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The Other Guy wrote: On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 18:16:39 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: I sometimes wonder if big dogs in rescue are really checked out enough While "NOT thought to be a banned breed"?? It sure LOOKED like a pit bull. AND had a history of being 'abused', both HUGE red flags, or should have been. NEVER heard of a house cat killing anyone. Dunno about killing, but they sure can inflict a lot of damage, even without intending to! (Of course, however "mellow" the pet, and "responsible" the child, I don't believe small children and pets should be left alone together, unsupervised.) I must have been about three when my father found me kicking a kitten that was trapped in the outdoor well of a basement window. I don't remember what he said to me, but it certainly made an impression, since I never mistreated an animal again. (Unless you count dressing my long-suffering male cat in doll clothes and taking him for rides in a doll-buggy - but he was old enough to run off when he'd had enough.) To reply by email, lose the Ks... --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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jmcquown wrote: He was also very protective of me. He didn't like men. At one time my brother and I were roomates. Sammy certainly knew my brother. Yet one day my brother reached across the couch to hand something to me. Sampson interpreted it as a threatening move. He started snarling and bared his teeth. The point is, you just don't know what a dog, trained or not, familiar or not, might be thinking. Jill Certainly, until you're SURE how both the dog and the child will behave toward one another, you don't leave them alone together unsupervised - that's just plain common sense! |
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jmcquown wrote: I still don't believe most of the "a cat will smother a baby" stories. Certainly not a cat will suck the breath out of a baby. Such tales smack of old wivery. If you've got an infant and a cat, it's easy enough to close the door to the nursery when baby goes down for a nap. Jill I suspect those tales actually stemmed from cases of SIDS. Unless the cat were simply ENORMOUS, a healthy baby would struggle free of the weight before it smothered. |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... jmcquown wrote: I still don't believe most of the "a cat will smother a baby" stories. Certainly not a cat will suck the breath out of a baby. Such tales smack of old wivery. If you've got an infant and a cat, it's easy enough to close the door to the nursery when baby goes down for a nap. Jill I suspect those tales actually stemmed from cases of SIDS. Unless the cat were simply ENORMOUS, a healthy baby would struggle free of the weight before it smothered. ~~~~~~~ I have read a theory that this particular old wives' tale may have started when people saw cats licking around a baby's mouth--probably licking the residue of milk, and the superstition started that the cat was "sucking the life" out of the baby. MaryL |
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"MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "The Other Guy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 18:16:39 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: I sometimes wonder if big dogs in rescue are really checked out enough While "NOT thought to be a banned breed"?? It sure LOOKED like a pit bull. AND had a history of being 'abused', both HUGE red flags, or should have been. It was not a pit bull so let's stop blaming them for everything, eh? Tweed ~~~~~~~~ The picture looked like a pit bull, but one of the comments (apparently from someone who was familiar with the tragedy) said that the picture was not the actual dog involved. ------------------------------------------- From the *actual* picture in another article, it is , and was stated to be, a "French Mastiff" or properly, a Dogue de Bordeaux. |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: In a village not far from me. A recently adopted dog from a rescue centre has killed a 4 year old girl and apparently the mother had to stab the dog to get it off her. My heart goes out to them. Imagine having to stab your dog to try and save your child, it doesn't bear thinking about but of course you would do it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...73/Four-year-o ld-girl-killed-by-pet-dog-at-home.html I sometimes wonder if big dogs in rescue are really checked out enough because, let's face it, they have a difficult history and that's why they are there. Reporters are swarming all over the rescue centre with difficult questions for them. But actually, even a small dog could kill you if it went crazy and so could a cat if it ripped you to bits and wouldn't stop. I am very sad here tonight. Tweed It really is terrible. It must have been so horrific. Everyone must be feeling so guilty. The little girl is said to have adored the dog. They'd only had it two months. As you say, with a rescue dog you don't know their history although the neighbours have said it seemed a nice docile dog. A real tragedy. Perhaps it could have been avoided, perhaps not. Judith Here's the latest from my local radio station: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-24850320 They are saying it was a bulldog, they are usually very good with children. Nüle has 6 bulldogs and AFAIK their temperaments are perfect. One of hers has the German equivalent of the CDex obedience award and is working towards higher. Rescue dogs always come with a history and you don't always know what that is. The two rescue dogs I've had certainly had issues, one I would have trusted with children, one I definitely wouldn't. My heart goes out to everyone involved in this tragedy. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... In a village not far from me. A recently adopted dog from a rescue centre has killed a 4 year old girl and apparently the mother had to stab the dog to get it off her. My heart goes out to them. Imagine having to stab your dog to try and save your child, it doesn't bear thinking about but of course you would do it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...g-at-home.html I sometimes wonder if big dogs in rescue are really checked out enough because, let's face it, they have a difficult history and that's why they are there. Reporters are swarming all over the rescue centre with difficult questions for them. But actually, even a small dog could kill you if it went crazy and so could a cat if it ripped you to bits and wouldn't stop. I am very sad here tonight. Tweed well, I have discussed this with my friend June today and apparently the dog is accused of attacking the child while she was asleep. No dog would do this. But some dogs will attack if children scream. June thinks there is more to this than meets the eye, and I agree, but it's a tragedy anyway. A dog such as this, a big bulldog-type picked up as a stray with no known history should never have been rehomed with a child in an apartment but it is easy to have hindsight. I am not familiar with the kennels that did this either. I knew immediately when the dog could not could be got off the child that it would be a bull breed of some sort, and it's not their fault, they are bred to hang on. But they would not attack a sleeping child, no way _ but I don't know whether that report is correct. I have never known any dog to attack a sleeping child. |
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