dog attack little kid killed :(

[Flamin'Nora! 50]

anybody see this story in the news very sad and tragic

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8627361.stm

[Tallyho 181]

Poor little girl , my heart goes out to the family .

[hogs head 19]

just read it mate very sad that mate god bless the littel girl may she rest in peace

[freem 25]

just read it there now, poor little girl...

what can you say in a situation like that?

my little girl had her first birthday this day last week, if anything happened to her i honestly don't know what i would do.....

 

may she rest in peace.

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

That's terrible, what a shame and a waste of life.

[fitchet 788]

thinking about the family its bad owners though not bad dogs

[atuddy 179]

R.I.P little girl

[tb25 4,627]

rip little one

[CorkyJohn 808]

Can't understand why people take chances with dogs & kids. My dogs were kenneled outside just before my daughter was born. People may have total confidence in their dogs but there's always that chance. Can't imagine how the family must feel, my heart goes out to them

[Hannah4181 260]

Terribly sad news . . . . It is IMO another example of AM bulldogs, badly bred to produce an immensely powerful, and often human aggressive dog. I wouldn't have one full stop, and i'd certainly never have one around children. I'm not being "breedist" . . . But i've heard nothing but bad about Am's, and know of at least 14 that have reached maturity and become aggressive, all now have been destroyed.

 

 

It's shocking.

[kikki1982 6]

what a shame ma heart goes out to the family ! i have two kids of my own and would never want anything to happen to them ! never mind an attack from the family dog what a flamin shame ! the girls life hadnt even started and such a painful end to her wee life R.I.P wee angel

[RicW 67]

The wee lass's 32 yr old uncle owns the dog. He is in custody charged with manslaughter.

 

Ric

[bird 9,969]

Can't understand why people take chances with dogs & kids. My dogs were kenneled outside just before my daughter was born. People may have total confidence in their dogs but there's always that chance. Can't imagine how the family must feel, my heart goes out to them

 

Spot on, dogs+kids dont mix. Any dog could kill a small child, but a powerful dog ,they should locked up in a kennel+run. What a waste of human life .

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Tis a very tragic thing indeed.

 

But I don't agree with the kids and dogs don't mix idea. I think if you are a family with kids and you keep dogs, kennelled out or not, you are responsible for teaching the dogs about kids and the kids about dogs. It's a must. You have to be ever vigilant with them, this I know having two dogs and three kids in my house But dogs should be exposed to children so they learn that small, squeeky, fast moving humans are in fact NOT things they can play with. And kids need to know how to behave around dogs.

 

Keeping big powerful breeds like that and not being extra cautious is a disaster, we see it time and again. What a shame.

 

And I hasten to add, I have crates in my house for both dogs, and when I'm not going to be around to supervise, the dogs go in the crates. I've had dogs around my kids since they were crawling and I've not had an incident yet because I don't leave them together unattended

Edited April 19, 2010 by lurchergrrl

[RicW 67]

We are back to dodgy owners vs dodgy dogs. I remember when my daughter was about 6, we were walking along the canal footpath. There was an Asian guy walking towards us with his dog, off its lead but to heel. The dog was a Rottweiler, about 120 lbs worth. Big mean b'staard. My wee lass, who is damn near as mad as me, shouted "Nice dog dad", ran up and threw her arms round its neck and gave it a BIG KISS ON THE NOSE. Whereupon this savage attack killer dog lay down, rolled over and had a really good tum scratch. The owner had trained it properly. End of.

 

Ric