Pittbulls kill 2 year old and 5 month old

[TripleThreat]

Two young children are dead and their mother suffered major injuries after two family dogs attacked a baby and toddler outside their West Tennessee home.Kirstie Bennard, 30, suffered critical injuries when she tried to intervene in the attack on her 5-month-old boy, Hollace Dean, and 2-year-old girl, Lilly Jane, family and police said.

"She put her body on top of Lilly’s to try and protect her after the attack started," Bennard's uncle by marriage, Jeff Gibson told USA TODAY on Saturday. "Both (dogs) started attacking her while she lay on Lilly."The two children were pronounced dead when officials arrived at the home, the sheriff's office reported.

It was not immediately known what provoked the mauling.The mauling, Gibson said, lasted about 10 minutes.The dogs – two pit bulls that belonged to the family – were euthanized at Memphis Animal Services Thursday.

The family owned the pets, Cheech and Mia, for more than eight years without a violent incident, Kelsey Canfield, the mother's best friend, told Fox News.

"I can promise you those children were her world, and if there was any inkling of danger, she would have never had those dogs near her kids," Canfield told the outlet. "Those children were everything to them, and they just have a really long journey ahead."

Full Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ng/8219201001/

How do you feel about PittBull's? I posted this because my wife shared this story with me and my son was just recently participating in a "read to sheltered dogs" event where you could adopt a dog (I know brilliant).

I've heard the arguments that PittBull's get a bad wrap, but it seems time and time again they are the focal point of dogs who do these horrible acts.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by crayzkirk

There are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners.

Cool. So what should we do to prevent bad dog owners from getting these dogs?

Because I gotta be honest, the bad encounters I've had with dogs in the last 5 years have both been pits with bad owners. In my wife and I's last place, the neighbor's pit bull bit off part of our wooden fence and attacked our roommate's shepherd mix in our own backyard. My roommate and I bear hugged the pit to keep it from killing her dog. We knew full well the pit bull could **** us up or kill one of us if it wanted to, but thankfully that dog was just a derp to humans.

Our neighbors insisted that the pit was less dangerous than their 3 German Shepherds (all that were just left outside in their backyard 24/7). But those German Shepherds never ate our ****ing wooden fence or tried to kill our roommates dogs. We installed metal wire fencing behind our wooden fence after that. The dog tried to get through another time, but never made it through the metal.

In our new house, a person down the street lets his pit run loose just whenever. The dog is nice enough, ran up to me as I was bagging groceries once wanting to play (after that my wife and I now carry bear mace whenever we go out on a walk). Unfortunately, my wife and I's Australian Shepherd is leash aggressive, and would try to attack that pit bull if we ever took it on a walk in our neighborhood. Talked to the guy down the street, who said that was a problem with our dog. 👍

Folks on our street have called the police/animal control on that pit when it's running loose, and yet, the dog still runs around free at least a couple of times a month. Hope it doesn't end in disaster for my children, wife, or any of the other kids who live in our area!

[Titty Meat]

**** pittbulls

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by crayzkirk

There are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners.

That does play into it, but pitts are known for snapping and turning on their owners for no reason. Add that to the fact that they are powerful enough to kill their victim and it's no wonder that they have the stigma they do

[notorious]

If the breed disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't give two shits.


Can't say that about many other animals/breeds.

[BigBeauford]

I was told by a poster here that vaccines kill, but pitbulls are as cuddly as a guinea pig.

[Gravedigger]

I do feel for the parents on that one, but your kids are both 2 years old or less so saying you haven't had incident for the past 8 years is kind of a mute point when animals have only been introduced to that environment for a quarter of that time.

She's not going to tell you if they mistreated the dogs, if they were abusive in any way to set off these animals, because that would make either of them liable in their childrens deaths. There are no bad dogs, but there are breeds that are extreme and take extra care and training to make sure these types of situations don't occur. People are generally absorbed into their own lives and don't provide that extra care or training on a consistent, if at all, basis. Everything in the pounds is a pit bull mix nowadays it seems, you go on Pet Finder that's pretty much all you see is some form of pit mix, so the lack of control over breeding is a concern if the breed is an extreme breed like malinois, akita, doberman, rottweiler, etc.

[TheGuardian]

Originally Posted by crayzkirk

There are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners.

This blanket statement is absolutely untrue and is repeated far too often.

I have a friend who does drive training for dogs and he would tell you this statement is so beyond false and irresponsible and ignorant. He has said publicly that some dogs, regardless of breed cannot get to a high level of control by ANY owner. Period. And you're just some guy that's seen too many episodes of Caesar.

Dogs have a wide array of learning capabilities, behaviors, and individual traits that make them unique.

It is true that a good owner gives every dog a better chance, but there are literally dogs that have anxiety disorders, and mental disorders.

Yes, there are bad dogs. There are breeds that are way more prone to attacking and killing dogs and kids and people. And while a bad owner will make it worse there are lots of good owners that have had to put dogs down for attacking people.

Yes there are bad dogs. Period. And a bad owner just makes it worse. But all dogs aren't "good boys" by default.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by TheGuardian

This blanket statement is absolutely untrue and is repeated far too often.

I have a friend who does drive training for dogs and he would tell you this statement is so beyond false and irresponsible and ignorant. He has said publicly that some dogs, regardless of breed cannot get to a high level of control by ANY owner. Period. And you're just some guy that's seen too many episodes of Caesar.

Dogs have a wide array of learning capabilities, behaviors, and individual traits that make them unique.

It is true that a good owner gives every dog a better chance, but there are literally dogs that have anxiety disorders, and mental disorders.

Yes, there are bad dogs. There are breeds that are way more prone to attacking and killing dogs and kids and people. And while a bad owner will make it worse there are lots of good owners that have had to put dogs down for attacking people.

Yes there are bad dogs. Period. And a bad owner just makes it worse. But all dogs aren't "good boys" by default.

HOLY SHIT!

How have you been doing?!?!

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by comochiefsfan

Enough with these stupid dogs.

Take care of the ones that are already alive. But ban breeding them immediately.

Seriously, how many people are we going to let these things kill?

Banning them will accomplish nothing. There will always be a market for it.

[kcpasco]

Get a lab or a retriever for a family dog instead. Im not saying all pits are bad but I wouldn’t allow one around my 2 year old granddaughter.

[tredadda]

My question would be why you would want to have a dog like that around children especially young ones? Also what is it about that breed that makes people who own them want to get them? Is it a status symbol or something? I have children and we have a Corgi. Never even considered a pit bull.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by tredadda

My question would be why you would want to have a dog like that around children especially young ones? Also what is it about that breed that makes people who own them want to get them? Is it a status symbol or something? I have children and we have a Corgi. Never even considered a pit bull.

I have no idea why someone actively wants to buy the breed.

It's like a city boy buying the biggest, most jacked up pickup he can find.


Trying to compensate for something........

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by tredadda

My question would be why you would want to have a dog like that around children especially young ones? Also what is it about that breed that makes people who own them want to get them? Is it a status symbol or something? I have children and we have a Corgi. Never even considered a pit bull.

Those people typically live vicariously through their dog. They think owning one of them will make their penis grow 3 sizes

[notorious]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

Those people typically live vicariously through their dog. They think owning one of them will make their penis grow 3 sizes

12" is more than enough. That's why I go with Labs.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by notorious

12" is more than enough. That's why I go with Labs.

Are you saying Labs can't take 15 inches?