Posted on 03/30/2014 9:37:17 AM PDT by BBell
Little Mia Derouen, who would have turned 5 next week, died from face and head injuries after the family dog attacked her as she watched TV. Her mom dragged off the beast and barricaded herself and Mia in a bedroom while screaming for help.
A little girl in Louisiana was killed by her family’s pit bull, despite her mother’s frantic efforts to drag away the dog.
Mia Derouen, whose 5th birthday was next week, suffered severe facial, body and head injuries from Tuesday night’s horrendous attack and died at a nearby hospital, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis told WWL-TV.
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Another “bad owner.”
One of our local shelters has a total of 8 animals (including the one cat) listed. Four of the seven dogs are listed as ‘pit bull mix’.
This is a ‘lab mix’, according to them: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/28579368/
Here are the shelter’s total listings. (And that’s really all they have) http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?shelterid=AZ205
So, when you take out the cat, you’ve really got five out of the seven pit or pit mix.
Go to the ad for Lacey and tell me that’s 100% lab. (The small thumbnail on the main page says more than the other two photos.) I could be wrong, but the chest doesn’t look lab to me. This is the only one I’m on the fence about.
So, I totally agree with you. They’re advertising pit mixes as other breeds to get them adopted.
Just another loving dog that was treated so bad it turned on it’s owners. /end sarcasm.
Our shelter has its usual: one pit bull and four pit bull mixes (and some cats and a chicken).
I feel bad for a family going there looking for an affordable dog to adopt, and I think it is irresponsible for the town to enable such a situation. (The head of their shelter is a big pit bull advocate.)
‘Pit bull’ includes some larger breeds, as this opening wikipedia paragraph details:
“The term pit bull is a generic term used to describe dogs with similar physical characteristics. Usually a “pit bull” is considered one of several breeds including the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Bull Terrier, or any mix thereof. In some parts of the world, the American Bulldog and Dogo Argentino are also classified as a “Pit Bull-type” dog, despite major genetic differences. Any dog that is mixed with a “bully breed”[citation needed] may also be called a “pit bull” including those that are descended from the English Bulldog, French Bulldog, Boston Terrier and Cane Corso.[2] The pit bull is not a distinct breed which may make it difficult for experts to identify,[3][4][5] and while mixed breed dogs are often labelled a “pit bull” if they have certain physical characteristics such as a square shaped head or bulky body type,[2] visual identification of mixed breed dogs is not recommended by the scholarly community.[3]”
“Would you have an animal in YOUR house that has the ability to kill an grown adult, as well as a defenseless child.”
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Well, I have a cat. He’s snoozing on my lap right now, but he has on occasion bit and scratched me. Cats might be domesticated, but they can attack, causing serious injury or death.
Fact is, any cat or dog could attack, with potentially lethal results. Personally, I wouldn’t have a pit bull, but it is unfair and potentially dangerous to assume that by avoiding pit bulls, you are 100% safe.
Chett 99 was right.
Think you may have that backwards.
Omg... Yes, of course. Anything can be lethal. Your pet snail could crawl up your ... But it won’t rip the face off of your child.
Words mean something.
A pit bull is what has been historically meant as a pit bull.
To assert otherwise is an example of
the same type of foolishness that seeks to redefine marriage.
The language is always changing and to deny that is futile.
I went to the link. Better keep the cat on the list. Dang, it looks more thuggish than most thug dogs.
Black cats are the least likely to be adopted.
but it is unfair and potentially dangerous to assume that by avoiding pit bulls, you are 100% safe.
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I’ve not heard anyone suggest that on this thread, or any other dog thread I’ve read here.
“That Aussie in the bottom pic looks just like the one who was part of our family until she died at 15 years-with either an Aussie or that Border Collie, as long as the kid isn’t running, the dog won’t try to herd it...”
That dog may be a Border Collie. Purebred Aussies generally don’t have prick ears, and there are such things as blue merle Border Collies. Then too, we can’t see the tail. There is enough variation of both breeds that sometimes they are hard to tell apart. I currently have two Aussies and had a previous one, so I am very tuned in to their looks.
Thanks-I wasn’t thinking about the ears, but you’re right-and you can’t see if it has a docked tail. I’ve never seen a blue merle Border Collie-only the tri-color ones, and black and white. I’ve only had the one Aussie-we were so heartbroken when she died-albeit in her sleep-that I knew another Aussie would only remind me of her-I now have a Siberian Husky-they live a bit longer.
No animal, especially a prey species, should ever be left alone with an infant, double triple especially if they are a very young infant.
They are just too small a wriggly, yummy smelling, mewling creature to be left with a carnivore. I don’t care how tame or domesticated it is, the sight/sound/smell of a very young infant can too easily trip the predatory instinct of any animal.
There is always a risk, no matter how infinitesimal, so just don’t spin that wheel.
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