dog attack revisited

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"The girl's stepfather also suffered injuries to his arm as he grappled with the dog"

Ha! He should have kicked it.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/10196568.stm

why thank you britfish

look out for my AIBU thread when it all comes to a head with IL's and see if i sound sane then no, i'm kidding, hopefully when the subject next comes up i will explain exactly what i've said on here and they will see my P.O.V

i certainly don't want DD growing up with a fear of dogs. my mum is awful for it and it's not healthy. once DD is old enough then she'll have to be taught the correct way to behave around the dog/any dog.

i have an american bulldog x staff and a purebred staff and i can see where pisces is coming from.... the dog is obviously not trained but the most dangerous thing is the gp attitude 'our dog will not hurt the baby' my dogs are well trained but i would never say never! i have friends who don't like dogs and for the most part i put the big dog away when these people come to visit and my friends know that if i am looking after their dc then i will be responsible

its all about attitude and training imo

pisces london, i eagerly await that thread, i hope your IL's come to their senses soon!

Pisceslondon.Good luck with your further negotiations with your ils hope something is resolved.As others have said, hergog would benefit from some obedience training.My other thing to ask ,is the dog well excercised?because a lot of these dogs are kept in cooped up environments, which is a disaster imo,not necessarily from a dog attack point of view, but from a bounding around knocking lo over point of view.

that would be fab if you had a chat with her about letting the kids and the dog interact [although puppies lurve biting, sharp playful mouthy biting!] i found with my kids, when we got our current dog as a pup, we had a family meeting, so that all members of the family were in agreement on how to deal with the dog. maybe if your friend spoke to the kids away from the dog, explain that it wont be train yet, what to do if it playfuly bites you etc etc.
let me know how you get on!

I agree that the adults are frequently in some way to blame for the dog attacks - either through lack of training, lack of care or lack of paying attention to the dynamic of the situation.

My MIL has a terrier. SHe is very good natured but is not used to small children. DS was fascinated with her, once he got over his fear of her, but kept trying to put his fingers in her eyes, ears and mouth - a very bad idea on all counts. MIL didn't seem to be terribly proactive in stopping him (yes I did wait to see if she said anything). Fair enough - perhaps jsut a bit thoughtless.

WHat enraged me (although I bit my tongue hard) was her encouraging DS to try and place a toy policeman, set in a sitting position, on the dog's neck - when the leg gap was clearly too small and would have hurt the dog. Blithely trying to force it onto the dog's neck, they were - while she was trying to get away and whining. I told DS in no uncertain terms to stop it immediately as he was hurting the dog (which he did). A dog in pain is far more likely to snap, even if it wouldn't normally, IME.

Some people just don't think.

MillyR - An excellent post. Well said.