Another Pitt Bull attack here.

[DarknessDivine]

Well yesterday there was another pitt bull attack here. A family dog attacked a 15month old baby, the baby is in critical condition and I will reply with more as soon as I know more.
Animal control went to get the dog today who was supposed to be in owners quaritine but when they got there it was lose roaming the neighborhood. When the animal control officer approached the dog it attacked the officer and a person who saw the attack ran to help and was also attacked by the dog.
They showed the dog on the news...he looks scared huddeled in a corner shaking I feel so upset because I know what is going to happen to him now...I dunno the whole story as of yet but as soon as I can I will post more info.

[minpinsrock]

How sad.

[PitBullie09]

OMG. That is so sad. The baby may have been doing something. I dont know..but the dag had to have something wrong to be so aggresive. Maybe a rescue that had a bad past anyway..I hope the baby makes it and feel so sorry for the dog..

[Global Paw]

Originally Posted by southern_girl09

OMG. That is so sad. The baby may have been doing something. I dont know..but the dag had to have something wrong to be so aggresive. Maybe a rescue that had a bad past anyway..I hope the baby makes it and feel so sorry for the dog..

the baby could have been doing nothing and the dog could have attacked it...that's how it happened to me 16 years ago...I was doing nothing...just sitting in the front lawn doing nothing.

You don't have to provoke a dog for it to attack someone. Some dogs are just bad.

[Carrie]

I agree Quincy. And sometimes their prey drive is all out of whack. And who knows what else happened to that dog in it's past or what kind of genetic make-up or temperament flaws it had. But it had something wrong, that's for sure. What a shame. And a shame you got attacked. It's amazing you're not afraid of dogs now. Of course, I got bitten badly just a few years ago. But as a child getting bitten, that can have lasting effects. It's unbelievable that these people didn't quarantine that dog after it made the first attack....amazing....roaming the neighborhood?

[PitBullie09]

Some are, I agree. You never know, and probally will, never know the whole TRUE story.

[BXRchic]

the more that i work with dogs (aside from my own) the more i become enlightened... I used to beleive that dogs needed "provoked" in order to become aggressive towards someone/something;
But we have this great dane in quarentine right now that if a small child stands in front of his run he goes aggressively nuts! (have you ever heard a dane bark while standing in a concrete room? whew! could be frightening if you didnt know the dog). he's fine and quiet when its adults (or we'll say people over 4' tall), but if a small child stands there, look out. Now maybe he was abused by some vicious toddler or something (?some level of sarcasm involved in that?), but this was just strange to me. I've never seen a dog want to lunge at a child before for doing nothing other than standing there. Literally.
Sad, makes you wonder.

[Carrie]

Probably not socialized to kids...but who knows...could be something else. Scary!

[DarknessDivine]

I haven't heard anything much yet except that they may bring charges against the owners. I'm not sure but I believe the dog may have been chained and if that's the case which is what the case was last year when that pitt bull practically scalped the 3 yr old..he was chained all the time. If it comes to that then the parents will be in big trouble. I believe there will be something about it on our noon news..

[ChiChi]

gosh, i feel sooo sorry for the dog, if it was bad, i personally think it wasnt rasied right, and i kno i am condridicting my other post but kno i that chains=bad.... but i hope the people are ok,

[Ritz459]

I feel really bad for the child and for the dog. That dog had been abused or not socialized or something......just kinda makes you wonder how many good dogs there would be if people didn't ruin them....

[DarknessDivine]

(Pic of dog included)
From my news:

LOUISVILLE -- An area toddler and two others were injured when a pit bull went on the attack and couldn't be calmed down.

The attacks happened in the 3500 block of Nanz Avenue in Louisville, not far from St. Matthews, WLKY NewsChannel 32's Andy Alcock reported Wednesday.

The 16-month-old was mauled by his family's pit bull Tuesday night and was taken to Louisville's Kosair Children's Hospital. A neighbor said the boy's parents were at the hospital all day Wednesday, but it's not known what condition the child is in, Alcock reported. He was bit in the head and abdomen.

The pit bull now is in quarantine at Metro Animal Services after attacking its owners and the toddler. MAS spokeswoman Jackie Gulbe said it's the first time the dog has caused trouble.

"We had had no complaints on the dog before," she said. "It was a family dog. We don't know how the dog had been treated or brought up. That would play a role in this situation."

After the attack, the family had the option of taking the pit bull to MAS or having an officer pick it up, Alcock reported. Wednesday morning, an officer arrived at the home, but the dog managed to get loose and attacked the officer. And WLKY later learned that a local newspaper reporter tried to help the officer and was injured as well.

"Our officer was attacked on both arms, face, chin, under the eye and the back of the head," Gulbe said.

The officer went to University Hospital to see a plastic surgeon, and the reporter was treated and released.

"Pit bulls are not bad dogs," Gulbe said. "How they are brought up, how they are treated, how they are raised -- that's a male, he's intact, he's not neutered, that plays a role."

The dog will be euthanized, Alcock reported.

[Ritz459]

How sad.......maybe he had Rage syndrom(sp)?

[DarknessDivine]

I dunno..I hate to judge but I have a feeling he was mistreated some how..or maybe he was sick...it has to be something..

[Ritz459]

Yep, me too......