I hate seeing photos on social media of tiny babies snuggled up with huge dogs like huskies, rottweillers and bulldogs. They scare the hell out of me and I just cannot imagine placing your baby to lay down with a dog.
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I agree FP, its almost as if the parents have to prove something. It scares me as well, but I imagine these dogs have been family members, and know the baby is part of the family, therefore is no threat. That dog in the news was unfamiliar with everything - the family, the home, the outside environmentâŠI think people need to undergo a breed training course before they even think about adding a dog to their home.
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Unless something else has since been reported we donât know anything about the provenance of that dog. I know of one dog who was kept home alone for several months since his owner is in prison and friends went round a couple of times a day to the flat to feed it and take it for a walk. Only recently have the friends manage to find someone willing to house it until the owner is released. God only knows how that dog might have been damaged through prolonged periods of isolation and non social contact.
No need to ask- any suggestions of getting the RSPCA involved were not countenanced.
When you have a baby in the house you should darn well check up on the provenance of the dog .
It a living creature not a piece of furniture .
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Absolutely 100% agree.
Yes Muddy, that is what I thought, too. They know darn well where they got it from, it didnât just happen to wander in, did it.
I suppose it is just possible the parents were just kind people who heard the dog was being ill treated or going to be put down, and they said theyâd take it to avoid its death, but I am sceptical about that.
Most people who take on a dog like that have very different reasons though.
It is very often either something to parade as some kind of âstatus symbolâ, or else they have something they want him to protect/guard from other equally dubious people, or thirdly, possibly as a fighting dog to make him earn money.
Whatever the reason, it cost a babyâs life as well as the dogâs life.
Not always. A few years ago we had family over from USA. The little boy was three. I would not have allowed our dog to into his bedroom but he sneaked in while his mum went to the bathroom. The result?
His mum took the pic.
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Still not comfortable with that.
Last year a baby was killed by a dog which somehow got into a room where a baby was sleeping.
I understand. I wouldnât have allowed the dog in there. But there are dogs and there dogs.
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I just heard that the dog tgat killed the baby was NOT on the dangerous dog list.
It was an American Bully. If you Google them they look very much like a put bull to me.
I read this statement which just is not true.
Is an American bully aggressive?
American bullies are one of the best examples of a perfect family dog. Loyal and loving, theyâve had aggressive behaviors intentionally bred out of them. This makes them great family dogs, so you can rest assured that youâre not putting your children at risk by bringing one into your home.
Well the death of the little baby certainly makes the statement a load of rubbish.
They look very fierce and vicious. Iâm not sure why people want to keep these kind of dogs.
Any dog can be a danger and need constant supervision.
They can be extremely aggressive .
They are pit bull types the thing is the put bull is not a specific breed but a type .
Itâs an illegal breed in Turkey. Maybe we now know what they knew all along?
As has been said, the dog was not a pup but still being given away. My first question is WHY? Having worked as a volunteer for my Breed Rescue for a good long while, when I still lived full time at my own place. I know how hard at times it is to get the dog matched with the right family, also we are in constant touch with them especially in the early days.
I have also found that people handing in dogs to be rehomed, often do not tell the truth about the dogs history, they have caused a problem and canât handle it, so they will say whatever, just to get if off their hands. We always foster the dog with one of us for a while first, to check itâs history report and itâs actual behaviour. Then we look for a match.
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