Dangerous Dogs

Another youngster loses her life to a dangerous dog--when is this going to stop,who is to blame.

It is happening too often now,i cant understand the mentality of the parents for bringing this animal into a home where a youngster lives-surely some checks should have made to see why the animal was in a rescue home in the first place.

I agree totally James. Dogs are animals that in my opinion have only one place....outside!

Further, all dogs are derived from the Wolf so it's a natural instinct to kill, but how sad is it? I know we are all feeling for this family.

We can blame the lack of legislation, but in reality the 'animal lovers' are to blame.

I wouldn't trust any dog from a rescue home, there is some reason why that dog is there in the first place, it's either been badly treated or has been placed there due to its behaviour.

My best friend lives in Northmaptonshire, she was walking in her local park in June this year when she was savaged by a dog and was really quite badly injured. After all these month she is still not right. Turns out the dog was a rescue dog, off its lead in a public park, when the owner finally got the dog off my friend he put a muzzle on it, put it back on it's lead. Then came the 'He's never done that before', well why the muzzle then ?

What if she had been a child, it doesn't bear thinking about. No dog should ever be off its lead in a public place, it drives me bonkers on beaches. 

So often it is a young girl who loses her life. It is tragic. The parents must be devastated, but it was their decision to keep such a powerful animal in their home.

I hope these cases will make parents think about the dangers of keeping aggressive and powerful dogs.. So often people keep these dogs as some sort of status-symbol or as a weapon to intimidate people.

Dogs can be wonderful companions and some are extremely intelligent (collie dogs especially) and labradors are excellent as assistance dogs. But no dog can be trusted to be safe with small children.

I just got back (literally) from visiting a family who live in a 5th wheel (smaller than a caravan) about the size of my kitchen (with no exaggeration).

A husband, wife, two children under ten, a lodger and TWO PIT BULL puppies.  

What are they thinking???????

Its an accident, if not a tragedy waiting to happen.

I did read about the little girl, and saw her picture. What a sweetie.

So sad. So very, very sad.  

I reckon most people wouldn't know what a 5th wheel is Sue - care to explain?

That said a 5th wheel to me is the coupling between a cab and trailer, whereby the driver will reverse his/her cab onto the 5th wheel (circular in shape, hence the reference to wheel) to locate and secure, before the onward journey with the trailer now attached.

Learn something different on POE every day don't you?