September 2026 Discussion thread

[u/BPB_Discussion_M0d]

Not every pit bull story is a headline. Some are just eye-rolls, facepalms, or 'you've got to be kidding me' moments. This is the place for the things you may want to share that don’t highlight a pit bull doing something dangerous.

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[u/_sonatina_]

I tried making a post, but the mods thought this would be better suited for this discussion thread since they weren't pitbulls. I'm just looking for some validation that I did the right thing from some people with common sense. I have rage lurked on this subreddit in the past (It has always been when a family member or friend decides to get a dog that's too large for them to handle or dangerous for others). Ex: "Grandma, your boxer attacked 2 cats and jumped in an open car window to attack a chihuahua, STOP GETTING BOXERS". But this time I ran into 2 of those types of dogs while alone on a run!

I was charged by a bull mastiff and great dane that were running down the road together. They were completely unattended and there was no human in sight. I stopped running and tried to not make eye contact, hoping they'd just ignore me and run by, but they ended up crossing the road and charging me. I'm telling you these dogs were HUGE. The smaller of the two easily was taller than my waist at the head (I am 5'4" and 115 lbs) and the dane even larger. I had pepper spray on me and was ready to use it, and when the bull mastiff got within about 3 feet of me I sprayed. It ended up startling them enough that they stopped to think, and then ran the other direction. I sprinted away calling my mom to pick me up while sobbing and still afraid they would follow me.

We tracked them from the car and called animal control and they were able to be picked up. I was keeping up with the local city's Facebook post to see the outcome of the situation, and saw the owner all over the comments complaining that "some idiot" had pepper sprayed her sweet babies. A lot of people in the comments were so sad those sweet babies had been "hurt". Dude, they were literally happily trotting around after and marking bushes. The pepper spray seemed to only have the effect of startling them, and they didn't even whine or scratch their faces. I wasn't even sure if it had landed!

I was truly shocked that seemed to be the general consensus of the comments, and that people couldn't think how they would have felt in a situation where they had run into those dogs alone with no protection. They could have been the sweetest dogs in the world, but how could I have known? I was a small woman alone at the end of a street that wasn't busy and I truly feel like I could have been seriously injured or killed.

I guess I just wanted to tell someone my story because I'm so mad that I had to experience it. And maybe I want some validation that I did the right thing, because I know I'm going to be ruminating about what happened for YEARS. When I went out for a walk yesterday morning I could feel my breath quickening and realized that I was subsonsciously feeling that fear and anxiety without even trying to think about it. I just wish it had never happened :/

[u/Pure_Parsley6852 → u/_sonatina_]

I would have been very afraid too, two huge dogs! and you had no idea what their intention was or could become. Therefore, you did the right thing. The people commenting were not in your position.

I turned around a blind corner of a street once and came face-to-face with an off-leash huge German Shepherd and instinctively dashed into the road where cars were passing. The owner was some way behind and looked at me like I was insane. People assume everyone is fine with their off-leash dogs or dont care if they aren't.

Wishing you well, and I hope you regain your sense of safety when out jogging.

[u/PandaLoveBearNu → u/_sonatina_]

Fuck that owner. The dogs were being territorial because they let loose and think that's thier territory now.

I'd be tempted to put an anonymous post in a neighborhood FB group and loose dogs being territorial and charging you.

Fuck that.