I could feel her eyes watching my every move. "Wait a minute!" she snapped. "What are you doing? You go first! She goes second! Are you the lead dog around your house or not?" ...more

August 18, 2008

Bernann McKinney says her beloved pit bull Booger saved her life when another dog attacked her, then learned to push her wheelchair while she recovered from a severe hand injury and nerve damage. ...more

August 8, 2008

Pinellas County Animal Services has initiated a dangerous dog investigation now that officials have been told the bites inflicted on a 6-year-old boy Sunday by a mixed-breed pit bull were severe. Linda Britland, the field enforcement manager for Animal Services, said investigators are seeking a copy of a Pinellas sheriff's report on the attack. Investigators are also asking that the parents of the boy, Tydal Sugar, provide specific information on the boy's injuries. ...more

August 5, 2008

The mixed-breed pit bull that bit a 6-year-old boy Sunday remains in quarantine while its owner decides whether to have the animal euthanized. ...more

August 5, 2008

The mixed-breed pit bull that bit a 6-year-old boy Sunday remains in quarantine while its owner decides whether to have the animal euthanized. The dog, a 2-year-old named Tucker, is the property of Dunedin Doggie Rescue, founder Ken Koenig said. ...more

August 4, 2008

A 6-year-old boy was bitten today in the shoulder and head by a dog his family recently adopted, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2008

Jean Post was taking her Boston terrier for a walk Sunday morning when two pit bulls suddenly appeared. ...more

June 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Jean Post was taking her Boston terrier for a walk Sunday morning when, out of nowhere, two pit bulls appeared, she said. ...more

June 16, 2008

Winston the black pit bull is gentle and happy in his new home, his adoptive family says. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEBRING — The attorney for a Moore Haven correctional officer announced Thursday that the case against his client in the shooting of her pit-bull dog in late March, was dropped by the state's attorney's office. The charge was dropped on April 15 and the attorney received notice on April 24, according to information received from the court. Dawn Marie Thomas, 31, of Sebring, was arrested by Highlands County sheriff's deputies on March 25, and charged with causing cruel death, pain or suffering to an animal, after sheriff's investigators said she shot and killed her pit bull dog in its cage after it started to show aggressive tendencies. Had the case been brought forward, the charge would have been a third-degree felony. ...more

May 30, 2008