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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 tredadda:
Really? That’s kinda amazing as it seems like a lot of people have been getting laid off across the country. Perhaps it’s just in tech though.
In the area I live we are insulated from the highs and lows.
Part of the benefit of Ag and Beef based economy.
I have been buying large amounts of equipment from businesses closing down in the bigger cities (mainly OKC and Tulsa). Some guys think the peaks are going to last forever and don't plan ahead. They also have a huge base of cheap labor willing to undercut them to insanely low levels.
Garage sale for the cash flush guys, I guess. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
In the area I live we are insulated from the highs and lows.
Part of the benefit of Ag and Beef based economy.
I have been buying large amounts of equipment from businesses closing down in the bigger cities (mainly OKC and Tulsa). Some guys think the peaks are going to last forever and don't plan ahead. They also have a huge base of cheap labor willing to undercut them to insanely low levels.
Garage sale for the cash flush guys, I guess.
That is smart thinking on your part though. [Reply]
One of the best dogs ive ever been around was an American Pitt. And some of the worst dogs ive ever been around where also Pitts. /shrug
I've owned a red-nose Pitt, she was a total bitch. Hated everyone. Dad picked her up when i was a kid. She wouldn't let me into my own house.
I owned a Pitt/Rot mix. Loved that dog. He was hard to handle though.
Now i got two little dogs. They love kids. They listen. No bad temperaments. More "human like" than the bigger dogs ive had. One of them is basically a cat...but idgaf. Life is easier with them than my Pitt/Rot mutt. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pablo:
Oh look how much Murditator 0769 loves the bone we got him for Christmas!! He’s sooooo protective of it. Why don’t you try and grab it from him and bring it to mommy, Kaysen.
Originally Posted by tredadda:
Not knocking the criteria at all. Just found that to be interesting criteria for getting that specific breed.
I get the hair thing completely. We have a purebred Pembroke Welsh Corgi and she is a straight up shedding machine. No matter how much we brush her and furminate her we still get hair everywhere. If we ever get another dog shedding level will play heavily into that decision. No more getting a big time shedder because my girls think her breed is “cute”.
For the record, I would never go out shopping for a specific breed of dog. I was just responding to your question as a neutral.
My criteria for owning a dog would be no small/toy breeds, it'd have to be a short-haired breed, and no breeder/puppy mill types.
I'd 100% go to the pound and with those requirements, I think there's a good chance I'd end up with a pit. [Reply]
If the owners would be responsible, I would have no issues with them. Too many stories about people being mauled to death.
These idiots down the street from me have a pit bull. I have come across it out wandering around the street in front of their house three times recently. The first time my wife was with me (while walking our own dog) and it charged us. Stopped short when I picked up our dog.
Really pisses me off. It's like, if your fucking dog gets out multiple times, maybe it's time to do a better job securing your fucking gate. I guess they want to wait until the dog kills someone so they can do some prison time.
Originally Posted by NinerDoug:
If the owners would be responsible, I would have no issues with them. Too many stories about people being mauled to death.
These idiots down the street from me have a pit bull. I have come across it out wandering around the street in front of their house three times recently. The first time my wife was with me (while walking our own dog) and it charged us. Stopped short when I picked up our dog.
Really pisses me off. It's like, if your ****ing dog gets out multiple times, maybe it's time to do a better job securing your ****ing gate. I guess they want to wait until the dog kills someone so they can do some prison time.
****ing idiots.
The dog’s owner in these cases should be punished as if they committed the offense the dog did. [Reply]
There was a point in my life where i thought, if i had a dog, it had to be the baddest dog on the block. High energy, strong, healthy....one not to be fucked with. One that could protect the fam.
Then i had dogs like that.
And then i grew up. And i realized that those kinda dogs are a motherfucker to maintain correctly. And the things i was looking for didn't matter.
Yeah, a Pitt would rip my dogs to pieces. And they ain't defending anyone from anybody.
And I don't care. Life is much easier and more pleasant with dogs that don't wig the fuck out when a friend comes over. [Reply]
