Toddler 'Critical' After Dog Attack At House

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Sigh, I am not one to jump to conclusions but does this surprise anyone?
A two-year-old boy is critically ill in hospital after being mauled by two dogs in West Yorkshire.

A woman also suffered injuries to her arm. Police said the dogs had been moved from the address to kennels.

A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: "The dogs were loud but I wouldn't have thought they were vicious
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Every dog is vicious ffs

People on council estates don't know how to treat or teach dogs, its always young children obviously the dogs saw the child as a threat to the pack and demoted it by this mauling it. What a waste of 2 dogs and a child and a faimly.
 
It always happens to the wrong people?

Remember the last time it happened and got big news, one was a pub that some couple had and had dogs to guard the place and the girl in St Helens and it was her uncles that was an alleged drug dealer, what happened to the lovable pet dog a family had that attacked killed a young child? Does it happen because the news either does not hear about it or does not want to report it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-447957/Girls-family-court-fatal-dog-attack.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uard-dogs-at-her-grandparents-pub-417487.html

2 cases in the last 2 years
 
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I dont disagree with the fact it happens in those types of areas. BUT, there's a broad spectrum of individuals living on council estates, majority of whom are able to train and teach their dog. The odd one or two here and there aren't enough to judge everyone by.

So one was at a pub, the other was by a dog owned by a drug dealer, and this one, who knows.

None of those cases give the impression that every dog is vicious, or that it only happens to people on council estates.

All you've pointed out is that dog attacks can occur when children are unsupervised, owned by a potentially irresponsible owner.

Living on a council estate does not make you one of these people, and every dog is not vicious.
 
Knee jerk reaction, maybe I was harsh on "council estates" I live near one and its good zero crime, sociable place but some of them are total hell holes.
 
cheets64 said:
It always happens to the wrong people?

Remember the last time it happened and got big news, one was a pub that some couple had and had dogs to guard the place and the girl in St Helens and it was her uncles that was an alleged drug dealer, what happened to the lovable pet dog a family had that attacked killed a young child? Does it happen because the news either does not hear about it or does not want to report it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-447957/Girls-family-court-fatal-dog-attack.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uard-dogs-at-her-grandparents-pub-417487.html

2 cases in the last 2 years
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How many people died in a car crash in the last 2 hours?
 
Anyway, to say every dog is vicious is like saying every human is vicious.

Humans kill other humans. Indeed, more parents kill their children than dogs kill children. Perhaps parents shouldn't be aloowed to look after children and only dogs or monkey can rear a hman child...

Alternatively, we can try to control the situation as best we can
 
IMO most (if not all) large dogs can pose a threat. When I have kids, there's no way I would consider anything more butch than a pug/pomeranian/miniature schnauzer etc. Potential damage limitation and all that.

My inlaws have a very friendly collie, but even he has his moments. When I was young I was bitten on the face by a labrador or retriever (was ages ago, can't remember). Having certain breeds around children is a tad irresponsible IMO (I know some people would vehemently disagree, but then they may have their own big dogs and kids, to which I have to say I disagree with again).

I can't imagine how terrible anyone would feel if their dog mauled one of their (or someone elses) children in their home.

Yes, I am a cat lover, BUT, if domestic cats were readily capable of serious harm then I'd be saying the same about them too.
 
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Most people who have pitbull type breeds of dog should not be allowed either children or pets!

I see hundreds of staffy/pitbull types pulling their owners or owners wives along; they can't even get the things to walk to heel on a lead, let alone have proper control. ( I drive over a 1,000 miles a week on local roads )

I'm a dog lover and I hate to hear of these incidents; they are not only very tragic for the victims involved but reenforce the opinion that certain breeds are naturally vicious etc.

It really is time that people started reporting sightings of pitbull type dogs and addresses as (rightly or wrongly) they have been illegal to own/breed/sell etc for quite a very long time now.

Just to balance the above; I meet several staffies and a couple of pitbull type dogs when walking my dog and they are all very friendly, though some of the pitbulls look a little intimidating when running towards you at full pelt! ....... and yeah, if I felt that they were dangerous in any way, I would report the owners + addresses.
 
Dogs are what you make of them. Most of the anti dog people have probably had a warning shot from a dog they've never met and taken it as a 'it's going to kill me' message and they get all drama queeny about it. If you get alpha and tell that dog who's boss, you don't have a problem.

The people that do have problems are the people who let their dogs maul a young child. They're the type of people that use those useless body harnesses, sometimes leather with studs and ponce around in their trackies allowing the dog to pull at arms length (those harness make controlling the dog much much harder). They don't train the dogs, they batter them when they do wrong and while the dog may fear the owner, this makes them very temporamental, especially the notriously vicious breeds.

IMO no dog is a lost cause. I've come across many 'vicious' dogs and never had more than a warning shot before the dog knew who was boss and that it's behaviour isn't acceptable. The problem is typical council estate residents (and by typical I mean Chavs and the associated image that comes with that name) who get a dog for the image and not to love and care for. Doesn't matter the breed etc. if you're scared of dogs and don't want them near your kids that's a wise decision but the people who have their kids mauled are the people who aren't scared but at the same time don't care about taking proper care and training for the animal.

I've been savaged by many more cats in my childhood as we had many, never had a problem with any dogs (of which we've also had a few).
 
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Dogs are what you make of them. Most of the anti dog people have probably had a warning shot from a dog they've never met and taken it as a 'it's going to kill me' message and they get all drama queeny about it. If you get alpha and tell that dog who's boss, you don't have a problem.
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This.

I've come across a staffy/boxer cross a few times at a local pub when it's locking up, the dogs get let down just before the last couple of us leave.

It growls at you if you look at it wrong sometimes, or give attention to the other dog, but you just have to shout back or intimidate it and then it's soppy as hell.
 
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