Woman killed by two bull mastiffs in Galway

Gardaí are investigating the death of a woman from injuries sustained when she was attacked by dogs in Co Galway on Sunday evening.
Gardaí are still at the scene. It is understood the woman was visiting a relative at a house on Mountain Road, Moycullen, when she was attacked by the two pit bull terriers.
Emergency services rushed to the scene but the woman’s injuries were fatal. A Garda spokesman said there are no further details at present

Awful news, poor woman

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/woman-dies-after-being-attacked-by-dogs-in-galway-1.3107747

Donal55

Horrible dogs.

D3V!L

Donal55 wrote: »

Horrible dogs.

So are golden labs, they're responsible for more attacks on family members than any other dogs. Strangely they don't get any bad press.

I have an Am-staff cross and he's the most pleasant dog you could come across.

Armchair Andy

What a horrible death. Jesus the thought of going under at the teeth ripping your own flesh.

lertsnim

The owner of the dogs should have the book thrown at them.

DontThankMe

Donal55 wrote: »

Horrible dogs.

It's the owners of the dog that are to blame the majority of the time any dog can can be dangerous if the owners can't control them.

freshpopcorn

Terrible news, I'll get slatted for this opinion but I know people with large dogs such as pit bulls(bull mastiffs in this case) and they can often have difficulty controlling them. The reply you always get is your more likely to get bitten by a Jack Russell.The difference in my opinion is if a Jack Russell bits you you can lift them but the strength that some pit bulls/Rottweiler is unreal.

Donal55

D3V!L wrote: »

So are golden labs, they're responsible for more attacks on family members than any other dogs. Strangely they don't get any bad press.

I have an Am-staff cross and he's the most pleasant dog you could come across.

Spose I'm just afraid of dogs, especially pitbulls. Would expect responsible owners to keep muzzles on these dangerous breeds, and would expect/hope Gardai enforce legislation in relation to these dangerous breeds.
After that, I don't really care much about people and their pets.

XsApollo

The difference between a pit and a lab is obvious.
Labs might bite more people , but that's as far as they will usually go.
If A pitbull gets a set on you , it will kill or do serious damage to you or whatever it's after if it can.
You will literally have to kill the dog to get it to stop.

NIMAN

Dangerous dogs should be bred out of existence.

Eire Go Brach

D3V!L wrote: »

So are golden labs, they're responsible for more attacks on family members than any other dogs. Strangely they don't get any bad press.

I have an Am-staff cross and he's the most pleasant dog you could come across.

Ah stop will ya. You got a link to that?
Statistics will show that certain types of dog are more dangerous than other. Same as smokers that defend by saying. I know someone who lived to 100 and smoked 57 a day.

Tom Mann Centuria

D3V!L wrote: »

So are golden labs, they're responsible for more attacks on family members than any other dogs. Strangely they don't get any bad press.

I have an Am-staff cross and he's the most pleasant dog you could come across.

Golden Lab don't have the tools to do as much damage, and I don't recall a fatal attack by one, (not to say there hasn't been any). Someone getting bitten by a dog, not news, someone being killed by a dog, news.

None of this is the dogs fault.

RustyNut

Donal55 wrote: »

Horrible dogs.

Just dogs.

Horrible irresponsible owner.

Auldloon

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

HeidiHeidi

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

I'd thank this 10 times if I could.

steddyeddy

RustyNut wrote: »

Just dogs.

Horrible irresponsible owner.

Where are you getting that from? Maybe the dogs were predisposed to aggression.

John_Rambo

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

Another breed not known for human death. The breed might change again and again as there's clarity regarding what exactly happened.

My thoughts are with the woman's family and friends. Tragic stuff.

marklazarcovic

Ya but mastiff isn't click enough bait

RustyNut

steddyeddy wrote: »

Where are you getting that from? Maybe the dogs were predisposed to aggression.

If so should have been controlled by a decent responsible owner.

Donal55

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

Both on the dangerous dogs list.
Probably as different as hoovers and vacuum cleaners.

Skylinehead

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

Title changed.

freshpopcorn

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

I know somebody with one of these and she has no business with it. She hasn't the strength to control it. It was actually a woman really involved in an animal rights organisation who gave it to her.

whoopsadoodles

Donal55 wrote: »

Both on the dangerous dogs list.

Where can I find the dangerous dog list?

NIMAN

These dogs should not be pets, simple as.

Any I see around have the stereotypical onwer, young lad in trackie bottoms and baseball cap, trying to look hard.

whoopsadoodles

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

Said Pit Bulls earlier with a different picture.

the_syco

The woman, who was in her 60s and from the Moycullen area, had called to a relative’s house at Knockarasser, in the Furbo electroral district on the Moycullen road.
It is understood she was set upon by two dogs, described as bull mastiffs.

Sounds like the dogs did what they were trained to do; attack trespassers.

Just like child soldiers, if trained to attack, dogs can inflict horrific damage.

Donal55

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Where can I find the dangerous dog list?

Google.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Said Pit Bulls earlier with a different picture.

So did RTE.

Not that it matters what the breed was.

A woman in her 60s has been killed by two dogs. Tragic.

kittensmittens

When will people get it that certain breeds of dogs are predisposed to be able to inflict more damage when they attack.

Couple that with the fact that scrotes adore having these animals and treating them very badly, well, no wonder really these things happen.

Sad news nonetheless, horrific way for anyone to go.

Armchair Andy

Have the 2 dogs been shot?

njs030

Donal55 wrote: »

Google.

There's no such thing as a dangerous dogs list.
There's a restricted breed list which I assume is what you mean.

njs030

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Have the 2 dogs be shot?

No

JohnFalstaff

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Will the 2 dogs be shot?

Undoubtedly.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Donal55 wrote: »

Horrible dogs.

Horrible human owners

Roger Hassenforder

D3V!L wrote: »

So are golden labs, they're responsible for more attacks on family members than any other dogs. Strangely they don't get any bad press.

Because families that have dogs will often have a golden lab...

Anyway, terrible death for the lady, thoughts with the family

Donal55

notjustsweet wrote: »

There's no such thing as a dangerous dogs list.
There's a restricted breed list which I assume is what you mean.

1990 dangerous dogs list in the UK

njs030

Donal55 wrote: »

1990 dangerous dogs list in the UK

What relevance does that have here???

DontThankMe

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Where can I find the dangerous dog list?

http://www.dspca.ie/index.jsp?a=80&n=216&p=153

njs030

DontThankMe wrote: »

http://www.dspca.ie/index.jsp?a=80&n=216&p=153

Still not called dangerous.

Dyr

NIMAN wrote: »

These dogs should not be pets, simple as.

Any I see around have the stereotypical onwer, young lad in trackie bottoms and baseball cap, trying to look hard.

I suppose that's just loyalism for ya

borderlinemeath

Auldloon wrote: »

Has anyone even clicked the link, it was 2 bull mastiffs not pit bulls ffs.

Mastiffs are very strong dogs, much heavier and stronger than the demoned pit bull. It's a shocking incident and it'll only cement the idea that the dogs on the restricted breed list are dangerous in the minds of people who can't tell the difference between a pit bull and a mastiff.

The fault of all of this lies with the owner, the relative of the poor woman. Having 2 powerful dogs who were obviously uncomfortable with "strangers" in their territory, yet they were loose to attack the now deceased woman.

Another way you could look at it is that the restricted breed legislation has created this situation of badly socialised dogs. Given that they have to be muzzled and on a short leash in public, it makes it far harder to socialise an RB dog, with both other dogs and people - most people, even those walking a dog, will naturally walk the other way if they see a muzzled dog being walked towards them. You'll find they're not welcome at some training classes and even some kennels are finding it hard to keep their insurance if they accept RB dogs. What it does is leave dogs in a precarious situation where they might rarely get walked during normal daylight hours (I know RB owners who go out at midnight or 6am so they don't feel stigmatised) and leave them feeling afraid of people, and very territorial of their home.

None of the above is of any help the poor woman though, RIP to her.

Gael23

What a horrible way to die.

Ninjavampire

These type of tragedies always bring in the dog defenders blaming the owners straight away. It's like buying automatic rifles in walmart, people go on that they aren't dangerous, just the nut jobs who use them to shoot innocent people.

casscass4444

It was 2 bull mastiff dogs according to the article and people are already on the band wagon shouting about pit bulls.half the people ranting about pit bulls wouldn't know one from a boxer which coincidentally is a closer relation to a mastiff then a pit bull is.
The only reason pit bull dogs ever got a bad reputation was because of the absolute idiots that keep them and train them to be people aggressive and enforce their hard man image. The dog is a victim of this.guaranteed if you got a pit bull pup in the morning and reared it in a stable loving environment it would turn out to be just fine.
Not the dogs fault if it's reared by scum bag idiots.
The history of the pit bull is as a fighting dog and therefore animal aggressive if properly trained the same as a gun dog is a natural retriever and swimmer if trained and the fact that the dogs had to be handled during the fights meant that they were not people aggressive through selective breeding.

Donal55

notjustsweet wrote: »

What relevance does that have here???

Your right. They're only dangeeous in the UK and the USA.
This breed of dog wouldn't attack anyone here in Ireland.
My apologies.

DontThankMe

notjustsweet wrote: »

Still not called dangerous.

It's implied by the fact that they must be muzzled on a short leash and controlled by someone over the age of 18.

lazybones32

XsApollo wrote: »

The difference between a pit and a lab is obvious.
Labs might bite more people , but that's as far as they will usually go.
If A pitbull gets a set on you , it will kill or do serious damage to you or whatever it's after if it can.
You will literally have to kill the dog to get it to stop.

Labs were used by the Nazis in the camps more than any other breed: unbelievably vicious when encouraged to be.

Sam Kade

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Where can I find the dangerous dog list?

Here's one

The 14 most often blacklisted dog breeds were:
?Pit Bull Terriers
?Staffordshire Terriers
?Rottweilers
?German Shepherds
?Presa Canarios
?Chows Chows
?Doberman Pinschers
?Akitas
?Wolf-hybrids
?Mastiffs
?Cane Corsos
?Great Danes
?Alaskan Malamutes
?Siberian Huskies

pedigree 6

Pointless breeding these dogs nowadays.
Bull mastiffs were bred from bulldogs and mastiffs as a gameskeepers dog to attack poachers at night on the estate.

If you want a dog, don't get one that's bred for fighting or attacking people.

njs030

Ninjavampire wrote: »

These type of tragedies always bring in the dog defenders blaming the owners straight away. It's like buying automatic rifles in walmart, people go on that they aren't dangerous, just the nut jobs who use them to shoot innocent people.

Because it is the fault of the owners the same way that a gun is only as dangerous as the person in charge of it.

A good owner will know their dog and know their strengths and weaknesss and act accordingly to protect the dog and the public.

Bad owners create these situations.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

notjustsweet wrote: »

Still not called dangerous.

Bickering over semantics. I despair how people here seem to argue over anything just for the sake of it. Regardless of the breed and whether it's restricted or dangerous, black or white, the fact remains that a poor woman was killed by two dogs.