You are just FULL of information. That’s good. But seriously... every one of them has been a tangent. You do know this... right? I mean, are we ever talking about dog bites? A dog bites man is a non story. This was a little girl having her HEAD RIPPED OFF to the bone of her skull!!!
Don’tcha think we should stick to that? I sure as heck don’t wanna hafta agree with you AGAIN over some point I never made or desired to make. You could probably find we agree on 90% of it. So, let’s not play there.
It’s this 10%... ATTACK. From a dog that was older and that they did NOT have very long and had an unknown history.
I say that it is just too risky... and stand by NEVER. For small children. And say, as I have 16 times now, or more, adults for adults. Puppies for babies.
THAT simple.
You get an 8 year old adult dog, of which you know little to nothing, and turn it lose with your 7 year old, you might as well just TELL it to bite them. That about what I said to start this ball rolling, right?
Just trying to steer us back to the 10%. Unrepentant. I stand by it.
Don’tcha think we should stick to that? I sure as heck don’t wanna hafta agree with you AGAIN over some point I never made or desired to make. You could probably find we agree on 90% of it. So, let’s not play there.
It’s this 10%... ATTACK. From a dog that was older and that they did NOT have very long and had an unknown history.<
One part of the dog's present, we know from the article and I quote:
Meg was lucky that he was on his chain and it happened just on the edge of the chain.
If you want one action that increases the likelihood a dog will bite someone, a child in particular, you put that dog on a chain. This dog was NOT a housedog. It was chained, junkyard style, in the back of this family's yard. That makes a huge difference in the entire episode. People who chain dogs need to realize the danger in which they put themselves, not to mention the danger in which they put their children.