Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted many times on dcum but my then 4 year old son was attacked, knocked down and bitten in the face and neck by a neighbor’s OFF LEASH dog on OUR property (steps outside our front door). The aggressive dog was a Brittany spaniel, the family dog.

DS had 7 stitches on his face, and was mms away from needing plastic surgery. It was such a traumatic event for DS that he developed phobias of cats and dogs AND hs to take a tranquilizer before most all blood draws, medical procedures. DS is now a young adult.

Regrets? I have a few. One, that I didn’t kill that dog (I missed the attack by seconds) and two that I didn’t sue my neighbor. The stupid neighbor/owner had previously let her dog outside to roam the neighborhood.

Turns out, a week prior to attacking my son, the same dog while roaming “nipped” another child while she played in her yard. This girl’s mom mentioned this incident to me well after my son was bitten and said she didn’t want to make waves, or make things awkward with the neighbor.

And although a “minor” attack, this event was traumatizing for our family.

Anonymous wrote:If I were to tell you a lab likes to fetch things or a collie likes to herd things, that would be completely uncontroversial because they were bred to do those things. What were pit bulls bred for again? Oh yeah, bull baiting and dog fights.

Anonymous wrote:Pitbulls do a tremendous amount of damage when they attack, but I think it's a mistake to specifically identify them as a problem. Not because they aren't capable of vicious attack - they are - but because even the sweetest lump of a fat, old therapy dog who has never had an aggressive moment in their lives will attack under the right conditions.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitbulls do a tremendous amount of damage when they attack, but I think it's a mistake to specifically identify them as a problem. Not because they aren't capable of vicious attack - they are - but because even the sweetest lump of a fat, old therapy dog who has never had an aggressive moment in their lives will attack under the right conditions.

We were at a playground yesterday and some idiot parents had their golden doodle in the playground off leash. It went after a baby. It was growling, barking, and charging a 1 yo who was just quietly sitting in the sand. Thankfully, it responded to the owner's voice command before it actually got to the baby, but the moron of a dog owner didn't think to put it back on leash until I snapped at them. Those owners clearly had no idea that their dog was capable of harming a child. I hope to God they don't learn the hard way with their own child at home.

Our former dog - a golden - was a total sweetheart 99% of the time. But, our toddler once approached her at the wrong moment (she was drugged and recovering from major surgery) and she snapped at him. We went through extensive training with highly qualified dog trainers and learned so much about them. And any trainer worth their salt will tell you all dogs bite. All dogs attack. It just depends on the circumstances.

You never, ever leave kids alone with a dog. Not for a second. We adjusted our life so our dog was gated until the kids were old enough to know how to interact with her. After that, she was still gated a lot and only allowed contact that was strictly supervised. Never had another attack and we lived peacefully together until she died of natural causes.

Anyone who thinks their dog "would never hurt anyone" knows literally nothing about dogs.

Your first sentence is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Pitbulls do a tremendous amount of damage when they attack, but I think it's a mistake to specifically identify them as a problem. Not because they aren't capable of vicious attack - they are - but because even the sweetest lump of a fat, old therapy dog who has never had an aggressive moment in their lives will attack under the right conditions.

We were at a playground yesterday and some idiot parents had their golden doodle in the playground off leash. It went after a baby. It was growling, barking, and charging a 1 yo who was just quietly sitting in the sand. Thankfully, it responded to the owner's voice command before it actually got to the baby, but the moron of a dog owner didn't think to put it back on leash until I snapped at them. Those owners clearly had no idea that their dog was capable of harming a child. I hope to God they don't learn the hard way with their own child at home.

Our former dog - a golden - was a total sweetheart 99% of the time. But, our toddler once approached her at the wrong moment (she was drugged and recovering from major surgery) and she snapped at him. We went through extensive training with highly qualified dog trainers and learned so much about them. And any trainer worth their salt will tell you all dogs bite. All dogs attack. It just depends on the circumstances.

You never, ever leave kids alone with a dog. Not for a second. We adjusted our life so our dog was gated until the kids were old enough to know how to interact with her. After that, she was still gated a lot and only allowed contact that was strictly supervised. Never had another attack and we lived peacefully together until she died of natural causes.

Anyone who thinks their dog "would never hurt anyone" knows literally nothing about dogs.

Anonymous wrote:

Boy loses arm in aggressive dog attack

FIFY

Anonymous wrote:

Boy loses arm in aggressive dog attack

FIFY

Anonymous wrote:Pitbulls do a tremendous amount of damage when they attack, but I think it's a mistake to specifically identify them as a problem. Not because they aren't capable of vicious attack - they are - but because even the sweetest lump of a fat, old therapy dog who has never had an aggressive moment in their lives will attack under the right conditions.

We were at a playground yesterday and some idiot parents had their golden doodle in the playground off leash. It went after a baby. It was growling, barking, and charging a 1 yo who was just quietly sitting in the sand. Thankfully, it responded to the owner's voice command before it actually got to the baby, but the moron of a dog owner didn't think to put it back on leash until I snapped at them. Those owners clearly had no idea that their dog was capable of harming a child. I hope to God they don't learn the hard way with their own child at home.

Our former dog - a golden - was a total sweetheart 99% of the time. But, our toddler once approached her at the wrong moment (she was drugged and recovering from major surgery) and she snapped at him. We went through extensive training with highly qualified dog trainers and learned so much about them. And any trainer worth their salt will tell you all dogs bite. All dogs attack. It just depends on the circumstances.

You never, ever leave kids alone with a dog. Not for a second. We adjusted our life so our dog was gated until the kids were old enough to know how to interact with her. After that, she was still gated a lot and only allowed contact that was strictly supervised. Never had another attack and we lived peacefully together until she died of natural causes.

Anyone who thinks their dog "would never hurt anyone" knows literally nothing about dogs.

Boy loses arm in aggressive dog attack