More fallout over the dog fatality

God, people are so stupid aren't they! Fancy wanting to hand your dog, that you have owned for years since a puppy, because you are concerned the breed is 'dangerous'. Sometimes I really wonder about the intelligence of people!

The dog was a French Mastiff/Dogue de Bordeaux wasn't it as I saw a picture of the child sat with said dog and that's certainly what it appeared to be.

As far as I can see that dog was not in an appropriate environment for a dog of that size and, although I sympathise with the mother for what has happened, ultimately it's the owner's fault. The picture of the child and dog shows the child sort of draped/leaning on the dog lying down. Sorry, they'd had this dog (history unknown) for approx. 8 weeks, it was irresponsible to allow a child to be like that with a dog whatever it's breed/type. Sadly again, the dog is to blame and yet more hysteria and overreaction occurs as a result.
 
The dog wasn't a Dogue no ladyt25. The first picture the media showed was of a dogue supposedly owned by a family member. According to the more recent reports the dog which attacked her was an American bulldog type.
 
Who's dog was it then that they showed the photo of the kid sat on the floor (think in the kitchen), the dog was lying down and the child was sat beside it (by it's tummy) with her arm across it? That wasn't theirs then?

Stupid of the media to show that photo then if that's not the actual dog.

I am just so shocked how many people suddenly seem to panic about their own dogs.

Is it just because it was a dog of some bull breed that they hyped it up? I don't remember the same hype about jack russells or terriers in general after that jack Russell killed that baby a couple of years back.

Any one with any common sense (seemingly something people lack) knows ANY dog is perfectly capable of killing a person if the situation arose. It doesn't mean they will though or that a specific breed is more likely to attack than others.
 
HandleyCross said:
I'm still a big believer that its not the breed its how its brought up and handled.
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Also important is bearing in mind the original purpose of the dog and whether that will fit into our lifestyle, not being arrogant enough to think that we can over-ride genetics, and in the case of pre-owned dogs, being honest enough to know whether or not we can cope with and manage previously learned behaviour.

In some cases there are some things that training can never fix, reverse or change, it can only ever be managed.
 
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