Hero Pit Bull Helps Find Elderly N.J. Woman Lost In The Woods

[baldguy]

Like any other night, the pit bull had to go out to take care of business Thursday.

But within minutes, the dog’s owner said she knew something was wrong when Creature pulled her outside.

“When I brought her back outside, back to the same spot, heard the stick again cracking and that’s when she took off again barking,” dog owner Cara Jones told CBS 2′s Christine Sloan.

“Creature” had come across Carmen Mitchell, who suffers from dementia. Mitchell was laying in the woods about a half a mile away from her Piscataway home.

More:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/01/exclusive-hero-pit-bull-helps-find-elderly-nj-woman-lost-in-the-woods/

[whatchamacallit]

1. How do you know it was a pit?

Thought I'd try that one for a change.

[baldguy]

5. Looks like a Pit.

The owner says its a Pit.

[whatchamacallit]

7. Well as you're fond of saying

"the media gets that wrong most of the time". Must only be when a pit rips someone apart.

[Drale]

10. The media does get it wrong all the time

plus there were less then 30 dog deaths last year, very few involving pit-bulls as apposed to 50 bee deaths and 30,000 Gun Deaths

[whatchamacallit]

11. Like I said

Apparently they only get it right when it's a feel-good story.

[LanternWaste]

14. I hope someone posts a feel-good bee story soon.

I hope someone posts a feel-good bee story soon.

[harmonicon]

18. You don't want to know the story about when I was bringing home a baby bumble bee.

I really thought my mom was going to be proud, but it ended in disaster.

[randome]

19. NOW we want to know!

[harmonicon]

20. It involved squishing. (nt)

[randome]

21. You were right. We didn't want to know.

[KurtNYC]

22. At least 35 deaths last year were the result of attacks by dogs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States#Fatalities_reported_in_2012

Look how many babies are on that list! "3 days old"

[baldguy]

31. The one thing dog haters rely on news reports for - the breed - the news usually gets wrong.

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/uploaded_files/tinymce/2012%20Preliminary%20DBRF%20Report_final.pdf

BREED ATTRIBUTION IN DOG BITE RELATED FATALITIES IS UNRELIABLE

The news media regularly describe dogs as members of breeds. However, recent developments in canine genetics, along with extensive surveys conducted by university researchers, show that breed identification of dogs of unknown origin based on visual inspection does not correspond with DNA analysis of the same dogs. Equally important, the professionals surveyed disagreed with each other when they attributed a breed or mix of breeds to the same dog. Unfounded assumptions about the significance of breed and misplaced confidence in visual breed identification have diverted us from a consideration of factors pertinent to the discussion of community safety and dog ownership.

So, given that they list 21 attacks by Pit Bulls, at least two-thirds of these have not had the breed determined reliably - leaving 7 out of 35.

[FSogol]

37. It wasn't the bee's fault, it was the owner's fault.

[cabot]

36. Such a beautiful dog!

I love pits. Actually, I love all dogs.

[HappyMe]

2. Good grief.

Did it have lunch at the Olive Garden.

[cabot]

38. LOL

while breastfeeding, perhaps?

[HappyMe]

39. That's what I was told.

Not pretty. Not pretty at all.

[xchrom]

3. du rec. nt

[Helen Reddy]

4. Good dog Good dog n/t

[The Straight Story]

6. Pit bulls and guns. Both can have bad owners, and good (nt)

[gcomeau]

26. Please stop comparing sentient animals

...to inanimate purpose-built objects.

While your statement is accurate, the comparison is irrelevant.

[Progressive dog]

35. Yeah guns/dogs same thing. My AR-15 went out and

rescued an old lady with dementia. Trained it to rescue people, sniff drugs, sniff explosives too.

Full disclosure; I don't own any guns and unlike many gun nuts, I do not believe they are comparable to living animal companions.

[99Forever]

8. But.. but ... but...

... there is no such breeds as a "Pit Bull."

Now, I'm all corn-fuzeded.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

9. Surely the dog meant to devour her

[randome]

12. Christ! Beaten to the punch again!

[randome]

13. What about that pit bull that took over landing a plane when the pilot went into a diabetic coma?

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. and he didnt eat her!

Good dog

[secondvariety]

16. Good dog.

[azurnoir]

17. Creature deserves a doggie steak* dinner

* doggie steak is beef shank cross cut soup bone with marrow and some meat attached at mildly seasoned and grilled at least in my household

[DavidDvorkin]

23. Now if only there were a dog that could teach reporters the difference between "lie" and "lay".

[randome]

25. "You lie!"

[RebelOne]

27. Not just the reporters since I see lie and lay used incorrectly all the time

in all articles and posts. Makes me want to scream. I am a former copy editor.

[DavidDvorkin]

28. I know

It's one of those lost causes.

But I intend to keep objecting, nonetheless.

[shenmue]

24. Wonderful

[noiretextatique]

29. good doggie!

dogs are wonderful beings

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. Oh!!! That poor woman! She must have been so frightened! Good puppy!

So glad help came for Carmen.....
Can you imagine being suddenly lost, and knowing somewhere in a small glimmer of your mind, that you USED to know this place?

*shudder* I'm so glad she was rescued

[liberal_at_heart]

32. Thank you. That's a lovely story about a great dog.

[tblue37]

33. Good dog! She's sure a pretty pup--BUT she needs to learn

to walk on leash without dragging her owner. The video with the article shows her dragging at the leash several times. I am always appalled that people let their dogs drag them like that--especially a large, strong dog.

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[truebluegreen]

34. Keep fighting the good fight, baldguy

and hooray for Creature!