A pit bull dog loose in a Lafayette neighborhood found its way into a home and attacked a family pet.
Homeowner Andrea Brodhead told The Advertiser. it happened Thursday evening after she apparently failed to close the door to her house completely.
She was with her 4-year-old granddaughter when she heard a beep from the house alarm, indicating someone had come in. Then she was confronted by the four-legged invader.
The pit bull grabbed the family dog, a small mixed-breed terrier named Biddy.
"It was three times the size of my dog," Brodhead said. "The pit bull practically knocked me over and then grabbed Biddy with her mouth and had her around her neck."
Brodhead called police while her 18-year-old son, Beau, a defensive back for the St. Thomas More high school football team, grabbed a stool to fight off the dog.
Using lamps, stools and a broom, Brodhead and her son were able to make the pit bull let go of Biddy. They trapped the pit bull in the house's sun room.
"She just went and laid on my couch like she was used to being in a house," Brodhead said.
Earlier that evening, Andrea Brodhead's sister and brother-in-law, who live next door, saw a pickup conspicuously pull into the field next to their homes.
They heard a tailgate open and close, and Brodhead suspects someone abandoned the pit bull in that field because it could either no longer fight or breed fighting dogs.
"The woman from animal control said it was a fight dog, and she said it could have be a lot worse," Brodhead said.
One trip to the veterinarian later, Biddy is only a bit shook up with some scratches. Andrea Brodhead said the vet treated Biddy's open wounds on her nose and the bottom of her neck.
Brodhead said Biddy's collar protected the top of her neck from being pierced by the pit bull's teeth.
Virginia Lee, who is the local Animal Control supervisor, said her office is investigating the incident and is trying to track down the pit bull's owner.
"The person who really is at fault is the person who allowed it to be loose or whoever owned the animal," Lee said. "Someone needs to be punished for that."
Lee said Lafayette Parish is one of the state's hotspots for dog fighting. She said though the problem has become less severe during the past five years, people do still fight dogs there.
She said it's also not uncommon for people to abandon dogs, in particular old fighting dogs, at secluded "drop spots" around the parish.
"People do that, and it's really terrible," Lee said. "There are so many unwanted pets in this parish, and people don't take the responsibility.
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Information from: The Advertiser, http://www.theadvertiser.com
Source: http://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2011/10/pit_bull_invades_lafayette_hom.html
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