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Gruesome new details revealed of dog attack on Minnesota boy, 3, who's set to be taken off life support - with breed that mauled him so dangerous they're BANNED elsewhere in the world
Daily Mail UK ^ | July 26, 2024 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 07/26/2024 2:50:00 PM PDT by Morgana

Bystanders armed themselves with anything they could to fend off two pit bull mixes as they brought a boy to the verge of death.

A recent court filing disclosed the harrowing detail, as 3-year-old Minnesotan Covil Allen's fate is all but sealed.

The court document also revealed the dogs were not full pit bulls, but a mix between a pit and an American bulldog.

Known as American bullies, the dog's breed boasts especially powerful jaws that inflict more damage than those of any other breed.

This likely proved fatal for Covil, who remains in critical condition. His family has made the difficult decision to donate his organs when they decide to take him off life support, as they said he is not expected to survive. His mom was injured during the July 19 attack as well, but will recover.

'There were adults in the area that started to defend the three-year-old by using hammers and pick axes to get the dogs off the three-year-old,' the filing said following the incident on N. Brooklyn Park Drive.

First responders arrived and gave immediate medical attention to the boy, the filing added - describing how he was subsequently taken by ambulance to a hospital with 'critical' injuries.

Police Inspector Elliot Faust went on to write how the dogs were not only just American bullies, but those of 'the XL variety,'

He noted how 'this breed is banned in the UK,' despite them not being officially recognized as a specific breed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: americanbullies; dog; doggieping; dogs; dogsofpeace; maul; pitbull; pitbullmix; pitbullmixes; pitbulls
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To: Organic Panic

Indeed! Every golden retriever or lab pack I’ve ever encountered tried to lick me to death. Some even try to jump up and you have to say “down” and “whosshagoodboy?”


61 posted on 07/28/2024 5:37:02 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: Morgana

Just like humans, some breeds are more dangerous than others.


62 posted on 07/28/2024 6:02:19 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Clutch Martin

I still don’t see a father in the story and have to wonder why you surmised there was one.


63 posted on 07/28/2024 7:20:09 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Sirius Lee

“”Every golden retriever - tried to lick me to death.””

Absolutely - they are splendid animals. My husband and I had Dobermans and I never thought another breed could take their place. Never had a “Golden” but our daughter and family took one in during a horrific storm in December several years ago. No one claimed it and it turned out to have heart worms that our daughter and husband had treated. It was assumed that someone dropped it off because of that and knew the expense of treating such which in itself, I understand to be quite risky. He lived a good life and ended up with cancer probably 5 years later. A more lovable animal I have never seen. When we went to our daughter’s house, Cooper would lay on my husband’s feet as if by doing so, he would never be able to get up and leave...My husband wasn’t well and perhaps the dog sensed it?

The veterinarian who took care of Cooper raised Goldens and was partial to Cooper. When Cooper had to be put to sleep, he came to their house to put him to sleep; my grandson stayed home from school and neighbors gathered to say goodbye to Cooper.

I’m alone now having lost my husband and would love to have a Golden but I’m not able to care for any dog and as far as security, a Golden wouldn’t be much help - as you say... It would be at the door welcoming in a host of strangers.

Lovely animal.


64 posted on 07/28/2024 7:35:02 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

“I still don’t see a father in the story and have to wonder why you surmised there was one.”

It must have been the photographs that clued me in...


65 posted on 07/28/2024 11:51:48 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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