Family Bulldog kills 4 year old girl  |
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 The favorite pet of the little girl suddenly turned aggressive and attacked her in the throat and killed her. The girl's 6 year old sister ran for the nanny who tried to pry the dogs jaws from the little girl without success. When police arrived, they tried to taser the dog and when that didn't work, they shot it 5 times to get it away from the body of the girl. This is unprecedented. Bulldogs are usually recommended for children! What a horrible thing to happen in your own back yard!
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| 1. ScottAngel (5) | 3 years ago |  While this is a horrible experience it further goes to show why I do not believe in children being left alone unattended with animals that are larger than themselves. I understand that a family pet teaches responsibility to children. However, it is imperative that the adults around said Child are aware of the nature of animals. Even the most relaxed pet can become aggressive unplanned in the wrong circumstance.
I feel for the family however, this child should never have been left alone with this animal if there was potential for the child to be injured. I believe that children under the age of six or seven should be supervised at all times around family pets.
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 ChaChaRose (115) | 3 years ago |  I couldn't agree with you more.
As you say, even the friendliest of dogs can be prone to unexpected behaviour that may result in harm to a child.
Is it possible she may have been teasing the dog? Or she may have done something to startle it? I believe that children should be brought up around pets, but supervision is vital, especially for such a young child.
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| namrelaer (25) | 3 years ago |  We must be aware of what instinct dog had. Even it is our pet for a long time nobody can tell what they can do. We can't tell to our selves that, ah I know the behavior of my dog, i know what he/she likes or dislikes, well when dog got mad, animal instinct is to bite. We must be responsible also as a pet lover. We must think of safety first. It is ok to have a dog in our house even we have little children but better if we provide a cage first until our children grows up. This is to ensure of their safety from danger of dog bite.
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2.  lightningMD (5658) | 3 years ago |  How very sad for this family. The older sister must be devastated to have witnessed this tragedy.Animals are so unpredictable. You never know when your sweet pet might turn aggressive. I'll say a prayer for the family.
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| 3. shakeroo (2387) | 3 years ago |  OMG! That is really gruesome. I wonder what had ticked the dog to become that vicious. Anyway, I felt sorry for the parents but then kids should never be left alone with pets such as dogs, python or any of those dangerous animals. Sometimes, kids can do things that could trigger the anger of the animals.
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| 4. rockyyy520 (82) | 3 years ago |  gee...how could it be happen!i am so sorry to hear that bad news.animals r animals themselves!
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5.  mermaid911 (551) | 3 years ago |  That's just sad. I wonder what provoked the dog to do such a thing. Dogs are usually kind to their owners. Dogs rarely attack owners unless they are threatened but how could a 4 year old threaten a dog? That's really odd.
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6.  mytwo_daughters (1367) | 3 years ago | my sister in law and her family have a bull dog for a pet. It is caged when we get there. From what I understood they were good dogs as well. Yes, tragic thing to happen....I can't imagine! | |
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| 7. faith210 (8437) | 3 years ago |  Hi estherlou! That is so sad and devastating for the family of that little girl. I have always wanted to have a bulldog and is horrified now to read this. I know that they don't attack people, maybe something has triggered or provoked it to attack and change drastically its behavior. As I have read from the article that it has been acquired recently and maybe there was a history of abuse on that dog before. Well, I am just guessing here. We have a pitbull, that breed I know are aggressive and will attacked when provoked but he is a darling and very friendly. However, we are still very cautious especially when there are guests around which is why we put him in a cage when we have guests. I just hope the family will recover soon from this tragedy. My prayers goes out to them. Take care and have a nice day.
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| 8. fanji008 (660) | 3 years ago |  Is that true? That's too terrible! The poor girl! She's only 4 years old. Then do people take any measures against the bulldog? I think we should really watch out the dogs or cat we have in our house. They're not that safe always.Maybe we should never let the kids stay with the pets alone. So sorry to hear the news. Hopefully such things will never happen again.
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| 9. slickcut (6010) | 3 years ago | I would not own a dog that is dangerous..i was always told that if it has teeth it can bite..I know that bull dogs, chows were not good with children.i had a chow once that bit a friend and i took that dog the same day and had him put down,i really hated to do it but a dog that will bite is no good for nothing...i have a small dog now,shes very small but she will not bite,she will run from children, and if they grab her she will pee but she will not bite..I know some people that have pit bulls and they say the dog is really good but i do not trust them because they are tempamental, and might turn on you..this is really a sad story but i blame the parents for this,they should have known better than to get a bull dog for a pet.If a person does not have children then its fine, but when you have children thats one thing you have to be very careful about..My kids always had a lab or a big ole humble dog that we could depend on at our house... | |
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| blackbriar (6347) | 3 years ago |  Sooooooo you have an anklebiter, eh? I grew up with neighbors having a couple of those and they were shot after attacking an adult. Never say your dog will never bite just cause it's small. Some of the smaller dogs are worse than their larger cousins. I had a small dog but got rid of it soon after buying it. Had a pedigree a mile long but it bit not only me but several other ppl so it went to live on a farm where it was killed by the farmer himself cause it attacked several of his friends as well. Training wouldn't work either.
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| slickcut (6010) | 3 years ago | ha ha yeah i suppose i do have an ankle biter Lol,but so far she hasn't bitten any ankles as yet...You are right about dogs it does not matter what size they are,if it has teeth it can bite...I think my littlt Tiny is a big chicken though,she runs away when she sees someone she does not know,and hides under the bed..I did have a small dog once and he would bite too,but i kept him until he was very old and finally died of cancer,he was a ver aggressive little toot though...Anyway so far i have had no problem with this one and hopefully i won't,guess i will hold my breath..LOL | |
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| 10. blackbriar (6347) | 3 years ago | Now they can add bulldogs to the list of 'killer dogs' to be banned/destroyed. | |
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| ljegbers (5761) | 3 years ago |  I don't think that is a fair statement. This dog came from a shelter/pound and there is no way of knowing that this dog went through in it's earlier years.
I just think that if a family has small children, that they should get a puppy and train it themselves. Anamils that come into the home when they are older don't always mix with small children.
It isn't the breed that makes the dog bad, it's the past or previous owners.
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| blackbriar (6347) | 3 years ago | That was a sarcastic statement, ljegbers. Meant that since pit bulls are high on the list of attacks as well as Rotts, Dobes, Shepards, etc., bulldogs should be added since the attack actually made headlines like all the pitbull attacks do. Ppl that know me well know I hate ppl that attack certain breeds, calling them killer dogs when they don't know the story behind their upbringing. Any dog can attack/kill a person being small child or a huge adult. I have a lab/pit mix that was badly abused the first 3yrs of his life. After I aquired him and took him thru obedience training, socialization, and tons of love/patience, he's a totally different dog. He was downright mean when I took him in, now he prefers to lick you to death than bite. I'll defend the so-called 'killer breeds' to my death because like you said...it's not the dog, it's the bad owners/bad breeders. | |
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