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sad thing is the daddy had asked his parents not to let the toddler near this Rott who was known to be mean..don't know how it happened....that is often the case with kids and dog attacks...they might wander in the pen or near a run or whatever...just like a pool or pond or substation or any danger zone

this is the first dog attack I have ever known of personally...I've owned a lot of big guard dogs and never had any problems around my wee ones but you sure have to keep an eye out especially around any dog that shows hostility like that

child is lucky to be alive...unlucky to be bit

as of today there were 600 stories on Google for “Rottweiler attacks” and 241 for “Pit Bull Attacks”

I would guess aside from the obvious propensity for aggressiveness consideration that dog attacks are proportional to numbers...used to be more common with Shepherds and Dobies etc

Culture and movies really provoke this....I'm surprised some wiseassed tort lawyer hasn't sued Hollywood studios over the Omen for Rotts or Gangsta Videos for Pits since this really pushes the demands for breeds...like the Incredible Dobermans or Magnum PI which came later did in early 70s (for kids who don't remember...Dobies were like Big Macs in the early 70s...everywhere)

I think Pits really doubled up because not only big demand push but the demand came from a lot of unsavories....

anyhow....this has put my wife and I on alert for our dog and those that prowl our mini farm and out smaller ones....