Prayers for the poor little child.
Two breeds that require experienced owners left alone in the house, running free, with an infant around. BRILLIANT.
RIP.
why does anyone with a baby or children have a pit bull? There are so many other loveable breeds of dogs out there. The pit bulls have a bad reputation. I know some of the dogs have never attacked before but are we willing to put them to the test when our children or others are involved? Dear God... a 15 day old baby. Wow.. I’m heartbroken.
I own a 12 year old hybrid wolf.
She is a wonderful lovable dog and we’ve never had any problems with her around people or children.
That said, she’s now in a large kennel outside now that I have a 7 month old. Don’t feel bad for her, it’s a nicer kennel than some people’s homes. Amish built dog house, sun shade, lounge chair, stall mats, etc...
Animals should not be left alone with babies or small children. Common sense.
Well ... yeah. Now.
Sadly (and somewhat curiously) he got the boot about a month and half before you signed up. :-/
I decided at one time to adopt a German Shepherd puppy that was orphaned at 10 days old. I named him Schultz, because he knew nothing....
I enrolled the two of us in Puppy Kindergarten, and it was taught by a Hampton, VA K-9 Officer; and he impressed me because most of the training was for the owner, to teach them how to properly communicate with the dog. He stressed that every breed of dog needed a different, but similar, degree of discipline to constantly reinforce who was “Alpha Wolf”.
Schultz would listen to me, but in my absence HE was alpha wolf and that meant he was unsuitable as a pet in an urban setting. He refused to submit to my wife and we had a very close call with the dog where he literally treed a mailman, who used all of his pepper spray to no effect. Schultz was adopted out to a new owner with more space that suited him better than my neighborhood did.
I have a very good friend here now that is master of a pure bred American Pit Bull bitch named “Lucy”. Lucy is absolutely the sweetest dog I have ever known, and she just loves it when I come over to visit, and she can snizzle my moustache...I think it must be better than her Mom’s because she never stops loving me....
I trust her implicitly, but she is such a strong dog I would very much hesitate to leave her with a baby. I don’t think she would ever deliberately hurt a baby, but simply because of her size and build, she is certainly capable of it, no matter if her intent was innocent or evil. Lucy weighs a good 80 pounds and is solid, well fed muscle...imagine any animal that size against a young child.
I keep seeing these articles that seem to demonize the breed when it also appears that the animal was put into a situation for which it was ill suited, ill prepared, underestimated, and ultimately ill supervised by a human being.
Dogs can’t help being dogs. Sometimes that brings about very tragic results.
These were sad stories, I love dogs but dogs are not little people and some breeds are weapons bred for assorted purposes.
Pits most definitely require experienced owners that have facilities for the dog. I love powerful dogs like pits and have had many opportunities to get one but I haven’t because I don’t have the time, equipment or facilities to deal with such dogs.
So if you let your baby get killed by your dog, and you say you love your baby, you will not be prosecuted.
Naaah, no women would ever lie about this. No woman ever has cried fake tears and gotten out of something totally evil.
Don’t see anything possibly wrong with this.
Just liek the ongoing epidemic of fat inner city moms and dads “co-sleeping” with infants they roll over nad crush to death. How convenient.
They all ought ot be charged with negligent homicide or manslaughter. These are defenseless human beings they are TOTALLY responsible for. Their lives are worth nothing if these people get off with NOTHING.
And if you really love the kid, you don’t have a breed of dog KNOWN to rip little kids apart and kill them. You just don’t. You make provisions to PROTECT the kid. How about a LOCKING DOOR so the dog can’t get in if you FALL the FRICK asleep?!?!?
Idiots. Idiots with no damn common sense in their heads. And the stupid powers that be let them off. But those same powers will be happy their police force takes down a licensed carry citizen and treats them like criminals.
She had the 2 yr old feed the dog?
Some people shouldn’t have pets OR KIDS!
Something tells me there is more to this story. A dog doesn’t just one day decide to have a child for lunch.
I may get a lot of flak about this but I dont care - if ever there was an animal that deserved to be extinct because of its reputation, its the Pit Bull. Far too many people has been harmed by them both intentionally and non-intentionally.
I took my cat to the vet today for a blood test. While I was sitting and waiting for my cat, a lady came in with a handsome dog that turned out to be half Australian heeler and half pit bull. I petted her; she seemed like a nice dog. The vet tech brought my meowing cat back in his carrier . . . and suddenly that dog assumed “the stance” — you know, the one that says “THAT’S LUNCH!” I have taken my kitties to the vet many times, seen a lot of big dogs there, and NEVER had one immediately focus on my pet as food before. I got up and moved out of reach.
Is that you Chett 99?
Dude, it's a bull terrier. Geez.
“...and cruelty to animals were sought against Wildig...”
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