Another child killed by a dog,

[Lonnie]

i'm not really sure what can be done, as long as people own dogs, it'll happen from time to time.
Just sad.

http://newsbox.msn.co.uk/article.aspx?as=adima rticle&f=uk_-_olgbtopnews&t=4023&id=4324173&d= 20070101&do=http://newsbox.msn.co.uk&i=http:// newsbox.msn.co.uk/mediaexportlive&ks=0&mc=5&ml =ma&lc=en&ae=windows-1252

[smiffy65]

thanks for that Lonnie, but I am still scared that my beautiful dog is going to be taken from me

[kaylamay]

I live in Southern California and my husband and i are the doting parents of a "staffie". She is a gem and sweet natured. we have had her since she was 6-8 weeks old. We have grown children and other smaller dogs AND cats and she loves us all. She is the apple of my husbands eye and has been treated with nothing but love and respect as one of Gods creatures. In fact she's a bit of a scaredy cat and is even afraid of her food bowl if it scrapes on the kitchen floor. I have also while growing up had 2 other full blood bit bulls, one male, one female(both fixed) and they were the most loving and gentle animals going. I have had a 150 pound male bear headed Rotti and he was my gentle giant and was loved by all and in turn loved everyone else(usually with big sloppy kisses). I find if a domesticated animal is treated with kindness, love & patience they respond in turn. On the other hand if trained to attack and guard and basically be vicious then this is what they know and what they will become. I BELIEVE if these animals are to be put down for attacks they may have
committed then the owner should be "PUT DOWN" too. NO child or someone who has a fear of dogs should never be left alone with them, I have been bitten by some of the tiniest breeds of dogs before so to lash out at a breed that has know great abuse from their "owners" is cruel and inhuman in my opinion. I see many ethnic type gang looking cretons walking along with a status symbol Pit Bull on a chain usually scarred and with clipped ears and it just breaks my heart knowing this innocent, probably abused animal is in the clutches of these ba$tards. It's not the animal it the Human! We have so many humane rights for vicious humans and when and animal is raised and forced to behave a certain way we barely blink and eye. LETS PUT BLAME WHERE THE BLAME SHOULD RIGHTFULLY LAY FOR A CHANGE!
Mikala(animal friend)

[Lonnie]

kaylamay, Welcome to the site, thats a good case you've made for responsible owners, maybe, for bad ones, brionon has a valid point.

[kita1]

We should be dealing properly with the people - if this man had been dealt with properly for being caught with all that amount of drugs he would not be in a position to own a dog!

This dog attack was just a syptom of the main problem - people are not being dealt with properly - prisons are a holiday camp to most of these people, they live better inside than they do outside!

Many of these people rule the streets they live in - neighbours are too scared to report what they see, be it drug dealing, break in's, mugging or dangerous dogs - when people do report things their address gets shown to the offenders and reprisals happen (like a brick through your window) - and the culprits get let off with a warning!!

Sadly these dog attacks are just a sign of our times.

It is the culture and the people we need to deal with!

[robotics]

"robotics, call me naive if you like, but even though I new dog fighting went on, I never realised it was on such a well organised scale. Everything possible should be used to wipe it out."

Lonnie

If I was to call you naive, I just also be calling myself, these dogs are on my doorstep less than a mile away from me, I too did not think this happened to the scale it does and especially so close to where I live!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lonnie]

Thanks for that robotics,