Comment on Fatal Dog Attacks: What Can We Learn? by claire
these are the immediate circumstances of the attacks but one needs to delve deeper.
firstly the 2 rotweilers on the roof were guard dogs, unsocialised and normally kept confined. a door was left open. a good smelling bundle was discovered and the dogs decided to have a game of tug of war.
little ellie was killed by a pitbull that was far too big for its age and had been given steroids so most likely used for intimidation purposes.
as has been stated with archie, he was led by another child into the domain of a dog used soley as a guard dog and kept prisoner for 5 months.
jaden mack was being neglected at the time of the attack. as a mother i was appalled to hear that this baby had been left on top of a table. whos to say that the dogs dragged it off. babies wriggle like mad. if you have them on a changing mat you have to hold them while you get the nappy as they will roll straight off.
alot of dogs would grab at a bundle if it fell on the floor. alot of people give thier dogs squeaky toys, a baby sqealing could well be seen as a toy.
the gsds owner had already been in trouble for not being able to control his dogs. if no leader is present a dog will take the role.
john paul was killed by a dog that was being used for intimidation by its owner. people had complained and nothing had been done.
in almost all cases of fatal attacks warnings have been given about the dogs and signs could have been seen but nothing was done resulting in these awful cases.
in most fatal dog attacks here and abroard. the dogs have been trained to be aggressive. from my research on this over the years i have discovered that this is the single biggest ruiner of dogs.
guarding breeds do not need to be trained to guard and should actually mostly be discouraged as, if thier guarding instincts are needed, they will come to the fore naturally. i have never guard trained my american bulldogs but have still always felt completely safe. but then im not a cowardly chav who needs a dog to make me feel hard
