A pitbull bit me while I was on my daily walk through a neighborhood park. Fortunately, I was wearing long pants. While the bite broke my skin it did tear through my jeans; so I didn't get pitbull saliva in the wound.
The first picture shows the inside of my jeans. I put a quarter next to the blood to show scale. The picture below shows my leg before I cleaned the wound.
Hmmm, my skin appears quite scaly in the photo. I live in a dry climate.
The guy told me that the the dog was not his. He then repeated the line that every pitbull owner repeats. He said that the dog just looked fierce but was quite friendly ... other than the fact that it occasionally breaks free of its leash and bites people.
Anyway, I decided to post the event on We are Alive and Social since I can now say that I survived pitbull attack. I am still #alive !
Apparently the pitbull was a rescue dog. Pitbull rescue is a con. Dog fighters dump the dogs they don't want to use in the arena on animal shelters. People who "rescue" pitbulls from animal shelters are simply enabling the dog fighting industry.
Pitbulls have a biting instinct. This pitbull broke its leash and attacked a random stranger. I did not have my phone with me so I did not get a picture of the super friendly pitbull that simply attacked me out of the blue.
