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Article: Medical service dog kills 6year old
in Pets
I am really really sad that this dog and child were put into this position. Also to me there seems like there is something missing from the story.
Re: Article: Medical service dog kills 6year old
That is what is missing from the story, also why are the parents leaving the child unattended with someone elses dog?
This makes me ill for so many reasons. Parents leaving their child completely unattended with a dog (that's not even theirs). The dog being in the backyard instead of with his owner. Possibly charging the owner for "harboring a vicious animal"??? If the dog had no history of any sort of aggressive tendencies, how the hell do you classify it as "harboring a vicious animal"? In that case, ALL of us are harboring vicious animals, because any dog could react this way under the right (wrong) circumstances.
I had a dog attack me when I was 10. It ripped up my arm and I needed stitches. The dog belonged to a neighbor, and I'd played and petted with it many times before this. The owners did not keep the dog in good conditions (basically left it in the backyard of a townhouse (so, not a lot of space there) all the time). The dog must have been stressed to begin with, and my fairwell pats on his side set him off. The owners weren't harboring an aggressive animal (he was beagle!!); they just weren't treating him right. He ended up being rehomed to a farm area; not euthenized.
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This is really sad.
It's frustrating to me that anyone would leave a 6 year old completely unattended with any animal.
And then blame the animal.
I'm very said that both a child and a dog lost their lives in this.
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I am a little confused as to exactly what the situation even was. It said the parents were inside "visiting friends." So was this at the home of the vet the dog belonged to? Where is he?
Really, it sounds like this could happen to anyone. The dog had no history of violent behavior. The kid was six, not a toddler. So sad for both parties.