Pit bull attacks child, mother attacks pit bull...

[Newell Steamer]

I take it the mother will now have her door kicked down, beaten and arrested for harming this poor animal.

Life in solitary confinement, at the very least.

 

[werepossum]

What idiot would watch another's person guard dog and worse what idiot owner would drop his dog off like this. Pits, Dobies, GS, Rottie, and etc. These are not toy dogs you just pick up and drop off at someone's house. Everyone involved here was quite stupid. Let alone let the dog walk up to the child with no restraint.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It is the dog's owner and the woman's fault. To kill something off because its aggressive when its an animal is not the fault of the animal. Guard dogs are not toy puddles or lovable beagles. They have instincts that make them to the kind of dogs they are and you have to use certain precautions with them. Period. There is a reason the zoo tells you not to feed the zoo animals. I feel bad for this little girl and everyone involved, but the adults in this situation were careless.

Well said in both posts. It's the parents' responsibility to protect their offspring, not society's responsibility to provide a safe world. Some of EVERY breed of dog will bite. So will some cats. A parent has no business assuming a dog is harmless without specific assurances from the owner. AND in addition, a parent has the responsibility of knowing that some breeds cannnot be trusted, period. As Halik points out, breed is orders of magnitude more important in determining whether a dog is likely to bite. There is also a huge difference in biting behavior. A chow dog or Dalmatian is prone to biting, but probably only once or twice; it's mostly a territorial behavior. A pit bull who bites will usually attempt to kill what it bites.

 

[dabuddha]

Anybody thinking it's the breed is a fucking idiot and you should be put down.

Any dog if not trained or if trained improperly (which in a lot cases would be pit bulls, mm wonder why lets see if any you fucking geniuses can figure that one out) will be more prone to attack.

So lemme run this by you since you blame the owner and think the breed has nothing to do with it. How about we make a new law that if your dog happens to maul someone and seriously injures them, the owner should be incarcerated for a minimum of 10 years and if the victim of the mauling dies, the owner should be put to death. Since you're so confident that the breeds are just fine, you should see no problem with this.

But of course since you have no leg to stand on and you're talking out of your ass, you'll just go respond with a personal attack

 

[realibrad]

So lemme run this by you since you blame the owner and think the breed has nothing to do with it. How about we make a new law that if your dog happens to maul someone and seriously injures them, the owner should be incarcerated for a minimum of 10 years and if the victim of the mauling dies, the owner should be put to death. Since you're so confident that the breeds are just fine, you should see no problem with this.

But of course since you have no leg to stand on and you're talking out of your ass, you'll just go respond with a personal attack

I dont think there should be a mandatory minimum, but I would agree that the owner should be held accountable.

If I park my car on a hill and forget to put the parking break on, and the car rolls down the hill and hurts/kills someone, I would be to blame. If I hurt/kill someone with a hammer, I am to blame.

Now, if I dont use the object to purposefully hurt/kill then it is no longer murder, but manslaughter. I dont see why a dog would be any different from a hammer?

 

[bshole]

Probably the safest thing to do is outlaw the breed altogether.

 

[MagickMan]

If you outlaw pit bulls, only outlaws will have pit bulls.

WTF is a "pit bull" anyway? Growing up we had a Staffordshire terrier (aka. an Amstaff), he was a big, powerful brute (80lbs), but the friendliest dog I've ever been around. However, everyone thought he was a "pit bull" and were terrified of him. Sure, he was protective of us, particularly my sister and I, but he never harmed anyone. In my early teens, my sister is a few years younger, he was often our babysitter until my mother came home from work.

The point is, a large group of dogs have been categorized as "pit bulls", when in fact only a couple breeds are known for having a potentially anxious temperament, meaning they need to be kept from small children, because kids can make unexpected sounds and movements that startle those dogs. Don't punish one just because people don't know how to properly handle the other.

 

[peonyu]

I had a dog who was mauled not once, but twice by pitbulls, and that breed is rather rare around here. In both cases the dogs were loose and paid no attention to people but once they got wind of my dog they pounced. A small kid would probably catch their eye to, and breed definitely plays a role, it plays as much of a role as a Shepherd dog does when it comes to herding sheep...You wouldnt use a pitbull to herd sheep you use a Shepherd Dog since they are bred for it and WANT to herd sheep [a pit would likely start mauling the sheep]. Pits were bred to fight other dogs and they do it well, they also have a tendency to attack small animals, kids included.

 

[Orignal Earl]

I have to wonder how many lives these dogs have saved?
People have no problem blaming bad owners when they shoot their kid cleaning their gun.