Liverpool : Boy, 4, suffers horrific facial injuries from a Pitbull

[arista]

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[Pictures taken after the attack in Widnes show the
little boy with gaping holes in his cheek
and deep cuts around his eye and mouth]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2714759/Boy-4-suffers-horrific-facial-injuries-bitten-savage-pitbull-type-dog-flipped-hot-weather.html#ixzz39MPzLfIk


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[A boy of four's face was ripped open
by a dog which 'flipped' in the hot weather
and savaged him as he played.
Riley Fox was in his neighbour’s garden with
five other children when the animal,
believed to be a Rhodesian Ridgeback-pitbull cross,
clamped its jaws around his face.
Pictures taken after the attack in Widnes show
the little boy with gaping holes in his cheek
and deep cuts around his eye and mouth.
His father Tony, 28, said: 'If it had bitten
him a couple of inches lower it
would have ripped his throat out.']


Evil Owner

[Locke.]

Evil Owner

The dog’s owner has since apologised and the dog has been destroyed.

He said: 'He was at work, it was a relative who should have been keeping the dog under control.'

[arista]

The dog’s owner has since apologised and the dog has been destroyed.

He said: 'He was at work, it was a relative who should have been keeping the dog under control.'


Thats Fair

[GypsyGoth]

Eeeek! Could you spoiler the first pic please.

[AnnieK]

Yeah that first pic is a little graphic. My son was sat next to me when I opened the thread and he was a bit horrified.

[Kizzy]

I really wish they would bring back licences for dogs.

[joeysteele]

I really wish they would bring back licences for dogs.

As a dog owner, so do I,also proper registration of dog and owner too.
I am in favour of anything that not only protects me as an owner but also protects my dog too.

The problem is the bad owners don't really care about their dogs so wouldn't get one and would just abandon the dog if trouble was caused.

[Kizzy]

I don't remember how it was worked back then but I don't remember stories such as this in the news so regularly, what is it I wonder? bad owners, lack of food/water, the heat , what they put in the food, inbreeding...Why are these dogs going mad?

[the truth]

licenses for dogs is surely a must

[Suze]

I really wish they would bring back licences for dogs.

So do I, it's at least a first step in the right direction.

[AnnieK]

I do think inbreeding is a problem. I had a Rhodesian Ridgeback. He was a 10 stone bundle of muscle but thought he was a lap dog but you wouldn't have stood a chance if he had turned due to his sheer size and strength. The ridge that characterises them is actually a form of spina bifida and they are notoriously hard to train due to breeding. Beautiful dogs but lethal in the wrong hands....

[Kizzy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/03/man-arrested-for-swinging-chihuahua_n_5645534.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Look at how some people treat their animals.... is it any wonder some turn?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its a human problem and not a dog one.

[Ninastar]

Agree with people needing licences. It would stop so much cruelty.

[T*]

I do think inbreeding is a problem. I had a Rhodesian Ridgeback. He was a 10 stone bundle of muscle but thought he was a lap dog but you wouldn't have stood a chance if he had turned due to his sheer size and strength. The ridge that characterises them is actually a form of spina bifida and they are notoriously hard to train due to breeding. Beautiful dogs but lethal in the wrong hands....

Exactly! Bad owners, not bad breeds!
I've had bullmastiffs most of my life (except this year) and it was like a big teddy bear. Lovely dogs.