Guest Anonymous Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Pit bull kills two-week-old child BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- A two-week-old boy was fatally mauled Friday by his family's pit bull terrier, authorities said. The mother left the infant in a swing in a second-floor bedroom and went downstairs to her front door to talk briefly with a neighbor, said police Maj. Fred Bealefeld III. When she returned, the baby was injured. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital, said fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright. The dog apparently left the house after the attack, and when police responded, they found a "large, vicious pit bull" running around the street, Bealefeld said. Officers fired several rounds at the dog, killing it. At least one bullet struck a nearby car with two men inside, Bealefeld said. One man, Setarvine Rumph, was cut by flying glass. "They didn't see us drive past and then I was backing up," he said. "They could have at least waited." I am going to look around the net and see if i find any other info i will add them as i find them. :( Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 another attack: http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2376265/detail.html read this: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/dogholocaust/deed.html Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Well bred and properly introdced APBTs LOVE CHildren... THERE A LITTLE SUNSHINE IN A POST FULL OF DARK CLOUDS.... :black: Quote
behle Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Lovely photo, RNP! Thanks for posting a bit of good news..... :D You are so right! Good owners, good breeding, and good training & socialization - makes for wonderful companion dogs every time. :D Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Something very very foul going on, i am going to keep looking for more discrepencies in the story. Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 is this your dog ROTT'N'PIT Sharing the bath with the children :) Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 No Mouse not mine but a fine show of what the breed is like when properly raised, they are noted for thier love of children. so for anything else to be displayed shows a serious lack in the chain, be it an unstable dog, bad temperment, bad training, no training, bad socialization, poor nutrition, or any other factor that plays in. or in this case bad parenting, if they had just shown comman damn sense the child and the dog would still be alive today. why arent they being punished at all, isnt that negligence? they suffered enough, with the lose of a child.... they caused it as far as that goes they might as well have let the dog do it. you do not under any circumstance leave a child unsupervised, for all anyone knows the dog could have been in the other room the swing fell and the dog tried to pick up the child or the child was crying on the floor and it got the dogs attention, no one will ever know what really happened in that house. Quote
courtnek Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 This is deplorable. You dont EVER leave a dog, any dog, any breed, alone with a child, FOR ANY REASON!!!! Children's cries will upset a dog, their shrill tones hurt their ears. This was a dog that has been shown to be "not the same" since the baby came. Child jealousy is a real issue, and people need to train their dogs to accept the new baby and work with it. SOOOO... they have a dog, out of sorts and jealous about the new baby, and THEY LEAVE THE DOG ALONE WITH THE CHILD?????? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??????? gggrrrrrrrrrr...... :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Quote
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Waaaaaaaaaaait a minute! A two-week-old boy What kind of IDIOT keep their TWO WEEK OLD child ALONE with a dog?? And who said the dog bit the child???? What if the TWO WEEK OLD accidently slipped and fell? The dog might have panicked, and bit the child!! Or what if the dog accidently pushed the child, and when the child fell down, bit him in fright? There are sooo many ways to what could have happened, but the media chose to write about the dog attacking the child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil: I am SO Po'd!!! Poor dog!!! Imagine it's human owners baby falling out of a swing, it not knowing what to do, it's owners come to see the baby dead. First thing that comes into their mind? Our vicious Pit Bull has killed our baby! The dog is really frightened, chained outside. Gets loose, and when running, is chased by cars, hears gun fire, then dies!! Last thing the poor dog heard was gun shots... :cry: Bad owners + Bad breeders= Death :cry: R.I.P "vicious" Pit Bull! :angel: Quote
ellieangel Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 What a terrible tragic story :( Let's hope people learn the right lessons from this :-? Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Just about every detail of this story is peeving me off something awful. I have a feeling there will be some interesting revelations once the cause of death and further investigation into the entire situation is done. Like, maybe the dog did absolutely nothing? Even if it did, the parents are the ones at fault here. Wasnt there a case a few years ago where a dachshund killed a baby? Stupid, stupid parents.... Quote
ellieangel Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 I think any breed could kill a baby if it had a mind to. It is the parents fault but they have paid the ultimate sacrifice :cry: Quote
Shannon_C Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 OMG Can't the press get anything right, first they say the baby was mauled..next the baby was found lying on the floor with the swing knocked over. It is possible the dog freaked out and ran thinking he would get the blame, if Charlie knocks anything over he looks to the floor or runs..he knows something wasn't right there...and as for leaving dogs with children whether small, medium or large, it should not be allowed. The baby should have been with his mom when she spoke to the neighbour not left unattended, its not just dogs that are a danger to children but household things can do harm. Some people just don't think what will happen, there mind is elsewhere instead of on there child. My dogs are outside quite often while the weather is warm and inside (kitchen) when its not especially if we have visitors, the last thing I want is dogs running round when the baby is born......so if its a nice day the dogs will be in the garden with the door locked so our nieces and nephews can't let them in....if its not a nice day and the dogs are in the kitchen......then whoevers child lets them out....there parents will get a bollocking from us for not controlling them. There will be so much going on, they won't realise the dogs are lose....it will be there last visit thats for sure!! The dogs are great when just us but if anyone visits....its chaotic! I just hope I dont get all the fuss from the family, they haven't bothered before.... Richard and myself spoke about this. His family don't seem keen on me because I am quiet and always have been (there will never be any change there) but he knows I wont tolerate any fuss off anyone when the baby is born including my own family who only want to know me when ranting on about someone. My mom doesnt even ask how I am when she phones me, just talks about whats been going on up her road :evil: I know the bit mentioned isn't part of this but I wanted to get that off my chest. Quote
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