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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]
Originally Posted by cdcox:
I hope that you never leave your dog unchained on your driveway. Lots of totally normal people can walk past, minding their own business with no interest in you, your house, your dog, or your children. If you own a lethal weapon, with a clearly random element to their personality, you have 100% responsibility for the safety of everyone that might encounter it.
Invisible fence.
But yeah, clearly don't have any control of my 'lethal weapon'.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Invisible fence.
But yeah, clearly don't have any control of my 'lethal weapon'.
Methinks you missed the point. Biggly.
1. The person walking by has no knowledge of either the disposition of your dog or the presence of your invisible fence. Just rude at the very least. Maybe you live at the end of a long deserted street and no one ever walks by.
2. Would an invisible fence stop you from protecting your children from a threat? Pretend all you want, but an intent dog isn’t going to be stopped by an invisible fence. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Pitbulls make up less than 6% of the dog population, yet are responsible for more than 80% of dog related human fatalities in the US
I don't give a damn what anyone says, I wouldn't trust one of those fucking dogs for one second
I do believe that how a dog is raised makes some difference, but as a child I was mauled by a German Shepherd who the owner claims was treated like a part of the family, and would never hurt anyone.
Ripped my cheek off, left me with about 10 scars on my face, and several more on the back of my head.
My point is, dogs that have literally been bred to be aggressive should not be around small children.
My ex MIL had a friend who had a toddler, and insisted that their pitbull would protect the baby. I said if they keep letting the toddler yank and pull on the dog, that eventually something bad would happen. The parents cussed me out, my ex MIL cussed me out, because their dog would never do anything.
Guess what? Yep, the dog attacked the 3 year old. I said that the child didn't deserve it, but the parents should have known better.
Basically, if you own an aggressive breed of dog, and you have small children, it's fuck around and find out.
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Getting attacked by a dog is miserable even if no significant injuries.
If you ever get attacked by a dog contact your lawyer ASAP. Put the owners home insurance to use
Missouri is full liability state. The owner is 100% responsible for dog bites. The insurance company can only challenge the compensation not the liability. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Hate pitbulls and rots. Kill them all.
Pretty ignorant statement. So how do you feel about black men who are 6 percent of the population but account for 52 percent of murders? Kill em all?
Of course not. I've had two Greater Swiss Mountain dogs and a Rott. All three were the most gentle dogs I've ever had. My roommate in school had a Pitt and I'd wrestle around with that big baby all the time. Gentle as can be. You don't leave a toddler or infant with any dog. Your statement is ignorant. This tragedy is on mom and which ever kid was tormenting the dog. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Pretty ignorant statement. So how do you feel about black men who are 6 percent of the population but account for 52 percent of murders? Kill em all?
Of course not. I've had two Greater Swiss Mountain dogs and a Rott. All three were the most gentle dogs I've ever had. My roommate in school had a Pitt and I'd wrestle around with that big baby all the time. Gentle as can be. You don't leave a toddler or infant with any dog. Your statement is ignorant. This tragedy is on mom and which ever kid was tormenting the dog.
Couldn't disagree more with this. I'd put a pure-bred Pit up against ANY other breed in a fight because they are bred to be apex dog fighters like a Doberman was bred to guard. And unlike Dobies, the Pit breeders have done a shit job of removing the gameness in Pits. Pit's represent the vast number of dog attack and it's not just the owners. this lady probably did everything in her power to care for these animals and they still mauled her and killed those kids when the switch went off. [Reply]
Aggressive breeds are aggressive. There's only so much nurturing you can do to combat nature.
I have a new rescue that came out of the womb biting and growling. He's an aggressive breed and guess what? He's aggressive. Fortunately he only weighs 5 pounds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Pretty ignorant statement. So how do you feel about black men who are 6 percent of the population but account for 52 percent of murders? Kill em all?
Of course not. I've had two Greater Swiss Mountain dogs and a Rott. All three were the most gentle dogs I've ever had. My roommate in school had a Pitt and I'd wrestle around with that big baby all the time. Gentle as can be. You don't leave a toddler or infant with any dog. Your statement is ignorant. This tragedy is on mom and which ever kid was tormenting the dog.
Silly. Dogs don't have the same rights as humans. Even not as many rights as humans that murder other humans. [Reply]
I've just never understood the need to have a dog like that as a pet. I get the protection issue, but there are better options available. As several people have mentioned, even the ones who are raised correctly by attentive, responsible owners can still snap for reasons known only to the them. You never think it will happen until it does. And while I'm not in the ban 'em all camp, I'm definitely in the wouldn't give a shit if they were banned camp. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Pretty ignorant statement. So how do you feel about black men who are 6 percent of the population but account for 52 percent of murders? Kill em all?
Of course not. I've had two Greater Swiss Mountain dogs and a Rott. All three were the most gentle dogs I've ever had. My roommate in school had a Pitt and I'd wrestle around with that big baby all the time. Gentle as can be. You don't leave a toddler or infant with any dog. Your statement is ignorant. This tragedy is on mom and which ever kid was tormenting the dog.
The tragedy is on mom and dad for ever having a pittbull within striking distance of their children. Fuck those dogs, FR. [Reply]
