I feel you. Someone I used to be friends with has handled and witnessed the unexpected fights that happen, and despite everything I've shown them, still leave their dogs together 100% of the time, even when they go on vacation (which, btw, means their dogs have run of the house and a doggy door while they're not home for days). Sorry you had to deal with that
I am in the same boat with a long time friend who is old enough to be my dad and has been kind of a surrogate dad for years. He took in a Pit that is male and over a year old named Buddy. He also took in a Pit pup thats just hitting 7 months old named Petey. Buddy is an angel but Petey needs a firmer hand as he has instigated fights and tried to bite people, succeeding in leaving scratches but no broken skin. I keep telling my friend not to leave the boys unattended and to neuter them both plus work on training Petey so he will know who is boss and to keep the average asshat that comes over from petting him until his issues are under control. Does he do any of it? Nooooo. So, I am waiting to hear AC got called and the dogs are taken. Earlier this year my sisters Pit and my brothers Pit got into a fight. My sister, her husband, my brother, his fiancee and a friend all live in the same house with their dogs and kids. My sister has 4 kids, my brother 2 kids and they are all under 8 years old. They also have a total of 5 Pits at the house. The dogs my sister and her husband own are out of control and badly in need of training. They also could use a neuter. Two of the males fight and my sister got bitten trying to break it up. I have talked to them til I am blue in the face about training, spay/neuter and keeping the dog seperated. Pretty easy since they live out in the country and have an old stable they converted into an indoor kennel with a fenced outdoor dog run plus the dogs come in the house throughout the day and at night. Wouldn't be hard to keep the boys seperate and in the house on a rotational basis until my broher moves out. Do they listen? Noooo, they think they have it all under control even though a week doesn't go by without me getting a call about another fight. In addition, one of the kids visiting with her mother let the dogs out and they had a visit from AC while they were trying to find my sisters male. Just waiting for the call to come that one or all dogs was taken. I feel ya, Imwst18, I really do. Wishing people had to take an IQ or some type of common sense test before getting a Pit.
Who bit Jared, Bear or Ace? I am hoping the involved ACO will handle this the way my ACO did when my mals got in a nasty ass fight and the larger mal mauled me up pretty good, in the face.I fell into the middle of the fight,whilst trying to break it up. Now granted the larger mal-was HA(and was euthed for it) But at the time, the ACO said because it was during a dog/dog fight-they didn't feel the bite was due to outright human aggression. So at that point he was not deemed a ''dangerous'' dog,and I was permitted to keep him,without much concern. I feel bad for Ace,Bear,and your friends,and I hope all turns out ok. Ignorance is bliss,only to a point.Yet another situation that will turn into a train wreck,due to owner incompetance. Sadly,the dogs will pay the price-through NO fault of their own.
Ive had a sort of similiar thing happen once when at a bonfire. had my dog leashed, and a friend of a friend pit bull also showed up, also on a leash. well these random ass people with their pit bull puppy come down and start making their own bonfire next to us, not paying ANY attention to this 10lb puppy running straight toward us to play with our dogs. knowing that the other pit bull at ours was VERY DA, i ran, picked the puppy up, and told them to put their mutt on a leash before the dog at our spot eats him for dinner. they reply to me, "youre crazy do you know anything about pit bulls? they arent mean and i dont believe that dog up there is either. its all in how you raise them!" i called her an idiot and told her to PLEASE leash the puppy. Well guess what? they didnt. luckily for her, the other pit bull scared the pup off the second time he ran over that the pup got the hint and ran back to his spot. ANYWAYs, that was just the begininng. as everyone got drunk at our bon fire, the other guy hanging out with us got trashed. he decided that it would be fun to agitate his dog into wanting to attack mine, and let the dog go. luckily for me my friend grabbed hold of the dogs leash before the dog got close to me. I left. anyway, not really the SAME situation, but all i have to say is, drunk people + pit bulls = BAD NEWS. I wont even stick around anymore. lol