Dog Mauls Family After They Try to Dress It in a Christmas Sweater

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A pit bull mix named Scarface attacked its owner on Friday after she tried to put a Christmas sweater on it, police confirm to PEOPLE. Police said the dog attacked 52-year-old Brenda Guerrero, biting her arm, in the back yard of her Tampa, Florida, home when she tried to put a Christmas sweater on it, WABC reports. Guerrero’s husband, Ismael, and their 22-year-old son tried to help the woman but were both attacked by the dog.

“Officers responding said the dog was pretty aggressive,” Eddy Durkin with the Tampa Police Department told WABC. “When they tazed the dog, the dog was still pulling away and was able to release the prongs from the tazer. The couple’s son reportedly stabbed the dog in an effort to stop the attack, WFLA reports.

All three escaped the house, leaving the dog in the backyard, according to WTSP. They were all reportedly treated for their injuries at a local hospital, with authorities calling Guerrero’s serious but not life-threatening. Animal Control officials responded to the scene and shot the pit bull with a tranquilizer gun, according to WTSP. The dog managed to get into the home, where there were two children present.

Authorities eventually managed to subdue the dog using a bean bag gun and stun gun and captured it with a catch pole, WTSP reports. It is unclear whether the dog will be euthanized.

https://www.yahoo.com/style/dog-mauls-family-try-dress-194908090.html

I put a doggie jean jacket on my dog, and all I got was a dirty look.

[mikeysnot]

1. of all the times the cops should have just shot the thing

and how many times they were shot for "barking"...

[pnwmom]

3. Exactly. How many innocent humans have they shot,

and yet they went to so much effort for a vicious dog who had attacked multiple family members and ripped out his taser.

[mikeysnot]

4. true!

Unarmed and shot in the back...

[markpkessinger]

2. Sounds like a case of justifiable mauling to me n/t

[dhill926]

5. how ugly was the sweater?

[malaise]

7. Cold but hilarious

[csziggy]

15. Thank you for asking - so I didn't have to.

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23. I bet it was this ugly.

[tblue37]

34. Jeez. Now I want to bite someone over those dogs' sweaters! nt

[skylucy]

32. LOL Thank you for making me laugh today!

[lillypaddle]

6. OMG

What next? Sheesh ...

[cwydro]

8. Jesting aside. This makes me very sad for the dog.

Some people should not have animals.

[milestogo]

9. And some dogs aren't going to tolerate being messed with.

Some animals like being dressed up. Many don't but they won't get aggressive about it. This dog was probably giving some signals that the owners chose to ignore because they wanted a cute picture.

[cwydro]

10. Exactly.

Poor animal.

[Runningdawg]

12. Yep There is more to this story.

and after watching some people struggle to dress their dogs, you feel sorry for their kids.
BTW I dress our bulldog occasionally, she preens like a rock star over the added attention from strangers. I started when she was weeks old and I would never do it if she even once balked at the idea.

[cwydro]

25. I guess that's up to the person and the dog.

My wonderful girls never needed clothes.

I miss them all - Raftery, Magee, Jordan, and Teakie.

They came into this world in the most beautiful outfits any one could imagine.

I so miss my furry girls.

[Drahthaardogs]

24. I have hunting dogs and put vests or boots on them all the time

this is a psycho dog. Sweater or not. His reaction was insane. Like a horse that won't let you work on his feet, a dog that reacts to something like this in a violent way is worthless.

[Madam45for2923]

28. Me too! Some dogs don't like being manhandled too much. Some freak out.

[Codeine]

31. And such dogs should be put down. nt

[liquid diamond]

11. How many more stories like

this must be reported before people wake up and realize pit bulls are monsters? Play with fire and get burned idiots.

[hunter]

14. I blame it on the pit bull masculinity culture.

When my kids were toddlers we had a neighbor like that, who kept an unneutered pit bull chained in his backyard just to show how manly he was. That was just another reason I was terrified of our kids escaping the house. It wasn't a great neighborhood.

I was much relieved when the guy got arrested for beating up his girlfriend. The dog was taken away and probably euthanized. Sad for the girlfriend and the dog, but not the asshole guy. Maybe guys like that should be neutered.

The next tenants of the house were a young couple like us, who'd just had a baby.

We now have next door neighbors who have a pit bull, but she's a sweet thing. She was spayed and adopted at the animal shelter as a puppy, and raised without punishment or physical abuse. Our shelters are very careful about pit bull adoptions and people have to agree to random home inspections.

Still, too many pit bulls have been bred by the macho assholes. It's not the only dog breed that's been so abused. Even "traditionally" friendly breeds can be turned into monsters.

[Initech]

17. And they think it's a game and it's funny.

I see this shit all over the internet. The manly assholes. They're always gloating "Yeah, I've got 15 shotguns, lots of ammo, and two pitbulls! Just try and break into my house, motherfuckers! I'll go Dirty Harry on your asses!". Dude, you live in middle of nowhere, Arkansas. Nobody is going to break into your house. You can cut that shit out. All you're doing is proving you're the crazy guy who abuses animals and thinks the government is coming to take your guns away. You probably should have them taken away.

[milestogo]

21. I once saw a man who had a board tied to his pit bulls back

so I asked him why. He told me he was trying to get the dog to 'bulk up'.

On another occasion I saw a teenager walking around a pet store with a pit bull puppy under his arm. He didn't seem to know what he was doing - so I asked him if he needed help, even though I didn't work there. After I showed him where to buy puppy food I suggested he get a collar and a leash. Then I asked him if he had taken it to the vet yet. He said the dog wasn't sick. I had to explain to him that a puppy needs shots...

Poor dog. The kid probably didn't have the money to actually care for a pet. And he certainly didn't have the knowledge.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. I've seen (supposed) statistics that indicate other breeds bite more often.

However, I wouldn't be nearly as concerned about bites from chihuahuas, or nearly any other breed.

The power of pit bulls is a big factor too, obviously!

[CentralMass]

33. Wow. I lived with pitbull for two years and knew rhe dog fo a numbwr of years.

I use to run with her just about everday. She was raised from a pup a very well taken care of. Although she was a bautiful and vey intligent dig I would never own one and would recommend the same. Particularly anyone with infants or young kids.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. "Scarface". Not Muffy or Pooky or Cuddles, but Scarface.

Nice name.

Heh.

[Initech]

16. In America, first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women!

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22. Maybe he was protesting the name and not the sweater.

Grrr... I'll make you all scarfaces.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. I'm sure there were people who said that the dog was nuts, and they defended the dog.

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Regardless of breed, some animals are nuts or aggressive... just like people.


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[Warren DeMontague]

19. They won't be trying that again next year, I think.

[OregonBlue]

26. It is unclear whether the dog will be euthanized. Kidding right?

[HassleCat]

27. Just stick to reindeer antlers

[yankeepants]

29. They had only had the dog a month

he was an adult, massive pit. Obviously they knew nothing about this dog. I have a dog boarding business. Cage and leash free. I do not take aggressive dogs. I have no pit bulls here by way of screening. Can't afford the liability and danger to other people's dogs.

[AngryAmish]

30. If you name a dog Scarface you probably not have a family.

[guillaumeb]

35. SO much for the funny dog video the family wanted to post.

Maybe the dog really disliked the sweater.

[WhiteTara]

36. But the shoot to kill black men

who are doing nothing but living while being black. Very interesting times here in the USA.