They are NOT dangerous. Is walking along the side of a cliff dangerous? If you understand where the ridge is and use your senses its pretty damn safe. It only becomes dangerous when you dont treat it with respect.
So so sad...
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They are NOT dangerous. Is walking along the side of a cliff dangerous? If you understand where the ridge is and use your senses its pretty damn safe. It only becomes dangerous when you dont treat it with respect.
Is that your excuse when/if your large dog attacks your baby? Sorry it's your fault, a large animal is a potential threat. It's one thing to have huge dogs in your home, but another when babies and children are involved who have no idea what the possible outcome could be, worst case scenario.
I wouldn't even have a cat around a baby, as they can do damage also (to a much lesser extent of course) still can scratch babies eyes possibly blinding them.
Which is exactly why big dogs, especially of breeds which are frequently kept for their violent tendancies, should never be kept around young children. A baby does not know how to treat an animal and will act as if it is a toy, which means even the most timid of animals can snap and attack.
When I have kids, I won't even allow my cats around them unsupervised until I know the children understand that they're not toys, and one of my cats is the most gentle and timid animal I've ever met.
Worst analogy of year 2007 goes to... Clinkz.
Gust of wind, or land slide would pretty much mean knowing where the edge is pointless.
Couldn't disagree more. Well trained dogs are nothing like what you describe and are very affectionate.
Interestingly, as a wee nipper my parents sudenly realised I had crawled out the room, where I was proceeding to pat the resident very grumpy 'had nipped its owners a few times' golden retriever on the head rather clumsily
. Mortified they ran to stop me, but the dog seemed to recognise that I was young / stupid and didn't appear bothered in the slightest (fortuantly). Of course it was silly of my parents to let that happen, but saying that all dogs 'do not know the difference of right and wrong' is a bit of a sweeping statement.Very sad story in the OP
I know people with rotties and they're delightful family dogs. However I agree that all dogs need to be treated with respect and you do need to ensure that children don't invade their territory. I also agree that children of any age should not be left alone with animals.
A terrible tragedy for the family but one that I'm sure that will be repeated before sensible legislation is drawn up and not the knee-jerk reaction that we had last time.
A terrible tragedy for the family but one that I'm sure that will be repeated before sensible legislation is drawn up and not the knee-jerk reaction that we had last time.
No child of mine WILL be mauled by a large dog because im not STUPID enough to let play with them in an inappropriate way!
I agree, however again i disagree that any (legal to own) breed of dog has 'violent tendencies' Training a dog to be violent is no where near the same as a dog being voilent of its own natural accord.
Worst defeat of said worst analogy of the year 2007 goes to Mekrel. There are RARE DANGERS associated with ANY thing you can possible conceive of. Why overstate the ones associated with that of dogs above any other? Its not the dogs fault the kid got mauled, its the people responsible for that child who permited him to come into close contact with the beast.
agreed.
thats BS. its all about how they are brought up. our german shepard wouldnt hurt a fly, i am 100% sure he is safe with anyone, child or not. unfortunately not all dogs are brought up the same way.
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no doubt the dog will be shot
everyone will blame it on the dog aswell. poor thing.
The dog was shot at the scene and who else can you blame it on as it was the dog that did it.
true, the dog did it yes, but it only reacted naturally, it obviously didnt know any better and for all we know, the young child could have easily hit it etc.
i just dont agree it should be shot, thats all.
What would you propose that should have happened,afterall it had just tore a baby apart...
Ive had various dogs over my lifetime and not one of them have acted "naturally" and killed a child.
It is the reason that it did not know any better than it deserved to be shot. It was clearly a danger to others.
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When my boyfriend was a child, he was bitten on the face by his uncles dog. Considering his uncle had two relatively young children of his own, I would be willing to bet that he felt the same way as you about his pet or he wouldn't have had it. Unfortunately, it is naive attitudes like that which cause children to be harmed by animals.
No matter how well you train and bring up an animal, at the end of the day it is still just that, an animal, and so it can go back to it's primal instincts at any time given the right circumstances.