Pit Bulls

think that if you want to live with a dog then it is more sensible to choose a type of dog which is unlikely to kill any children (statistically speaking).

Bullshit , he was a "trainer" and someone who everyone else went to for advice. As Isaid, the bomb needs to go off only once and your reputation is trashed ( besides being a damned shame to others because he was too stupid to realize that nature bats last and nurture loses ALWAYS)

Ive heard so many kakamaimie stories about how "pitbulls" are really loving dogs and the bad ones were trained improperly. ANY of those above breeds can go off like Mike Tyson with no warning.


Maybe youll be lucky enough to have your dogs go through life with no major incidents, but thats all itd be, LUCK. If the right conditions and the right tensions occur and the dogs genetics kicks in, I hope you have a damn good lawyer cause in Pa, the courts arent finding much sympathy for owners of fighting dogs that go nuts ONCE.

Many people have guns lying around where their kids can get at em and nothing happens. A pit bull is a loaded gun except IT decides when to go off.

.... I've SEEN him bring back a rabbit and drop it by my feet. I am kinda repulsed by this, but he won't quit it.

Child killed by pit bull in south Fulton County
6:21 PM, Apr 25, 2013

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Police said a 2-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a pit bull at a subdivision in south Fulton County Wednesday afternoon.

Police said a woman called 911, saying her child had been attacked by a dog. The call came from the area of Sierra Trail off of Stonewell Tell Road near Union City.

Investigators said the mother was at home with her child and the dog at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. She said that when she left the room to go to the restroom, everything was okay, but that when she returned to the room, it was clear that the dog had attacked the child and killed him.

Officers were able to corral the dog in the bathroom when they arrived at the home, where it was kept until Animal Control arrived to take the dog.

Investigators said the dog had been a part of the family for the past eight years.

The dog was taken to the Fulton County Animal Shelter, where it will be kept in isolation.

Officers were not certain if the dog would be put down.

Family dog kills toddler
Posted: 9:50 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013

By Ben Gray and Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 2-year-old boy was killed at his South Fulton home Wednesday by the family dog, which had been a pet for eight years.

The child, identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office as Beau Rutledge, was in his Sierra Trail townhome with his mother when the sudden tragedy occurred.

“She advised it happened fast,” shortly after 1 p.m. when she went to the restroom, Detective Melissa Parker with Fulton County police said, and, “It was an obvious death once the mother came out of the restroom.”

It was not immediately known if anyone else was in the home at the time.

“We don’t know what made it attack the child as it did,” said Oliver Delk, administrator for Fulton County animal services.

“The breed, we believe, is a pit bull,” Delk told reporters at the scene.

The dog remained in the home in a contained area, possibly a bathroom, for more than an hour after the attack.

“Once we handle the crime scene, then they will deal with the dog,” Parker said.

A neighbor, Joseph Messam, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he heard the child’s mother, who had run outside of the home and was on the ground, screaming.

“ ‘The dog killed the baby! The dog killed the baby.’ That’s what I heard her say,” Messam said.

Around 3 p.m., animal control employees took the dog away, to a shelter for evaluation, Delk said. He said. investigators will evaluate the dog’s overall health and temperament.

Attorney: Mom studying while Ga. toddler mauled

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A mother charged with child cruelty in the dog mauling death of her 21-month-old daughter was studying in her bedroom when the toddler slipped into their backyard and was attacked by the family's seven dogs, her attorney said Wednesday.

Authorities on Tuesday charged Summer Laminack with second-degree cruelty to children, a felony punishable by one to 10 years in prison, in the March 27 death of her daughter, Monica Renee Laminack.

"We feel and contend there is no question the death of this child was a tragic accident," attorney Tom Edenfield said by phone. "My client is an 18-year-old mother who loved her daughter and cared for her very much."

Bryan County sheriff's investigators said the child slipped outside through a doggie door and was attacked by the seven pit bulls and pit bull mixes in the tiny town of Ellabell, about 30 miles west of Savannah. By the time the girl's mother and other adults in the house noticed the dogs barking, the child was dead. Her clothing and diaper were found in shreds throughout the large fenced-in yard.

Edenfield said the toddler's mother was in her bedroom studying for her GED diploma when the attack happened. The child's grandmother was taking a nap, Sheriff Clyde Smith has said. And at least one other adult was home, but authorities haven't said what that person was doing.

Four generations of the same family shared the home, including the child's mother, grandparents and two uncles who are still young boys, the sheriff said.

The family let the dogs come in and out of the house and never considered them a threat, Edenfield said.

"The baby had been around the dogs her entire life," he said.

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Animal control officers euthanized all of the dogs. The sheriff said they appeared to be healthy and well-fed. Investigators have been unable to say what might have caused them to attack the toddler.

Boy, 2, killed in Gilbert by dogs at babysitter’s home
By Laurie Merrill
The Republic | azcentral.com
Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:51 PM

A 2 1/2-year old boy was killed after he got in the way of three fighting dogs Sunday at the home of his Gilbert babysitter, police said.

The babysitter was also injured when she tried to break up a fight between three pitbull mixes in the home near Val Vista Drive and Melrose Street, said Gilbert police Sgt. Jesse Sanger, a department spokesman.

The toddler, who was declared dead at Gilbert Mercy Medical Center after the 11:11 a.m. attack, suffered several dog-bite wounds after winding up “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Sanger said.

The babysitter was transported by ground to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center with injuries to her arms and legs, Sanger said.

She was undergoing surgery and listed in stable condition, he said. Gilbert police detectives had not been able to interview the sitter Sunday afternoon and were awaiting warrants to enter the home, Sanger said.

The woman was babysitting five children whose mother was in Flagstaff and father in Mesa, Sanger said. Two 9-year-old boys, and two girls, ages 6 and 7, were also in the house but not injured, Sanger said.

The babysitter has cared for the family before, he said.

It is possible she may face charges but not “if it’s purely just an accident,” Sanger said.

The mother was notified about 3 p.m. that her son had died, Sanger said. Gilbert police have not released the names of the babysitter or the children.

The dogs are in the custody of animal control officials, he said. Another dog, a hound, also lives in the home but was not seized by authorities, Sanger said.

The five-acre property is near Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and also home to several horses, Sanger said.

It was unclear whether the sitter owns the property, Sanger said