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What if your dog mauled your child?
There's a reg on Pets who has two champion vizilas (sp?). They compete in agility and rallyO. They've had these dog for years. Her DD pushed the male while he was sleeping on the couch and yelled at him to move and the dog attacked. 50 stitches on her face. Usually they're diligent about supervision, but this time that was lacking. AC is not going to take the dog. He has to be on quarantine for 10 days and the rest is up to them. I dont think they've decided what to do yet. WWYD?
Re: What if your dog mauled your child?
ETA: hard to say as in I'm not sure what I would do. Amsterdam is tiny and loves everyone so I can't imagine being in that situation. Then again my dad has a really mean little dog that always bites me so I know tiny doesn't mean nice.
I would also like to add that if this dog was a pit bull I'm sure there would be all kinds of different reactions. It's very upsetting to me that dog bites of any other breed besides pit get absolutely no media attention, just like the lab who killed an infant last week. Nobody heard about it.
Also, I'm sorry for any family that has this happen to them.
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I don't know.
Thank you for the reminder to never leave kids unsupervised with dogs regardless.
This situation is hard, and not enough details to really say for sure what I would do. Heartbreaking.
It almost sounds like the dog reacted out of fear, and I think my decision would depend a lot on what exactly its reaction was. 50 stitches is pretty serious business, but then again -- I sliced my finger and had 11, so it's easy to see that one quick bite from a large dog could have the same result. I think if the dog repeatedly attacked even after the threat was removed, I would probably lean more toward finding a new/child-free home for it. Ugh, just typing that -- even having a small dog and no children -- makes me sick to my stomach.
I think it's so hard to say what you'd do unless you were put in the position.
I personally judge the crap out of people who get rid of their pets when the kids come along. If it's because pets have anger/jealousy issues, that's fine to find them a new home, but because it's too overwhelming or you just don't have time for the pets, I judge.
Now that I have a child along with my 3 dogs, I can say that I still love my dogs just as much as I did before. My baby doesn't even compare to my dogs, it's a completely different love. While my dogs love me, they don't need me the way the baby does (thank goodness, because this baby is demanding!) I'd like to think that under no circumstances would I ever give away any of my dogs if an accident like that happened though. I think I'm on the far end of the dog-loving spectrum, so I might be in the minority.
Also, it would depend on exactly what happened and how it happened, in OP's case with the dog sleeping, DD approaching it and startling it and getting bit, I think I'd still keep my dog if the child wasn't afraid and I felt like it was a totally isolated case. However, I'd be much more careful with the dog and child interacting.
ETA: I'm with you on the rant, Pants!
Being that I have a child and don't have any dogs, my opinion of what I think I would do is most likely going to be different from what someone with dog(s) and no kids thinks they would do and what someone with dog(s) and kids thinks they would do.
If we were in this situation, I think that I would try to find a new home for the dog, one where there are no children present. It really is hard to say for sure, because I don't have the love in my heart for dogs like I know a lot of people do.
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C
Yes, I can see where this decision would not be as difficult as I imagine it would be if I were thinking of a hypothetical dog and we didn't already have our dogs who are such a huge part of our lives and have personalities of their own and their own likes and dislikes with which we're intimately familiar.
My heart breaks for any dog owner in this situation.
In her OP she's saying she's okay with getting flamed for her opinion that the dog would have to go. She did not address the poster Laner was talking about.
Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding as well, K&A.
This has been a very confusing thread. lol
Although I think it's kind of offensive to even think any of the dog owners here would do anything (dump at a shelter, "take it out back" - WTF?) other than rehome a dog in a worst case scenario. But again, maybe I'm wrong.
Come on, CD. You can't go with the easy way out...
My sisters best friends parents had their 9/10 yr. old cat and dog put down because they sold their house and moved to a pet-free condo. It seriously made me sick... they refused to try to re-home them. Nothing surprises me anymore, sad as it is.
I can certainly understand why people would lean towards re homing. I really can't say with certainty what I would do. I would imagine that it would be pretty close to impossible to not freak eevry time DD goes near the dog...at least for awhile. However, if they decide to do this I don't think they should ever have another dog as long as they have children in their home. ANY dog can do this. Any. If they re home the male Vizsla, why keep the female?
According to the mom, it was a single bite, not an attack. The people that are (not on this board) comparing the dog to a human, like, "what would you do if a person hurt your child like this?" are morons. Dogs just don't think the same way. Ya know, cause they're animals. Not people. I just feel so badly for everyone involved, including the pup.