Dog Attack

[Liver Punch]

I'm not sure why stupid/ridiculous/fantastical/unbelievable/terrible things always happen to me, but that pretty much seems to be the case. I've lived in my new apartment for all of 2 days, and been forced to extinguish a large animal. We'll start from the beginning.

This entire apartment complex is pretty nice, and if you live on ground level (as I do) you get a small, fenced in yard area. Most of the people that live around me are under 40 and work a standard 9-5 job, aren't loud, and are in general clean and orderly people. Of course, the one jerk in the entire place lives right next to me. A wooden fence separates my yard from his and while my yard is still pretty empty, his has two large dogs.

Today, I came home and was moving some stuff in, and the weather was pretty nice so I left the door that leads to my yard open. I'd apparently left the screen door open too, but that shouldn't have been a big deal. Unbeknownst to me however, my door being open would allow entry to one of the dogs who had apparently dug a dog-sized hole underneath the fence.

So, here I am, in the bedroom unpacking, and I hear something hit the screen door. Knowing that all of my firearms are still packed across the hallway, I grab my $15 Gerber machete and go to investigate. I've investigated thousands of mystery sounds over my lifetime, and until today they've all turned out to either be nothing or something insignificant. That wasn't the case today.

There it was, standing in my living room. Large and brown with big white teeth...a freaking pit bull. He seemed agitated. Running wasn't an option, and my dog skills are a bit lacking, so talking it down was out. I decided just to wait this one out, perhaps he'd politely leave. He apparently decided to charge me instead.

This is the part where training came into play. I stepped back with my left foot, putted my head back, and swung that cheap piece of steel as hard as I could with an "oh crap" swing.

There are two lessons to be learned here. 1) Contrary to popular belief, a dog makes a lousy guard given that the person he's attacking is armed. 2) Escrima cross-training paired with a certain level of paranoia pays big dividends in the right circumstances.

Incidents like this make me particularly happy for my training, and re-affirm my belief that morons shouldn't be allowed to own anything.

[MasterPain]

Pit bulls are a friendly breed, when not owned by morons. Usually people with mean ones abuse their animals.

The owner should be arrested for criminal stupidity, if only there were such a crime.

Also, people were shot in Effingham a couple days ago. These things happen, so yes, paranoia can be good.

[Groinstrike]

This amounted to the most bizarre/amazing text message i have ever recieved in my life!!

[JusticeZero]

Oh my. What's going on with the followup on this?

[Liver Punch]

Th front office of the complex cited the guy for having a hole under the fence, overgrowth in his yard, not pickup up his dog waste, having dogs without collars, and a few other things.

I contacted the authorities, and they explained the situation to the neighbor and outright said that if any crime was committed it was by him, and that they'd take a statement, but otherwise the situation seemed to be taken care of.

From what I understand, the neighbor wasn't real thrilled that I removed Fido's skull cap, and had the hole filled in by the time I got home from work today.

[bushido_man96]

Pit bulls are a friendly breed, when not owned by morons. Usually people with mean ones abuse their animals.

This is true. It is also important for dog owners to know the temperment of their dogs, and manage them accordingly. We have a Boxer who is great with our kids and family, but doesn't care for anyone else all that much. So, we make sure our fence is sound, and when people come over in the daytime, we kennell him. We usually leave him out of the kennell at night, for obvious reasons.

LiverPunch: what a crazy deal. Good thing you had your blade and that training. I hope the rest of your time in your knew apartment isn't so exciting for you.