This is the parents’ fault. This is absolutely on them.
I have seen multiple videos where parents let dogs next to their little children’s faces. A video where two huge cane corsos were watching an 8-month-old eating lunch on her high chair. Of course they were attracted to the food. The mother thought they were being ‘protective’. I can’t even.
This is literally r/leopardsatemyface
What kind of moron leaves a child unattended with an animal?!
From the owner:
>”Blizzard has always been a family dog who loved to play, loved a fuss and wanted to get involved with everything. He was a soft dog and the kids loved him to death. He was Romy’s best friend”
This is near enough word for word what people say in the comments about their own “bull” type dogs every time they seriously wound or kill someone. It just happens [far too often](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_Kingdom#2020%E2%80%932029) to be a coincidence. Dogs that were genetically selected for bull baiting and dog fighting are just too dangerous to be kept as pets imo.
>People love their dogs and say ‘my dog would never do that’ but we used to say the same”
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What do you mean it wasn’t the dachshund or golden retriever?!
Should bring back licenses for dogs, There are too many idiots that shouldn’t have one.
A dog can get a brain tumor and become randomly aggressive out of nowhere. They’re animals and they can be unpredictable. I love dogs but I wouldn’t be letting a small child get so close to a big, powerful dog.
Kids playing next to a sleeping dog. Big brain power. Shouldn’t have dogs or kids.
> “I would never have trusted him around my kids again, I don’t trust any dog anymore.
One should *never* trust a dog with children. An adult (or older teen) should be on hand at all times.
The mother and father need to own the fact that this was their mistake.
> One came up to Romy in the street when he was in the pram and I spun the pram round and started screaming hysterically to get it away from him.”
As someone who was bitten as a kid myself (I now have two dogs) the mother and father need to work with the child because screaming, flapping about, and running away is quite likely to induce an attack.
Why do people own and house these ugly ass aggressive dogs? Like what is the actual incentive to own one?
We are a society full of fucking idiots. No other way to put it. It’s exhausting seeing these stories. Why does nobody have common sense?
It’s terrifying that people with such low intelligence, awareness and basic understanding of owning a dangerous dog breed are roaming in our society.
Some people should never be allowed to take responsibility for any other living species. They’re just too stupid.
These parents failed their child and that poor dog in so many ways.
And now she screams at dogs in the street for no reason, which is of course going to help the child develop healthy reactions to dogs going forwards.
Never leave children unattended with dogs, never let them get their faces close to them, and in no world anywhere ever is it anything but a monumentally stupid decision to allow children to play with a flying toy next to a sleeping dog.
Parents are wholly responsible for this incident.
Poor dog.
Regardless of the dog and how well behaved. Should never leave a helpless baby with it.
Make people legally responsible for their dogs. You’ll soon see people muzzling their dangerous breeds if they risk a murder charge if one kills a kid.
Another tragic victim of human stupidity.
People don’t understand these breeds, they don’t understand how to properly handle dogs, they anthropomorphise and they put their kids in danger.
8 kids, were they all in the house making a load of noise that freaked the dog out. Was the kid being very exciting with the toy and the dog wanted it. Did the kid startle the dog.
Way too many factors. Poor kid and poor dog. The parents need a word for putting them both in that situation.
What parent leaves a child unattended around a dog? I don’t care how tame you think the dog is, or how aware your child is.
Children are dumb as fuck and will trigger a dog on purpose or even without noticing.
Dogs are animals, they can & will attack if it’s warnings are ignored. (sometimes without giving an audible warning)
It’s your duty as a parent to be watching your child especially when around things that present a danger to them.
It’s no different to leaving your kid to play with a hot oven.
Why take the risk? It’s so unbelievably irresponsible.
I’ve seen kids who have been extremely gentle with animals, suddenly pinch, poke paws, pull the faces of dogs just out of pure impulse or just to see what happens – *NEVER* assume your kid won’t randomly do something stupid and *NEVER* assume that your dog isn’t capable of attacking your child just because you see it as a ‘family member’.
Ban these stupid fucking breeds and do it tomorrow; all those people who say ‘oh it is all about the training! A chihuahua has a worse temperament’ – maybe but it only has to go wrong once with a bull terrier.
Breed specific arguments aside, people treat dogs like they would children in this country which is extremely negligent. They are animals and need to be trained as such.
They should always be considered potentially dangerous when around children no matter the breed, in a similar way that a gun control mindset is to always assume a gun is loaded. Who knows what sort of brain chemistry will set a dog off?
As far as the breed is concerned, well, yeah, there’s historic precedent for attacks by this breed, but any dog should be supervised with children. Unfortunately these people learnt a hard lesson.
I love my dog dearly, he is my best friend, I would never put him in the position where he could bite one of my children, he is not alone with them, ever, he is only a dog. If he attacked one of my children, it would be my fault.
We need to understand, dogs are not people, they are just an animal, if you have a staffy, like I do, you have to understand your dog can do damage, same as any large dog, and you must be responsible.
I love my dog, I trust him with my life, but not with my children. Simple as that.
>The mum of eight decided to surrender him to the police to be rehomed.
I’m sorry, what, and what?
It bit a child’s face off. It’s gonna be rehomed in an incinerator.
My dog has been startled, woken up suddenly, hugged and put up with my kids noise and never has she even growled.
Surprise surprise, she is a golden retriever, a breed of dog known for their patient temperament.
Every time I see a tragic story like this it is always a breed of dog known for their aggressive traits, and there is always someone saying some nonsense like “there are no bad dogs”, which is true, but there are breeds which are consistently more aggressive than others.
Looks let’s be real here, the family had a Staff and 8 kids. It’s a picture that paints itself and it’s clear where the blame should lay.
Most of the time it’s true that dogs behave based on how they’re trained, and owners of Staffordshire bull terriers swear by it.
For some reason they always ignore the fact that humans bred them generation after generation so they’d have an instinctive kill instinct and aggression switch in their brain.
Training doesn’t undo hundreds of years of breeding and I’m sick of seeing people think it does.
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There’s no amount of baby and toddler faces being ripped off that will stop people leaving their little children alone with their “cuddly, loving, soft, best friend”. It’s. A. Dog.
I worked in a paediatric ward for years, we had many children in with dog bites and some horrific facial injuries that needed plastic surgery. Nearly all from Staffies or other bull terriers. From strong dogs who were “family pets.” Some of the parents actually tried sticking up for the dogs rather than the kids – you couldn’t make it up. Parents of Reddit please don’t leave your children unsupervised with any dog – don’t care how much of a family pet it is.
Oh a Staffordshire bull terrier…shocker. I did not see that coming.
It’s time to play:
Pit or Staffy!
Spoiler, this time it was the Staffy
Best can tell, these dogs are genetically predisposed to the human equivalent of a violent psychotic break. I absolutely world never keep such a dog around a child.
Always the same story , the dog was lovely, the dog never showed any aggressive behaviour before blagh blagh blah. I’m a dog lover was brought up with them from a very young age. I’m acutely aware that as much as you love and adore your dog you should never have 💯 trust that they won’t snap.
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> The dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier
What a surprise.
This is the parents’ fault. This is absolutely on them.
I have seen multiple videos where parents let dogs next to their little children’s faces. A video where two huge cane corsos were watching an 8-month-old eating lunch on her high chair. Of course they were attracted to the food. The mother thought they were being ‘protective’. I can’t even.
This is literally r/leopardsatemyface
What kind of moron leaves a child unattended with an animal?!
From the owner:
>”Blizzard has always been a family dog who loved to play, loved a fuss and wanted to get involved with everything. He was a soft dog and the kids loved him to death. He was Romy’s best friend”
This is near enough word for word what people say in the comments about their own “bull” type dogs every time they seriously wound or kill someone. It just happens [far too often](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_Kingdom#2020%E2%80%932029) to be a coincidence. Dogs that were genetically selected for bull baiting and dog fighting are just too dangerous to be kept as pets imo.
>People love their dogs and say ‘my dog would never do that’ but we used to say the same”
[deleted]
What do you mean it wasn’t the dachshund or golden retriever?!
Should bring back licenses for dogs, There are too many idiots that shouldn’t have one.
A dog can get a brain tumor and become randomly aggressive out of nowhere. They’re animals and they can be unpredictable. I love dogs but I wouldn’t be letting a small child get so close to a big, powerful dog.
Kids playing next to a sleeping dog. Big brain power. Shouldn’t have dogs or kids.
> “I would never have trusted him around my kids again, I don’t trust any dog anymore.
One should *never* trust a dog with children. An adult (or older teen) should be on hand at all times.
The mother and father need to own the fact that this was their mistake.
> One came up to Romy in the street when he was in the pram and I spun the pram round and started screaming hysterically to get it away from him.”
As someone who was bitten as a kid myself (I now have two dogs) the mother and father need to work with the child because screaming, flapping about, and running away is quite likely to induce an attack.
Why do people own and house these ugly ass aggressive dogs? Like what is the actual incentive to own one?
We are a society full of fucking idiots. No other way to put it. It’s exhausting seeing these stories. Why does nobody have common sense?
It’s terrifying that people with such low intelligence, awareness and basic understanding of owning a dangerous dog breed are roaming in our society.
Some people should never be allowed to take responsibility for any other living species. They’re just too stupid.
These parents failed their child and that poor dog in so many ways.
And now she screams at dogs in the street for no reason, which is of course going to help the child develop healthy reactions to dogs going forwards.
Never leave children unattended with dogs, never let them get their faces close to them, and in no world anywhere ever is it anything but a monumentally stupid decision to allow children to play with a flying toy next to a sleeping dog.
Parents are wholly responsible for this incident.
Poor dog.
Regardless of the dog and how well behaved. Should never leave a helpless baby with it.
Make people legally responsible for their dogs. You’ll soon see people muzzling their dangerous breeds if they risk a murder charge if one kills a kid.
Another tragic victim of human stupidity.
People don’t understand these breeds, they don’t understand how to properly handle dogs, they anthropomorphise and they put their kids in danger.
8 kids, were they all in the house making a load of noise that freaked the dog out. Was the kid being very exciting with the toy and the dog wanted it. Did the kid startle the dog.
Way too many factors. Poor kid and poor dog. The parents need a word for putting them both in that situation.
What parent leaves a child unattended around a dog? I don’t care how tame you think the dog is, or how aware your child is.
Children are dumb as fuck and will trigger a dog on purpose or even without noticing.
Dogs are animals, they can & will attack if it’s warnings are ignored. (sometimes without giving an audible warning)
It’s your duty as a parent to be watching your child especially when around things that present a danger to them.
It’s no different to leaving your kid to play with a hot oven.
Why take the risk? It’s so unbelievably irresponsible.
I’ve seen kids who have been extremely gentle with animals, suddenly pinch, poke paws, pull the faces of dogs just out of pure impulse or just to see what happens – *NEVER* assume your kid won’t randomly do something stupid and *NEVER* assume that your dog isn’t capable of attacking your child just because you see it as a ‘family member’.
Ban these stupid fucking breeds and do it tomorrow; all those people who say ‘oh it is all about the training! A chihuahua has a worse temperament’ – maybe but it only has to go wrong once with a bull terrier.
Breed specific arguments aside, people treat dogs like they would children in this country which is extremely negligent. They are animals and need to be trained as such.
They should always be considered potentially dangerous when around children no matter the breed, in a similar way that a gun control mindset is to always assume a gun is loaded. Who knows what sort of brain chemistry will set a dog off?
As far as the breed is concerned, well, yeah, there’s historic precedent for attacks by this breed, but any dog should be supervised with children. Unfortunately these people learnt a hard lesson.
I love my dog dearly, he is my best friend, I would never put him in the position where he could bite one of my children, he is not alone with them, ever, he is only a dog. If he attacked one of my children, it would be my fault.
We need to understand, dogs are not people, they are just an animal, if you have a staffy, like I do, you have to understand your dog can do damage, same as any large dog, and you must be responsible.
I love my dog, I trust him with my life, but not with my children. Simple as that.
>The mum of eight decided to surrender him to the police to be rehomed.
I’m sorry, what, and what?
It bit a child’s face off. It’s gonna be rehomed in an incinerator.
My dog has been startled, woken up suddenly, hugged and put up with my kids noise and never has she even growled.
Surprise surprise, she is a golden retriever, a breed of dog known for their patient temperament.
Every time I see a tragic story like this it is always a breed of dog known for their aggressive traits, and there is always someone saying some nonsense like “there are no bad dogs”, which is true, but there are breeds which are consistently more aggressive than others.
Looks let’s be real here, the family had a Staff and 8 kids. It’s a picture that paints itself and it’s clear where the blame should lay.
Most of the time it’s true that dogs behave based on how they’re trained, and owners of Staffordshire bull terriers swear by it.
For some reason they always ignore the fact that humans bred them generation after generation so they’d have an instinctive kill instinct and aggression switch in their brain.
Training doesn’t undo hundreds of years of breeding and I’m sick of seeing people think it does.
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There’s no amount of baby and toddler faces being ripped off that will stop people leaving their little children alone with their “cuddly, loving, soft, best friend”. It’s. A. Dog.
I worked in a paediatric ward for years, we had many children in with dog bites and some horrific facial injuries that needed plastic surgery. Nearly all from Staffies or other bull terriers. From strong dogs who were “family pets.” Some of the parents actually tried sticking up for the dogs rather than the kids – you couldn’t make it up. Parents of Reddit please don’t leave your children unsupervised with any dog – don’t care how much of a family pet it is.
Oh a Staffordshire bull terrier…shocker. I did not see that coming.
It’s time to play:
Pit or Staffy!
Spoiler, this time it was the Staffy
Best can tell, these dogs are genetically predisposed to the human equivalent of a violent psychotic break. I absolutely world never keep such a dog around a child.
Always the same story , the dog was lovely, the dog never showed any aggressive behaviour before blagh blagh blah. I’m a dog lover was brought up with them from a very young age. I’m acutely aware that as much as you love and adore your dog you should never have 💯 trust that they won’t snap.