Deja-Vu.....another Devil Dog Mauls Young Child To Death

[joeluke]

Isn't it time they all pit bulls, mastiffs etc were destroyed to stop more families suffering?

What purpose do they serve? A vicious dog can hardly be described as a family pet?

Why would anyone allow one of these killing machines anywhere near children?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556514/Baby-girl-dies-attacked-mauled-dog.html

[society]

In my opinion, this breed of dog should not be allowed to be kept as pets.

[Baldric]

Bit hysterical TWR ^^^ even for you!
Why did you feel your first two questions needed to be repeated, was it just to pad the post out a bit?
The whole post smacks of someone who does not know dogs and/or is scared of them!

[B00]

Staffies in particular make wonderful pets society, if brought up correctly and not by some oik trying to look 'ard.

The article doesn't state what breed it was other than a "pit bull type", which tells us nothing.

[ItsNotMeItsYou]

I would prefer to destroy the chav owners. There is no such thing as a "devil dog" just devil owners.

[2sp_]

It's irresponsible owners that are to blame.

Responsible owners take precautions and safe guard the safety of others when dealing with their dog. They understand that all dogs can snap if provoked sufficiently and they train, care for and respect their animals.

Problems arise when people don't know enough about the dangers of having a dog or any issues associated with particular breeds or become complacent with their dog.

How do we stop dogs attacking and killing? Ban dogs altogether is the only answer, and that's really not going to happen.

[TWR]

Would that Hysterical answer be from someone that never read the lines properly? were they repeated?

[Baldric]

Yes they were repeated!

//How many people have been attacked by these type of dogs?//
is the same as:-
//How may people / Children have been bitten by these dog's?//
and
//How many more people are going to be Mauled / killed by these dogs?//
is the same as:-
//How many more will be attacked by these doges?//
give or take the odd typo!

[TWR]

What do you do all day Baldric? do you look at every post to pick fault? have a nice dy, Opps,I pelat that rong Opps, doe it again, put that in your book.

[sir.prize]

TWR -- this has been and remains a serious topic. Don't spoil it.

[anneasquith]

I have the sweetest gentle dog, who has never as much as growled in his life. do I know he wouldn't bite ? no I don't. because he is an animal. I would never leave a child unattended with him, and to leave a baby alone with a dog is a disgrace. :(

[viv38]

andy - you DO NOT know my dog, I do. And there ISN'T an evil bone in his body. I know it, my family knows it and my friends know it and that is good enough for us. Do not care what you think andy, not in the slightest. People like you who demonise ALL dogs, really are a pain !

[andy-hughes]

viv38 - I don't know tour dog - but I know him better than you do because I would not allow my love for any animal to blind myself to the fact that that is what he is an animal.

He is not 'part of the family', in his eyes, he is part of the pack, and any dog, even the most docile and loving dog, is a pack animal, and his instincts will override his love any day. It's genetic, it's what he is, and if you deny what he is, then you are not respecting and loving him as you should.

Don't put him in a situation where he feels his pack status is threatened, and that is for him to know, not you.

Because he is a dog, he won't sit down over a cuppa and talk it over with you, he will act and react when is instinct tells him - so if you love him, don't let him be in that situation.

I do not demonize dogs.

I do however, accept them for what they are, and not what I would like to make them.

They are pack animals, and that is something you and I cannot change - and if you are going to own and love a dog, then you owe it to him, and your family, to accept that is what he is, and live around it - not pretend that because he is lovely and docile that his instincts are not there.

They are there - which is why people find out the hard - and sometimes tragic way.

[Baldric]

As someone who's been around dogs for as long as I can remember, I was brought up to understand and respect their natural behaviour or to put it another way, their pack-instinct, 'cause whether you accept it or not it's there. I've reread Andy's posts and can't see anywhere that he's demonised ALL dogs, if I had done I would be one of the first to pick him up on it.