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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."
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. [Reply]
Remember the movie gladiator when Commodus said "do you think I am scared of you Gladiator?" to which he replied "I think you were born scared" Born scared should be the title of this thread. Man killing his best friend because he is all scared of them. Pathetic [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
Remember the movie gladiator when Commodus said "do you think I am scared of you Gladiator?" to which he replied "I think you were born scared" Born scared should be the title of this thread. Man killing his best friend because he is all scared of them. Pathetic
There's no reason for me not to kill a dog if it's threatening the life of my dog. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
Remember the movie gladiator when Commodus said "do you think I am scared of you Gladiator?" to which he replied "I think you were born scared" Born scared should be the title of this thread. Man killing his best friend because he is all scared of them. Pathetic
My little sister is absolutely terrified of dogs. She came for a visit and he was in her lap before she left. I had a 6 pound male chihuahua ( rescue) that was way meaner than this giant baby I’ve had since he was weaned. It’s 100% about how you raise them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bob Dole:
My little sister is absolutely terrified of dogs. She came for a visit and he was in her lap before she left. I had a 6 pound male chihuahua ( rescue) that was way meaner than this giant baby I’ve had since he was weaned. It’s 100% about how you raise them.
I’ll be honest. I disagree with the “it’s how you train them take”. I think that only minimizes the frequency of attacks… if you train them like the dog handler from South Park, I’m sure the attacks or occurrences of possible attacks minimizes substantially, but the issue here is that even a perfectly trained Pitt bull is still worse than most other breeds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TripleThreat:
I’ll be honest. I disagree with the “it’s how you train them take”. I think that only minimizes the frequency of attacks… if you train them like the dog handler from South Park, I’m sure the attacks or occurrences of possible attacks minimizes substantially, but the issue here is that even a perfectly trained Pitt bull is still worse than most other breeds.
And I don’t think there is a lick of data to back that up. [Reply]
He’s right. You can even raise alligators to swim with kids. All you have to do is raise them right and every built in potential danger and aggressive trait just melts away!
The AVMA or American Veterinary Medical Association conducted an in-depth literature review to analyze existing studies on dog bites and serious injuries. Their findings indicate that there is no single breed that stands out as the most dangerous.
According to their review, studies indicate breed is not a dependable marker or predictor of dangerous behavior in dogs. Better and more reliable indicators include owner behavior, training, sex, neuter status, dog’s location (urban vs. rural), and even varying ownership trends over the passing of time or geographic location.
