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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:
I gave you a thumbs up because what you suggested is a good idea. My only question is why have them? What does a Pit Bull provide outside of being a status symbol?
Originally Posted by bdj23:
Haven't they been trying to breed the aggression out of them for decades? I feel like a 4 legged ticking time bomb isn't worth it when there are so many other wonderful breeds of dogs.
These things are like a status symbol for some stupid reason.
Not in any regulated way. Still a lot of irresponsible backyard breeders. [Reply]
"In simplest terms, if a dog has the blocky head shape and oversized jaws characteristic of a pit bull, a magnetic resonance imaging scan is likely to identify the brain structures associated with sudden, random, unpredictable violence and “dead game” fighting behavior as well." [Reply]
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
What does any non-working dog provide?
Plenty. But they also don’t have the reputation or track record of a Pit Bull which continues with my question of what that breed provides that makes people want them despite the reputation. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tredadda:
Plenty. But they also don’t have the reputation or track record of a Pit Bull which continues with my question of what that breed provides that makes people want them despite the reputation.
90% of their owners want them for one thing, the tough and violent reputation that they feel reflects them as people
The other 10% are big hearted but naive people who think "all animals are good they just need love!"... and they think that right up until their 5 year olds face gets chewed off [Reply]
Not to derail but since we are on the subject of pitbulls...
When you look at my Corgi sized pitty mix... does he raise the same kind of trepidation that a standard Pit would?
Follow up...
Would his breed DNA results, showing he is 21% Pit, disqualify him from a place in your home?
/not looking to convince any of you otherwise if you answer yes/no. I'm just curious as to whether a mix of any sort is acceptable, and if so... what that mix level is. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx:
Not to derail but since we are on the subject of pitbulls...
When you look at my Corgi sized pitty mix... does he raise the same kind of trepidation that a standard Pit would?
Follow up...
Would his breed DNA results, showing he is 21% Pit, disqualify him from a place in your home?
/not looking to convince any of you otherwise if you answer yes/no. I'm just curious as to whether a mix of any sort is acceptable, and if so... what that mix level is.
Your mix would not raise the same issues as a pure bred Pit Bull. Primarily because with mutts, many of the bad traits in a breed are bred out. [Reply]
