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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: Romish_Papist

"Rottweiler's are to dogs as bullsharks are to sharks. Many sharks will bite you, then leave, but the bullshark might just rip you to shreds. It's just in them to do so."


Bad analogy. You cannot domesticate a shark or a lion or a rattlesnake. These dogs have been domesticated for a long, long time. The only exposure most people have with rottweilers is when they read about an attack in the MSM or see their neighborhood thug being being pulled by one. You never read about the dog protecting people from attacks unless you went to the ARA or AKC just like you would have to subsribe to the NRA's magazine to read about gun owner preventing attacks. Spend some time with responsible owners and their dogs....sure they will be biased just as NRA members are biased. Better yet talk to K9 crews in law enforcment and the military and let them tell you about their rottweilers, german shepards and dobermans (and other breeds).


241 posted on 08/03/2005 11:42:21 AM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource Federal Judiciary and US Senate to India, NOW!)
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To: altura

Agree with you..My friend acquired a golden retreiver that had been beaten and abused by his former owner...The dog is a huge baby..Not a mean bone in his body but,he is scared to death of hoses and brooms[The objects he was beaten with]This dog had been abused for 3 years before my friend got him..He is the sweetest dog there is..You beat a rotty or pit bull and I'll bet they are ready to tear the neck off the next owner...


242 posted on 08/03/2005 11:42:29 AM PDT by fishbabe
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To: BruceysMom

Sorry - I read your post wrong. You are correct about the issue of two females having pups - I mentioned adding from outside the pack.


243 posted on 08/03/2005 11:42:37 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: Travis McGee

LOLOLOLOL!!!!

"pit bull-type dogs"


LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!


244 posted on 08/03/2005 11:43:06 AM PDT by Skooz (If it isn't a baby, you're not pregnant)
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To: dmz
People might start shooting them before they actually attack. Say, like when they are seen running around the neighborhood off their leash. That might wake a few of these owners up. Boy, the sickos would wail and howl louder than when they kill human children. Especially the fat, hypoglycemic white-trash women owners.
245 posted on 08/03/2005 11:43:49 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Agreed.

BTW, thanks for the spelling correction!

;o)

246 posted on 08/03/2005 11:43:59 AM PDT by liberty_lvr (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.)
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To: Travis McGee

I'm not arguing with you. You might be correct. There might be more to this story, too.

An average dog will flee, if squirted with cold water from a hose. Best way to break up a fight.

I knew some guys who's dogs started fighting and they kept pouring scalding hot water on them and couldn't understand how come they kept fighting harder.

After I put out the fight with cold water from the hose, I explained why what they were doing was wrong.


247 posted on 08/03/2005 11:44:23 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
I believe you said a wolf would attack other's pups as a way of life and I said that is absolutely false.

You are absolutely wrong that wolves and dogs don't ever attack pups and children of others than the alpha female.

248 posted on 08/03/2005 11:44:56 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: BruceysMom

Wolf hybrids are a completely different story and should not exist.


249 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:07 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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To: Kokojmudd

Pretty odd that some act as if Rottweilers roamed the plains in packs before they were "domesticated."


250 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:16 AM PDT by Skooz (If it isn't a baby, you're not pregnant)
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To: patriciaruth

Your post no. 231 - Try telling them that! Their is definite heirarchy as to who gets what. It is just mainly a showing of teeth and snarling but not biting or attacking each other.


251 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:29 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: Chuzzlewit
we did plenty of training on our German Shepherd and our Anatolian Shepherd. man, were they obedient--- to us! But you couldn't trust them around kids..

Repeat after me:

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train... [/SARCASM]

252 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:31 AM PDT by Romish_Papist (Papist. Veteran. American. Conservative. Tattooed. Pierced. Questions?)
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To: Skooz
Hehe. How true.

Great tagline, too!

253 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:36 AM PDT by liberty_lvr (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.)
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To: altura

"Well, how come people never make Labs or Goldens mean? "

That is total BS. I grew up with a Lab Retriver mix that was naturally hostile to other dogs and certain people.
Any dog bread can be a problem. Especially those with a tendancy to be loyal.

The problem with Rotties are the idiots who live vicarously through their dogs. It isn't so much "making" them mean, but seeing them as a weapon.


254 posted on 08/03/2005 11:45:44 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Shyla

Dogs are hybrids and are
"unstable," especially if the breeder doesn't cull the vicious or nutsy ones.


255 posted on 08/03/2005 11:46:46 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: patriciaruth

The Alpha is responsible for feeding the pack. They control the food supply.

They feed the pups first, then the weak and sick, and they will eat last or not at all.
As I explained in post 210 the hierarchy changes often due to the demands of leadership.


256 posted on 08/03/2005 11:48:02 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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To: Pravious
Here's the list of the so-called "most dangerous":
Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Doberman Pinschers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernards, and Akitas. My dog (no longer with us) was a mix of a couple of these. He was very nice but people profiled him all the time and some would act terrified around him. I used to call him my N-word dog.
257 posted on 08/03/2005 11:48:19 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: GummyIII

You inferred that golden/labs weren't capable of attacking and I proved you wrong, now if you want to "move the goal posts" fine but there are only around 10 or 20 deaths a year I think from dog attacks! helloooo???

more people die from guns, cars and even from drowning in the swimming pools????
I guess you'll want to ban cars, guns and even swimming pools next! LMAO


258 posted on 08/03/2005 11:48:24 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 agree with you about possible dangers. I take great strides to protect my wolves with double fencing, underground fencing and electric fence:)

I do understand - they are what they are and accept that and the responsibility that goes along with it. The odd thing though is, my female, who is very shy around strange adults, pee's with excitement whenever a child comes around. The wolves love children. My daughter helped raise the wolves from pups and they think she is one of them. However, when she goes into the enclosure to play with them, I go too, wouldn't have it any other way.
259 posted on 08/03/2005 11:50:34 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: Pravious

I pay a fortune for my four Rotties, but nothing for my Great Pyrrenes who could kill all four at once if he was so inclined.

Of course, he's not, he's even cuddlier and cuter than they are.


260 posted on 08/03/2005 11:50:47 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (Google search CFR North American Community.)
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