Young boy attacked by dog.

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Just caught part of it on ITV Central News.

Childs arm is borken in two places with flesh wounds on his arms are a chunk out of his leg.
Dog is some sort of terrior and has been seized.
Two teenagers have been taken into custody.

That's all I caught of the report. More information will probably be on the internet.
 
Wot a terrible shame for that little boy and his family. I get so mad when I hear things like this - other youngsters with a pit bull!!
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Totally unnecessary tragedy - luck he is alive.

There is a group of about 10 teenagers that walk around the shops about 1/2 mile from my house with 3-4 staffy/pit types - so threatening. I have now stopped walking my dog anywhere near the place just in case - then i get mad coz i have to go out of my way to avoid these teenagers!

I know its ideal world - but there really should be something that controls this type of grouping (h no I'm strting to have a mini rant - sorry)
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Just gets me blood boiling wen i hear stories like this one

Rant (mini) over *big breathe & sigh*
 
Staffies and Pit Bulls are differnet types, so to lump them in to one group is a little unfair.

Even the mildest breed of dog can be a lethal weapon in the wrong hands.

The tragedy here is that a little boy was badly hurt and these teenagers probably had a good laugh about it!
 
99% of the time there is more to the story, ie the two teenagers were probably terrorising the dog and it turned on whoever was closest. read and find out all the facts on these stories. dogs, including pit bulls rarely attack without reason. fact. weve got a staffie and their known as nannies dogs, most childminders have them because of their tolerability towards children, they get bad press cos of their link to the pit bulls. but, same with rotties and dobbies (im not even really a dog fan, inherited mine when met oh) but kids and nutters always push them too far then complain of the consequences. ill get off of my soapbox now.
 
My cousins Staff is really gentle. I hate the stereotypicalising (is that a word?) of pittbulls and staffies ect.
My friend has a doberman who is reall gentle too.

Dogs will be vicious if they are provked or trained to be.
It's such a shame this sort of accident happens to people
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Weve got a german shepherd and a rottweiler, both are big lambs. They have been properly socialised and have never shown agression.

I really feel for that wee boy, it will take a long time of mental healing to get over that!

I hate people who bring dogs up to be agressive, there is a labrador near me who wouldnt think twice about attacking someone!
 
I have not lumped into one group - I said they were threatening!

And exactly my point - teeangers + tough dogs = threatening!

That's why they do it - for effect. I wasn't saying anything about mildest breed etc dogs - I was pointing out the fact that these dogs (ones around my area) do not act/look friendly and are in the wrong hands - these aren't responsible owners. The dogs are off leads wandering on the rd etc.

Not quite sure what angle you are coming at with this - I am not detracting about the poor little boy in any way
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Not quite sure what angle you are coming at with this

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No angle at all, I was just responding to your post - which said Staffy/Pit Types - isn't that lumping them together???
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LilBonn, could you not contact your local council or local police and get something done about this. If you know others are worried about these teens and dogs could you not have something done about it?
 
Thank goodness for that .... I thought I had said summat wrong
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I wasn't dissing staffs etc - I know 4 staff owners and one with a pit bull type - these are all lovely people with lovely dogs - I just get kinda mad when these dogs are used as 'fashion accessories' and someone ends up getting hurt - and always an innocent party.

Sorry for misinterpretation!
 
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What an excellent idea.
 
I have seen the Police around there quite a few times in the past so I have assumed there has been complaints, especially from the shop owners. This seems to only shift this crowd around the corner for a temp time, but yes, I think this is a good idea - suppose the more people complain - the more it forces the Councils to listen.

I will defo try this one. Thanks everyone.

And so so sorry again if I misinterpreted anything *bottom lip down looking sad*
 
the problem with some of these breeds is that when it does go wrong the jaw pressure the breed is capable of (e.g. rotty, pit bull, staffy, bulldog) is incredible compared with other breeds such as GSD due to the conformation of the dog breed.

so some breeds typically are more 'at risk' round kids than others purely for that reason - irrespective of how the individual dog behaves.

To me as a doggy person it's the same as picking any suitable pet for a child or to be round children. Lots of people keep spiders (tarantulas) and pythons for example. If handled correctly these animals are fine - but when not - it's a problem.

Ifyou have kids or you know your choice of pet will be round kids, then you need to make sure kid and pet are in proportion.

In horse terms would anyone here sensibly buy a shire to give to a 5 yr old ? instead of buying a 12hh or so pony ? (expecting child to be able to handle said horse/pony). Answer probably no. Should be same with dogs.

I hate this PCorrectness society but sometimes a bit of thought about risk in dog v child when selecting dog breed ought to be taken into account - and it's not just large breeds - e.g. no way would I have a jack russell anywhere near a child as every single one I've known has been nippy and in a few cases downright vicious.
 
The same would go for patterdale terriors then. They were bred to get the rats and can be very vicious despite their size.

I do agree with you, but GSD do ahve one hell of a bite as I've discovered before.
 
I think the difference is in the power behind the jaw closure and the ability to pry the jaws apart physically if you need to try and separate the dog and child. IIRC it is possible to pry apart GSD (e.g.) jaws 'by hand' but the bite leverage in rottys and pit bulls, and similar jaw structured dogs makes it nigh on impossible to pry the jaw apart - mechanics of the jaw - i.e. pointy nosed dogs = can pry jaws apart, stub faced breeds = can't pry jaws apart

hence the pressure damage from the latter breeds is mechanically greater (e.g. broken bones) than with a lighter jawed breed.

and agree - dogs and kids ought to be supervised - similarly with any animal with a child - it's not just animal hurting child - it's child harming animal.
 
blame the owners, sad loss of a dog and shame on boy becuase of stupid kids and their parents etc! Yet again it will be another "oh the boys were too young to understand what they were doing with a dog that was bred to kill" . sad story and MORE bad publicity from the media !
 
It has been confirmed by the BBC on the Midlands news just now that it was a pitbull terrior of the blue nosed type. (
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There were reports that this dog was involved in a dog fight with another in an alley way. There have been arguements between the boys family and those involved with the fighting.

Such a sad story
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When are they going to stop people keeping/breeding/buying these blasted dogs? Theyre not Staffies, they're twice the bleeding size for a start and some sort of pit bull cross that I thought had been stamped out a few years back or at least they tried to.
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Where I work every other chav has got one now and I can think of at least three in the last 6 months that have 'turned' and needed to be put down, that's on our patch alone!

To all intents these morons have the dogs with them for no reason other than to look 'hard' and it is no different to having a machette in their pocket yet it's perfectly legal to keep one just not breed or sell.
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They're most definitely not legal to keep unless you have a licence which few do. This includes a vet report on the dog, micro-chipping and neutering.
 
Thats awful , poor little boy, these types of owner make me very mad because it is down to the way the animal is brought up and trained imho, the dog was more than likely made that way by some complete toss pots for owners! grr makes me angry
poor little boy, he is lucky not to have been killed
 
Poor little lad
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I hope he recovers okay. Who in god's name entrusts a huge dog like that to two (presumably irresponsible) teenage boys?

In defence of Pit Bulls, my 17lb dog regularly plays with many of them during the morning play hours at the park. I've never once had an issue with Pits being overly boisterous, let alone mean, and there are upwards of 300 dogs at the park every morning, all getting along just fine.

Stella and a couple of Pit Bulls...

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Not likely to be a well handled and trained family pet is it?
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Poor,poor little boy.He must be scared for life from this,hope he makes a full recovery and someday,learns to trust dogs again
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Must say, where this happened doesnt suprise me.Sorry to all the lovely people from Birmingham(and I'm sure there are loads) but nearly everyone I have met from there wouldnt dream of owning a lab....not a good enough penis extension
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Would like to know what the other side of the story is,very much doubt the dog was wandering along happy as anything then decided to maul a small boy.
Wouldnt be at all suprised if the biys in charge of it hadnt been showing their mates how "hard" their dog is
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I am a dog show judge and have been in dogs for over 50 years, though now I only do rescue. It is the type of bite that these pit breeds have that make them so dangerous. It's like comparing a cat bite to a shark bite. One goes deep and can get infected, the other takes chunks of flesh in each bite.
I worry whenever any child or adult for that matter is bitten, not just for the child or adult but for the safety of my dogs. I have salukis and they aren't attack dogs, but I cannot safely walk them on the streets of Hastings anymore because of all the bull breeds being dragged down the street by threatening teenagers.
Someone's rights end at the point where they interfer with mine. Why can't I walk my dogs safely, and why won't the police do anything?
Two months ago a pit bull entered my friends house uninvited, and went for her elderly Doberman. Somehow the dog was herded out and when one of my friends teenaged son tried to shove the dog out the gate it turned and bit him in the face.
Absolutely NOTHING was done by the police.
Sorry, am raving now, but it does make me mad. Bad dog owners make it terrible for those of us who are responsible dog owners and if this keeps happening, perhaps there will be a time when none of us can own dogs. Remember the nanny state. Here to protect us to death, unless it's just a small incident in the news.
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Yet another blight for the breed, shame that time after time the only real ones who suffer in this are animals and their victims and not the people who PUT these animals and children together in the first place.

I watched a RSPCA training programme on sky, and the inspectors were handed in a pit-bull one night at a party at stonehenge or somewhere equally odd.
Anyway they put this dog in one of their crates and along comes the owner to claim. And off he walks with his 'pit bull'.
Now WHY if this dog was a pit-bull (which it didnt look like to me) WHY didnt the RSPCA start checking up on the dog, its licensing etc etc etc and if it had none - seize it?
Answer, because in my opinion the rspca are useless and most people wouldnt know a pitbull if it bit them on the ass quite frankly. God if youve got a staffy cross boxer it fits the pitbull criteria!!!!
ARGH it makes me so angry, poor boy and poor dog, but this will continue happeneing until people see its not the dog its the owners...
 
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