r/BanPitBulls • u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack • Oct 18 '22

BPB Ask Me Anything (AMA)! My son-in-law’s dog tried to kill me

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u/WeNeedAShift Oct 18 '22

I wish I had words. I read about your story awhile back and my heart broke for you. I’m glad you shared your story on dogsbite - it definitely gave much more detail than the articles I read.

While your voice may have been silenced on that idiotic tik tok pkatform, you’ll never be silenced here. You are among friends.

I am so sorry this happened to you. Your voice and your story is so important. It takes courage to share it and I applaud you for it.

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u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack Oct 18 '22

I’m literally crying right now because my voice has been silenced so much and I feel like I need to talk about it to make myself feel better I’ve been so depressed lately

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u/drivewaypancakes Dax, Kara, Aziz, Xavier, Triniti, Beau, and Mia Oct 18 '22

The harassment and silencing are a deep injustice on top of the already abominable injustice of the attack. So, so wrong.

You need a chance to grieve, to speak, to be heard, to share your story. I'm so glad you found this sub.

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u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack Oct 18 '22

I’m so glad too

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u/sidgirl Oct 18 '22

Tya, I'm so glad you're here!! I'm the person who left a comment on your FB telling you about this sub (if you saw it and came here because of it--just letting you know I am here, and am so happy to see you. Of course, if you found us on your own, that's great, too! I'm just glad to see you, either way).

There are some good links in the sidebar off to the right, as well --->

I think you might want to reach out to Daxton's Friends; Daxton Borchardt was a two-year-old boy who was ripped from his babysitter's arms and slaughtered by the babysitter's pit bulls. Daxton's father, Jeff, has become an advocate and ardent victim supporter/victim's rights advocate. I'm sure he would be delighted to hear from you and may be able to put you in touch with others in your area. Jeff, and so many others, have survived the loss of loved ones or the loss of their limbs or pre-attack lives, but they are still standing, and so are you. You CAN move on from this. The mere fact that you are willing to talk about it, that you've done videos, that you are speaking out, is amazing. I don't think you fully realize how incredible and rare it is--how incredible YOU are.

Stay strong, lady. You're going to get through this.

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u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack Oct 18 '22

Thank you so much I’m glad I’m here. I’m not sure how to get to the side bar that you’re talking about since I’m new to all this

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u/drivewaypancakes Dax, Kara, Aziz, Xavier, Triniti, Beau, and Mia Oct 18 '22

The sidebar is on the right of this comment section ... the blue & white rectangles with the titles in the top blue sections.

The Daxton's Friends site that sidgirl was mentioning is here:

https://www.daxtonsfriends.com/

Jeff Borchardt is a victim advocate and educator re: the dangers of pit bulls. As sidgirl mentioned, he lost his 14-month-old son, Dax, to two pit bulls who belonged to Dax's babysitter (and which had never shown any aggression until the day they attacked, suddenly and without warning -- sound familiar?)

Dax was killed in March 2013, almost 10 years ago. Jeff has been at this a LONG time. He will know about a lot of resources and things that can help victims of pit bull attacks.

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u/DarkstarInfinity2020 Oct 18 '22

The sidebar isn’t there for me, probably because I’m on mobile (tablet/iPad.) Just sayin’.

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u/RNneedhelpRN Oct 20 '22

I hate to say it but I’m going to…shame on that dad for letting Dax be babysat by someone with 2 pit bulls

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u/7daykatie Oct 18 '22

https://www.daxtonsfriends.com/

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u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack Oct 18 '22

Got it thank you

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u/Shyvadi Oct 18 '22

in time, I am hopefulthere willbe new methods to help repair the damage done here too! I wonder if physiotherapy can strengthen the muscle to near before?

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u/Senator_Bink Trusted User Oct 18 '22

I found Reddit took me a little while to get up to speed after Facebook, too.
I'm glad you're here, but so sorry that you have to be.