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Originally Posted by Ammi
..it wasn't the French mastiff that killed her, Nedusa..it was another dog..and I don't know what the circumstances were exactly but a huge responsibility has to also lay with the homing centres as well,,people can only 'adopt' dogs if they allow them to...anyway, I would think that her mum's world is dark enough atm without laying blame at her/she has a lifetime to do that to herself, which I have no doubt she will...
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OK... I thought the picture of the dog was shown in the newspaper front page. But really the bigger question we need to ask is why have a dog which has the capacity to inflict serious harm on the smallest member of one's family.
Too many parents are blind to the potential dangers of bringing dogs into an established family. Dogs are pack animals and will assume their position in the pecking order of that family so smaller family members may be assumed by the dog to be below the Dogs level so the dog may think it can try and control or punish the child.
Also if the dog is a rescue dog then there is no way to assess the dog's mental state given the possible abuse it suffered as a puppy.
So why take the chance ? Why put your children's lives at risk ? If you must get a dog then get a smaller dog one that could not pose a serious threat to the health of your SMALLEST family member.