[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I just don't understand why anyone would think it was a good idea to bring an adult dog into a home where there is a toddler

very sad but so avoidable

I was literally going to say that; if it was able to kill a child then it was a new ADULT dog being brought into an infant's home. It's absolute madness... toddlers are unpredictable by nature, an adult dog in a new home is unpredictable, it's a recipe for disaster. I think it's potentially an error to get a new dog with kids under about 5 at all, but if one must, it needs to be a pup and you need to be sure it came from a reputable place (i.e. you need to see it with the litter/the mum with your own eyes). A new pup if you raise and train it well you can be pretty confident that it's safe. An adult dog, even if you get it from a friend and already "know" the dog, it's frankly russian roulette. It's a new environment and that dog doesn't yet (and may never) see that family as "it's pack".

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I was literally going to say that; if it was able to kill a child then it was a new ADULT dog being brought into an infant's home. It's absolute madness... toddlers are unpredictable by nature, an adult dog in a new home is unpredictable, it's a recipe for disaster. I think it's potentially an error to get a new dog with kids under about 5 at all, but if one must, it needs to be a pup and you need to be sure it came from a reputable place (i.e. you need to see it with the litter/the mum with your own eyes). A new pup if you raise and train it well you can be pretty confident that it's safe. An adult dog, even if you get it from a friend and already "know" the dog, it's frankly russian roulette. It's a new environment and that dog doesn't yet (and may never) see that family as "it's pack".

Agree with all that and just to add, you especially don't get a Pitbull terrier type breed of all the breeds

[GoldHeart]

Pitbull terrier!??? . And they thought it was a good idea to let this new dog around a baby ! . Are they stupid?!.

R.I.P to the innocent child , horrific and should never have happened.

[arista]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Pitbull terrier!??? . And they thought it was a good idea to let this new dog around a baby ! . Are they stupid?!.

R.I.P to the innocent child , horrific and should never have happened.

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