DJ Honda Said To Let Pit Bulls Wyle Out In LES Street Battles

DJ Honda is known for giving famous rappers a mean scratch, but apparently his pitbulls have a reputation of possessing a nasty bite. The Japanese turntablist and Lower East Side resident is accused of letting one of his unleashed pit bulls eat the face off of a fluffy Yorkshire terrier named Bebe—an injury that required $4,000 in surgery to repair. Bebe's owner, Christine Chin, a celebrity facialist whose clients include Kate Moss and Penelope Cruz, told the Post, "I feel so bullied and so helpless. I said to my husband, 'Should we get a gun now?'" Neighbors of Honda's say that this wasn't an isolated incident, one couple recounting one of the DJ's three pitbulls biting their dog on the neck as he trailed "in pajama trousers with no shirt on." Honda's dog walker denies that the pooches are violent and gives her own account of the Bebe skirmish claiming, "(Bebe's owner) said, 'Is it OK if Bebe says hello to the dogs?' One of my babies said hello and then Bebe snapped and started growling. Then my baby bit her. If Bebe didn't start growling, my dog wouldn't have bit her."

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By Billy Parker in News on April 15, 2009 5:45 PM

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datyou

Christine Chin is also known as "Mean Christine"

http://www.yelp.com/biz/christine-chin-new-york

http://nymag.com/listings/beauty/christine-chin/

Not so mean now, eh?

ANGRYGOD11

No one who owns a Yorkie would let them near pit bulls. The dog walker is lying.

Nyctini11

Exactly!

Amanda Harletsch

this dude has a peanut for a brain!

His defense just make a case for stupid.

A big dog, and specially a pitbull can not be let loose on the street. Reckless and on top a moron!

poopmast

Never heard of small dog syndrome? Spend a afternoon at Thompkins Square dog run and you'll see that pits, labs, and other med-large dogs are the most balanced mentally and its the toy breeds like poms, yorkies, chihuahuas, and poodles that usually initiate fights because most small breed owners fail to properly socialize and train their dogs, heck most dont even give them proper exercise.

handsomedevil

A pit bull is a terrier. It doesn't have the laid-back personality of other big breeds.

I'm still personally against breed discrimination. My (small) dog gets along fine with some pits and not fine with others. You just gotta take responsibility for your dog - if it fucking maims somebody else's pet, frankly, I think you should put it down, not whine to the press about "your babies."

whitecastlerock

DJ Honda needs a wheel alignment

Brainwash

Fighting breed dogs should not be allowed in the city at all.

The Edge

Really?

Good thing you know your breeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dog_fighting_breeds

Perry Wallace

All DJ's should be put down.

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Oh, not just a DJ . . a "turntablist"

WTF?

Spirit of 76

"Then my baby bit her. If Bebe didn't start growling, my dog wouldn't have bit her."

But if you were anything resembling a professional dog walker, you would have yanked your vicious "baby" away immediately. Something tells me you're full of it. Maybe that something is the other people who also say you and your employer keep vicious mutts. Maybe with luck, one of the dogs will snap in your presence and you'll suffer the injury.

handsomedevil

Yeah, the rule with dogs is close to the Pottery Barn Rule (you break it, you bought it.) Your dog bites it, you are responsible. End of story.

jaycjay

"if you were anything resembling a professional dog walker"

No sign that she claims to be. The article says she's his employee, and co-owns the dogs with him.

MFer

Alt. headline: Celebrity Facialist's Dog Gets Defaced (ironic)

Alt. headline 2: Dog Eat Dog-Face World for Celebrity Facialist (trite)

Alt. headline 3: DJ Honda Dog Makes Pudding Out of Yorkshire Terrier's Face (bad pun)

I have more. But I think I've terrorized the world enough with these 3.

Btw, what exactly is a celebrity facialist? Is a porn thing, right?