nephew 2.6 attacked by american pit bull in primrose hill...

[beansontoast]

still cannot believe that is our little chap that thi shas happened to.

apparently the dog flipped out because of a musiacl bit of play equipment...which little dnep happened to be jumping on.

teh bigger children jumped away...but dnep wanst quick enough.

the dog picked him up by the leg and shook him for what my bro says was six or seven seconds.

by which time my sil pulled the dog off....felt hot patch...pulled his jeans down and saw terrible damage

teh ownwer apparantly said 'he's not a dangerous dog' over and again....,.DERRRR NEWS FLASH!!!

having been around he/the owner then somehow made a dash for it with the dog...and was obviously pursued by my bro ,some friends and other bystanders...i think he was arrested?..not sure but the police are def involved.

dnep is in hosp and will be for days...very deep wounds on his leg...three hrs in surgery to clean up....on morpheine...all zonked...poor sil with him.

this man must be a moron...a fing cnting moron to not be able to update his opinion of his dog given what he witnessed....un bel ievable

Then maybe they should put down the parents of dangerous criminals as well as the criminals themselves who kill, rape, bully, and totally destroy lifes, or maybe they should not allow kids who are destructive to attend school or if they do they should be tied up so as to not make trouble.
All dogs can be dangerous, are we going to put them all down? labradors and German shepherds are the cause of more dog bites in the UK then any other breed, why not put them down as well?
The police obviously did not arrest this man maybe thats because it was all a terrible accident, after all they know more than us.
GGGlimpopo, you cannot blame the dog but only the owner, and he is clearly sorry for what has happened.

Hope your nephew is ok, poor little thing.

If that letter is for real, I don't think it'll cut much ice. If it were my child it had attacked I'd happily strangle the bastard dog myself.

Any dog that attacks a child so badly it needs 3 hours of surgery should be put down. I don't care what breed it is. Shame we can't put some do owners down, eh?

agree the dog should be destroyed they are pack animals and this dog will do it again if in a similar situation

very odd about the letter though full of self pity for them and their dog not much thought for the child

beans hope your nephew is doing ok

I hope your nephew recovers well beansontoast.

Regarding having the dog put to sleep it is the only way. My brother was attacked by our own dog as a child and my parents knew they could never risk it and so dog was pts. The breed of the dog makes no difference, once it attacks a child you just can't risk it doing the same thing again.

If Amir is for real then he talks about the dog being important to his family - well if that family includes young children he is a fool.

"he is clearly sorry for what has happened"

goosey - I spose that makes it Ok then.

not

Apologies, found it now, but when I searched google earlier I couldn't see anything.

According to news reports he was questioned and wasn't arrested, although the dog was taken until investigations are completed.

No,it is not ok and if you have been reading my posts i think what hppned was terrible. Ham and high says that it was the new toy that attracted the dog, owner says dog was on leash and slipped its collar. All dogs should be kept on leashes when in public, but who is to say that another dog isnt going to slip its collar because of the same toy in the playground.
I am not protecting the dog but merely pointing out that the owner has attempted to reach out which is far more than what most people would have done.

Christ this place just gets more and more insane doesn't it?

Beansontoast I hope your nephew makes a speedy recovery.

The dog should be put down, end of, it now has a history of attacking children.

Amir, I'm shocked that you allow such an animal in the same house as your family. What if someone in your house rings a bell?

He's trying to 'reach out' as you put it because he thinks he can somehow persuade the parents of this poor kid to intervene so the dog doesn't get put down. If he was really only writing because he was sorry, that is all the letter would say. As it is, it just reads like a plea for the dog's life, not an expression of sorrow for the child.

Why post the letter on a website? V odd imo. If I were in the OP's position I would be incredibly angry that someone had been so thoughtless and crass as to appeal via a website for leniency for a dangerous dog.

The one time the dog isn't muzzled, it slips its leash and attacks a child. That doesn't sound like a dog that deserves a second chance to me. Thousands of other dogs wouldn't attack someone if they got loose - this one did - and therefore the chance of it getting loose again should be permanently removed.

beansontoast, I hope that your DN recovers and your family cope with what has happened. How utterly awful.

as for goosyloosie.......I am thinking that you need a reality chack, and I hope to god no-one you love dearly ever gets attacked by a dog as your compassion is astoundingly poor.

Blw is part of the "letter" - just my opinion, but def reads like an apology. However the dog shld have been muzzled.

"please allow me to express how sorry I am for the unfortunate incident that occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, 4th October 2008. I can only imagine the distress that you as a family have gone through as a result of what I can only describe as my fault. I am eternally at your service and if there is anything you feel that I may be able to do to bring some comfort to you and your son, then please do not hesitate to contact me.This is no excuse for what happened and both my wife and I feel empty inside and deeply upset for the unnecessary stress we have caused you as a family. I know that I cannot ask you to forget, but I hope that in time you may find it in yourselves to be able to forgive me and Chelsea."

as for the Amir poster.........fuck off. how on earth can you put your feelings for your dog over that of the family of the poor child. what if one of your children were to play on said toy and 'chelsea' attacked them. would you once again run and put the dog's life at a higher value?

Beansontoast - I hope and pray for a speedy recovery for your poor dear nephew. My heart breaks thinking about what he must hve gone through and is still going through now.

As for the rest of this thread, I am angry beyond belief that firstly this happened to a little 2 year old and then anyone thinks it can be justified or forgiven as 'the dog didn't plan it'. WTF?

I am always on watch when we go to the beach out of season as dogs galore are playing on the sand and although my children are older at 6 and 8, When a barking dog comes printing up to them as they play football of catch it puts a chill down my spine.

I thought the dog should have been put down immediately? I didnt think that anyone including the parents of the attacked child had any say in whether this demonic beast got a reprieve?

I cannot believe that anybody would try and defend the dog - the dog needs to be destroyed asap. I hope your nephew is recovering well, beansontoast.

The thing is, an apology should be made free of any other motivations.

This apology is clearly motivated by trying to stop the dog being put down.

It's tasteless and crass and if it's genuine, totally inappropriate.

beans - I hope your nephew makes a speedy recovery.

Hope your nephew gets better soon - terrible that this is still happenning with these dogs. Don't people learn every time there is an incident like this.

Our local park is fenced and dogs aren't allowed in - they have the rest of the park to roam wher I am always more on guard with the children. This seems like a fair compromise to me. However, it doesn't stop some people - the other day a mother with 3 children bought their own dog in with them saying oh he is harmless (was turfed out by the staff) - they all think their dogs are harmless until it happens.

Having said that, if that letter was genuine albeit mis-guided, I do think the man does feel terrible and was attempting a genuine apology. No excuse for running away though.

"the owner has attempted to reach out which is far more than what most people would have done"

and slip its collar? what's the point in having a collar then?

feel v strongly that the dog shd be destroyed. (I was going to say so that they could make sure any future dog they have has its collar on properly, but I don't think you should be allowed to have a dog if it does this in your "care")