prayer for Toddler & three pit bulls

[LadyLynn]

Apparently a toddler was left "Alone,' in a backyard for a while and three pit bulls bit (attacked) this baby, so animal control has taken the pit bulls away.
Right now there isn't a decision about whether to euthanize them or not.

I just hope the city and the families involved use their heads in this, and lets pray that the toddler (baby) is ok.


If anything the city must be fair..........lets hope that they are.

[katiem]

So many of these dogs attacks could be prevented if people just used their God given common sense! Why would anyone ever leave a small child alone in a backyard with three dogs? Even the most trusted family dogs should never be trusted to be alone with a toddler. I hope the parents, or care giver, of this child get charged, where were they?

[LadyLynn]

I think this is why the city didn't make a hasty decision. I am guessing that the parents were inside the house chatting, but who knows. No child should ever be left in a back yard with any dog if they are that young and especially by themselves. so once again I'm sure praying that the child is ok, and that the city exercises compassion and descretion before they just decide that euthanizing these dogs is the thing to do.

[katiem]

Did the dogs belong to the family?

I bet that in the end the dogs all end up euthanized, pass the blame onto them because the parents were not watching their child.

[LadyLynn]

I'm not sure whether the dogs belonged to the family or friends. Our news team didn't give us that detail. I just hope the news team keeps us updated.........

[LadyLynn]

It was announced over the radio today the toddler is in a coma, and the three pit bulls were euthanized.

I seriously doubt hat the bullies even had a trial.

and it wa at a narby neighbors house.

[Ltlpistol]

Once again the dogs are paying for a parent's mistake. But, the parent is also paying, and may pay the ultimate price also, the loss of their child. Hopefully they and others in the community will learn from this.

[buiza]

Once again the dogs are paying for a parent's mistake. But, the parent is also paying, and may pay the ultimate price also, the loss of their child. Hopefully they and others in the community will learn from this.

I am probably going to get a great deal of grief for this but it is what I feel and believe. There is something different about Pit Bull's, they just have very different personalities than most other breeds. They can be wonderful loving family pets, or they can be hardcore killlers. I am convinced that it all comes down to the owner. There are some people that shouldn't be allowed to own a Chihuahua much less a strong agressive breed like a Pit.

When I see someone walking down the street with a Pit bull with a tow chain around it's neck and a Master lock hanging on it my blood runs cold because I know that I am looking at a dog that will have a short life span or be responsible for the injury or death of a person or child.

People are so busy putting them down that no one is willing to give them a chance to be someones cherished pet.

[katiem]

There is something different about Pit Bull's, they just have very different personalities than most other breeds. They can be wonderful loving family pets, or they can be hardcore killlers.

I have to respectfully disagree. A pit is a dog, just like any other dog. Yes it is strong, physically and mentally, and not for the inexperienced owner, but to segregate it into a whole different category than most other breeds is wrong. Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Mastiffs, etc, are all strong dogs who could potentially be killers if not bred and raised correctly. Same goes for the traditional family dogs like Labradors, Goldens, Poodles, Border Collies...

I am convinced that it all comes down to the owner. There are some people that shouldn't be allowed to own a Chihuahua much less a strong agressive breed like a Pit.

Hallelujah! I couldn't agree more. I've met more nasty little dogs than big ones in my life time, and it is usually because the owner has no gumption on how to raise a dog properly. Seems that people think that just because a dog is small it can behave poorly.


People are so busy putting them down that no one is willing to give them a chance to be someones cherished pet.

Its just too bad these dogs paid the ultimate price.

LadyLynn any news as to whether the parents are being charged? Or the dogs owners?

[LadyLynn]

I have no idea why you think people would give you grief over your views? Yes, I agree Pit Bulls have, for some reason or other something inbred that very few people understand, and because of that very few people know or understand how to handle pit bulls, and yes it's just my views, nothing for anyone to suddenly take offense too.
And sadly people, when it comes to animals want to kill what they fear because they don't know how to adjust or handle "living with what can be potentially dangerous."

If we could just learn to respect what we fear, learn to adjust, more animals might be spared being euthanized.

I guess what happened as far as I could tell the child snuck into the back yard of friends that the child's parents were visiting When a child that young enters a yard alone, and with three pit bulls whether the dogs are friendly or not I'm sure we're all intellegent enough to know that trouble is going to happen.

But lets just pray that the child lives.
I just feel bad that the bullies paid with their lives for this............

[katiem]

I think it needs to be remembered that all dogs are predators, even if they no longer need to act like it. Some breeds do still retain a higher level of prey drive which can be a help or a hinderance depending on your situation. However Pits are bred to be people friendly, not people aggressive. They would have been useless as fighter if people could not step in and grab them to seperate them. This is one of the reasons Pits make terrible guard dogs.

This is a horrible thing that happened to the family, the child and the dogs, but it seems as though no one really knows how the injuries came about, so its hard to say if the dogs were intentionally being aggressive, or if it was play gone too far.

[PatchO'Pits]

My prayers go out to that child and the dogs who had to be put down due to human error.

What an awful story!

[buiza]

[QUOTE=katiem]I have to respectfully disagree. A pit is a dog, just like any other dog. Yes it is strong, physically and mentally, and not for the inexperienced owner, but to segregate it into a whole different category than most other breeds is wrong. Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Mastiffs, etc, are all strong dogs who could potentially be killers if not bred and raised correctly. Same goes for the traditional family dogs like Labradors, Goldens, Poodles, Border Collies.

You are correct I should have chosen my words more carefully. What I was trying to say is that yes pit's are just dogs like any other but we both know that almost every attack you read or hear about involves a pit bull. The wrong people are getting these dogs for all the wrong reasons. You know the reputation pits have, that is why I mentioned the tow truck chain and the master lock. I see these kids going down the street dragging the chain and before long their going to run into a buddy and they'll go behind someones house and fight their "PETS" and that makes me sick.

You can't just assume you have it, you have to love this dog but if you don't have its respect as well it can turn into a tragedy. I could never own one because I am such an animal fanatic that I am a puch over.

I don't know about this report you have been talking about but I have heard of more than enough others.

People have really blasted me about this because even though like any normal person I think of the person that is hurt or killed but I will always speak out for the dog or dogs that I am sure lived unloved violent lives just because someone wanted to look tough and own a status symbol and now the dog will die a violent death which probably wouldn't be happening if someone had replaced that chain around it's neck with a pair of arms.

[tiffers]

...I feel sorry for the baby, but not the parents. Bash me if you will. That's my opinion...the idiots should not have left that child...ANY child alone with ANY three dogs.

Anything that has teeth can kill and will kill if provoked enough to do so...

[katiem]

but we both know that almost every attack you read or hear about involves a pit bull. The wrong people are getting these dogs for all the wrong reasons. You know the reputation pits have,

I think its because pit attacks are so sensational, the media has a feild day when a pit attacks, but don't really care when its a Labrador.

[~corrina~]

its like the circle of life without mother nature instead humans are trying to take the place and get rid of any thing that is bigger or stronger than us, or that could hurt us, just like if lions were here in america roaming free, humans would constatly be on the look out for them till kill them b4 they kill us, its sad humans not all but those who do uncruel acts such as that shouldnt be here, i have seen more mix breed dogs attack than pits but they say since they are mixed with pits they are dangerous, like parts of flordia have banned pits geez get over yourselves, clean up your towns people and you wouldnt have this problem, as for the kid being left alone with these dogs yes the parents are at fault, dumb a** es like that make a bad name for pits, a toddler i am sorry but you never let your child out of your sight, down the street, shows what kinda people they are yes they should be charged for child endangerment, put them to sleep see how it feells grrr,,..................


prayer sent

[katiem]

humans are trying to take the place and get rid of any thing that is bigger or stronger than us, or that could hurt us, just like if lions were here in america roaming free, humans would constatly be on the look out for them till kill them b4 they kill us,

Its sad, for some reason we have elevated ourselves to a higher plane of existence than the animals, and now we feel we have the right to control the world. Humans are only part of the living things on this Earth, and we need to remember that we share this place with everything. It is not ours alone, nor is it our choice what gets to be here and what doesn't!

[5kidsnadog]

I don't know whether you all remember this from a few years back but there was a family near here in Michigan who had a baby and had just finished putting a fence up to protect the baby because the neighbor's had pit bulls. Well, the day of the baby's christening, I guess the story goes that the parents may have had a few too many drinks and the mother lay down on the couch with the baby on her chest. She awoke to her own dog (a rottie) who she knew and trusted, grabbing the baby from her and running away with it. The baby wasn't killed, but lost a foot. I guess the moral to that story is that you need to be aware that all dogs are animals.

I think that if statistics were kept accurately, you would find that more dog bites are from small dogs, but most small dogs don't have enough bite strength to make the big impact that grabs the headlines. Think of how many little dogs you see on the "Dog Whisperer" who have bitten their owners or the owners children over and over, but it's more tolerated because they're small and cute.

[LadyLynn]

I have no idea how this happened, or what, I just believe it is tragic altogether.

As for blaming the parents I don't know about that either cuz the radio people at least made it soud like the child just sneaked off to play outside.

I think we're all guilty at some point for not keeping a sharp eye out, but the fact is te parents kew there were pit bulls out in the yard.

Extra rough play? It could have been.

I do think however that the city didn't give these dogs a chance. They were just being dogs.

and it is sad that People as a whole put pets to slep because they "Fear them, don't know what to do or handle a situation where someone gets hurt or killed by a pet, or wild animal.

it's no different than the gator ending up in some lady's kitchen .

"It is my understanding they put it to death because now that it has been near humans it will continue coming back unafraid of humans.

I know this is much easier said than done but why can't we earn to deal, "conqur the fears, learn to live at a "respectable distance from the gator.

It's just a question

And it's something I noticed about humans. Tht they wil put animals to sleep before they'll deal with the issue at hand.

blaming the parents?

I think we should reserve our judgement concerning them cuz e ddon't really know the circumstances

[katiem]

it's no different than the gator ending up in some lady's kitchen .



What?!?

I didn't hear about that! What was that about?

[LadyLynn]

yes, it was all over the news a bit ago that a lady found an 8 ft. alligator in her kitchen one morning. They thought he was after the woman's cat.

[katiem]

yes, it was all over the news a bit ago that a lady found an 8 ft. alligator in her kitchen one morning. They thought he was after the woman's cat.

Oh my God! She must have had a heart attack!

We don't have Alligators here, but I know someone who found a Moose in her pool, and another who opened her cottage door one morning to come face to face with a Grizzly Bear!

[LadyLynn]

This story is out of Florida. I don't live any where near there............

We too have lived in Grizzly bear country. My father in Law doesn't live to far from West Yellowstone....

and yes, he has had a grizzly bear in his back yard before. But it's been many years ago.


Around here once in a while a moose will be on the loose and get up on the freeway and have to be rescued.............

thank goodness those occorances are few and far between.

but if I hear anything more about this child I'll certainly fill everyone in.

Recently we've had dog bites inthe area. two others that are note worthyto mention cuz the owners may be charged

1. Someone's dog or dogs bit a pregnant woman and a friend had to help her get the dogs off of her.

3. The same dog (Unrelated to my # 1. has bitten someone for the second time, and there is a request for this dog to be euthanized. When the victims mother asked why something wasn't done the first time they said a witness had to come forward first and no witness came forward the first time around.

It seems to me if you know your dog is prone to bite that you are responsible and that you need to do everything in your power to make sure that it doesn't.

Perhaps if your dog bites someone like that the dog should be rehomed and you forbidden to own a dog?

circumstancest could vary.


but it sounds like around here for now a hand ful of pepper spray might be in order.

[LadyLynn]

The news team talked with the parents of the toddler in question, and it aired last night. This is what I gathered. The toddler was at a babysitters home, an the parents were at work when this attack happened.

The baby, I guess is out of the coma, but the injuries sustained may be permanent, and they have to transfer the baby to I think Primary Childrens hospital in Salt Lake. They didn't say which hospital but that is my guess.

I guess the pits drug the child, punctured the neck, and the oxygen to the brain was absent long enough there is probably some permanent brain damage, and evidence dictates the pits drug the child as well.

The parents unfortunately can't work now cuz they need to be with their baby, so it's not helping them financially so area banks have set up financial accounts to help them out, two banks, one is banner bank, but I can't remember the other one off the top of my head.

so more prayers are needed for this child.
the pits have already been sent to heaven. They, I doubt were even given a trial, but at least there is hope for the child,

and the family needs every blessing that people can spare for them.

the mother is hoping against hope that the child will make a complete recovery.

[Hunna]

So have charges been brought on the babysitter for not properly supervising the child?

[LadyLynn]

I'm not certain. I doubt seriously that the parents have given it much thought other than they are trying to save their baby. They probably won't get around to it until the law tells them Statues of limitations have run out.
Sadly I'm sure that's probably the way it's going to turn out.

but I wouldthink that they should hold the sitter responsible for everything, especially the medical bills they are incurring now because of it,

but I doubt we'll hear any more about this family now.