So was it the dogs or not......

It does all seem rather strange to me. The whole story was a bit strange.

Why would they release the dogs? Surely killing a baby is enough for a dog to be considered dangerous, which would warrant PTS - or perhaps there's a long legal process for that, and they released both dogs as the family wanted both PTS as they couldn't bear having dogs any more after what happened? I dunno, just a guess.
 
As I understand it they have put both dogs down and the police seized both dogs because they didnt know which one was responsible.

I do think the whole thing has been handled badly, Im sure it will come out at the inquest, a tragedy, a tiny baby died but for the 2 dogs to have access to her is unbelievable, that baby would hardly have left my arms if she had been mine and certainly never left my sight.
 
very odd- how can they not know cause of death? normally the dog attacks are pretty clear cut :( also i noticed original reports- or at least the pictures, only highlighted the malamute, not a second dog. papers love to give certain breeds a bad-rep.

very sad what ever the truth if, but agree, something is not quite right.
 
When I initially seen the story on the BBC that had only said that a 6 day old baby had been killed by a Mal I actually thought that it would come out that the Mal accidentally suffocated the baby (attacking the baby never entered my head, the Mal lying too close/on to the baby did), then it came out that the baby had been attacked and then that they got the dog from someone in the pub a few months earlier because they were going to have it PTS.
Whilst if I was in a situation like that I would probably also take the dog, I don't think I would have taken it if I was pregnant at the time and didn't know anything about the dogs history and certainly wouldn't have allowed dog(s) and child to be left alone together.
Another senseless accident that has taken 3 lives and could have been avoided, I know accidents will always happen and all we can do is assess the risks and take the necessary precautions to reduce the chances of it happening.
 
What alarmed me was the picture below the article captioned "Six dog breeds to run from". Also the comments on the article. Can't comment on the article itself except how sad to read of yet another dog attack that probably could have been avoided with a little common sense.

The only reason I would run from an aggressive dog is if there was a tall tree I could get to in less time than the dog could get to me! Running away from an aggressive dog is guaranteed to end one way!

Also, I could not believe some of the comments about aggressive dogs in general. How such-and-such was such a loving breed that they could not possibly turn aggressive. Sometimes (and often on here!) I despair at the ignorance about dogs and doggy matters in Britain. I am sure Bin Laden was very kind and loving to his own children too…..
 
What is beginning to scare me being a malamute owner myself is how much the breed is beginning to deveate away from what it was originally bred for due to fashion and puppy farmers cashing in.
The malamute was not only bred to pull a sled but to keep the tribes children warm at night it is generally why these dogs are known to be such bad guard dogs etc because they are people dogs rather than dog dogs.
Below is a quote from the breed standard

"The Malamute is structured for strength and endurance, and any characteristic of the individual specimen, including temperament, which interferes with the accomplishment of this purpose, is to be considered the most serious of faults."

It's a shame not all breeders follow this rule
 
Cyrus said:
What is beginning to scare me being a malamute owner myself is how much the breed is beginning to deveate away from what it was originally bred for due to fashion and puppy farmers cashing in.
The malamute was not only bred to pull a sled but to keep the tribes children warm at night it is generally why these dogs are known to be such bad guard dogs etc because they are people dogs rather than dog dogs.
It's a shame not all breeders follow this rule
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Exactly, they are trying in Scotland to make several breeds wear muzzles in public etc, my view is that is they clamp down on breeding, particulary puppie farms that do not care what they are breeding and ensure that neutering (to stop all these 'accidents' that seem to happen multiple times a day) is increased this would stamp out a lot of the problems.
Joe Public also need to be educated about getting a puppy and what basic questions to ask a breeder, all too often we hear about puppies dying within a couple of weeks of an owner buying it, only to discover that they have never seen the puppy with it's mother and exchanged cash in a carpark, no questions about health testing, no knowledge of the mothers temperament never mind the fathers, no knowledge of what the parents have done (showing, obedience, agility etc).
My initial reaction the BBC report when it happened was that I thought the Mal had inadvertantly suffocated the baby lying too close to it, it didn't enter my head that a Mal would actually attack a baby (although I would never leave a dog and baby alone regardless of how well I knew the dog)!
 
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