Posted on 01/29/2008 1:43:21 PM PST by Lucky9teen
A little Australian boy's face was horribly scarred by the family dog - but his mother vowed to keep the pet, blaming the attack on her son.
Two-year-old Noah Newbold is lucky to have the sight in his left eye after being mauled by his family's mastiff-staffordshire cross.
Deep cuts and scratches cover the left side of his face.
But, the toddler's mother, Alicia Cottier, said she was keeping the dog despite the attack because it had been provoked by her son pulling the dog's ears.
"People are telling me I should shoot the dog, and as much as I love my son to death, I believe Noah was annoying her. I love the dog and she's part of the family," Cottier said.
Noah is nursing a range of painful injuries after being bitten on Monday night at his home at Booral in the Hunter Valley.
Police attended the scene but said there no charges would be laid because the attack had occurred at the home of the dog's owner.
With a large cut on his eyelid, and puncture marks on his cheeks and chin, the toddler told The Daily Telegraph his pet dog "bited me."
As the child hugged and kissed the dog yesterday, Ms Cottier said the attack was not the dog's fault.
"It's not like the dog picked him up and shook him or anything, she just snapped at him for pulling on her ears," she said.
"She's a good dog, I've never had any problems with her before and I don't think it's her fault."
Young Noah agreed.
"I love Cassey," Noah said.
Paramedics who dressed the boy's wounds said he was lucky to escape with so few injuries, given his size compared with the dog.
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LOL
My sentiments exactly. Protecting children is our job as parents, even if that means removing a pet from the home, if that pet poses any kind of (mild or not) threat at harming the child.
And what would have happened if that mom wasn’t there to pull the dog off her child?
PING! Sick sick lady, the authorities should remove either the son or the dog or both.
My mother would have personally shot that dog in the head.
“And I own (and love) a house mastiff.”
House sized? Used to own one of them mini-horses myself, lol.
No dog should snap at a baby... or any human. This lady needed Cesar Millan but now frankly it’s too late — this is a dangerous dog and she is an unfit mother and unfit dog owner.
I hear ya. I have three dogs (airedales) and they KNOW that all humans are above them in the pack order. Babies included.
That’s a great point. If that dog now thinks it’s above the little boy in the pack, that kid is NOT safe. Matter of fact, I wonder if the mother is safe even. Wouldn’t it try to be dominant dog with her, too?
If she knows her kid and she knows her dog, then she’s liable for putting her child in danger by having the in proximity with each other. She should spend some time in jail.
absolutely.
Click on my screen name for a photo. He’s much bigger now, he was just a puppy 18 mo then, he’s near 4 yo and weighs 50 pounds more.
Bet he thinks he’s a lap dog too, don’t he?
Exactly.
That video is priceless! Let’s all keep that in mind whenever the gummint experts tell us how well qualified they are to train our kids and that we should simply trust them to run the gummint skools. They can’t even handle a cat!
The gummint is dangerously inept. They should be the absolutely last choice to provide anything not explicitly required of them in the applicable charter documents.
But that woman’s attitude is merely the current cultural norm: humans are a blight on the planet; animals are good and we should treat them “humanely” (PETA doesn’t get the irony). If we truly want to honor the animals, we should do as they do - hunt them down, kill them in a slow manner, and eat their flesh. That’s what they do to one another - and sometimes us.
Read “The Dog that Bit People” by James Thurber. Hilarious story.
Holy Crap...that’s a BIG dog. If he were red, you coulda named him Clifford. ;)
He was just a puppy of 18 months there. He’s nearly 4 yo now and is 50 pounds larger. I guess I need to get a new photo.
it might.
ouch. been there before...
why didn’t they have gloves handy? or a noose stick?
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