Dog attacks

[theleader82]

A baby has been killed and it's brother seriously injured by a staffie type dog in Colchester. It about time new laws were made regarding dangerous dogs. Long prison sentences for the owners .http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37653137

[Zambo]

I'd put the fucking owners down at the same time as the dog. Might provide a bit of a deterrent to these irresponsible cunts.

[antdad]

Natural selection working as it should.

[kooster]

I'd put the fucking owners down at the same time as the dog. Might provide a bit of a deterrent to these irresponsible cunts.

This,

[Basualdo]

Natural selection working as it should.

Lovely.

[kancutlawns]

Could have sworn months ago when another child was killed by dogs, the OP created a thread saying that such dogs should be put down. This seems a departure from that stance.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Dogs should not be near infants EVER. Ultimately unpredictable.

[antdad]

Dogs should not be near infants EVER. Ultimately unpredictable.

Dogs are quite predictable, infants aren't.

Natural selection working as it should.

Lovely.

You might as well leave a loaded gun lying around and then be surprised that somebody got shot.

As far as I know the dog was family owned so thankfully no innocent parties were harmed, unlike Zambo's suggestion the parents will have to live with their fuckwit decision to own such a breed and ultimately bare the responsibility for the death of at least one of their children and the permanent disfigurement of another. That's punishment enough in my view and the fact that a proportion of their gene pool will no longer be extended is a bonus, you may think that's distasteful I just think that is natural selection of the weakest or in this case utter stupid.

[Rossco]

Dogs should not be near infants EVER. Ultimately unpredictable.

THIS....every time. Especially Terrier breeds. A baby crying, lying on the floor can seem like prey to some if they have a high prey drive. Hard to blame the dog as such. It is the owners fault really.

Sad case and cases like this all round.

[Zambo]

unlike Zambo's suggestion the parents will have to live with their fuckwit decision to own such a breed and ultimately bare the responsibility for the death of at least one of their children and the permanent disfigurement of another. That's punishment enough in my view.

You are having a fucking laugh. Punishment enough? Another case of feeling sorry for those responible for deaths and serious injury with absolutely no mention of those affected. Sickening.

[m4 colin]

Dogs should not be near infants EVER. Ultimately unpredictable.

THIS....every time. Especially Terrier breeds. A baby crying, lying on the floor can seem like prey to some if they have a high prey drive. Hard to blame the dog as such. It is the owners fault really.

Sad case and cases like this all round.

A much more likely scenario is baby comes along,
Dog pushed out Dogs are very jealous (even worse than women) and if not introduced to the child and included in everything they can very quickly learn to hate the baby

[Sid Pervcat]

Staffies are known as Nanny Dogs..They're fucking brilliant with kids.
No proof as yet that it was a Staffie.Seemingly another example of fuckwitted owners having no clue how to train,exercise and look after dogs.

[JimmyDee]

Seemingly another example of fuckwitted owners having no clue how to train,exercise and look after dogs.

The clue is usually in the name, often "Satan" or "Tyson" in cases like these.

[JimmyDee]

A much more likely scenario is baby comes along,
Dog pushed out Dogs are very jealous (even worse than women) and if not introduced to the child and included in everything they can very quickly learn to hate the baby

But if dogs had always had a tendency to jealousy towards babies they'd never have been domesticated in the first place. If it ever existed it would heve been bred out of them thousands of years ago.

[subsub]

And yet another Staffie involved.
Not the dog's fault - Staffies are meant to be rather soppy etc, but you get these moronic people too lazy to put the hours in and train them, and this sort of thing happens.

Terrible how so many people feel they're entitled to have any dog they want without accepting the responsibility that comes with it.

[m4 colin]

A much more likely scenario is baby comes along,
Dog pushed out Dogs are very jealous (even worse than women) and if not introduced to the child and included in everything they can very quickly learn to hate the baby

But if dogs had always had a tendency to jealousy towards babies they'd never have been domesticated in the first place. If it ever existed it would heve been bred out of them thousands of years ago.

All dogs are jealous of everything their food .their toys. and especially the people they love, its hardwired into them. In a pack society you have to defend your position or be displaced if the stupid owners had included the dog it would almost certainly have become devoted to the kid.

[JimmyDee]

In a pack society you have to defend your position or be displaced .....

This is a mis-interpretation of how wolf-packs operate in the wild.
See "In Defence of Dogs" by John Bradshaw, or google the reviews.

[m4rkb]

I'd put the fucking owners down at the same time as the dog. Might provide a bit of a deterrent to these irresponsible cunts.

This,

And another vote

[Sid Pervcat]

And yet another Staffie involved.
Not the dog's fault - Staffies are meant to be rather soppy etc, but you get these moronic people too lazy to put the hours in and train them, and this sort of thing happens.

Terrible how so many people feel they're entitled to have any dog they want without accepting the responsibility that comes with it.

Exactly my point.
I've had 2 Staffies.Both soft as shite but they need stimulating exercise,proper play sessions and training.It really isn't hard to train a dog and the rewards are fantastic.They are truly friends for life.Still miss my two.

[subsub]

And yet another Staffie involved.
Not the dog's fault - Staffies are meant to be rather soppy etc, but you get these moronic people too lazy to put the hours in and train them, and this sort of thing happens.

Terrible how so many people feel they're entitled to have any dog they want without accepting the responsibility that comes with it.

Exactly my point.
I've had 2 Staffies.Both soft as shite but they need stimulating exercise,proper play sessions and training.It really isn't hard to train a dog and the rewards are fantastic.They are truly friends for life.Still miss my two.

I'm sure, Sid
I've never had a dog, but I'm sure they become part of the family very quickly. Would love to have one

[Royal24s]

Is that the reason, actually ? Never occurred to me before , but I think you've hit the nail on the head there.
It's dumbing down again isn't it ? In the same way that lots of people used to own guns without generally going round shooting each other, people who owned potentially agressive dogs knew they had to keep them under proper control and not leave them in a room with a toddler pulling their ears or attach them to a pram with a bit of string and let the woman take them for a walk on her way to the play group.

[Fug1]

I had a bullmastif called Rosie, she was soft as anything as most Bullmastifs are, the moronic amongst us see a powerful dog and do everything they can to make soft breads into fierce dogs.

This type of owner is not responsible enough to have a dog and in reality probably should have there balls chopped off so we won't have to pay for there vile offsprings.

[m4 colin]

Is that the reason, actually ? Never occurred to me before , but I think you've hit the nail on the head there.
It's dumbing down again isn't it ? In the same way that lots of people used to own guns without generally going round shooting each other, people who owned potentially agressive dogs knew they had to keep them under proper control and not leave them in a room with a toddler pulling their ears or attach them to a pram with a bit of string and let the woman take them for a walk on her way to the play group.

No need to worry Agenda 21 and agenda 20/30 doesnt want you owning dogs having a garden having motor transport or guns. when you arent working for near starvation wages you can cower behind the door of your shoe box flat as the street gangs (Strangely they'll have plenty of guns and other weapons) roam the town.

[Sid Pervcat]

I had a bullmastif called Rosie, she was soft as anything as most Bullmastifs are, the moronic amongst us see a powerful dog and do everything they can to make soft breads into fierce dogs.

This type of owner is not responsible enough to have a dog and in reality probably should have there balls chopped off so we won't have to pay for there vile offsprings.

[Reg]

As I've said every time before, if you have small kids, why on Earth would you take the risk of having a potentially deadly animal around them?

I undestand it's not the animal's "fault" - but even a well trained animal might react unpredictably in certain circumstances.

A small dog or a cat isn't going to maul a kid to death, however threatened or angry it feels.