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For those of you who think that dogs can be trusted.

Posted: Oct 26, 2010

Humans are more important than a stupid dog! I don't care if they think it was neglect. The fact remains the dog killed and never had shown signs of aggression! Well guess what??? It sure showed signs of aggression this time, didn't it???

This is just like I thought... dogs can never, ever, ever be trusted! EVER!!!!

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Too bad.... - mom of 2 dogs

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they could not euthanize the idiot parents for leaving the baby where the dog could reach it. I have 2 big dogs (not pits, but I have nothing against them) and I would never leave them alone with a newborn, more because I would be afraid they might try to sit on her or snuggle her too much. This was 100% the parents' fault. I love my dogs and trust them more than I do most people, but the bottom line is they are still carnivorous animals and should be treated as such.

Sometimes male dogs (wild or domestic) will kill the - pups of a litter outside their family group.

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Doesn't mean the dog wasn't aggressive, but could be reason why it became so. Plus, let's face it. It was a pit. Aggressive characteristics are what they're bred for, and although domestication can bury those instincts pretty deeply, they're never completely gone.

Size is another issue. Pits are relatively big, and very powerful in relationship to their size. I'm more of a cat person these days, but know that if domestic housecats were the size of pitbulls or German Shepards, they would probably be outlawed as pets. If cats were the size of German Shepards, then what you would basically have as a pet is a young mountain lion.

Agreed 100% - Papillon Mom

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Dogs are dogs and will always act like dogs, and due to the breed- and bloodline-specific characteristics passed on through genes, I would never leave a child alone with a pit or any other dog no matter what type.

Thanks for basing your post on common sense instead of knee-jerk emotionalism.

It's the same when neighborhood pets run loose, - form packs, and attack livestock. (sm)

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The dog owners, thinking they're perfectly within their rights to let their dogs roam free, say, "Oh, my little Schmoopsie would NEVER kill anything!" No, maybe not while lying on the living room sofa by the fire, but when they get into the pack mentality or the prey drive, all bets are off when it comes to what they might kill.

Animals just do what millions of years of evolution has hard-wired them to do.

Well, kind of cynical and naive to - Papillon mom

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group all dogs together based on news articles. There are NO bad dogs, only bad owners. I have had dogs my entire life but it's common knowledge don't leave animals and children unattended. Stupidity kills, and unfortunately in this case the parents' stupidity killed their child. But don't use that as an excuse to be a dog-hater. They're just like cars, sleeping pills, guns, etc. They don't kill people without a HUMAN exercising stupidity.

To Papillon mom - Christine

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First let me say I completely agree with you. I also wanted to say that tonight when I came home a man in my neighborhood was walking a gorgeous Papillon who was nine months old. I just love this breed and told him I wish I could have 1,000 of them. So much is said about the potential for dogs hurting people. Look at the thousands of dogs a year who are abused, tortured and killed by people. I agree the situation has to be monitored when their are small children involved. You make an excellent point about cars and guns, etc.

You can not group all dogs together - cl

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There are certain breeds that are more likely to be aggressive than others. Pit bulls are known to be so inbred that they are one breed of dog I would never trust. I have been raised around dogs all my life, and large dogs at that. I was raised with English Setters when I was a child, then an English Springer Spaniel, a mixed Lab/Irish Setter, and for the past 13 years a Lab and a Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Lab mix who has recently passed on. I definitely would have trusted any of my dogs in my life around young children, but a three day old child has to be slowly introduced to the dog, as the dog can have jealousy over the new addition getting all the attention. All of my dogs all my life have been very protective of babies, in fact when my sons were infants, the dogs used to sleep in the nursery under the crib and was very protective over my babies. If the baby woke up in the middle of the night and cried, the dog would come and nuzzle me with his nose to wake me up. My latest dog that just passed was the friendliest, sweetest dog you could ask for and he would just lick you to death if you were a stranger, but I never doubted that if someone was ever to be aggressive towards a family member that he would be there to protect. I think this is a very unforunate situation, I would trust my life with most dogs.

Only evil dislikes dogs. - Unreal

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Oh how awful!! - anonymouse...

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I learned the hard way you can never trust a child and a dog no matter how sweet that dog is. Before the incident with a child being bitten by my pitbull I never ever would have thought it. My dog was startled out of sleep so that played a part, but you just can't trust a big dog like that not to hurt someone. I still have him but he stays outside now in a fenced in backyard. I also put a lock on the gate so no child can say oh look at the big dog and go in there. It is locked and I have the key. He is not viscious but he don't like to be approached by strangers and that makes him dangerous. Also he doesn't like for someone to get down in his face. So he is not around kids anymore or actually anyone but me and my husband. He is so sweet but he is sooo strong. That is what makes him dangerous. My sis-in-law and brother-in-law have 2 boston terriers in the house with their baby who is 2 months old now. After the experience I went through I was kind of iffey about them staying in the house with the baby but she said well they are much much smaller than a big pitbull so they can't do the damage a pitbull can. That is true but I still wouldn't leave a baby or child with any dog now no matter the size of the dog. The other day a friend of hers came to visit who had a 1 year old. Well naturally the 1 year old wants to grab at the dog and pull on him and the little dog snapped at the baby. She didn't bite the baby but tried to. I don't know how much damage a boston terrier could cause but I know they can bite like any other dog.

The same for all - Kitty

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Just like people so often surprise us and do bad things out of character, so are all living beings vulnerable to such things. I guess it's best to always assume anything could happen.

Such a horrible tragedy. The truth about life is so disillusioning.

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