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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We contacted a couple of rescues that flatly refused to adopt out dogs to us until our child was 10 years old. I’m surprised shelters let families with young kids take pits/mixes home.[/quote]

That's because q lot of rescues are crazy.  Dogs and children can be great together.  Dogs and babies or toddlers can be great together, with a little sense and supervision.[/quote]

Sure they can.[b] They also cannot. [/b]Especially when parents leave them unattended and when parents don't teach their kids to respect the dog's space. I, myself, was bitten (through the flesh) on my face as a child. By a small, not tiny, breed that is always fawned over on this board. I was in her face when she was hot, sleeping, and wanted to be alone. She bit me.

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Agree. Our relatives used to have this tiny poodle mix who was a calm, if not overly friendly, dog. But when it got old, it began to go blind and as its eyesight went downhill, it became very aggressive when startled. Not the poor dog's fault probably, but not compatible with babies and toddlers either. Our relatives are empty nesters, so it was fine for them. 
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Are you seriously comparing a dog who got aggressive due to old age and the pain that accompanies that to an aggressive pit mix that killed a baby?  Just wow.  The cranky older dog may snap but that’s very different from mauling. Duration of the bite if one bite as well as number of bites [/quote]

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