Well I Be Dog-Gone!

"It was an accident and I am not sure how the dogs escaped. I have reached out to the owners of the horse and will do whatever I can to help them get through this very unfortunate situation. "

Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacker Joey Porter needs to be thanking his lucky stars. Reportedly, two of his dogs escaped from his property and killed a poor, helpless, defenseless horse. He needs to be thanking those stars because it could've been a poor, helpless, defenseless child. I know people grow attached to their animals, and the loss of this horse probably really is affecting the owner, but at the end of the day...it was just a horse. If it was a kid, this would be terrible for him.
__________________________________________________________________________________ Two dogs owned by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter got off his fenced property and killed a miniature horse on a nearby farm, leading to citations that carry several hundred dollars in potential fines. Porter's dogs, a pit bull and a mastiff, got loose Sept. 19 and killed the horse that was less than three feet tall. The dogs were still in the dead horse's corral when police and animal control officials arrived...Porter helped police get the dogs off the property and back to his home. Because Porter's yard is fully fenced, police did not know how the dogs got loose...The horse's owners have so far declined comment. Porter was cited for harboring dangerous dogs, failure to confine the dogs, and failure to have the dogs licensed. The fines carry several hundred dollars in potential fines. Porter said he raised the dogs as pets and not as attack animals and plans to send them to a kennel in California for safe keeping. (NFL)