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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 Razaele:
Sure, many pits are dangerous but MINE isn't dangerous... Mine's a scaredy cat that wouldn't hurt a fly
Mine is 42lbs and is only 22% pitty. It is a logistics thing. He *literally* weighs as much as a 4 month old Pitty. While he wouldn't hurt a fly... he can barely jump high enough to bite the average person's knee much less maul anyone to death.
I say again... that cat would fuck me up 10x worse than this particular pitty who cuddles with little baby chicks and protects them.
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This is a very familiar saying in threads where a dog did something "it's never done before" and tore apart somebody's kids
I'll ask you the same question I did Easy. Is it like the one-drop rule for you where *ANY* percentage of pitty makes the dog a murder monster? [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
It’s the same risk as owning a Bear, tiger, lion or wolf as a pet.
They’re aggressive dangerous animals. You can’t ever think that they aren’t gonna have their nature come out at any time.
Just not worth it to me
They don’t even have to be aggressive day to day. Last year there was a woman in St Louis who was torn apart by a pair of them after a storm scared the dogs and they ran out of their yard, which had an invisible fence [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
I’m still genuinely curious what the appeal of a pit bull is that you choose to get one over any of the other options out there less prone to violent aggression. And I mean appeal of the dog, not owners stubbornness or desire to say they have one of the good pit bulls.
Because it's not cool to have a breed of dog that can't kill your dog.
Then you have all the Darren's and Karen's of the pit world that come out of the woodwork when one of these shit breeds kills or maims someone about how their cuddly and cute fido that they just happened to name "didhebitecha" wouldn't ever harm a flea. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
They don’t even have to be aggressive day to day. Last year there was a woman in St Louis who was torn apart by a pair of them after a storm scared the dogs and they ran out of their yard, which had an invisible fence
The dogs feared for their lives. Were they not supposed to murder the first human they came across?? [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
It’s the same risk as owning a Bear, tiger, lion or wolf as a pet.
They’re aggressive dangerous animals. You can’t ever think that they aren’t gonna have their nature come out at any time.
Just not worth it to me
I'll agree that Pitbull isn't the right breed for a lot of ppl.
However, if you think owning a Pitbull is the same as owning a Bear, Tiger, Lion, or wolf as a pet I need to get some of that shit you smoking. Must be some good stuff. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
I’m still genuinely curious what the appeal of a pit bull is that you choose to get one over any of the other options out there less prone to violent aggression. And I mean appeal of the dog, not owners stubbornness or desire to say they have one of the good pit bulls.
As I read your first sentence I began immediately forming the answer in my head..which ended up being your second sentence. Other than that, I got nothing for you. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cdcox:
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.
It's my dog in his front yard. He's not wandering the neighborhood - he's in his front yard with the family while we play basketball or ride bikes or whatever.
If he accosts them or sits there growling/barking at them, that's a problem. And yes, that's what I've spent literally thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours training him to prevent. But if they are scared of a dog standing in a driveway, they can simply cross to the other side of the street.
It's a dog outside with its family. I'm not going to apologize for it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
I'll agree that Pitbull isn't the right breed for a lot of ppl.
However, if you think owning a Pitbull is the same as owning a Bear, Tiger, Lion, or wolf as a pet I need to get some of that shit you smoking. Must be some good stuff.
Pitbulls were designed from breeds that were bred to kill bears for gambling and lol's. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
I'll agree that Pitbull isn't the right breed for a lot of ppl.
However, if you think owning a Pitbull is the same as owning a Bear, Tiger, Lion, or wolf as a pet I need to get some of that shit you smoking. Must be some good stuff.
Is there much of a difference to a child in the neighborhood or a jogger going by? A human can’t chase down a motivated pit bull and an invisible fence won’t contain one if the switch flips. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
I’m still genuinely curious what the appeal of a pit bull is that you choose to get one over any of the other options out there less prone to violent aggression. And I mean appeal of the dog, not owners stubbornness or desire to say they have one of the good pit bulls.
I don't have a problem with pitt's, although I've never personally owned one ( just my roommates). We were looking to adopt a dog last year when my Swissy died. Looking on the shelter websites, and most of the dogs for adoption are pitts or pitt mixes. That might be why. [Reply]
