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Dad 'empty' after 9-year-old Detroit girl killed by dogs
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | August 20, 2019 | Jeff Karoub

Posted on 08/20/2019 1:54:47 PM PDT by artichokegrower

A man was in police custody Tuesday in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl in Detroit who was mauled by three dogs despite efforts by neighbors and her own "heartbroken" father, who lamented that "she was gone when I reached her."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: attack; death; detroit; dog; doggieping; dogs; mauling; michigan; pit; pitbull; pitbulls
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They were only able to shoot one of the dogs. Too bad
1 posted on 08/20/2019 1:54:47 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

I don’t know what to even say.


2 posted on 08/20/2019 2:04:47 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: artichokegrower

I don’t have to read the article to know the breed of dog.


3 posted on 08/20/2019 2:05:17 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: chris37

Pit bull owners tend to be poorr. It’s like ‘I may be on the bottom of the economic totem pole but on this sidewalk you are going to get off’.


4 posted on 08/20/2019 2:07:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: CaptainK

Yes, years of breeding them to be fighters and protectors.

We raise English Setters (bird dogs). Took them outside one day around a bunch of birds at 8-9 weeks and those pups went nuts, shook like crazy. From hundreds of years of bird dog breeding.

Other breeds we have had at that age don’t even look at birds.


5 posted on 08/20/2019 2:11:40 PM PDT by setter
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To: artichokegrower
Hernandez said the dogs lived at a house behind his, and he had an argument last week with the neighbor about them. Hernandez says the dogs weren't properly restrained and the fence was too flimsy. "I knew the dogs were there. I knew the neighbor," he said. "We had an argument about it just last week and he just didn't take care of his dogs properly. He could have prevented this."

He should not have let the little girl ride her bike in the area, at least not without being there armed to protect her. It would be like letting her ride next to the house of a neighbor who is a known child molester.

6 posted on 08/20/2019 2:13:17 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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"...three dogs, described as pit bulls or pit bull mixes..."

Did. Not. Even. Need. To. Read.

7 posted on 08/20/2019 2:14:11 PM PDT by skimbell
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We need back ground checks for dog owners.


8 posted on 08/20/2019 2:18:53 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I wonder where all the Democrats calling for the banning of Assault Dogs are?

How can we make sure this never happens again?

/s


9 posted on 08/20/2019 2:20:38 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: artichokegrower

My friend volunteers at an animal shelter near Downtown Cleveland. 90% of the dogs they get are stray pit-bulls from the East Side. I have told her its yet just another form of welfare she is providing.


10 posted on 08/20/2019 2:24:24 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: setter
We raise English Setters (bird dogs). Took them outside one day around a bunch of birds at 8-9 weeks and those pups went nuts, shook like crazy. From hundreds of years of bird dog breeding.

I had a Golden Retriever pup that had never seen water. I took him out to a local pond and he jumped right in and swam like a duck.

My Sheltie has never seen a sheep, but he herds like a champ.

Dogs do what they've been bred to do.

11 posted on 08/20/2019 2:24:48 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Retvet
We need back ground checks for dog owners.

I wouldn't mind having owners of "bully" breeds being made to put up a sizable bond for their good behavior. It might make them a bit more circumspect about how they raise and look after their dogs.

12 posted on 08/20/2019 2:26:15 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: artichokegrower

Poor little thing, God Bless her.


13 posted on 08/20/2019 2:27:43 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Beaver dog chases beavers.

14 posted on 08/20/2019 2:30:05 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: chris37

Speechless? I, too, can’t fathom the tragic results of a dog owner that was so careless to not keep the dogs securely penned.
I feel empty just having read the story.
The vicious propensities of several breeds of dogs should be considered as dangerous as an assault weapon. There are too many stories like this. Not mass killings in a school but robbing a little girl of her future life, to me, is the same.
I have three daughters and two grand daughters.

Only “one of the dogs was shot?” That is another tragedy...


15 posted on 08/20/2019 2:33:01 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: CaptainK

Yep. Dont know why people keep them as pets. Last year two women in two separate incidents were mauled to death just walking them.

Here’s one I found...

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/357403663-video


16 posted on 08/20/2019 2:33:41 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: artichokegrower

I conceal carry just in case I run into a pit bull.Have a Taurus Judge with two shotshells for spray then go in for the kill shot. I despise them and their owners.


17 posted on 08/20/2019 2:38:06 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: BatGuano

I think had I been the unfortunate father of this child who was killed in a manner so horrible that I cannot even fathom it in my mind...

There would be three dead dogs, one dead dog owner and either me in prison for a long time, or me on my way to reunite with my daughter in the sky.


18 posted on 08/20/2019 2:38:39 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

My cousin owned pit bulls for years and was an apologist for them. The breed could never do harm according to him.

Funny when his daughter had their first grandchild she told him if the pit bulls were still there grandpa and grandma would never see the grandchild. She knew the dangers.

Funny how fast he adopted those dogs off.


19 posted on 08/20/2019 2:41:56 PM PDT by setter
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How did such a dope raise a smart daughter?


20 posted on 08/20/2019 2:47:09 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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