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http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/apr/25/dogs_fatal_attack_on_boy_baffles_family/
This happens more often that owners and lovers of large breed dogs would like to admit. I guess we each have to make our own assessments of the risks of ownership. More often than not, it seems that the dogs involved are not known for prior aggression. Still, the outcome is sad. I love dogs. But I am yet to have one that I felt was worth owning at the risk of my child or grandchild's life.
http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/dec/14/pit_bull_kills_toddler24970/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6222319.stm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/05/MNGQAD3UJ61.DTL
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/nov/12/pit-bulls-maul-woman-west-knox-county/
I won't post any more of these. And yes, shepherds, rotts, and other large breeds can be just as fatal in their attacks.
I wholeheartedly understand how attached people can become to their dogs whatever the breed. I once had a friend whose dog tried to attack my three year old daughter. Luckily, he and I were there and in a position to intervene. I didn't take my daughter back there. "Bandit" was put down not long afterward when she killed a neighbor's horse.
I spend a lot of time in people's backyards in my service business. I've only been bitten once and that was by a toy poodle. The owner knows now to keep the dog secured in the house when I come there to do service. She knows that I am serious when I say I will knock her precious stone cold dead if attacked again. I always enter yards with a 3/4" socket wrench or hammer in my hand now. If a person calls me for service and fails to secure their animal, and I am attacked I will own them.
You guys are right. It isn't the dog, it is the irresponsible owner. The problem is that it is others and the dog who pay the price from owners lack of responsibility.
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This happens more often that owners and lovers of large breed dogs would like to admit. I guess we each have to make our own assessments of the risks of ownership. More often than not, it seems that the dogs involved are not known for prior aggression. Still, the outcome is sad. I love dogs. But I am yet to have one that I felt was worth owning at the risk of my child or grandchild's life.
http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/dec/14/pit_bull_kills_toddler24970/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6222319.stm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/05/MNGQAD3UJ61.DTL
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/nov/12/pit-bulls-maul-woman-west-knox-county/
I won't post any more of these. And yes, shepherds, rotts, and other large breeds can be just as fatal in their attacks.
I wholeheartedly understand how attached people can become to their dogs whatever the breed. I once had a friend whose dog tried to attack my three year old daughter. Luckily, he and I were there and in a position to intervene. I didn't take my daughter back there. "Bandit" was put down not long afterward when she killed a neighbor's horse.
I spend a lot of time in people's backyards in my service business. I've only been bitten once and that was by a toy poodle. The owner knows now to keep the dog secured in the house when I come there to do service. She knows that I am serious when I say I will knock her precious stone cold dead if attacked again. I always enter yards with a 3/4" socket wrench or hammer in my hand now. If a person calls me for service and fails to secure their animal, and I am attacked I will own them.
You guys are right. It isn't the dog, it is the irresponsible owner. The problem is that it is others and the dog who pay the price from owners lack of responsibility.
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