The dog that bit a female jogger is said to be a house dog that loves children.
The dog is being held in the dog pound by the Vermilion Parish Police Jury since June 17 because it attacked a jogger.
The attack occurred on Father’s Day when Angela Schoeffler was attacked by the pit bull while jogging on her neighborhood street located north of Erath near the Lafayette Parish line.
She suffered leg damage and was brought to a Lafayette hospital after the attack.
“I never saw the dog coming,” said Angela. “It started biting the back of my left thigh and then my right thigh. I just started screaming. I am not sure how he got away or why.”
Angela and her husband Edward Schoeffler attended a police jury committee meeting Wednesday night to ask the jurors if the pit bull that attacked her will be put down because it was considered a “vicious” dog. Angela was told by someone at the animal control facility that the dog was not considered vicious but only “dangerous.” She disagreed since it attacked her. She said she was told by someone at the animal control facility to call police jury attorney Paul Moresi if she disagreed with them.
Angela contacted her lawyer who then wrote Moresi a letter explaining what occurred with the pit bull and what workers at the animal control facility told Angela.
Angela also went to the committee meeting to see what the jurors consider a “vicious dog.”
Based on the vicious dog ordinance, Police Jury attorney Paul Moresi III explained to the jurors what the ordinance said and by Angela being bitten by the dog, the pit bull was considered a vicious dog.
Angela told the jurors she feared for her life and her children’s life as long as the dog continued to be in the neighborhood. Today the dog is a resident of the police jury in the holding facility.
“I have scars and my back is hurting because I fell to the ground,” said Angela. “It has been scary.”
Moresi told the jurors the dog should be put down and not returned to the owner.
Anne Vincent, the owner of the pit bull, arrived at the committee meeting after the Angela had spoken and left.
Vincent did not deny her dog attacked Angela and apologized for the attack. She explained that her dog is a calm house dog and had never attacked anyone before.
She wanted to know from Moresi what she could do to save her dog’s life.
Police juror Mark Poché explained to Vincent that she has until Monday (regular police meeting scheduled) to save her dog’s life. Poché said if she can get a judge to listen to her plea on why her pit bull should not be put down, the judge can then rule and call Moresi on his decision. If he rules the dog lives, then the dog can go home to Vincent. If the judge refuses to hear the argument or rules against Vincent, the next day the pit bull will be put down.
Here's an excerpt from the article: "In temperance tests (the equivalent of how many times your kid can poke your dog in the eye before it bites him) of all breeds the most tolerant was the Golden Retriever. The second most tolerant was the PIT BULL!!
After reading the 1st line of comment, I was shaking my head and by the end of your post I will agree that you definitely are NOT an expert! Your comments about this specific dog and situation may be warranted, however I would recommend that you check your facts before commenting on the actual "HISTORY OF THE PITT BULL". You began your rant claiming to know "enough about the history of what a pitt bull instictively does to know [you] would never have one around small children", & that statement alone shows that you never have actually done much research on the PIT BULL Breed, but have instead made assumptions about it's history and instinct based off of incomplete or inaccurate information!
No - I am not an expert nor do I want to be - but I know this dog attacked this woman and thats all I need to know to have an opinion about THAT dog
Tragically this pit's owner failed this dog.
Every week approx. 20,000 pits are killed at pounds in the US; most do not have a biting history, they simply were born when pit overpopulation was high, and too many pits were born for each to live.
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. This dog's owner will, in all probability, fail her dog again. Next time the victim may not survive.
Tragically, the correct answer is to euthanize this dog. The owner should be banned from owning or living with any dog over 15 pounds; if she is considerat of others, she would not acquire a dog over 15 pounds. Small dogs might really want to "rip your arm off", but lack the ability and instincts to do so. Pits can and have maimed and killed.
The fault of this attack also must be shared with pit mongers/pit pushers, those who tell the naive public that pits will only attack if encouraged or trained to do so. No one thinks that beagles will only sniff and bark unless trained to do so. Mauling is pit instinct, just as sniffing and barking is instinct to most beagles.
The only thing that pits do better than other dogs is escape, maul, and sometimes kill neighbors. Ban pit bull breeding. Everyone sane and compassionate wins. All dogs win, especially the poor pits themselves.