[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ben

Do we even know the size of the flat? Everyone assuming it is small. Looks like the have quite a big garden in the pictures and the building behind her in those pics looks quite big.

I've read now however true it is that they live in a Housing Association estate, but where dogs are not allowed without a permit and they didn't have one, also that the dog had scars and missing fur from previous ill treatment, if all that is true it makes it even more of a tragedy.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Lee.

I don't think the size of the flat is as relevant to the story as the size of the dog compared to the child!

I think both are relevant, if the charity rehomed the dog to an unsuitable location it won't go well for them down the line, I expect they will be sued.

[Samm]

R.I.P

What a ugly dog they should've of got it in the first place

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ben

Yeah, the dog is huge and looks scary as ****. I'd be scared to be around it myself, let alone a small, fragile child.

Yeah, especially since he's a rescue dog too, you have to be extra careful around any dog who's history you don't know and a dog of this size it's even more important

[Tom4784]

The dog was far too big to be around a child especially if it wasn't raised in the family. Most dogs are fine around children, if they are raised together you'll find that the dog is usually very protective of the child.

It's just a case of a bad choice having tragic consequences.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's ridiculous keeping a dog of that size in an apartment and even more so because he's a rescue dog and they (obviously) couldn't know him well enough to know his temperament properly. I feel really sorry for the parents of this child don't get me wrong but people need to be very careful when getting breeds of dogs like these, especially when they have children. There should be responsibility on the animal shelters part as well when rehoming dangerous breeds like this one

..yeah, I agree that the responsibility is also on the rehoming centres and even if they didn't know of any past history of aggressive behaviour with the dog, they didn't know for sure there wasn't either and allowing a homing of an 'unknown' dog of that size with a small child and in a flat, seems quite strange...

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I've read now however true it is that they live in a Housing Association estate, but where dogs are not allowed without a permit and they didn't have one, also that the dog had scars and missing fur from previous ill treatment, if all that is true it makes it even more of a tragedy.

If this dog had been previously mis-treated,the little girl could have done something to hurt it and it reacted as it did,such a shame for the little girl and also for the dog as it was stabbed to death,it would have been much better for the home to have put it down or kept in in a safe environment.Will lessons be learnt? I doubt it

[arista]

Police have said it was not that Big Dog from the Front page paper


also she was off school as feeling unwell.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...stigation.html

[Scarlett.]

Rescue dogs shouldn't really be given to families with children, since the dogs can have deep psychological problems from previous owners. It's sad that some people mistreat dogs to such an extent

[arista]

Dog: Lexi was understood to have been poorly
in bed when the dog (believed to be the one pictured above)
suddenly pounced



Rehomed: Orchard Kennels and Cattery, in Barrow-upon-Soar, confirmed that the family had got the dog from them

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2jsXh7jKl

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by arista

Police have said it was not that Big Dog from the Front page paper


also she was off school as feeling unwell.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...stigation.html

I saw that Arista,so that was NOT the dog ,she does seem to have been around some rather large dogs,Is that THE dog in the picture(the white one?)That dog doesn't look good to me,what's that round it's neck?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I saw that Arista,so that was NOT the dog ,she does seem to have been around some rather large dogs,Is that THE dog in the picture(the white one?)That dog doesn't look good to me,what's that round it's neck?

Yes thats Rulan the white one
that the mother could not break the lock
so she stabbed the dog fast
but by the time the girl was in hospital
she sadly died


Round the neck of Rulan is raw skin
from a Choker Chain that strangles it
if it moves fast on walks - very normal

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes thats Lex the white one
that the mother could not break the lock
so she stabbed the dog fast
but by the time the girl was in hospital
she sadly died


Round the neck of Lex is raw skin
from a Choker Chain that strangles it
if it moves fast on walks - very normal

Lexi is the name of the little girl Arista

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes thats Lex the white one
that the mother could not break the lock
so she stabbed the dog fast
but by the time the girl was in hospital
she sadly died


Round the neck of Lex is raw skin
from a Choker Chain that strangles it
if it moves fast on walks - very normal

Such a sad story all the way round.

[Kazanne]

Do you think the stabbing of the dog infuriated it more?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Do you think the stabbing of the dog infuriated it more?

Probably but I guess if the dog was attacking your child you'd do anything to get it off, wouldn't you? I know I would

[Novo]

that cut round the dogs throat area is massive

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Probably but I guess if the dog was attacking your child you'd do anything to get it off, wouldn't you? I know I would

Yes,you would Niamh,but I just wondered if that made it worse,or maybe the damage was already done,if he caught a major artery of the little girl on first bite,,nothing could be done,

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Novo

that cut round the dogs throat area is massive

It does,that dog even 'looks' unhappy and sad

[Cherie]

well done Daily Mirror for printing a misleading front page picture

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Yes,you would Niamh,but I just wondered if that made it worse,or maybe the damage was already done,if he caught a major artery of the little girl on first bite,,nothing could be done,

I would imagine if he was in full attack mood and "swinging her around like a rag doll" then there probably wasn't much the mother could have done to get him off her.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

well done Daily Mirror for printing a misleading front page picture

Yeah,that poor old brown mutt,no wonder it looked peed off and being called ugly too

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Yeah,that poor old brown mutt,no wonder it looked peed off and being called ugly too

He should sue for defamation of character tbh

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I would imagine if he was in full attack mood and "swinging her around like a rag doll" then there probably wasn't much the mother could have done to get him off her.

I cant imagine how that mom felt,wouldn't you just go crazy,numb etc,it doesn't bare thinking about,what a horrible thing to witness.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I cant imagine how that mom felt,wouldn't you just go crazy,numb etc,it doesn't bare thinking about,what a horrible thing to witness.

Absolutely, she must have felt so helpless.