Ping.
Huh?
These are the same people who vote dem.
They’re as bad as the leftist defenders of the Religion of Peace.
3 pits at granny’s house.
Why does granny have 3, count ‘em 3, pits...
It’s a low IQ thing.
You can’t fix stupid.
It’s a damn shame a small child had to pay to price for the adults in their life’s stupidity.
If you own this breed, you should be required to purchase a $10 million liability bond for any attack on a human.
Sad. That behavior isn’t limited to the pit bull terrier breed but SURE SEEMS over-prevalent with them. Said on another thread, all versions of this breed should be heavily regulated like firearms, licensing (annual) and prohibited from anyone with a criminal record. Add in $1,000,000 liability insurance to boot.
I will NEVER trust pit bulls, especially around children.
I taught Sunday School at our old church. 1980s I taught 2 and 3 year old kids. Dustin was a quiet little blonde boy, so sweet, smart and cute. His grandmother’s pit bulls killed him. He was about 4 or 5 at the time. I still grieve. His folks had two daughters after he passed, but they never had another son. People who hate cats, just remember, they won’t kill you. I was attacked at age 5 by a Cocker Spaniel. Had to wait to see if I had to have rabies shots, they hid their dog, didn’t want him tested. What was my offense that caused the dog to attack, I walked past him while going into OUR grocery store. 1956
As I wrote 13 years ago in this thread....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350012/posts
I don’t think anyone is arguing that it’s a trend but it is a set of 5 attacks on a baby in a swing.
Yes, pit bulls and other dogs have been known to go after kids with or without a swing.
But that is irrelevant to addressing these particular attacks.
It is proper to look at these instances and seek to discover any commonalities and make recommendations to prevent future attacks
A search shows the 1999 Maryland fatal attack is attributed to 2 dogs, a Chow and a Dachshund. Doesn’t say which one was Alpha.
The other two dogs will have to go unidentified for now.
We are not told is the age of the dogs and whether they had previous exposure to babies.
In one case we’re told the dog had been around since the victim’s brother was four, hardly a baby.
We’re given the ages of the victims..
Baltimore - 2 weeks
Edgemere - 3 months
Tampa - 18 days
Summerville - ??
Peru - 9 weeks
Relevant? Is 2 weeks or 18 days way too soon to be putting a baby in a swing? Does it reflect on the responsibility of the parents?
Circumstances....
baby’s mother left him to answer the front door
her mother left the room to warm a bottle for her bit baby in front of mother
had gone to the store while her husband napped
his parents slept in another room
4 out of 5 cases - baby left alone with dog
The Experts.....
Doctor of state’s medical examiner’s office suggests motion may trigger prey drive
-An Italian lady doctor, no mention of credentials, while conceding movement can trigger attack she’s not convinced, cites attacks in cribs and beds.
- Dog trainer-25 years and an Animal Behaviorist recommend desensitization
The only thing all agree on is not leaving a baby unattended.
Whether we agree or not with the experts theory on triggering mechanism
(Some Freepers have suggested jealousy could be a factor)
we can’t ignore that 4 out of 5 times these attacks took place baby was left unattended.
A look at the site I linked[no longer active] above shows contributing factors....
1994 out of 14 deaths, 4 -”Unsupervised child”
1995 out of 13 deaths, 1 -”Unsupervised child” and 1 - “Infant death”
1996 out of 17 deaths, 2 -”Unsupervised child”, 2 -”Infant death”, and 1 -”One day old infant left with dog”
1997 out of 20 deaths, 5 -”Unsupervised child” and 1 -”Infant death”
1998 out of 9 deaths, 1-”Unsupervised child”
1999 out of 26 deaths, 3 -”Unsupervised child”, 2 -”Infant death”, 1 -”Infant in baby swing”
2002 out of 15 deaths, 2 -”Unsupervised child” and 1-”Infant death”
2004 out of 24 deaths, 5-”Unsupervised child” and 1-”Infant in baby swing”
The site also shows that numerous breeds are involved in fatal attacks.
The conclusion I’m forced to draw is that leaving a baby alone with a dog is risk
and no matter how small that risk might be it’s, not worth taking a chance. The possible consequences are too dire.
All dog owners should be aware of the danger and behave accordingly.
Large breed owners should be particularly concerned since the majority of fatal attacks are by large dogs.
Small dogs can cause extensive damage and their owners should not take the risk lightly.
No one should get cocky that their dog, “the big suck” isn’t capable of behaving aggressively.
” “I still don’t feel any type of way about a pit bull,” Villasin told the Herald.”
What sort of idiot has to “feel any type of way” about it when it’s common knowledge that some pit bulls are known to behave this way. Common sense and logic should tell her everything, but no, she insists on being stupid.
Pit bulls are loving cuddly wonderful affectionate happy sweet delightful kid friendly dogs if you just don’t train them to be the killers they are instinctively.
Not all pits are like that! I don’t see what breed has to do with anything. It’s culture and upbringing. This is Democrats trying to set one breed against another. I knew a pit back in the service ...
I’ve started seeing bumper stickers that say mypitbullisfamily.com. Anyone leaving a pitbull with a child is.....
Pit Bulls are the AR-15 of dogs.
“Assault” dogs.
Pit Bulls are being unfairly “demonized”.
If it were any other breed, the headline would be...
“Dog fatally mauls 9-month-old in bouncy chair”