Tennessee teen mauled to death by pack of dogs, 'tossed and dragged into woods': report

https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-teen-mauled-pack-dogs

My gosh...

Awful.

Terrible way to go.

Dang, poor kid, damn rough way to go.

Article said the dogs owner had them in a electric fence enclosure. WTF. And of course, at least one of them was a Pitt Bull.

How small was she or how big were the dogs to toss her in the air??

'''The witness told police she ran to the door only to see O’Shea was being attacked by five dogs in the yard'''

And dialed 911 - the cops got there up'teen minutes later while the 'witness' stood in the house with her thumb up her ass . And probably hasn't the brain capacity to think - ''had i had a firearm'' that lovely young girl would be alive - only got a couple of stitches .
Absolutely sickening !!

That girls daddy is going to have to remain heavily sedated to keep from shooting that guy and all his friends, birds of a feather and all ; ]

Pat ,

Can't believe what they say - likely just something the lame bich who stood in the house with her thumb up her ass while the teen girl is being killed by a pack of dogs .

Yep. He’d be a dead SOB if that had been my daughter 😡

Fraid so here too Buddy, would have to lock my guns and keys up after Big Jim from Mutual of Omaha dropped by and installed a rhino tranquilizer drip ; ]

RIP.

Mastiffs are HUGE . . . 30" tall at the shoulders and could easily weigh well over 220 pounds. Mastiff mixes could be nearly as big, then there are Pits. My first thought about the "electric fence" was one of those wires buried under underground and collars on the dogs. Not much restraint for animals that size (IF that is what it is/was).

What a horrible way for this young girl to die. Prayers and condolences to her family and friends.

>>>>"The dogs involved in the attack were described as a mastiff, rottweiler-lab mix, two mastiff-lab mixes and a pitbull..."<<<<

What a horrible death.

Why do neighbors allow big mean dogs to pack up and roam about? My state allows "any citizen to KILL any dangerous or vicious dog" and that is exactly what I do and my trashy neighbors know it.

Having dealt with an enormous number of dog issues over last 14 years in LE, I can tell you without reservation...the only good Pit-Bull is a dead Pit-Bull.

Don't bother to respond and tell me you KNOW a good one that has NEVER been an issue.

Every one of them is GOOD until they are not, and they NEVER give a warning about when they change.

The owner of the dogs should be charged with negligent homicide.

I knew a good one for about 6 years. Then one day she tried to tear my face off for no reason. No argument here.

Yep.

hate to hear this; nothing can justify it

One of my neighbors raises and sells Mastiffs.
They wanted to give me a small male 185 lbs.
They were afraid it would kill another big male which was a breeder.
They will kill for a chance to breed.
They are cute when they are puppies but the big ones are intimidating.

When will a law hold owners accountable please write your congressperson....

Are these things more common than they used to be?

Not just single dog attacks but takedowns of adults by packs. Seems like one a year now.

The nightmarish end to that poor young woman doesn’t even bear thinking about. As for conviction of the dogs owner, why is it not already that one is held responsible for your dog’s actions?

At least if they own anything, hopefully they will lose it all in civil court.

It's a state issue. Congress has no jurisdiction. Call your state legislator.

It's just so hard to comprehend, they are such kind, loving family pets and all. Simply unbelievable...

Pit Bulls are God's sweet, sweet gift to us!

Owner needs to do some serious prison time.

Family of the girl must be going thru hell, but nothing compares to what the young lady went thru being mauled by them dogs and then dying a month later from it all.

Bad, bad business there. Was a 19 year old young woman....not some "little" girl. 1 big/mean dog would be hard to handle.......5 is unthinkable. Nothing but a gun is going to take care of that situation and the person would still likely get chewed on a bit if the dogs were determined. ...enough to make me rethink the 5 shot LCR as enough in most situations...

Its the only way it should be handled. Lawsuits are useless because 99% of these owners don't have 50 cents to there name.

I agree.

Neil

Some years back, I had a pack of 4 dogs come at me on my own place. It was hunting season, so I had my rifle with me (3 rounds in it). In a scary situation, I shot 3 of them and the 4th turned and ran. I shook for an hour.

I have said it before the only thing pits are good for is testing ballistics for Hornady

I feel its very important to be armed for these fuggers (out of control dogs) even more than humans

So many people value dogs than people today it makes me sick No dog how cute etc is worth a human

My step daughter would roll here eyes UNTIL her cousins pit bit her in the hand without warning , my daughter was the same way but she didnt have to get bit she seen the evidence and came to a reality

Very sorry for this girl and her family

Hank

If only that Pitbull wasn't hanging out with bad influences like Lab and Mastiff mixes, he'd likely not have done that.

That was my thought while reading it. Those would have been dead dogs if it was happening in my sight.

Yeah, those electric underground wire "fences" aren't really barriers at all. They are mainly psychological barriers, and very tough minded dogs can choose to disregard the pain. Also, if the battery in the collar dies, they no longer deliver a shock if the dog approaches the wire.

And failures in the buried wire are common.
It's only a couple inches deep.

Sorry to hear this about the young lady. Pretty hard way to die.

Years ago, my next door neighbor had a white German Shepard with an Invisible Fence. This dog was big and stupid. If he saw something on the other side that he wanted, he'd just blow through it. Probably shocked the schit out of him, but he was too dumb for it to have any effect on him. Once he was out, he'd run through the neighborhood like a crazy insane maniac. Every time we had more than about 4" of snow, that mofo would get out. He never bit or attacked anyone, or anyone's dogs, but it didn't give us the warm and fuzzy feeling.

Had a pack of dogs around a remote cabin in middle GA back about 20 years or so. 8 dogs as I recall, mixed breeds mostly. There was a pit and German shepherd too. They were quite aggressive for a short time. Never got a shot at the last two, maybe they left for greener pastures. #3 buck is all you need.

Fixed it for you.

I had the underground fence for a male chocolate lab I had. He was a big waterhead. I did not have the system for any aggressive tendencies. I had it because the big lug wanted to go next door and eat the mother in law's cats' food and then sleep all day in her elephant ears.

Anyway, he would approach the barrier, get the warning beep, slow down and squint his eyes and just waddle on through taking the shock the whole time till out of range.

I even opted for what they call the Stubborn Dog Updrade, had a full 9volt power pack on it. lol

Just sit there and squint his eyes and sometimes just sit down. 😄

Finally...a part of the world that exhibits common sense.

Hate that young lady to to suffer that long. That is an horrible way to go. Prayers for her family.

You need a real fence to keep dogs on the property. Then make sure not to ever teach your dog to jump barriers. If you can keep them from learning their fence jumping abilities in their first year, they will never discover on their own that they can climb or jump a fence. I've had dogs physically capable of climbing or jumping fences all my life, but not a one ever did. Teach a dog how to do it (like for obstacle course work) and you will never again be able to let your dog into a fenced yard. Huge mistake.

This 2 year old yellow lab I have, I put the collar on him, no squints, nothing.

I borrowed my brother in law's coon dog trainer. He has a wild ass Plott he has it set up for. I got his remote and put it on my yellow lab. No effect....couldnt even detect more than a slight flinch if anything. That was with the extra long neck probes too. I even sprayed him down with the water hose and tried it because I swore it was a junk rig. Still nothing.


I swapped it out and put it on my black male lab for a test and hit the remote button just once and he folded up and hauled ass back to the garage. Poor bastard stayed under my truck in the garage rest of the afternoon.

That's how I teach a new dog not to chase my chickens. It only takes a couple of times. The trick is to time it in such a way as to have the dog think that chickens have some kind of natural defense mechanism where they can shock you in the neck if you threaten them. From then on, they will give them plenty of space.

Hawkeye, I have 6ft chainlink around 2 acres. I put that up mainly to keep my boys when they toddlers from going down the spring fed branch and get on a copperhead.

We leave our gates open and I had the underground wiring just under the entrance.

They were wandering out the gate. We didn't have good communication on friends and family shutting our gate.

Been looking at an automatic opener but our gate is also a wet weather stream spillway. It's somewhat complicated

Lmao

On the chickens, my female lab was getting after some penned up chickens, just harrassing them through their cage wire but it was incessant. I fixed her up with some electro education. About three times over a week I let off the cabling and let do her thing up at the coop. After the 3 rd time she retired from that pursuit. She would not even go with me up there get the eggs.
She'd look at and be me like "NFW dude there's bad Ju Ju up there, be careful"

The boldface text is exactly happened to our own Roger (stxhunter) who had a nice friendly pitt bull who was never mistreated.

Until one day Petey the pitt bull tried to kill Roger. If Roger hadn't been a big guy with lots of dog experience and fighting experience in his younger days, it could have turned out a lot worse!

Up until then, I was pretty much in the "pitt bulls are not the problem owners are" camp. Now, with me having a pretty damn clear assessment of Roger (and his ability to be the alpha male in any pack), I decided that perhaps I had been wrong.

I've always been careful around pitt bulls from when I worked in a veterinary practice and had a few close calls, but I give them an even wider berth now!

Do a search for posts by stxhunter see the pictures. Personally, I like my nipples right where they are -- and unchewed!

John

Amen.

LOL. Exactly. They think chickens have a special power.

I can't think of many worse ways to die. I also can't believe, that someone didn't come out of their house and shoot some dogs.

Watchful neighbors can become desensitized to shîtbyrd other neighbors and their goings and comings.

We have 253 acres and own everything on 'our side' of the road for 3/4 of a mile.

Across the paved road is a slice of 8 newer homes constructed in the last 5 yrs.

For a couple years, I'd come out of my garage to sound of little kids screaming in bloody terror, motorcycle drag races, redneck lottery winning couple that cusses each outher out every sat/sun afternoon.

After a few dozen times of the same chit: I have concluded that the little screaming brats are ADHD, fetal alcohol retards, and the rest is just typical redneck behavior.

It will suck for them when motorcycle drag race dipshît runs over ADHD kool aid kid and I don't respond to their shrieks.

This nearly happen in the County where I live. An older lady went out to get her mail and her neighbor's dogs, who she saw every day, jumped her and tried to eat her alive. A passing motorist saw the mauling and came to her rescue. She lived , but needed several surgeries to put her scalp and face back together. She also had skin loss in other places. The dogs were a group of mixed breeds with a Doberman and boxer/ bulldog mix as the main leaders. They had been allowed to run free near a State Park full of deer, and had started running deer every night and killing them when they could. This taste for killing and blood transferred eventually to humans. Feral dogs are one reason I always carry a firearm in the woods or in the country, especially when I'm alone.....also for the "two legged snakes". When dogs get a pack mentality, whatever the alpha dog does, the others follow. They actually revert back to their wild, pack hunting state given the right circumstances.

Could be that one guy owned all the dogs.

This.

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