Stooooopidity is sometimes criminal. Fry her.
Why would they arrest the dog?
Since the dog had never been reported before, there doesn't seem to be any reason for the family to suspect that it would attack the child.
My baby girl used to fall asleep in her bouncy chair alongside me right there in the livingroom plenty of times. She wasn't on the floor, but the chair was just a few inches off of it. A large dog could easily snap her head and yank her out.
Just one of the reasons we didn't get a dog until my kids were all much older.
Since the dog had never been reported before, there doesn't seem to be any reason for the family to suspect that it would attack the child.
My baby girl used to fall asleep in her bouncy chair alongside me right there in the livingroom plenty of times. She wasn't on the floor, but the chair was just a few inches off of it. A large dog could easily snap her head and yank her out.
Just one of the reasons we didn't get a dog until my kids were all much older.
Not enough info in the article to determine why she was arrested. It seems to me that she’s being treated as guilty (of something?) until proven innocent.
“The baby’s father, 32-year-old John Mitchell, asked a Waldo County deputy to shoot the Rottweiler to death, McCausland said.”
Quote from earlier article:http://bangordailynews.com/2011/04/13/news/frankfort-girl-7-months-mauled-to-death-by-family%E2%80%99s-rottweiler/
Police in Tennessee do not arrest parents if family dog bites or mauls the kids...regardless if Rottie, Chow or Pug...whatever
They do file a report with animal control and the dog must be quarantined for 10 days...even in serious attacks they do not arrest the parents unless serious direct and collateral neglect is involved
In serious attacks the animal control folks will request euthanasia of pet
This case based simply on article would not result in charges here
That said...the poster who said don’t leave Brutus alone with toddler is right
Dogs are beasts...they can turn on you without warning and if its a big dog and the victim is a baby..it can be tough
Dogs for some reason can lash out at unsuspecting kids for no ready reason to ascertain even though otherwise a great dog
And of course some dogs give tells that they will bite almost anyone but alpha male master...or a strong female owner...so you know going in what’s up but I have seen great dogs just snap and nip or worse bite or moderate puncture wound attacks....never happened to me but I’ve seen my own dogs over my half century lash out....if their eyes black out and the get low and tense looking up then you better watch em...my advice...wonder I never got bit
Dogs can be unpredictable...you gotta watch the big boys
I have a yorkie of 5 lbs, the cutest love of my life. I would not give him access to an infant and go to sleep. Even tho HE thinks he’s a person, he’s a dog. A dog even who idolizes children.
I certainly think she should not be in custody of a two year old child if she left the child at risk with a rottweiller. She’s going to have to live with this the rest of her life. I see no benefit to jail time and criminal charges, unless they have information regarding habitual ‘deliberate’ abuse or neglect of those children.
I also had a best friend who was my bosses rottweiller that shared my yard. I like to sit a lot on the porch, drinking my coffee and enjoying the garden or reading. She loved to get up in the swing with me and put her head in my lap. A couple of times during periods of sadness or distress she would put her head in my lap and cry with me. Pitiful little whines. And she would put herself in my lap and try to hug me around the waist. I also watched (out the window) her pounce on a coyote that decided to get in the yard and get our cotton-tail bunnies. It died within seconds. When I would watch the little cotton-tails, she would watch too and look at me almost smiling. She never touched my bunnies. Did I ever leave her alone with my yorkie? No.