Woman’s “Emotional Support” Pit Bull Mauls A 5-Year-Olds’ Face

This all makes me SO ANGRY.

The other day I was at an ice cream shop, when this woman walked in with her very poorly behaved dog.

The dog was pulling at her leash, barking, and sniffing around like it was looking for a place to go. The employees told the woman only service dogs were allowed in the shop. She snapped back “it’s an emotional support animal. That’s a service animal.” The teens working at the counter just sort of froze.

About 30 seconds later the dog peed on the floor… The woman left it there for the employees to clean.

I thought THAT was infuriating… and then there’s this.

A woman’s “emotional support” pit bull apparently mauled a 5-year-old child’s FACE at the Portland International Airport.

My blood is BOILING over this.

According to Fox News: 

A mom has filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against the owner of a pit bull and Alaska Airlines after the animal allegedly mauled her 5-year-old’s face at the Portland International Airport.

I would be burning things to the GROUND.

Before anyone goes OFF on me – I am FULLY aware that “not all pit bulls are bad” and that “pit bulls can be very good dogs.” People tend to get VERY defensive over pit bulls. This dog HAPPENED TO BE A PIT BULL, and I’m not going to edit out the breed in order not to offend anyone. THAT’S WHAT LIBERALS DO. THANKS.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t MATTER if this was a pit bull or not, because it’s not the dog’s fault it was put in that situation. It’s the owner’s.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Multnomah County by Mirna Gonzalez on behalf of her daughter, Gabriela Gonzalez, claims Michelle Brannan, the dog’s owner, should have known her animal had “vicious propensities” and that Alaska Airlines allowed her to bring a dangerous dog into the gate waiting area without being confined or trained.

Service dogs are HIGHLY TRAINED animals. They do not bite children in the face.

“Emotional support animals” on the other hand, are any dog someone is too cheap to pay to get on a flight.

According to the suit, the incident took place Dec. 18, 2017, while Gabriella Gonzalez was waiting at Gate C7 with her family for a flight to Texas at the Portland hub.

Gabriella, then aged 5, was waiting at the gate when Brannan entered the area with her pit bull, which was not kept in a crate, kennel or other secure container, the lawsuit claims. The child allegedly gained permission from Brannan to pet the dog. While she was petting the animal, it bit her, causing serious injuries.

There’s another thing. My dog is EXTREMELY gentle with kids, but even still when a parent asks if their young child can pet my dog, I kneel down and pet my dog WITH the child to maintain full control over the situation. My dog is ALWAYS my responsibility.

RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, folks. IT’S NOT THAT HARD.

“As a result of the incident, Gabriella Gonzalez suffered injury to the muscles, tendons, bones, nerves and soft tissue of her face, eye, eyelid, tear duct and lip, as well as emotional trauma,” the lawsuit reads, noting that Gabriella was left with permanent scarring and “required surgery to repair complex facial lacerations and a damaged tear duct, and has incurred medical expenses and will incur future medical expenses.”

There’s a picture here. She’s precious and it’s hard to look at.

Brannan had told the airline the pit bull was an emotional support animal and went through the ticketing process at Alaska Airlines.

Alaska Airlines does not require emotional support animals to be in crates, stating on its website that pets must be at least leashed and under control of the owner. However, the Port of Portland felt Brannan’s dog should have been in a crate or kennel and cited her for failing to do so before the alleged attack.

Alaska Airlines declined comment to Fox News, stating “it would be inappropriate” for them to comment about the case. They have yet to receive the lawsuit.

Kama Simonds, a spokeswoman for the Port of Portland, said in an email to the Oregonian that the Port may ask a traveler if the dog is a trained service animal and can ask what service the dog provides.

“The traveler need only answer those questions and we’re required to accept the answer,” she said.

This is actually ADA policy for service animals – meaning if we have an issue with it, we should probably take it up with them.

Chad Stavley, the Gonzalez’ attorney, told Oregon Live Brannan reportedly was carrying what appeared to be a form letter from her therapist, though it was not specific.

“It didn’t say what kind of animal,” Stavley said. “It was just a generic ‘animal.’”

LOL. So she paid 5 bucks for it on the internet?

Great.

Now some kid will have permanent scars and damage to their face. Hope it was worth the free trip for your CLEARLY UNTRAINED pooch, you selfish jerk.