Wish I had a buck for every time I read that.
3 pits in an apartment?
shessssh.
Poor kid.
This has nothing to do with them being pit bulls. There are just as many deadly attacks by collies, golden retrievers and beagles.
Pugs again?
And I forgot English Cocker Spaniels, another equally deadly breed.
Those poor sweet pit bulls. I can only imagine how frightened they must have felt when they saw 20 month old baby charging at them. A Golden Retriever would have reacted no differently to the sight of a child.
When you have to lock up your dogs while having visitors, there is something wrong.
Reminds me of the time, living in the Bronx, when my Aunts bff, who lived across the hall, her oldest grandchild was living with her and had a German Shepard named Rocky.
Rocky was out for blood. Apparently there was no training this dog. It was actually smart enough to unlock the front door, get out and attack the mailman. Rocky took about 1/2 of his calf.
After that, they had to padlock the front door, as well as the bathroom door (padlock, with lock and key). The bathroom door was padlocked so we could go and visit Mary.
I don't think it's the breed of the dog, but what it is trained or NOT trained to do. We also had a German Shepard. Anyone could come and go into our apartment without being attacked.
The only time Dukey attacked was 1 - when a bullish girl decided to try and attack my sister while she and my Aunt were out walking Dukey. He didn't get her. 2- While my Aunt was bringing back Dukey from his walk, a stranger was apparently following her and stuck his foot into the door so she could not close it. Dukey went on the attack and the perp ran away.
One other time, with my fab Duke....there was a German Shepard that lived all the way up the block from where my Aunt & Uncle lived (when we lived in the Bronx, we would go spend the summer in the "country"). Duke was getting old, so we decided to have him live in Long Island.
This German Shepard from up the block, got loose and came onto our property. We were all little kids and were absolutely frightened. Dukey took this dog and literally threw him into my Aunt & Uncles metal screen door.
This dog ran away and we were saved.
3 pit bulls in an apartment must explain why the unattended child didn’t drown in the backyard pool.
There is a real problem here with parents who take their children to visit people who have pets and don’t take exceptional precautions to know both the pets and their potential interaction with a child.
They never mauled to death the little girl before.
They were such nice dogs.
And for the guy who wished for a buck everytime they say that, ME TOO! I’d be rich and retired.
The attack occurred Friday evening while the child was laying on a blanket on the floor of one room of the third-floor apartment, the New Haven Register reported. The dogs had been in another room but somehow got out. It wasn’t clear whether anyone else was in the room when the attack occurred.
http://m.upi.com/m/story/UPI-82611317519301/
This breed and any other with half of its genetics needs exterminated !!
live link per post above
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
(I can never remember which is who...)
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