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While I have tremendous sympathy for Scott, and for the dog, the comments Kressie Warren has made show that this woman should never have dogs again in her lifetime, as she obviously doesn’t know anything abou tthem and did not have this dog trained. Dogs, pit bulls especially, get a bad reputation due to ignorant people who breed them to fight and those who perpetrate dog fighting. Not ALL pit bulls are aggressive. But all dogs shoul dbe trained and they should NEVER be left alone with children of any age. Dogs ALWAYS give off warnings; it takes an intelligent person to be able to understand the types they give off and to read these warnings. Dog owners can get this information by going to a good, positive reinforcement trainign class, such as a clicker class, with their dogs. There are also numerous books on the subject of dogs, training,and how to read a dogs ‘language’. Just a little education and this boy didn’t have to die...and neither woudl the dog have to. This dog isn’t aggressive; something either startled him, or he hea dbeen being made scared and nervous over time and when his warnings were ignored and he couldn’t flee, he attacked. A little boy, and his dog, now pay the price of a parent’s neglect in getting her dog trained and leaving her children alone with a dog. I get really sick of people blaming others, including animals, for their own mistakes. Warren paid a heavy price for her mistake - she lost her son. It’s too bad she didn’t put more thought, and training, into having a dog. Dogs aren’t toys; they’re not people with four legs and furry coats; they’re not a little kids’ ‘pal’; they’re dogs and one had better understand them and train them if they plan on bringing one into their home, and especially if that home has children in it. Ignorance cost a boy an dhis dog their lives; it’s up to all people to ensure safety for peopel and for dogs if they want to own them. To not do so, is criminal.