun is just so much dead weight if it isn't loaded. If I had small kids in the house it probably would not be loaded.

Last Thanksgiving I took my revolver and locked it in the safe becuase neices and nephews would be in the house not just my grandkids (as I said earlier their dad has to keep a loaded gun and they do know gun safety).

My revolver is pretty safe since it is a single action with the hammer down on an empty cylinder. It is my favorite .45 plinker and I take it to the range often. I think it is best for home defense because I use it most for practice.

Ever get robbed while at home?

Careful there. BTW stats say that folks with hand guns are 5 times more likely to commit suicide.

It puts them right up there with dentists...go figure.

esox:

Ever get robbed while at home?

Careful there. BTW stats say that folks with hand guns are 5 times more likely to commit suicide.

It puts them right up there with dentists...go figure.

My vehicle was burglarized in the middle of the night once while I was at home. After that I have always kept a loaded gun in the house.

When I was a Parole officer and Later a Jail supervisor I worked with sucidal people. People who are sucicidal will choose the easiest method at their disposal.

One Inmate we had on suicide watch for molesting his 3 year old neice tried to kill himself by pounding his head into the wall. We knew he was suicidal and he was not allowed anything inhis cell and was clothed with disposable paper clothing we gave to such inmates. He had to call the control center to have the water turned on for a drink or to use the toilet. He had only one way to attempt the suicide. We checked on him ever 10-15 minutes he was determined to die but succeeded only in giving himself a terrible headache and two black eyes before we had the nurse sedate him.

Guns are just an easy way out for those who are determined to committ suicide.

I always figured that Pete was feeding off the public trough.

TexasPete:

Guns are just an easy way out for those who are determined to committ suicide.

Umm, yeah, that's kind of the point. Unless you are in favor of assisted suicide on demand, in which case there are much less messy alternatives.