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"An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm. Almeida grabbed the dog by the neck and bit back — biting so hard that he lost a canine tooth.

Almeida tells the O Globo newspaper: "It is better to lose a tooth than one's life."

Stonemasons working nearby chased the dog away before it could attack again.

The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper said the boy received four stitches at a local hospital while the dog was taken to a pound and may be killed."

HAHAHAHA he lost a canine tooth! What a crazy boy!
DeliaTheArtist

35 responses // Hardcore 11-year-old bites attacking pit bull!

  • I like Pitbull's , society has made them not desirables...
    live066
  • Not all pitbulls are mean, it's a matter of training and love.
    DeliaTheArtist
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  • Lost a canine in a canis, hardcore is right.
    drewsuf721
  • Wow, that's one tough kid.
    VitaminB2
  • While I am reluctant to blame certain undesirable character traits on a particular breed, pitbulls are notorious for attacking and mauling people. Much more so than other breeds, from what I have gathered. Dan Savage (of the Seattle Stranger's SLOG) posts regularly about pitbull attacks, and the frequency and severity of these attacks are astounding and frightening.

    I do believe that proper training and breeding are critical factors (and that many pitbull owners are more to blame than the breed itself). I have known plenty of sweet-as-can-be pitbulls, but there is no denying that there is a problem.
    ac
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    • 2 months ago
  • They are blatantly just jaws on legs, and are lethal as all hell. In the UK a pitbull killed a 4 year old girl a couple of years ago, and the thing only let go of her when some guy managed to slam its head repeatedly in a car door.
    constantdisregard
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  • i've re-habed a few pits rescued from mexico . they had balls as big as tomatoes and jaws a foot wide - if one got a hold of you you'd have to have shot it in the head and then sawed it's skull open from the rear to it's jaw to get loose . you'd be an amputee in any instance where one didn't go for your neck and kill you outright . they were all babies - young - and mostly what i'd do is lay down on a couch and lay them on top of me , wrapping my arms around them and holding them for hours , like babies . so long as they were in a chill environment they were just like any other puppy . pits do best when in the company of laid back pot heads .
    i love pits .
    malathion
  • In a desperate fight, it's easy to forget about your teeth. But they're definitely not useless.

    Hell, if I had to get a dog off me, I'd bite it too.
    Saladin
  • In other news: A judge ruled that the boy must also be put down for biting as he feared being labeled a "specieist".
    T_Rose
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  • Seriously? Could you use a more sensationalist stereotypical photo of an american staffordshire terrier?
    Way to amp up the fear and hate of the staffordshire terrier.

    Anyway as always don't just rush to judgement on "pitbulls". They are no more aggressive than any other species. It is how they are raised. If you take a new born pup and smother it in love and treat it like your own child it will be a wonderful loving dog. If you beat it and make it fight it's going to eat anything that moves.

    I rescued a 2 year old female that came out of nowhere when i was out in the sticks shooting photography. Scared me to death I thought for sure i was going to be killed and and some sheriff strolling along would find my half eaten corpse a week or so later. She just looked mean as hell. But she was so thin and weak I don't think she had any fight in her. She came right up to me wagging her tail her ribs showing through her skin. Pure sugar she was. She had a slight gimp in her left hind leg and a scar over her right eye so I am pretty sure she was used to fight. But I adopted her and smother her with love and feed her well. She lays around the house and is a good guard dog. Once she gets to know you she is pure sugar. But if she doesnt know you she is unpredictable. I don't blame her I blame her past owners. But I also am responsible I never leave her alone with anyone and I never have her outside without a leash. And I don't let people pet her. Its called being a responsible dog owner. Know your dog and it's limits.
    X86BSD
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  • X86BSD, a large proportion of children mauled and maimed and even killed by pitbulls were the victims of pitbulls who were taken as newborn pups and smothered in love and treated like the family's child. This happens with other dogs such as German sheperds, rotweilers, etc. These breeds were created for aggressiveness, it is in their genes.
    Vierotchka
  • Awesome! I'm with Saladin. If a Pitbull had me locked up in it's jaws I'd be biting, punching, gouging eyes, whatever. That must have been one scary situation. The kid's right, "It's better to lose a tooth than one's life."
    Hawkmang
  • yea i think poking its eyes would be my first reaction.
    stephenthomson
  • my first reaction would probably be screaming...hopefully followed by fighting. Though remember, you're not supposed to pull away from a bite, but push into it.
    DeliaTheArtist
  • Yeah, I have a blue nozed pit bull (or something like it) and it's too playfull -.- he's kinda annoying.

    The 11 year old boy, after biting the dog, was reported saying "PWND!! FAG!"
    CarlosIsDown
  • While not all pitbulls are bad dogs, I'd say most of the pitbulls I've encountered have made me feel uncomfortable, some of them enough to make me change my route.
    ultravphunter
  • Dogs can be vicious or gentil and different factors can change them the same way that people do, if the dog just had puppies that would explain an attack if they felt the pups were in danger. However, how you raise a dog makes all the difference. We had a timberwolf hibrid with a husky and it would not even fight another dog if our daughter stepped outside. We raised it as if he were a pack with our kid. I would even rock the pup with my baby at night to put them into their repsective beds. Our dog, wolf, whatever you want to call him could be very vicious toward someone he perceived as a threat, BUT never in an area where our child was. HE would get between our child and a stranger to protect her. It is not a breed of dogs, it is the care and way they are raised and loved that really makes the difference. Not that I don't love dogs but I will not adopt a dog older than a few months, I cannot trust how anyone else raised it, that makes it dangerous around my family. We did make one exception but that was a really old St Bernard that didn't have teeth and the people were going to put him down instead of loving him and letting him live out his life. But he couldn't bite if he wanted to.
    dcrc9596
  • Let's get real here.

    Yes, a dogs temperment is largely dependent on how the dog is raised.

    Yes, any breed of dog can attack and possibly kill a person.

    Yes, many people own Staffordshire Terriers and live happy and productive lives.

    But come on, these are not just any dogs. Constantdis is right, they are just jaws with legs. I don't pretend to be an expert but I have grown up around dogs. My uncle is a breeder of German Shepards and a trainer of hunting dogs as well, so at the very least I follow the whole "dog" culture. Pit Bulls are just a fad, brought on by the media's portrayal of them as bad ass. I read an article in the AKC's newsletter that said the number of breeders of Pits in the US has more than quadrupled since 1992. I don't think that's because of their family friendly demeanor.

    And I'll preempt the inevitable banning argument. No, they should not be a banned breed because then people will just get Rottweilers, or Jindos, or Akitas, or a Presa Canario.

    Anyway, Cocker Spaniels are the most dangerous breed of dogs, based on numbers of bites, by a long shot. But that is really the whole point. A bite from a spaniel versus a Pit can't even be compared. Pound for pound they have stronger jaw muscles than any dog.

    Let's just stop trying to deny the facts because you feel threatened since you may own a completely gentle Pit. All dogs can be dangerous, but some are inherently more dangerous than others. We should all be able to recognize that.
    Byshguy
  • I thought it was a 'dog eat dog world'?
    theearlofwestfield
  • its good to see some people still remember their savage roots, not enough educated barbarians in the world if you ask me.
    Kabimbi
  • My family and I have rescued 2 pit bulls, and they are the most loving wonderful dogs we could ever hope to own! All my older pit bull Capone wants to do is sit on your lap (he is 80lbs though so it gets a little uncomfortable on the legs!) This really is a wonderful breed of dogs, if they are raised right, but because they are so powerful if raised aggressively I have no problem admitting they can be killers!
    singrrr
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  • So, wait, does that mean we're going to have to put the 11 year old down? I know everytime a kid attacks a pitbull and the dog bites back to defend itself that poor dog gets euthanized. It's only fair to do it to the kid.
    NoGodsNoMasters
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  • I think that the kid was realy brave but i don't think people should rate pitbulls as a dangerous dog. yes i can understeand when a pitbull goes and kills someone then yes it is classed as a dangerous dog. i have a staffie bull terrier that i rescued from my local rescue center where i used to work, and when he was first there he was a bit nerveous and kept on bitting people. but with a little tlc and love he has turned out to be a realy nice friendly and trustworthy dog and companion to me and my family. he loves people and childeren alot better then what he used to.
    because before he came to the rescue center he was treated badly and when he turned up he had one broken leg where someone had kicked him he had three broken ribs and a perforated lung, but after much care, attention and a lot of money and hard work hes as right as rain.

    so don't say that pitbulls are all dangerous because they are not.
    redhotsex
  • That's great. That kid had a lot of courage. Talk about an eye for an eye!
    mchav18
  • THAT KID Has courage....im would probably just keep kicking it......

    and i also believe that things grow up to be things which are dictated by the way you raise them (humans or animals) but i also think that there is a lot to do with genes... some people are more aggresive some are verbally aggressive....there are cute-looking animals and ferocious looking animals......... in the end all you have to do is put more and more effort into your pets.. so that the certain "genes" that control the aggresiveness are "turned off" and that could be done by making it feel comfortable and secure.
    kewal91
  • An interesting primeval lesson in how to survive a predatory attack.
    EclecticBadger

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