Where’s Chet99 when you need him?
Chet, wherever you are, you were right.
RIP.
I have a neighbor that has a HUGE pit bull in the yard next door. The dog simply loves me and every time that I get next to the fence he comes over, stands up on the chain link fence and wants me to pet him....and I do. He loves it.
However, run the lawn mower by the fence and he becomes the most vicious animal you have ever seen. Even after you turn it off he is still trying to tear the fence up.
With that type of personality I would NEVER trust him with a child.
We know a young couple who got married and bought a Pit Bull pup. They raised it right, and made a very big deal about how gentle and loving the dog was. Then when the wife got pregnant, they suddenly found that there would not be enough room in their three-bedroom house with a yard for both dog and baby, so Uncle took the dog.
I talked to the wife later. She said that they had painted themselves into a corner going on and on about how gentle the dog was, but were not willing to take the risk with the baby. I told her no one would fault her for doing the right thing.
They now have two kids and a Basset hound, in the same house. Plenty of room for the Basset!
People with pit bulls deserve dead babies.
Pit bull safety: 7 attack triggers
It’s no secret that dogs can bite. It also shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that pit bull attacks tend to be the most severe of all. The ongoing study of serious and fatal dog attacks conducted by the animal people organization since 1982 indicates that pit bulls, at around 5% of the dog population in the USA, account for more fatal and disfiguring attacks on humans than the other 95% of dogs combined. Several medical studies have shown that the most severe dog bite trauma seen by ER doctors is nearly always inflicted by pit bulls. A 1986 dog attack study showed that pit bulls are 600% more likely to attack their owner than other dogs - and the pit bull attack statistics have been worsening in recent years.
I won’t take a side in the debate about who is responsible - bad dogs or bad owners - for the growing number of pit bull victims. That’s a topic that has been debated elsewhere and will continue to be debated for the foreseeable future. What I would like to do is help bolster public safety by raising awareness of the sorts of things that can trigger a pit bull attack. A little knowledge can help avoid these scenarios, and make one less likely to suffer a pit bull attack.
Fortunately for this victim the pit bull that attacked her was only 4 months old
Here are 7 deadly triggers to avoid:
1. Attempting to discipline your pit bull. Really.
2. Attempting to intervene when your pit bull attacks another dog.
3. Slipping and falling on the ice while walking your pit bull. Really.
4. Being trapped under a car that falls on you while you’re working on it.
5. Handing out peaches to passing children.
6. Going out to feed the horses.
7. Taking a walk on a Sunday afternoon.
This list of 7 triggers is fairly representative, but by no means complete. For a more comprehensive treatment, please consult this list of it bull attack triggers compiled by the fact checkers at dogsbite.org
References
“Are pit bulls different?” - Randall Lockwood, Kate Rindy
“Mortality, Mauling and Maiming by Vicious Dogs” - Bini et al
Dog attacks, deaths and maimings, US & Canada - Merritt
They are fine if you are going to have pit bull fights-otherwise they should be outlawed
Easily explained...it’s like posting a comment about how people are way too wrapped up in their dogs to the exclusion of concern for humans and watch how the startled humans attack...over a statement of truth.
It’s not the breed. It’s the STUPID owners/parents. They should be arrested for endangering the welfare of a child.
THREE DAYS old?????? and you let an animal within striking distance of your child?
This is moronic. I don’t care what “breed” of dog. I wouldn’t trust my Lhasa Apsos near a newborn baby.
Oh, and it wasn’t just the noise. I’ll bet being on the bed was the dog’s territory that the baby was invading. The dog would also be jealous of the newborn, seeing it as competition for the affections of it’s owners.
How DUMB are these people? Ignorant parents, ignorant pet owners.
“A pit bull.”
No way!!!! That has to be a first
There’s something seriously wrong when a dog will turn on it’s own “pack.” The dog was mistreated and trained to be aggressive is my first guess.