[Immerito]

I’m willing to bet several things:

1) Grandma was not the alpha of the pack.

2) Grandma left the room and left the dogs alone with the baby.

3) Baby was not in his crib or otherwise out of the reach of the dogs.

4) Despite the neighbor’s anthropomorphism, the dogs were not “jealous” of the baby. Apparently those dogs did not recognize the human as being part of the pack.

[Immerito]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4559608/Baby-mauled-to-death-by-dogs-had-more-than-20-bites.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4612106/Baby-savaged-to-death-by-dogs-as-grandmother-slept-inquest-hears.html

#2 & #3 confirmed.

[Peter from Rutland]

Give this man a cigar.

And yes, otherwise known as a pit bull.

[WestwardHo]

“After midnight”

The child was tormenting the dogs.

(photo of the grandmother?)

[Varda]

“I’m willing to bet several things:
1) Grandma was not the alpha of the pack.”

Unfortunately, many women fall into this category. They lazily ignore obvious problems explaining to others how they “spoil” their pets.

Laziness also explains leaving the baby out of a crib unsupervised and within reach of a pack of dogs which as you rightly point out don’t consider the kid part of the family.