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I do hope the child is all right. This is a tragedy for him, as in addition to physical wounds, there are surely mental wounds that go along with trauma like this. My heart goes out to him. He's likely on a long road to recovery both physically and mentally.

That being said, dogs are territorial. These dogs were confined in their yard, according to the report. This child went into the yard uninvited, and the dogs did what dogs are quite capable of doing, regardless of whether they are rottweilers, labradors or poodles. In addition, there was more than one dog, so it's likely they fed off each other's agitation (pack mentality).

I rather agree with Heather on this one; when we were kids, we rang the doorbell and ASKED to get our toys back. When we were kids, our parents supervised us as well.

This is a tragedy that could easily have been prevented by more responsibility all the way around.

Very sad indeed.