Posted on 04/20/2009 2:56:25 PM PDT by Chet 99
Toddler Mauled By Dog May Lose Ear
Posted: 5:10 pm EDT April 20, 2009Updated: 5:22 pm EDT April 20, 2009 ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. -- WARNING: This story contains graphic details and may not be suitable for some readers.
A 4-year-old Rockdale County boy faces skin graft surgery after a pit bull mix named “Chaos” attacked him.
The boy’s mother said she literally pulled her son from the jaws of the dog and boy’s stepfather fought the dog as it kept attacking.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Jeff Dore went to the hospital to talk with the boy’s stepfather about what happened.
“He’s an animal lover. He loves on them, kisses on them,” said Brian Caron. Caron is the stepfather of 4-year-old Nathaniel Stafford.
When Caron came home from work, Nathaniel’s mother asked him to help her find Nathaniel.
“The next thing I know, I heard her screaming bloody murder and I came running around the corner and I saw his skull hanging out and his ear hanging onto his shoulder. I’d never seen anything like that in my entire life,” said Caron.
A pit bull mix named Chaos was shaking Nathaniel by the head. The dog belonged to a friend of Nathaniel’s parents who had left it chained to a runner in their back yard for about a month.
Nathaniel’s mother pulled him away from Chaos. Chaos, who bit her too, continued to lunge for Nathaniel. Caron said he had to fight Chaos off.
Nathaniel had nearly lost an ear and his scalp was gone.
“It tore it off and I had to recover it. I had to go back with the cop to the house and pick it up and put it in a bag and he brought it back to the hospital to the life flight,” said Caron.
A helicopter life-flighted Nathaniel to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, but they were not able to reattach his scalp and will have to graft skin.
“Right now they don’t know if they’re going to be able to save his ear or not. They said if they can’t save it, they’ll at least put an ear on for him. Whether it’s fake or not, he’ll at least have an ear,” said Caron.
After 10 days in quarantine, the county will euthanize Chaos. Chaos was lawfully chained on a runner and the county said no one will face charges.
Keeping a pit bull chained up for a month will just make it even more aggressive/unpredictable. Even the best of dogs can be made bad if they're habitually chained.
Wrap an M-80 in some lunch meat and then throw it into the dog’s mouth.
There is no reason to have a dog with that kind of jaw power and tenacity and especially no reason to have one around children. Sure most pits are fine enough but why risk it? How often do you hear of beagles or labs ripping somebody’s face off? Sadly those least able to care for such a potentially dangerous animal seem to be drawn to pits.
I’m sorry for the child and family. The animal should be put down, but this is not indicative of dogs in general and I believe dogs of all breeds can make fine pets.
Lying-misleading headline!
It was a “pit bull mix,” not a pit bull. Try to get your facts straight if you’re going to post hate articles.
"Sure most pits are fine enough but why risk it?"Gee sounds a lot like:
Sure most gun owners are law abiding, but why risk it?
Care more about what it did, not what it is.
Either your comment was in jest or your skills at drawing analogies are stunning poor. You cannot compare a gun which is something the owner has complete control over with a dangerous animal which has a mind of its own.
Compare this to the Pit in Michigan who took offense at the guy beating his ex-wife. The dog just chased him off and didn’t bite. Too often Pits are involved in stories like the one detailed in this thread. That is why my household has been a home to Boxers, Poodles, and German Shepherds...
Well, the anti-pit brigades will show up now to tell us it doesn't matter that the kid was improperly supervised, in the wrong yard and (according to his own parent) almost certainly doing something to the dog that should not be done to any strange dog.
It doesn't matter because the magical power of pit bull genes compelled the kid into the yard, dontcha know.
I'd also like to know where the information that he's a pit mix came from. Given the photo, I suspect there's less to that aspect of this story than the text would indicate.
You need reading lessons. I said “gun owners,” not guns.
Chet - you should just start a I hate Pitbulls website and get it over with...seriously.....
And 99% of the Freepers will fully support you protecting your family and property in this matter.
On the other hand, the way I read this story was that an UNSUPERVISED 4 year old wandered into the property of a person who had a dog chained up on THEIR property. Dog bites kid. If true, the parents have no one to blame but themselves for allowing their child to wander freely through the neighborhood. Hence the reason that the story states that no one will be charged.
And the thugs who turned their dog into a monster will decide their pit wasn’t badass enough, and move on to whatever other breed they think makes them ghetto-fab.
Symptom vs cause
Tool vs criminal
I would do the same, and I’m a pit owner myself.
Loose dogs are bad news.
Hate articles. Gee, we’re so sorry this creature (whatever it was) almost tore a toddler to bits! How DARE anyone get it’s bloodline wrong??????
sheesh. REALLY
sarc still on!
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