Two weeks ago, a Montreal woman was viciously attacked by her stepson’s previously amiable pit bull, losing two litres of blood from some 20 lacerations on both arms. Heavily bandaged victim Melanie Chartrand, marvelling that she survived, told TVA News (in French), “She was chewing my arm and she liked it,” adding, “These are dogs that were designed for fighting. I have the impression that it can happen to anyone, at any time.” Chartrand is right on both counts.