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flintknapper wrote:Maybe with each story we read, some small point may be gleaned that will benefit us in the future if ever we experience something similar.

Hopefully we won't have to read any more stories. Don't you need to take your dog out for a walk?
Please, wake me when something new happens.

flintknapper wrote:So, if it means I get grilled for being curious, for having questions and doubts (for good reason) then so be it, fire up the coals!

I'll bring the marshmellows!

And I'll bring the skewers!

Right2Carry wrote:You're grasping at straws and speculating over photo's that don't show squat. Stop trying to defend the actions of an owner who didn't have her dog on a leash. You have proven your point that you value a dog over the life of a child.

I think there was a second gunman on the grassy knoll.

KBCraig wrote:It's obvious that people have cemented within their minds their own internal movie version of what happened, and they refer to that version in support of their stance. Further discussion seems pointless.

I think the reason dog threads get so heated is that discussion is really about people who love their dogs. The issue I see is that the people who own or have owned pit bulls [or dogs that might be mistaken as pit bulls or other large dogs with big teeth] believe that their dog would never attack another person without being provoked or otherwise justified. To me it is analogous to a parent's feelings about their own children. They can't imagine that their child or could "go off" and hurt someone. It would reflect on themselves as a parent.

I have seen a four year old girl who had her face literally ripped off by a doberman. The little girl "provoked" the dog by trying to pet him while he was eating. The dog turned around, took a chunk out of the girl's face, and then calmly turned back to his bowl to finish his dog chow. My friend kept the doberman until his dog started growling and showing his canines to him.

Even though I just threw out another provocative statement, I also agree with KB that further discussion seems pointless.
Anygun summed it up pretty well when he said "all dogs will bite."

03Lightningrocks wrote:

WildBill wrote:This thread is amazing. Two days and 111 posts so far!

A man shoots and kills an illegal alien at night who is running away after stealing a pack of cigarettes from his truck and you want to give him a medal. A man shoots a dog that he believes is going to attack his child and you want to crucify him.

It is amazing isn't it. They were also ready to reward a man who shot two guys in the back as they ran away from stealing a stereo. Strange ideas to say the least.

My example was made up to illustrate a point.

This thread is amazing. Two days and 111 posts so far!

A man shoots and kills an illegal alien at night who is running away after stealing a pack of cigarettes from his truck and you want to give him a medal. A man shoots a dog that he believes is going to attack his child and you want to crucify him.