why do we insist on domesticating everything?

Question

a canary preserio just killed another person this time it was florida. the owner was giving it a bath and he turned on her and ripped out her jugular vein. why do people insist on trying to own this type of dog?

Answer 1

People who own these kinds of dogs think that they will never turn on them. When they learn the truth, it is too late.

The breed is called presa canario.
Here is the story.

Mauling victim owned Presa Canario dog for protection

By Sallie James, Jennifer Gollan & Robert Nolin
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted August 22 2006


CORAL SPRINGS -- The huge guard dog named Xino had growled so many times in the past month, Lazaro Rivero was scared. He repeatedly warned his girlfriend, Shawna Willey, to be wary of the burly Presa Canario that they owned.

"I kept telling her it's not normal your pet growls at you," Rivero said tearfully Monday, as he spoke publicly of the attack for the first time. "I told her that these are the same dogs that did something in California to a lady in an apartment. I told her, `We don't need these dogs.' But she was so fascinated by the dog because he was big."




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The 120-pound dog fatally attacked Willey on Friday as she bathed it, tearing out her jugular veins and biting her more than a half-dozen times on the back, arm and side while her 9-year-old daughter watched, police said. Officers shot the dog to death in the backyard of the couple's Coral Springs home in The Hills neighborhood.

Rivero, a landscaper, said Willey kept Xino, plus another Presa Canario and a pit bull, for protection. He said she was frightened of her husband, John Ronald Willey, from whom she was separated. Broward County court records show that in April 2005 she filed for a restraining order against John Willey. It was dismissed the next month.

"When she was there in the house by herself, she would say, `I am scared of him coming over here, bothering me.' With her dogs, she felt protected," said Rivero, Willey's boyfriend of six years.

John Willey could not be reached for comment Monday, despite a phone call to his last known address in Homestead.

"He has put me in the hospital seven times for broken bones, ruptured eardrums and dislocated jaw," Willey wrote, according to court records.

Willey adored her two Presa Canarios, her mother, Mary Johnson, said. Willey ordered them about a year ago, before they were born in the Canary Islands, where they are bred, Johnson said. She had raised them from puppies.

"The dogs, they were just like her kids," said Johnson, who was busy Monday in New Port Richey working to gain custody of Willey's children, Tyra, 9, and Trey, 14.

In Hillsborough County, where Willey previously lived, she had several citations for animal violations, including having a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large and no registration of proof of vaccination. Those citations involved a pit bull, her mother said. Willey had not received any citations in Coral Springs, said Police Capt. James Hanrahan.

In 1990, the state passed a law preventing cities from outlawing particular breeds. In 1989, Miami-Dade County banned pit bulls, and that law still stands because it predated the state law. Palm Beach and Broward counties do not have breed-specific laws. In Tamarac and Sunrise, pit bulls must be registered with code enforcement officials.

After the attack, Rivero said he angrily tore up all his photos of Willey with Xino.

"I was just wanting to make her happy. I washed that dog two weeks before she washed it, and he didn't do that to me," Rivero said, crying. "I want to kill it with my bare hands."

Emergency 911 recordings released Monday reflect the chaos of the attack.

"The lady is laying on her back, the dog is standing over her," a frantic caller told a 911 dispatcher last Friday. "We need to take care of this lady before she bleeds out."

The dispatcher warns the caller to stay back. Moments later, the caller urges police to kill the animal.

"I say shoot the dog already and get to the mother. This is ridiculous, that is why they carry ... guns ... I can't handle it," the caller said.

Presa Canarios made national news in January 2001, when two of the dogs attacked and killed a San Francisco woman. A memorial service for Willey will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Timothy Catholic Church, 17512 Lakeshore Road, Lutz. T.M. Ralph Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Answer 2

It's not the dogs that are problems, it's the people. You can't treat your dogs like kids. They're dogs, not humans. People have to take responsibility. Set rules, boundaries, and limits for pets. Realize that they need to work, stay active, and have something to occupy their minds. Socialize the animals so they can learn how to act amongst other people and animals. They're more than tools or status symbols (those of you who paid $700 for a pet you could've picked up at an animal shelter...you know who you are). Dogs are live unpredictable creatures, just as people are.

I'm so sick of people buying a dog to have a pet and not being willing to take the time to work with it. Then they'll take it to the pound or dump it on the side of the road like it's some piece of garbage. Or just kennel it outside and leave it by itself all day with the exception of bringing it some food and water.

Then the poor, unfortunate dog reacts to a situation it doesn't understand and bites someone. There are signs dogs give before they bite. Responsible pet owners should be aware of their dog's behavior. Now suddenly, it's the dog's fault or it's the breed's fault. No way. It's the owner's fault. They didn't do their homework on the breed and give it the necessary training. There's no excuse for that when there are free public libraries and almost unlimited information on the internet.

I say that we should ban people from owning dogs unless they show some committment. Make us all take a class that costs $100 and lasts for 2 weeks. Maybe that'll weed out the people who aren't suitable dog owners.

Answer 3

Do you mean a Presa Canario dog? Dogs are domesticed. What is sad is that PEOPLE train some for fighting. Whenever these kind of attacks happen, you usually find out later the dog was being trained or used for fighting, or abused in some way. There is no breed that is vicious or bad, some are more easily made mean by people that want them that way - until they attack their child, or a nieghbor, or them. As each city council makes a knee-jerk reaction & bans a breed, these type of creeps just move on to the next breed - Dobermans, Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Cane Corsos, Presa Canario - so until everyone realizes it is a PEOPLE problem, not a breed problem, the real problem will never go away.

Answer 4

Stupidity and the laws are not strict enough for abusers.

Answer 5

thats a good question. there are just some things that are meant to be wild