An Upper West Sider shared a video of an argument between dog owners at Bull Moose Dog Run on 81st Street by the American Museum of Natural History on Monday morning. The scene, which was shared on NextDoor, apparently followed a pretty scary attack.
The NextDoor user removed the video shortly after posting it, citing as their reason a handful of derogatory comments towards the breed of dog which appeared to be the aggressor: a pit bull.
The now deleted post described a scene in which one dog “latched onto another for several minutes,” though actual footage of the dogs fighting was not included. The video instead showed a number of dog owners, some arguing, others filming the scene with their iPhones.
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The video also showed the owner of the pit bull defending his canine’s actions. “No no no, that dog was loose!” he could be heard saying. “That dog came to my dog! My dog had the ball in his mouth!”
According to the post, the owner of the dog that was attacked tried to get the pit bull owner’s contact information, but had no luck. After we first shared the story on Monday, a reader called us to say he saw the pit bull owner in the north west section of the Great Lawn in Central Park.
A message about the incident was also shared on Bull Moose Dog Run’s Facebook page.
We reached out to the person who took the video for additional comment (before they took the post down). The only thing they wanted us to add was to “discourage mean comments towards [pit bulls] as all dogs should be properly trained when entering the park.”
Dogs fight, so you can’t just blame a dog who wins. If you are letting your dog interact with strangers dogs in a dog park, dogs might fight. You can’t make someone else pay for your dogs medical bills, you can’t control dogs fighting especially if your dog went up to his dog. However his argument about a dog coming up to his dog doesn’t make sense because it’s within a dog park. Anywhere else, I’d completely agree.
Clearly you don’t own a dog or visit a dog park. When you bring your dog into a space with other dogs off leash, it’s under the agreement that your dog gets along well with other dogs. If your dog is not socialized or has weird violent quirks you need to be responsible as an owner for your dog’s behavior… it’s the only way to keep all the dogs safe. And while fights can happen (they are animals after all), owners need to be responsible in breaking up the fight immediately. If you have a dog that is unpredictable DO NOT BRING HIM TO THE DOG PARK. If your dog injures another dog, you are fully responsible to pay for the vet bills (and hopefully it’s only get bills and not worse). Wake up dog owners.
Doesn’t matter if it’s the best trained dog in the world, they can be socialized and trained and loving, it’s up to them if they feel threatened or not and that has nothing to do with how they were raised it’s just natural instinct
Douche pit bull owner. Always
if only everybody had elite environmental killing pure breds
My very docile Great Dane was attacked by a Golden Retriever a few years ago in the same run. My Dane was scared, had no idea what was happening and the retriever took my Dane to the ground. Many dog owners ran over to check on my Dane and the owner of the Retriever never checked on my Dane but leashed his dog and high tailed it out the Dog run. It was a horrible moment!
People, it’s always pit bulls, and then pit bull owners say don’t blame the pit bulls, blame the owner. But, mysteriously I guess, it’s never a lab, a golden, or a something-doodle. It’s always a pit. They simply are a vicious breed (which is why owners like them, it’s like owning a gun). I would know, i’ve been bitten by a pit and it was a horrific experience which i wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Yes I guess In Your mind ALL black people are lazy, bad tippers and on drugs… You know little as a buffoon.
Why did you have to bring Black people into this conversation? You’re just revealing your own inappropriate negative stereotypes. You can defend pit bulls without invoking problematic comparisons to racial prejudice.
Change your name to CLUELESS UWSer because that’s what your comment signifies. Pits, like all large breeds are capable of inflicting damage. Little dogs attack as well. It’s up to the owners to train their dogs and keep them out of situations where this can happen, until they are fully trained and under your control. Is it foolproof? Nothing is, but if you are responsible, you get it. You, on the other hand, know nothing.
Not to mention that a previous poster demonstrated that ALL DOGS can get in attack mode. Labs, Golden’s, Doodle’s, even small terriers. Blame the owner, NOT the dog. And educate yourself before speaking about something you clearly don’t know about.
Your comment show’s your lack of understanding and knowledge. Pits, like all large breeds are capable of inflicting damage. Little dogs attack as well. It’s up to the owners to train their dogs and keep them out of situations where this can happen, until they are fully trained and under your control. Is it foolproof? Nothing is, but if you are responsible, you get it. You apparently don’t.
Pitbulls do have a much stronger bite than most dogs. I have lost a service dog due to a pitbull escaping its handler, running across a busy street and attacking my dog. I have also had a service dog attacked by a rotweiller that an owner had off leash which resulted in more than 40 puncture wounds. I have also seen many other dogs that are dog reactive too. Labs, goldens, min pin crosses, sharpeis, mixed breeds. Most result in puncture wounds but are not to the extent that pitbulls bite. If this were in an area outside the dog park I would say the owner with the loose dog going up to the pitbull that was on leash was at fault. This was a dog park. I feel both owners are responsible, the pitbull owner for taking a reactive dog to a park and the loose dog owner for not being able to control his dog. Not all pitbulls are reactive, I have had many in my classes with no issues. I have a pitbull in my class right now that has no issues, yet I have an extremely fear aggressive australian shepherd reactive to both people and dogs and a wirehaired pointer that has dog issues. Aggression is not breed based. Aggression may be due to lack of socialization and its breeding history.
I am way more dangerous than my Dog. Your lack of exposure to canines as a whole makes you ignorant on the subject. Which your comments prove. I have been volunteering for over 20yrs and there are so many dogs that are dog aggressive, not just bullies. But stay under your rock, it’s all good.
It is a dog eat dog world after all!
It wasn’t a dog fight. According to reports the dog in the picture attacked the other dog. People don’t want to admit it but pit bulls are bred to be aggressive and their teeth have a grip that is far stronger than most other dogs. You can moderate breeding by training but you cannot eliminate it.
100% wrong. But, I guess you know that.
This surprises no one. Pits were bred as fighting and bloodsport dogs, so course it’s in their nature to fight. Pit owners tend to be trashy, which is why they get trashy dogs and then get aggressive and flee the scene when the inevitable happens.
check out r/BanPitBulls om Reddit.