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Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms (Rottweiller Kills Girl)
KABC TV 7, Los Angeles ^ | August 2, 2004

Posted on 08/03/2005 10:19:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee

Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms

GLENDALE — A Rottweiller ripped a toddler out of her mother's arms in Glendale, dragged the child up a driveway and mauled her to death, police said today.

The dog, which belongs to the victim's grandparents, pulled the child from her mother's arms about 7 last night in the 2300 block of Via Saldivar, said Sherri Servillo, a Glendale Police Department spokeswoman.

The infant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Servillo said.

The woman was housesitting for the child's grandparents, Servillo said, adding authorities received a "hysterical 911 call" after the attack.

The dog is being held by Pasadena Animal Control, she said.

The woman holding the child was also holding a hose and watering a lawn when the 150-pound Rottweiler attacked, said Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz, calling it a "horrific and tragic incident" that has shocked crime scene investigators.

He said the dog dragged the infant several feet down the driveway before mauling her. The mother suffered no major injuries.

After being notified of the attack, Glendale police officers went to the place where the victim's father works in Pasadena and drove him to the hospital where his child was pronounced dead, police said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: baddogcarl; believethemsm; blitheringidiots; breedofpieces; dogattack; glendale; itwasontv; pasadena; peoplearestupid; poorinnocentchild; rottweiller; shootem; whereisambroseat
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Unfortunately for you, a resume like that doesn't count for crap around here. Fat-asses who sit in front of their computers all day obviously know FAR more than you do about your life's pursuit...I mean, after all, they can just look it up on the Innterrrnet and become instant experts. I know, because after 30 years of working in aviation, I was flamed on an aviation-related thread as having a "thin resume" and generally not knowing anything about it. I'm convinced the majority of the Freepers anymore are snotty teens and young adults who don't have squat for life experience, but know everything about everything because they can just look it up on the Innterrrnet.

FWIW, I agree with you completely. My breed of choice is German Shepherds; I have had several throughout my life including some that came from rescue shelters with pretty rough backgrounds. They are incredibly intelligent and caring animals (not to mention beautiful) but I have been unfairly criticized by neighbors and family in the past for keeping "attack" dogs. I guess some folks are just not dog people and will always fear what they don't understand. Too bad, they're missing alot of fulfillment in their lives.

221 posted on 08/03/2005 11:33:27 AM PDT by liberty_lvr (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com

Yes, you expanded on what I was trying to succinctly bring to this discussion.

What you have said in no way contradicts what I have been trying to warn people about.


222 posted on 08/03/2005 11:34:26 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: bmwcyle

LOL! Thanks, that made my day!


223 posted on 08/03/2005 11:35:02 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: patriciaruth
I raise wolves. The are not the "Big Bad Wolf" that society makes them out to be.

I have never been threatend by them or felt nervous around them. They are sweet and loving and have accepted new animals in their pack with a total lack of violent behavior, only curiosity and acceptance.
224 posted on 08/03/2005 11:35:16 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
The rottie is not the "Alpha male" of the pack, the owners are the "Alphas." He is just the top dog in the household, UNDER the owners.

But the owners (the g-parents) were gone. The dog was disoriented and upset, I'm guessing. (See 151.) Here is a "new owner" with a new "top dog" (the baby) getting all of the love and affection, leaving the rottie as third fiddle. Just getting kibbles and water and ignored, while the baby is showered with attention.

Peering into the rotties "thought process," I'd say the rottie was extremely upset at the "revolution" which happened in the household with the "new owner" and the "new top dog" (the baby."

This was a recipe for disaster, IMHO.

And when a 150# fanged beast goes berserk, it's not like a poodle or even a lab.

225 posted on 08/03/2005 11:35:23 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Shyla

My wolf hybrid always tried to kill my other bitches puppies. In the wild in a pack only alpha's are allowed to breed.


226 posted on 08/03/2005 11:35:24 AM PDT by BruceysMom ("Scott Peterson is such an amature!"-Michael Shiavo)
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To: little jeremiah
People can pretend that all breeds are the same

Ok, WHERE did I say that? Actually, never mind. Have a good afternoon.

227 posted on 08/03/2005 11:35:26 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: liberty_lvr
I'm convinced the majority of the Freepers anymore are snotty teens and young adults who don't have squat for life experience, but know everything about everything because they can just look it up on the Innterrrnet.

Good post. Without Google, many here wouldn't know what to say about anything. With Google, they think they can argue any point.

It's almost comical getting into heated discussion with some, when I know the gaps between their posts are filled with Googling the subject so they can reply with a "knowing" retort.

228 posted on 08/03/2005 11:36:30 AM PDT by Skooz (If it isn't a baby, you're not pregnant)
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

Ahh, the Beslan approach. You're 100 yards away (nearby enough?), what good is that 45 going to do? By the time you get into reliable range (where you don't kill the hostage also), the hostage is already dead.

http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/factfile.nsf/0/7322d78f08368e198525627b00654175?OpenDocument


229 posted on 08/03/2005 11:36:56 AM PDT by dmz
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To: kstewskis; Lee Heggy123
Come to think of it, I've never seen a person who claims to be from Pomerania...

Thats because there are no people in Pomerania just a bunch of dogs, and a few cats to be chased and treed. :o)

230 posted on 08/03/2005 11:36:57 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Shyla

Your wolves are not in the wild facing privation, where hierarchy determines who eats first and those at the bottom don't eat at all.


231 posted on 08/03/2005 11:37:16 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: Travis McGee
Your son's playmate needs surgery after being bitten by a lab, and that's terrible. If the dog had been a 150# rottie, he would have needed a coffin and a tombstone. World of difference

There is a large difference between facial stitches, no matter how sad, and dead.

First, I was addressing the comment that labs are "never" mean; an obviously false statement. But since you appear to be asserting that a Rottie attack will end in absolute death whereas lab attacks only end in sad little stitches and years of reconstructive surgery, I'm wondering where you got your stats?

232 posted on 08/03/2005 11:37:38 AM PDT by Capagrl (Liberal - a person so open-minded their brain has fallen out)
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To: liberty_lvr

The German Shepard is the prince of dogs.

Sadly, like my custom made Kimber .45, they too, sometimes fall into the hands of idiots and then we get all this hysteria.


233 posted on 08/03/2005 11:37:57 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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To: GummyIII

"Well, how come people never make Labs or Goldens mean?
It's in the breed,"

repeating a lie doesn't make it factual

You need to do some research.
And you can start off here.
Most recent attacks by all breeds from
Golden Labs, Siberian Husky,Terriers,Bulldogs,German Sheperd,Mastiff,Akita,Dalmation,Great Dane, Chow, Boxer,even Paris Hilton's Chihuahua, http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm

And I already posted the Humane Society's assessment. And here is the link:
http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/dangerous_dogs.html


234 posted on 08/03/2005 11:39:36 AM PDT by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: patriciaruth

I believe you said a wolf would attack other's pups as a way of life and I said that is absolutely false.

Perhaps I misunderstood you.


235 posted on 08/03/2005 11:40:18 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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To: Shyla

BTW, I am a great admirer of wolves. Maybe that is why Samoyed is my dog of choice.

But it is nuts not to see the danger that dogs and wolves are to young children that are not from their own pack.


236 posted on 08/03/2005 11:40:41 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: BruceysMom

I have both pure wolves and wolf hybrids. I find that the hybrids are unstable. When these two pass I will not own another. The wolves are sweethearts. Anyone could take the male, put a collar on him and talk him for a walk - he may walk you, but Storm would love every second of it. My female is shy and will hide from adults she doesn't know.


237 posted on 08/03/2005 11:40:49 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: rhombus

"Has anyone tried to purchase homeowner's insurance lately? You get extensive questions about whether or not you own a dog... What kind of dog? Is it a "dangerous breed"? A mixed breed? What kind of mix?"

Yes! I went to get a quote to see if I could lower my insurance, and was refused because my mutts are half Lab / half Huskie (same litter) - in spite of the fact that the one that got most of the Huskie is the sweetest dog on earth (okay, one of em ;-)). I never thought of Huskies as being on the "dangerous dog" list, along with Rottweilers and Pitt Bulls, but I guess some bean-counter decided anyone who owns a dog that has even SOME of those evil genes in it should be denied house insurance... arrrggggh....


238 posted on 08/03/2005 11:41:41 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Capagrl; GummyIII

"Studies indicate that pit bull-type dogs were involved in approximately a third of human DBRF (i.e., dog bite related fatalities) reported during the 12-year period from 1981 through1992, and Rottweilers were responsible for about half of human DBRF reported during the 4 years from 1993 through 1996....[T]he data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF in the United States between 1997 and 1998.... thus, there appears to be a breed-specific problem with fatalities." (Sacks JJ, Sinclair L, Gilchrist J, Golab GC, Lockwood R. Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998. JAVMA 2000;217:836-840.)

90 posted on 08/03/2005 10:48:15 AM PDT by GummyIII


239 posted on 08/03/2005 11:41:46 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: GaltMeister

I think I remember seeing a piece on the History Channel about how Archaeologists unearthed an extensive layer of ancient squeaky toys and water/food dishes in Eastern Europe...One of those Bill Moyer things.


240 posted on 08/03/2005 11:42:13 AM PDT by Leg Olam ("A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of." B. Franklin)
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