[arista]

http://news.sky.com/story/1347434/si...o-death-by-dog


People must learn about dogs and very young babies


[A baby girl has died and a relative has been injured in a dog attack
at a home in Northamptonshire.
Police said they were called to an address in Daventry
at around 10.30pm on Friday night after
receiving reports of the attack.
Paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Service
attempted to resuscitate the six-month-old baby girl, but were unsuccessful.]

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by arista

http://news.sky.com/story/1347434/si...o-death-by-dog


People must learn about dogs and very young babies


[A baby girl has died and a relative has been injured in a dog attack
at a home in Northamptonshire.
Police said they were called to an address in Daventry
at around 10.30pm on Friday night after
receiving reports of the attack.
Paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Service
attempted to resuscitate the six-month-old baby girl, but were unsuccessful.]

**********G sickening and enraging.

[rubymoo]

So sad

As much as I love my dogs, I'd never leave them alone with a baby, dogs are animals with instinct, so tragic.

[Creggle]

Parents are to blame, not the dog.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Creggle

Parents are to blame, not the dog.

Bang On Right Creggle

[Crimson Dynamo]

waits for the inevitable dog breed racism

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

waits for the inevitable dog breed racism

"omg gomg gomgomg a pitbull dunit we should ban ALL OF THEM FILFY ANIMALS"

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

"omg gomg gomgomg a pitbull dunit we should ban ALL OF THEM FILFY ANIMALS"

It was a banned breed that killed the baby, I'm guessing that family would give anything to turn back the clock on their decision to have a banned breed as a pet.

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It was a banned breed that killed the baby, I'm guessing that family would give anything to turn back the clock on their decision to have a banned breed as a pet.

Why the **** have they got a banned breed

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It was a banned breed that killed the baby, I'm guessing that family would give anything to turn back the clock on their decision to have a banned breed as a pet.

..yeah Cherie, this is so, so tragic for all of them ..maybe not the wisest decision to have these two dogs and sadly something they will have to live with for the rest of their lives..

[Kazanne]

Do people EVER learn?

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Do people EVER learn?

No Kazanne, clearly they don't.

My Dog is a Staffie, he is really gentle but I would never leave him with any child and especially not a baby.

There have been many cases now of children being attacked by Dogs even in their own home and for me that is down to Parenting and the owners of the Dogs.
How anyone now doesn't realise the 2 don't mix and that no Dog should be left with any child alone is beyond me.
Same with Cats to be honest, I have seen faces of Babies badly scratched and scarred in a great mess from Cats jumping into their cots or prams too.


If you have a pet and have young children, keep them apart until someone older is present too,just in case.
For crying out loud, it should be a simple enough rule to follow.

[Cherie]

It is not always a case of being left on their own though, alot of the time the dog pounces and the adult just can't overpower the dog in time to save the child, it's tragic but at the risk of upsetting LT certain breeds should never be family pets

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It is not always a case of being left on their own though, alot of the time the dog pounces and the adult just can't overpower the dog in time to save the child, it's tragic but at the risk of upsetting LT certain breeds should never be family pets

Like what breed?

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It is not always a case of being left on their own though, alot of the time the dog pounces and the adult just can't overpower the dog in time to save the child, it's tragic but at the risk of upsetting LT certain breeds should never be family pets

To a degree you can train a Dog to behave and obey you, I don't believe in turning Dogs into robots but you can teach them what to avoid etc;

I just wish,parents would 'guide' their children not to rush up to Dogs, I have lost count of the times when out with my Dog, that a child has come running over to stroke him.
I never allow that,he wouldn't do anthing,I am as sure as I can be of that but I am protecting him as well as the children too.
Yet, I get really stern glances and words like 'misery' or 'spoilsport' from the parent/s because I refused to let the child stroke my Dog.

I don't think it is necessarily down to a breed of Dog,the only Dog that has ever bitten me was a Jack Russell,it is that children and Dogs on their own may not mix.
A Dog will rarely,to be honest attack anyone it knows without some provocation or neglect as to it.
Responsible owners and responsible Parents,then there would I dare bet be very few instances of cases like this.

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

To a degree you can train a Dog to behave and obey you, I don't believe in turning Dogs into robots but you can teach them what to avoid etc;

I just wish,parents would 'guide' their children not to rush up to Dogs, I have lost count of the times when out with my Dog, that a child has come running over to stroke him.
I never allow that,he wouldn't do anthing,I am as sure as I can be of that but I am protecting him as well as the children too.
Yet, I get really stern glances and words like 'misery' or 'spoilsport' from the parent/s because I refused to let the child stroke my Dog.

I don't think it is necessarily down to a breed of Dog,the only Dog that has ever bitten me was a Jack Russell,it is that children and Dogs on their own may not mix.
A Dog will rarely,to be honest attack anyone it knows without some provocation or neglect as to it.
Responsible owners and responsible Parents,then there would I dare bet be very few instances of cases like this.

I've had this too Joey.

Children rushing up to stroke my dogs.....i've had to give many talks to strangers children about not approaching dogs they don't know, i tell the children they must always ask to stroke a strange dog and to never run at them head on, the parents usually just look on smiling like it's my job to teach their kids about the dangers of dogs

[user104658]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

No Kazanne, clearly they don't.

My Dog is a Staffie, he is really gentle but I would never leave him with any child and especially not a baby.

There have been many cases now of children being attacked by Dogs even in their own home and for me that is down to Parenting and the owners of the Dogs.
How anyone now doesn't realise the 2 don't mix and that no Dog should be left with any child alone is beyond me.
Same with Cats to be honest, I have seen faces of Babies badly scratched and scarred in a great mess from Cats jumping into their cots or prams too.


If you have a pet and have young children, keep them apart until someone older is present too,just in case.
For crying out loud, it should be a simple enough rule to follow.

You have to watch cats with babies even more closely to be honest, because one of the biggest problems is an adult cat falling asleep on a baby's face and suffocating them. They can be the sweetest and gentlest cat in the world, it doesn't matter because they have no idea that they're hurting anyone... they're just curling up in a warm place... and they have no concept that infant humans can't roll / move / remove them if they need to.

I guess the big difference with cats and dogs though is that with an adult around, a cat could scratch a child (badly, even) but beyond a light scar there's no real damage they could do if supervised. An adult being around doesn't necessarily matter with a dog... if a dog gets it into it's head to attack a baby, it can do so and cause severe damage or death before anyone can even react.

[Ninastar]

3 guesses as to what type of dog it was

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

3 guesses as to what type of dog it was

You were right.

[Crimson Dynamo]

If you look at the number of humans in the UK, the number of dogs and the number of humans with dogs and babies I think we will find that this is a very isolated incident

[Gstar]

Will people ever learn?

[Kizzy]

They ban specific breeds for a reason, some have stronger instinct as they were for centuries bred to do a certain job and that is inherent. Yes it's possible to water it down and raise some breeds as pets, but it appears that that isn't possible for others.
Why some feel the need to challenge that theory I don't know, poor child

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

They ban specific breeds for a reason, some have stronger instinct as they were for centuries bred to do a certain job and that is inherent. Yes it's possible to water it down and raise some breeds as pets, but it appears that that isn't possible for others.
Why some feel the need to challenge that theory I don't know, poor child

Also besides that, even if there weren't a significantly bigger difference in the amount of attacks by these dogs, the damage they can do is so much greater and psychically speaking it's a whole lot harder to stop those dogs from attacking once they start. Yeah Jack Russel's and small dogs can be nippy little ****ers but they're not very likely to kill you