2 year old girl attacked by dog

[dizzyisacow]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260070/Girl-2-jaw-ripped-family-dog.html

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im going to be alot more careful with my dogs and lo from now on.

 

[AppleBlossom]

I hate hearing these stories. No matter how placid and friendly you think your dog is they are just as capable of turning nasty as any other dog, even the ones you would normally associcate with attacks like pitbulls and staffys. Poor girl, hope they get rid of the other dogs now to a home where there is no children

 

[dizzyisacow]

I hate hearing these stories. No matter how placid and friendly you think your dog is they are just as capable of turning nasty as any other dog, even the ones you would normally associcate with attacks like pitbulls and staffys. Poor girl, hope they get rid of the other dogs now to a home where there is no children

should i delete it hun? i dont want to cause upset

 

[AppleBlossom]

No sorry, I didn't mean it like that lol I just mean there are so many stories about small children being killed or mauled by dogs and it's just so sad

 

[dizzyisacow]

yeah i know.. its awful. no one expects it from their dog

 

[dani_tinks]

Should never trust a dog alone with kids.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

No-one expects it because i think people are a little bit blinded by their love for their dog, but at the end of the day no child should be left alone with a dog and its sad to hear of this happening so often, i know alot of people keep dogs and have small children and they get on quite fine... but for how long ?!
Sad story, wish people would start learning from these unlucky peoples mistakes


Sorry i should add, That is me just saying i don't trust dogs.. not that i think people are bad for having children and dogs ... incase it came across wrong

 

[sparkle_1979]

I have three dogs one being a doberman and I dont let them near Ruby, they know her, know she is part of the family and see her in the garden and on walks when she's in the pram. They sniff her blankets and get to go up to her and have a little sniff, but thats it...Apart from that I just am not taking the risk. I dont think they would hurt her but they are big daft dogs and would accidentally hurt her playing so to me dogs and babies are just a no no

 

[Abz1982]

WHY have a french bullmastiff if you have children?! And in a semi! Sorry, I know all dogs arent bad, but I do believe that certain breeds should not be kept in a 'family' situation. They are bred to imobilise poachers - and are powerful guard dogs!

NOT a family pet!

 

[sparkle_1979]

I quite agree. Saying that I have a doberman but then again I've had her 6 yrs, but she does not have contact with the baby. Thankfully we have over an acre garden so they are loose all day and have kennels outside, not ideal as they were house dogs, but I have to put the baby first and they still get lots off attention and have each other to play with x

 

[JASMAK]

I think ANY animal can be vicious under the "right" circumstances. They are animals...and cannot communicate their feelings. A helpless child could have unintentionally provoked (not saying this is what necessarily happened here). NEVER leave a child alone with ANY animal...no matter how safe you think your pet is. Alternatively, the child could hurt the animal too. How tragic. That poor baby is going to have scars for the rest of her life.

 

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[Stef]

So sad, poor little girl.

Its not just small children they can turn nasty on. We rescused a doberman when I was 15, he was fine for a while we had him almost a year, my mam, stepdad and I were sat in the living room and I stepped up from the couch to get a drink from the kitchen the dog jumped up pinned me back and bit my face, I was rushed into hospital in the next town from where we lived at the time because the A&E department was unable to treat me due to the injurys. It partically tore one of my eye lids in half and i had puncture wounds in my jaw/cheek.

About 4 weeks after that I was home alone getting ready for my weekend job when the dog had opened the kitchen door and came pounding upstairs where i was sat on my bed, each time i went to get up it growled so i sat still for a while then i moved again to stand up and it pinned me to the bed and went straight for my face again i managed to turn my face into the bed and get it off me and ran into my mams room and closed the door to use the housephone to ring my grandparents to come and help me and what i thought was salavia from the dog in my hair was down my neck turned out to be blood which i only realised when i went to put the phone down and the white phone was red. i had to have another lot of stitches on my head.

needless to say the dog went after that and we never had one from a rescue centre again.

We had always had dogs, usually boxers, i think you tend to put alot of trust into your own dog and you can never be too sure.

x

 

[fulltimemum]

awwww poor girl i feel for them all xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


since we had that run in with the staffy i walk a diffrent way to the bus stop on a moring and get my borther to come with me i am terrifed of a dog getting hold of one of the kids the kids always run on the feild on our way back from the school i have since stopped this incase a dog comes running over and gets hold of one of them

 

[special_kala]

simple dont leave a dog alone with a child of any age no matter what there temprament or how much you trust them

poor girl x

 

[polo_princess]

How sad

Fair play to the dad, but do you know what, i bet he gets into trouble for it

 

[aly888]

That poor girl I agree with what the majority of you are saying,about not leaving dogs and children unsupervised!!but I got the impression from that article that the neighbour claimed the father was playing with the dog then looked away for a second?so maybe the dog was hyped up?! not saying that its anyones fault it happened.just that we take dogs' "loyalties" for granted sometimes!!
I do not condone him stabbing the dog to death though I wonder if they took the vets up on the offer of behavioural training before this happened?!
My thoughts are with the little girl xx

 

[special_kala]

That poor girl I agree with what the majority of you are saying,about not leaving dogs and children unsupervised!!but I got the impression from that article that the neighbour claimed the father was playing with the dog then looked away for a second?so maybe the dog was hyped up?! not saying that its anyones fault it happened.just that we take dogs' "loyalties" for granted sometimes!!
I do not condone him stabbing the dog to death though I wonder if they took the vets up on the offer of behavioural training before this happened?!
My thoughts are with the little girl xx

I have to agree with this. There are much better ways of dealing with the situation humanly and surely he should have been with his daughter rather then attacking the dog

 

[JASMAK]

That poor girl I agree with what the majority of you are saying,about not leaving dogs and children unsupervised!!but I got the impression from that article that the neighbour claimed the father was playing with the dog then looked away for a second?so maybe the dog was hyped up?! not saying that its anyones fault it happened.just that we take dogs' "loyalties" for granted sometimes!!
I do not condone him stabbing the dog to death though I wonder if they took the vets up on the offer of behavioural training before this happened?!
My thoughts are with the little girl xx

I have to agree with this. There are much better ways of dealing with the situation humanly and surely he should have been with his daughter rather then attacking the dog

I agree too...BUT...we were not there, and under stressful circumstances (seeing his daughter's head being torn off) I can't say exactly what I would do, KWIM? Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[Duffy]

My dog has bitten twice due to food agression we are very careful with him and once the baby came he not allowed unsupervised with her. Just a sniff and that it. We have tons of babygates everywhere including a huge dog pin the backyard and there will never be a moment where she left alone with are dog/we also have two other dogs.

A dog is a dog no matter how much we love are pets and want to believe they will never bite, then can and many do. For me its my responsibility to make sure my daughter has a dog free zone and her comfort and safety comes first. We never let are guard down and this story just confirms what happens when we do no matter the age of the baby/child or even adult.