Jack The Pit Bull Rescues Cat Being Attacked By Two Coyotes

[kpete]

“As I was walking to the door, I could see the coyotes over here,” she said to the station while indicating a nearby part of her neighborhood. Soon after spotting the animals, she said they attacked the cat, named Kitty.

“One had her by the neck and the other had her by the tail,” she said, before adding that the family pit bull, Jack, soon came to Kitty’s rescue. “I didn’t know Jack could run that fast. He was on them so fast.”

Thanks to Jack’s intervention, Kitty is alive, though she did sustain a broken tooth and a head injury. Lewis told WTVT that she is well on the road to recovery.

She added, “Jack is a hero. He saved the kitty’s life and he just shows how good dogs can be. Big dogs can protect you, especially if something like this happens.”

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/10/16/pit-bull-rescues-cat-being-attacked-by-two-coyotes/

[Triana]

1. GOOD dog!

[Ken Burch]

16. VERY GOOD DOG!!!

May a thousand kibbles line your path, Jack!

Proving again....pit bulls are wonderful, gentle creatures, unless someone TRAINS them to be killing machines.
(like most children, when you think about it).

[Mz Pip]

2. Yay for Jack!

Treats for a month you good dog!

[Rex]

3. Nobody is going to hurt Jack's Kitty!

Good boy Jack!

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Rebellious Republican]

5. Good read! K&R

[libdem4life]

7. Awww...hoped for photos, but kudos for Jack. Lived in Tucson and know the drill.

[Ed Suspicious]

8. Kitty was part of Jack's pack. Jack was protecting his pack. Good for him and good

for the family.

[niyad]

9. k and r--goood dog--you deserve a nice steak, at the very least.

[kpete]

13. only thing i don't like about the video

is the part about trapping Coyotes



Here in SoCal, we live together,
The Coyote is respected

no small pets for me

peace, kp

[BlueCaliDem]

19. I don't like that part, either, kpete. I live near the mountains

and coyotes are frequently seen walking our streets at night. I see one or two at least once a week, and they don't bother anyone. My son jogs evenings and sees them more frequently than I, but he doesn't mind them at all. They don't bother him. They're more afraid of us than we are of them. To trap those wild coyotes is wrong. It was their home before it was ours, and we need to respect that since we're the animal with the more developed brain and have the means to keep our other pets safe - like keeping them inside.

We have a cat, too, but he's an inside cat. He never leaves the house and he's just fine with it.

[shireen]

18. thanks for the video

i just wanted to reach in and grab that pooch to give him a hug. What a sweet boy. His dad in the military must be so proud.

[RebelOne]

11. Finally, a positive pit bull story. Good Jack. Good dog. n/t

[longship]

12. Pit Bull saves infant from Cthulhu.

Good doggie.

Love animal threads. I'd love there to be pit bulls that knew good from evil. Maybe they do.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. now keep Kitty inside

[Triana]

20. +1

Just IMO safest place for kittehs is inside! (in da house wit da mouse)

[BlueCaliDem]

15. If any animal is under attack and needs protection, a Pit Bull would be their best chance of

surviving it.

Good boy, Jack!

I wish more stories like these would make it into our biased media instead of the horrifying ones that have made people mean toward this beautiful breed. A well-bred Pit Bull can be a friend for life, and make the most gentle and loving pets.

Our friends in Holland have a Pit Bull named Kyra (kee-rah). Beautiful black and white Pit that they've had for over ten years without a single incident.

Our friend has an aggressive form of MS and has trouble walking, and although Kyra has the power and stamina of any Pit Bull half her age, she's utterly gentle and caring when she's around him. It's as if she instinctively knows that he can be easily toppled if she bumps against him when he tries to walk on his crutches. She's always by his side and when their daughter's Pit Bull, Hummer, comes for a visit and comes running up to Arie, Kyra quickly steps in front of his legs and stares down the bigger Pit with a look of, "Careful!" and Hummer quickly stops in his tracks, stares at her unwavering stare, then turns around and happily bounds off for the next new adventure!

I believe Pit Bulls are the most beautiful breed of dog there is, and when bred and raised well, will make the most loyal friend any person could ever dream of.

[secondvariety]

22. Great post

and I agree about their loyalty. Family comes first to a pit.

[BlueCaliDem]

23. Yes, it does. Family first. And they're people-orientated, too.

That's why they make poor guard dogs. They like everyone! And those Pits that are bullied into becoming guard dogs are the ones that become aggressive.

Thanks for the compliment!

[Yo_Mama]

17. A lot of these dogs have great temperaments

But some of the dogs have been bred to fight now, so you have some bad traits out there.

[wyldwolf]

21. That's awesome. My neck of the woods has a lot of coyotes

Fortunately, I've raised hybrid wolves and the coyotes stay clear of my yard.

[jazzimov]

24. Good dog! I used to buy into the anti-Pittie hype

until I actually owned one.

Well, frankly, I rejected him at first because of my ex-wife. He was supposed to be her niece's puppy. My best dog ever had died, and my wife and I were supposed to go to the pound and pick out a new pup. But she and her niece went to the local store and someone was there with a bunch of cardboard puppies. So, I sent her to the store for some cereal and she came back with a puppy. I guess I was upset because I was left out of the process, like I was with so many other things with my ex-wife.

Anyway, I was a dog person but determined not to like this puppy. My ex was a cat person, but this puppy won her over quickly. Soon, it became "her" dog. So, I didn't train him as a pup like I did previously with other dogs I have owned.

When we (finally) divorced and I kicked her out of the house I had already owned (although she talked me into signing docs which allowed her to re-mortgage it to the hilt - long story).

Anyway to make a long story short (too late!), her dog and I bonded, and her dog became my dog.

This was a pit-bull mix, which proved that everything I thought I knew about pit-bulls was wrong.