Florida family mourns loss of pit bull that died protecting children from venomous snake

[mahatmakanejeeves]

A Florida family is mourning the loss of 9-month-old pit bull Zeus, who died while protecting two of the family's children from a venomous snake.

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[mopinko]

1. i want some sports team to make this dog the hero of the game.

i get so frosted by those military fellating shit shows.
i always say- how about a mom who raised 10 kids in public housing.
how about a pitbull that saved his family.

so, there you are. zeus deserves to be honored.

[hlthe2b]

2. And yet another reason I become upset when a few stereotype all pitbulls as vicious & a problem.

waiting to happen

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

― Will Rogers

Maybe now, more than ever...

[davsand]

3. That exact same thing happened to Darla earlier this summer.

Her mom is a very dear friend to our family and she lost her dog a few months ago to bites from a copperhead. Darla was a special needs pit bull who was trying to protect her people from the snake at the campsite. They found Darla dead and then found the dead snake. Darla had been bitten five times defending her family.

Horrible thing, and we all were in shock and horrified at the same time.

Pitties are terrific dogs, and if you can accept terrier energy and joy, you will have a most wonderful dog to love. I'm grandma to two of them!


Laura

[blm]

4. ((davsand))

[Karadeniz]

5. My dog wanted to go out about 3 a.m. this morning...then kept up her barking frenzy once out.

I figured the toad, her enemy, was bullying her. On and on and on. I finally went out and saw where she was doing the doggy two step...lunge forward, head down, 4steps back repeat ad nauseam. So I looked. A young rattler, said to be more dangerous than an adult...no venom control. Got hubby to take care of it.

Don't forget...there is a rattlesnake venom vaccination. We've now had our friendly reminder. Doggy wasn't bitten, despite trying her best!