11 children injured by a rampant dog

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-36330540

Don't get me wrong, I'm an absolute dog worshipper, I left my sweetie swiss shepherd with my parents in my birth country and I miss her terribly, but an exemplary behaved dog as she is I would NEVER EVER let her for a romp around children, let alone allow her into a playground...

WHAT WAS THAT WOMAN THINKING?!?!?! I am absolutely appaled and feel like to those kids and parents, especially the little girl needing grafts. They'll grow up in fear and possibly hate of an animal that can be your most devoted friend, all because of one person's irresponsibility!!!

I am beyond words...!!!

I hope all those injuries heel well - the physical and mental ones
those poor children!
and I hope the dog owner is found guilty and the dog destroyed.

Those poor children. Thank the good Lord there were no fatalities. However it may not be fair to blame the owner. It may have been a very placid dog and then it just for whatever reason turned. The women's not psychic. She couldn't have foreseen it.
She is probably as devastated as everyone else. It's not like she said to the dog "fetch".
I do however fully appreciate and understand that the parents won't see it like that, though.

god I hope the kids are ok.
wtf was the owner doing

It sounds like she wasn't there - it took them a while to find her. I suppose its possible the dog escaped her garden, but more likely she is a lazy dog owner who just let it wander.

Poor dog, being turned into such a monster by such an owner. He will be put down, of course he will.

Poor kids - that dad did amazingly to get the dog tied to the fence.

of course the owner is reponsible!

She is probably as devastated as everyone else.

She bloody should be if her dog was off the lead in a fenced off area of a play park.

The new said that 'a girl' took the dog into the kids play area (where Id guess a dog shouldn't be) and took off its muzzle and it went crazy.

Yes the owner is to blame. People get dogs and havent a bloody clue how to train them.

Hah! Within 2 posts someone's defending the owner.

Surely if you have a dog it's your job to control it? Yes - at all times. If you can't you should have it.

They're animals deep down, not fluffy little cuddle machines, and can't control their own instincts after all.

No bad dogs, just bad owners.

*shouldn't have it

I read that the dog was new to the owner and the previous owners had given it away. It was around 18 months old.

I heard this on the news and was horrified.