A horrible tragedy, no doubt about it.
However, use of a search engine will pull up endless accounts of children being mauled and killed by German Shepherds, Rottweilers, Malamutes, and Huskies.
My sister-in-law owned a German Shepherd for protection; that dog was trained within an inch of his life. If he hadn’t been, he would have been a loaded weapon for anyone who came near him. As it was, he was a potential danger to those he didn’t know, but a big, sweet darling with family. He was the best dog I’ve known. And when he reacted threateningly to strangers, as he was supposed to do, my SIL was prompt to command him to stand down.
The National Canine Research Council, in studying over 40 years of dog bites, has identified poor ownership practices as a factor in the overwhelming majority of dog bites/attacks. Some dogs may be more prone to biting (personally, I believe it’s the small, yippy ones who lead the pack, but that’s me). It’s the responsibility of the owner to train and control his own dog. When that responsibility is shrugged off, bad things happen. And when you think of all the thugs who want pitbulls and Rottweilers so they can strut around with their tattoos showing and the chain collars on the dogs, looking tough, you can begin, possibly, to understand a big part of the problem.
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