As many of you have probably seen on the news about the one year old boy killed by a rottie, how do you feel about the rottie being put down straight away?

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Unfortunatly, once a dog has shown that it will do that, i dont think the risk can be left, and so it has to be destroyed.

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I agree but i believe that you shouldn't leave any child alone with any dog... even if the dogs a yorkie and lovely... you never know and you must supervise any contact between child and dog.

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I'm a bit on the fence with this one really, I can see both sides..

As a 3 month old baby I was attacked by a collie (lassie exact look alike of all dogs!) because my mother who had reared the dog from a pup, had started ignoring the dog when I was born, and it was pure jealousy. I needed over 40 stitches as I was effectively "scalped", and it was only because the dog tore the skin off my head as opposed to biting in deep that I survived, and I am very fortunate it was the back of my head and the scars are covered by my hair... if it had been my face I would be scarred for life. If it had been a rottweiler and not a lassie dog, would the dog have been labelled aggressive from the start?

My mother blamed herself - she neglected the dog, she caused the jealousy, she didn't notice the signs, and she didn't work to counter this. He was rehomed to an elderly couple, walked with a muzzle, and was never allowed around children again. He lived another 10 years and my mother visited him every week. Dogs can snap just like people can and there's often reasons behind it that could have prevented it.

On the other hand sometimes you do get an aggressive dog and there's not a lot you can do about it, I can understand why when facing such a huge loss of their child and considering the safety of others, someone would take the action to have the dog put down.

From a personal point, I don't blame the dog for my scars, my mother doesn't blame him - had I died, I still don't think she would have blamed the dog.

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the dog had to be destroyed really, sad fact, I recon theres more to it than what we know at the moment, the family said he had never shown any signs of aggression or that he was dangerous at all, but I recon there must of been something that made the dog do it.

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exactly... there must be a reason for a dog to attack any thing.... but even if it hadn't shown signs i still would never leave a dog alone with a child. When we visited friends at christmas with their small children I didn't even let my puppy border out of my sight with them. He was fine with them but even so he can snap and has at me, so i don't completely trust him with kids.

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I agree the dog shoud not have been left alone with the child then again what is a 13 month child doing on its own anyway. I do think that the dog should have been put down though at the end of the day the dog could have got out and hurt somebody else. There was a dog got out up here only a couple of days or so ago and attacked 2 young girls not life threatening but serious injurys to hands and arms of both girls will be scared (spelling) for life

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the child wasnt on its own it was being held by a 7 year old girl and the babies aunty was there as well, thats what I read yesterday.

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i think this is another case of people humanising their dog. It IS a dog and they cant exactly blame it. its not like it planned its attack. something has made it snap. As said before NO dog should be left with children as this is a prime example of what can happen.
But these people have made the mistake most of us do. forgetting that, at the end of the day, its an animal. No matter how domesticated you think an animal is, it always has the potential to snap.
i trust my dog completely, but he still wont be left alone with my baby. As it has been pointed out even dogs get jealous.
i feel so sorry for this poor family and for the loss of their child, but at the end of the day, a dog is a dog and it shouldnt have been left with the kid.

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Still, a 7 year old girl cant exactly be expected to handle a situation such as this. And i though the aunty was up the stairs or something?

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