Thanks for the link. I tried to post the same story this AM, did a search, but the title was different from your article, so I didn’t see it.
Anyhoo, the source I was posting from is not allowed on FR due to copyright issues.
Hard to imagine a Weim killing a child, but I think it was a singular bite, that unfortunately was in the neck area.
The Weim was 8, and had been a family pet. We have an 8 year old Weim and a 4 year old. The 8 year old we’ve had since she was a pup, the 4 year old we adopted 2 years ago (female 70 lbs, male 90 lbs.) We’ve never had a bite, but I still don’t trust them when children are in our home, especially toddlers. Any dog can bite, this story is so tragic because I believe if the bite had been in another area of the body, it would have been just that, a bite...not a fatality.
I agree, any dog can bite, if allowed to. I have noticed that with stories that don’t involve certain maligned breeds, the dog simply “bites”. However, dogs don’t have the ability to bite a chunk of flesh away like people can (yes, it’s been done!). Their mouths are designed to tear by shaking side to side or pulling/gnawing, so all the “bite” accidents that cause major damage or death were probably more than that, in my opinion. The weim that killed the baby was with a female. I am not sure if they were intact, but if so, that definitely could have triggered some aggression.