Posted on 10/25/2024 2:57:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A heroic 13-year-old girl 'made every effort possible' to save a one-year-old boy from a pit bull but tragically was unable prevent his death.
Jiryiah Johnson was supposed to be in the care of his babysitter, Heather Rodriguez, 36, when her pit bulls mauled him inside her Converse, Texas home on Monday.
Rodriguez had left the child alone with her teenage daughter and the three violent dogs.
When the dogs started to attack the baby, the teenager desperately tried to protect him but ended up in a 'tug-of-war for the baby' with one of the dogs, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
'She made every effort possible, even lifting that baby over her head, but my understanding is the dog climbed onto something and was able to get the baby out of her hands,' he told KSAT.
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Hopefully those mutts are six feet under.
Outstanding kid!
Let me guess:
Right up until they murdered that baby those dogs were the sweetest things.
As should Heather the supposed babysitter.
There were no adults around. The mother had left the baby with a 13 year old.
The parents are now facing charges.
I don’t know about now, but it used to be common to have a 13-year old babysitter.
True. And it used to be common that people didn’t keep killer dogs around.
Not so. Per the story there was an occasion when the dogs trapped someone inside his car. She had notice of these dogs’ vicious tendencies, and I think it’d be easy to make involuntary manslaughter stick
"In cases like this, he doesn't blame any dog breed, but the people who raised them."
So, the sheriff doesn't get it, either.
Now, an adorable little boy is gone. Imagine his last terrified moments...
He wasn't the first child, and he won't be the last because people refuse to believe this breed is a problem.
You think the owners aren’t accountable?
A gallant effort by the 13 year old.
Where is Chet99 when you need him?
Of course. The owners are accountable for owning that breed and keeping it around children.
I used to watch all 3 of my sisters toddlers when I was 12. Triple stroller, would walk them to the mall to get a sweet roll.
I babysat when I was 14. My dad always stayed up until I got home. I saved up enough money to get contact lenses.
I started babysitting at age 11, but those families didn’t own vicious dogs.
True. But at least he was more tolerable than the killer dog excusers who loved their “fur baby pitties”.
I don’t see them people around anymore. Perhaps they got eaten by their dog.
This boils my blood.
When will some people learn that the various breeds of dogs were selectively bred over many years to have specific characteristics? Pointers point, retrievers retrieve, herders herd, etc., etc. and pit bulls were bred to attack and fight and hold actual bulls. Most of them probably don’t have any bulls around to display their inbred instincts with these days.
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