Tragic news out of Florida

[Canula2000]

Originally Posted by MarthaG

I would not trust a child being around a dog like a rottweiler ever.

Really?!!! I trust my rottweiler 100% with my child. It just saddens me that someone would not know their dog. This dog was not part of the family and no one knew it true character. Probably was teased and laughed at when it went "cujo". urrgh!!!!

AND this>>>>

i find it so sad that alot of people who own working breeds like this just do not understand the mentality and how to care and train them properly.

[JoJo]

Really?!!! I trust my rottweiler 100% with my child. It just saddens me that someone would not know their dog.

What saddens me and what gets our dogs in the headlines is that people don't realize that a DOG IS A DOG IS A DOG. Therefore, no matter how well trained and socialized your dog may be, you should NEVER leave a small child unsupervised with your dog. Anything can happen in a split second.

You have false security about your dog. My dog adores children, but it will be a cold day in hell before I trust him 100% with any child.

[Gunnars mom]

Number of people killed by dogs each year in the US.
Number of children killed by dogs each year in the US.

Compare with the number of children murdered by their own parents, especially mothers each year in the US. Not even close.

[poppabill]

Its always sad but (i don't know exactly what happened) was the dog a protector of food or what, i mean i had big dogs all my life i had and trained Dobes and Rotties and you start when there puppies and take there food out of there mouth and dish every chance you get. I have 3 kids of my own and 5 grand children and when my kids were small and my grand kids who are still young are here any one of them can walk up to any of my dogs and take there food dish away and my self and my wife can take raw chicken out of there mouth (we feed RAW 3 days a week), i don't have rotties any more, i now have an 8 month old male American Bulldog and 2 smaller dogs. I know dogs can flip just like humans but i think if people train there dogs from a puppy that there is not a problem with food aggression and maybe a healthy loving dog would not be put down for committing such an act of aggression.
I am sorry to the childs parents, i dont know how they feel and hope i never do but that is my oppinion, poppabill.

[Marylou Mader]

Here is my thoughts:

#1 Dog was recently adopted
#2 Dog was NOT obedience trained nor socialized properly
#3 Dog was exposed to way too much stimulations
#4 Dog was NOT being monitored by an adult on a leash or next to the dog to figure how he was going to react around children
#5 This child did NOT live with this dog

If you look at ALL the bites and deaths I would bet each of these factors hold true. I could continue the list as well...
My dogs 30 years ago grew up with my children, I no longer have children in my home, therefore, the dogs that we own now, are NEVER allowed around children without us having them under control.
The young puppy bitch they also had was probably ok, and would have been, but this male was around a year, and for all we know, had been chained up some where.
I really wish the insurance companies and the news media would diagram this problem, it would actually become a learning experience, but they wait for this to happen and then they play off the gruesomeness of it...

[poohbearsmom]

This is indeed a tragic story. Completely preventable and very tragic. That poor poor little babe.

Here comes a little editorial, because I cannot believe some of the words coming out of some very experienced folk here:

For ANYONE to unequivicably say, "my dog would NEVER bite..." that is a sore mistake. It never ceases to shock me when a dog hobbiest makes a comment like this.

Most of us have dogs that are very good with our families and children. The fact that there are as few bites as their are, given the population of dogs in this country speaks volumes for dogs.

ALL dogs and ALL children should be supervised. Period. EVERY dog has a point at which it will use it's teeth. Matters not if it's a Chihuahua or a St. Bernard. Most dogs, lucky for us, exhibit very good bite inhibition.

The child paid the ultimate price here for his parents irresponsibility, and unfortunately, our 24 hour media feed will only take the 'headline" portion of the report and run with it, rather than make it a wake up call for people to accept a dose of responsibility for what's going on under their roofs!

[Dimitri]

Originally Posted by Marylou Mader

Here is my thoughts:

#1 Dog was recently adopted
#2 Dog was NOT obedience trained nor socialized properly
#3 Dog was exposed to way too much stimulations
#4 Dog was NOT being monitored by an adult on a leash or next to the dog to figure how he was going to react around children
#5 This child did NOT live with this dog
..

in regards to your thoughts on this matter and reading this article. the owners should get a darwin award and pay a visit to dr. Kavorchian.

[KarenSasha]

very very sad. I read the article. a little boy dies and so does a one year old Rottie. all preventable

[Jim West Pa]

What is a "GS" ?
For that matter. What do all these other acronyms mean that i keep seein in the forums?
I wrote out a post asking what all the acronyms mean but i didn't get posted.

[Danita]

I think GS means German Shepherd. What other acronoyms are you wondering about? Sometimes I don't know right away either, but I do a search and usually find out.

[Terrillary]

Originally Posted by poohbearsmom

This is indeed a tragic story. Completely preventable and very tragic. That poor poor little babe.

Here comes a little editorial, because I cannot believe some of the words coming out of some very experienced folk here:

For ANYONE to unequivicably say, "my dog would NEVER bite..." that is a sore mistake. It never ceases to shock me when a dog hobbiest makes a comment like this.

Most of us have dogs that are very good with our families and children. The fact that there are as few bites as their are, given the population of dogs in this country speaks volumes for dogs.

ALL dogs and ALL children should be supervised. Period. EVERY dog has a point at which it will use it's teeth. Matters not if it's a Chihuahua or a St. Bernard. Most dogs, lucky for us, exhibit very good bite inhibition.

The child paid the ultimate price here for his parents irresponsibility, and unfortunately, our 24 hour media feed will only take the 'headline" portion of the report and run with it, rather than make it a wake up call for people to accept a dose of responsibility for what's going on under their roofs!

Agree completely with what your stated. Children and dogs need to be supervised all the time. The size of the dog does not matter. Poor baby and dog. Stupid parents and dog owners. When my grandchildren are here there is always an adult with the kids and dog or dogs, depending on who's visiting. Jake is extremely protective of his kids, so I don't trust him with other kids are around. He's never done anything, but I know if he thinks for a minute that one of his girls is getting hurt, I don't know what he would do. I hope he would do a lot of warning. But he's still a dog. Albiet a good one, but still a dog that loves to work protecting his charges.

[Jim West Pa]

Originally Posted by Danita

I think GS means German Shepherd. What other acronoyms are you wondering about? Sometimes I don't know right away either, but I do a search and usually find out.

Thanx Danita. I will have to read thru some posts and make a list of the others.