Posted on 12/22/2009 1:02:38 PM PST by solosmoke
A 2-year old boy died this morning after being bitten by the family dog.
Cape police, fire, and EMS were called to a report of an animal bite with injuries at 7:41 am in the 200 block of Southeast 45th Terrace.
The dog, a Weimaraner, was confiscated by Lee County Animal Control.
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I am a dog lover myself but am aware that one must be extremely careful with dogs around infants and small children.
no way.. i thought only ‘pit bulls’ attacked and killed small children!
I have been around weimaraners my whole life, currently have two that live inside. This is hard to imagine as they seem to be so loyal to their families, mine are very protective of my kids, and will stand in front of them when other dogs are around.....This is so sad!!!!
Yep, all dogs, especially hunter-types like this one need to be socialized/supervised with kids at a young age if you expect them to be around young children or non-canine pets. Not normally a maliciously aggressive breed, this is absolutely terrible.
I’ve got a ridgeback, great with small children, but had we not socialized her with the cat, she would have no problems with taking them down. Kills darn near anything that comes in the yard, with the only exception of cats and frogs/toads, which she was taught to avoid. Squirrels, rabbits, snakes, lizards, and other critters..not so lucky.
ML/NJ
That’s PETA’s plan.
Prayers for an innocent.
Sad. RIP.
Whats amazing is that this is the first dog attack death in Lee County Florida in many years, and I can tell you from experience that Lee County is FULL of Pit Bulls, the nasty type too, since the owners there tend to be jerks.
It doesn’t have to be a pit bull for it to be tragic, unfortunately. Hopefully these incidents will prompt people to look into responsible ownership laws instead of focusing on fell-good laws that have so far had no effect on the number of serious attacks. It would be wonderful if everyone who wanted pets would just do a little bit of research. This incident involved a male dog, but there was also a female weim there. It could have been a breeding pair, but so far they have not released whether the dogs were intact.
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