Pit Bull family pet Mauls 4 year old in Texas - Page 2

KLTV 7    NEWS    IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORS YARD.........    Tina Till    in Slocum Texas

The mothers arm was in the pits mouth when the guys shot the dog.....she says the dogs flung her and was killing her daughter...Family pet grew up with kids....she says no one should own one.....she says if her friends had not gotten there and the neighbor gave them the gun  , she wouldnt be having this conversation.

The child is in a Tyler Hospital undergoing surgery, and is critical but stable. SHe will need extensive follow up surgeries...

I think its time for something ???????????????????   I dont have an answer.....

Do any of you?

Could a german shepherd do this also?

Sounds like the neighbors tried to keep their dog confined, tied and in a fenced yard.  The only thing more, which would be good for everybody, is to padlock their gates so nobody can accidently walk into the yard. 

Yes, a GSD could do the same.   All breeds have bad ones that could do damage, how much damage would depend on the size of the dog and child.  The one thing we don't need is more BSL though.

Many dogs bite people every year but most bites are basically minor in nature in comparison to the damange some breeds can do such as the pitbulls. Most dogs including GSD's will bite once and stop but some breeds, again like pitbulls continue the attack until severe damange is done and/or the victim is dead.   I am not blaming the dogs at all just stating facts. The world has plenty of idiots and unfortunetly some of them are dog owners.

There is no selective breeding going on with Pitbulls other than size and looks perhaps.  Here in my local paper I see many litters of pups advertized with all sorts of different registries and being sold for $50.00.  The fighting dogs used to be bred for dog aggression alone and were put down if they ever showed aggression towards humans.  If the owner had invested in a $300.00 kennel to contain the dog, this might have been prevented. 

I found this story, but it may not be the same one as it is quite different from what was described in the above posts:

http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/NEWS08/70622020

sueincc  :  Unbelievable   that is a different on all together......The other one today hasnt hit the papers yet.....kltv.com channel 7 ought to havae it on line,,but i couldnt find it....

The 4 year old girl is in severe condition and she wont be going home,,,,and the mom has over 21 bites...

The little girl played with this neighbors dog all the time     ......so ....child had no fear of this dog.

You brought your 7 year old daughter to see a dog you had been having a conversation on the phone with an owner , that had a biting problem....

Pray tell me, WHat in corn county , would you have done if that pit bull attacked your 7 year old child,,,you are not physically able to get it off of her, or do you carry a gun in your belt?

These neighbors of this 4 year old mauled child , said the same thing ,,,oh the dog is sweet, it plays with children all the time...the Mother of the bit child said the same thing" on national tv..but now her advice to the whole nation......NEVER OWN A PIT BULL    AROUND ANY CHILDREN.......

i CANT BELIEVE I JUST READ THIS.....

I like how in that one link .. the whole moral of the story was vac's. How is that going to stop an attack?

I am one person that thinks pitbulls or horribly discriminated when it comes to biting people. The poor thing was probably locked outside on a chain it's entire life! I understand why that happened. Sure they said it was a "family" pet. But do they know what a family pet is? I doubt it. Don't get me wrong, i've had so many troubles with pitbulls, I don't even know why I defend the breed. But that's because my dad was into the "big bad dog" thing, and he bought the meanest dog he could find. It ended up killing one of my cats, a dog, and critically maiming another cat. I was heartbroken at my loss, and ready to kill any pitbull that came into my sight.

But then my sister got the most adorable little pitbull pup. He's so nice, you know he would never hurt anyone. And he has stayed that way.

I encourage people to find and buy pitbull's as pets, but only if they know what they're buying and know what they're getting into.

--

Emily.