Brooklyn(Md) infant is killed in home by family pit bull

Baltimore Sun ^ | August 9, 2003 | Jessica Valdez and Alec MacGillis

[Brooklyn_Park_MD]

This news upset me, people in Brooklyn(Md) feel sorry for dog. I don't feel sorry for anyone who have pit bull. I think all Pit Bull should be banned from USA, Europe bans Pit Bull.

[Consort]

Pit Bulls are not pets.

[Crawdad]

Pit bulls love kids.

[mtbopfuyn]

I don't believe a word of it. Rewrite it with the baby died at the hands of the parents and to cover it up they held the dog's mouth on the baby to provide marks and then I'll be a believer.

[sinkspur]

Rewrite it with the baby died at the hands of the parents and to cover it up they held the dog's mouth on the baby to provide marks and then I'll be a believer.

Yep. Sounds like white trash to me.

the baby's parents left the infant alone briefly while they stepped outside to smoke cigarettes.

I'd wager the dog didn't have damn thing to do with it.

[thegreatbeast]

The pit bull and a few other breeds might be overbred but the real culprits are the idiots who encourage ferocity in the breeds by training or abuse. All the gansta and tough guys who need to 'represent' are the root cause. But this just might be the best thing after all. No one would want this child suffering the ravages of second hand smoke! (Don't flame me, this is what caused this child to be unprotected- the nazism of thetruth.org.) And how about the Pet Psychic:""The dog didn't intentionally hurt the child," said Michele Schmidt, who lives across the street." Ms. Schmidt could see right into the heart of the late Jigga. And what about a platoon of cops taking 15-20 shots at a dog? Holy Mary, Mother of God, is this the best we can do for law enforcement?

[rdb3]

Pit Bulls are not pets.

Yes, they are. Negligence is the fault here. I wouldn't leave a newborn alone with a German Shepherd let alone a Pit, so what were these parents thinking?

[nothingnew]

Read this story again...what the hell is it talking about?

This is one of the worst stories I've ever read.

baby lying on the floor looking blue and limp but not mauled,

The dog bit the baby "multiple times," Monroe said.

WTF?....this is trash reporting.

FMCDH

[billhilly]

""They don't smoke around the baby," Everhart said."

Second hand smoke is too damn dangerous.

[spunkets]

There are some breeds that have a vicious nature. They don't belong loose, or unsupervised around kids. That's the dog owners responsibility. All these dogs don't behave this way. They didn't have the dog trained with the right respect and restraints. They wanted adog with a vicious capacity and the got one.

"parents chained the dog in the front yard, but she said the dog broke loose and jumped the fence. It took five police and 15 to 20 [shots] to kill this dog,"

Bwahahaha...! It's a monster!

"Europe bans Pit Bull."

Europe bans everything.

[riri]

"They don't smoke around the baby," Everhart said

And smoking seperately would be too much to ask, I suppose.

[Threepwood]

I tend to agree with you. When you ban a dog breed, you just send the idiots out looking for the next aggressive type breed to ruin.

No more pits? Better get a Thai ridgeback! No T.R's? Maybe a Rhodesian Ridgeback? On and On and On.If you banned every last aggressive breed, the true mullet would just find agressive mixed breeds and go from there. Some people just can't resist large surly dogs. Unfortunately, they ruin it for everyone else.

Good training, firm leadership, and a realistic idea about where you can take the dog are the keys to avoiding maulings. Nothing else will work. That said, I do wish breeders would be a little more choosy about who they sell to.

[the Deejay]

I agree with everything you stated. Well thought out.

[Consort]

Yes, they are.

Dead wrong.

[ambrose]

Pitbulls are peaceful and loving dogs, just as Islam is a peaceful and loving religion.

[libravoter]

I thought I'd read that the reason Pit Bulls and Rottweilers hurt people disproportionately is because they've been bred over the years to have disproportinate jaw strength. If that's the case, then it would be the dogs as well as the owners who are dangerous.

On the other hand, the article I'm remembering also referred to a baby killed by a Pekinese, so go figure.

[rdb3]

Dead wrong.

Alive right. I speak from years of experience.

[Consort]

I speak from years of experience.

Borrowed time.

[Threepwood]

I understand that those little dogs from the Taco Bell commericals are hard little biters too. Lots of kids get bit by them. Who'de have thunk it?