They accuse people who disagree with them of being callous while making flippant comments about a dead baby.
It’s kind of ironic.
That's a nice catch. Like when libs complain about Bush's spending whilst Obama is tripling it.
I have 5 children and all were raised around Dobies and/or Rotts. It's about parental responsibility...you have to simply not leave a child unattended with something that on a whim could kill it or an innate circumstance that can kill them.
Dog, gun..if they can pull the trigger, swimming pool, open windows, solvents etc.
But even then no matter how hard you try accidents happen. I think these folks were no doubt negligent. A new dog, a pit bull at that and somehow the baby wanders out in the yard while they are asleep at midday. It sounds pretty negligent parent oriented.
I'm surprised admittedly that it was a female...my male dogs have historically been far more aggressive than females.
A large territorial dog in a family which should be pack adjusted with usually the alpha human male as leader and the rest of the family as fellow pack members in the dog's eyes should be fine but even then they have to be vigilant about toddlers. And a big guard type dog will still not acclimate to strangers. Most really see themselves as equals to those below the alpha human...Dad or Mom even but some really headstrong dogs won't submit to the pecking order period. My last red Dobie male would never roll over and have the tummy scratch submission and he always had to place his paw above your leg or his head or something to telegraph his sense of dominance. He would listen but still was very self aware.
I like Pits but I fear there are a lot that have been very abused with terrible owners and should not be around toddlers no way. No one would take a solo master well trained perimeter style kill anything gets in the fence type guard dog and turn it loose around a squealing toddler. It would be stupid....same difference
Godspeed for the child...damned shame.