Another Pitt Bull attack here.

[BXRchic]

Its just a shame. And while they did a nice job of reporting the story from a non-negative-perspective of pit bulls, the last line is a bit redundant.
They could have just said that he was in-tact. The fact that they say that he was "in tact and not neutered" is an attempted appeal to number of points(ie. Impress people with a number of points and not just one.) Yet another fallacy type that people use in reporting things and attempting persuasive writings.
But ah well... the still did do a good job of not going to "PIT BULLS ARE BAD!" route. That makes me happy!

[Ritz459]

Yep! I was afriad when DarknessDivine posted the article that they would be going, "All PitBulls are monsters and that this attack just happend because he was a Pittie." I'm glad they didn't do that......

[IceyBlueSibes]

IMO he probably came from bad breeding. There are so many bad breedings out now-a-days, that it's hard for a 'novice' dog owner to tell whether or not it's comming from good lines. Most will see the parents, and how they're so well tempered, and seem to be healthy, so they assume the pups are too..

Soo sad... Atleast the dog will be in a better place, and not have to have its reputation hammered.

Something I just realized, is I actually don't hear of "pit bull attacks" in my area, let alone dog attacks. Last one I heard of was about 1 months ago, and some lady was babysitting, and she brought her dog over. The family she was babystiting for already had a dog, and she had the baby in another room, and the dogs were in there too... so she left, and came back to the dogs attacking the baby (not really sure how old, but wasn't anymore than 1 year). Stupid... they surprisingly didn't label the dogs "pit bulls". But I think they were rottie mix's.

[DarknessDivine]

We have pitt bull attacks here a lot. I believe a lot of the attacks though ave been because the dogs were chained..hence the reason we have the 1hr chain law.

[PitBullie09]

How sad. The poor thing looks SO sad in his picture. I hate to see him get euthinized, but I guess it is the best. Anyway, I hope the baby makes it. I also liked how he sai they arent bad dogs..that makes me happy lol.

[gaddylovesdogs]

That's sade...... Not being neutered probably was one reason...others being 1. he's not trained 2. he was not properly socialized as a puppy 3. he is not well-bred 4. the humans could have been possibly using aggressive body language. Sometimes it is the humans fault, but other times it is the dogs fault. If a human was someehow annoying the dog, such as if a dog was chained an a human just danced around out of his reach, possibly with something yummy (a treat). But if the dog just suddenly attacked when the humans did absolutely nothing to anger the dog in any way, then it is the dog's fault. I do feel bad for these dogs, whether was human fault or dog fault, because when people hear about these things, they just become more and more afraid of the breed, a great breed: Pit Bull. Pit Bulls are used as nannies in England....now, I bet those dogs are WELL-TRAINED....many Pits here are NOT trained, but left chained to a tree with a dog house and water, as a guard dog.

[DarknessDivine]

Just to let everyone know..
Apparently the dog was an older dog, it belonged to the mom and dad of the baby for a few years and then the baby came. The dog has not ever been aggressive (says the vet) and they have no idea what provoked such a rampage from him. He had never done anything aggressive before or even shown agression was the quote.
I dunno, the dog was seen regularly by a vet that says he was never agressive so I have no clue now. They also are saying he was an inside dog?
This is weird, why would he just snap like that?

[gaddylovesdogs]

Originally Posted by DarknessDivine

Just to let everyone know..
Apparently the dog was an older dog, it belonged to the mom and dad of the baby for a few years and then the baby came. The dog has not ever been aggressive (says the vet) and they have no idea what provoked such a rampage from him. He had never done anything aggressive before or even shown agression was the quote.
I dunno, the dog was seen regularly by a vet that says he was never agressive so I have no clue now. They also are saying he was an inside dog?
This is weird, why would he just snap like that?

Maybe they didn't properly introduce the baby and dog....dogs can get a little upset when everything is disrupted because of things like a baby....

[DarknessDivine]

I dunno...but for him to also attack the dog officer and reporter? The officer was bitten pretty bad.

[Ritz459]

who knows.....did the attack happen while the dog was on a chain? If so, maybe someone (like John Q. Public) had been teasing it while it was on the chain and so it took out it's frustration on the baby?

[GSD]

Originally Posted by gaddylovesdogs

Pit Bulls are used as nannies in England....now, I bet those dogs are WELL-TRAINED....many Pits here are NOT trained, but left chained to a tree with a dog house and water, as a guard dog.

Well if they're using dogs as nannies in England they're going to learn the same lesson these people did. NEVER leave a dog unsupervised with a child. NEVER

I do not know the people, they were neighbors and friends of a very good friend, so i'm not too far removed from the actual story. Plain and simple, they had a 7 year old black lab, left alone with 6-7 month old toddler, toddler is no longer with us. The dog was described as being the sweatest lab ever, never shown aggression, and this couple had other children as well that the dog had grown up with. Yet another story involves a newborn and a pomeranian. Uncle is watching the baby, and leaves him on the bed to go and get some diapers. Comes back to the 6 pound dog mauling the infant and actaully killed the child. It doesn't matter on the breed, the raising, the socialization, training, nothing, you just don't leave babies unsupervised with dogs.

[Ritz459]

So true....does anybody know about the baby's condition?

[DarknessDivine]

Still critical as far as they are saying

[gaddylovesdogs]

Originally Posted by GSD

Comes back to the 6 pound dog mauling the infant and actaully killed the child. It doesn't matter on the breed, the raising, the socialization, training, nothing, you just don't leave babies unsupervised with dogs.

OMIGOSH! That is so sad....yes, really, you have to be careful. One of my sisters has a two-year-old son, and now a two week old daughter . The girls are sweet and great with kids, but I would keep a little kid with me.....

[luckydog]

That's so sad I wish they would give dogs like that another chance instead of destroying them....they just need to be trained correctly.