[SouthernFreebird]

Are you kidding....? the dog ripped the kids face apart and you expect them to keep it? I'd a put the damn thing down with my bare hands if it had been my kid.

[PeteB570]

A little was missing from the story. No dog has hands. If you step on it's tail or paw it turns it's head quickly in your direction.

Those teeth are sharp and hard. It turns and nips and a babies face can get a great deal of damage.

Until a child knows how to treat an animal or a parent sees how the dog behaves when aggravated the child should not play unsupervised with a large dog. The parent, from the story, did not see what started it.

I've had/have kids and big dogs.