I watched this item on the news last night in dismay...
They had some expert on saying how the dog probably acted out of "jelousy"(BS <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />, and also had an item on introducing dog to baby that glaringly failed to mention the neccessity of not leaving a dog and baby unsupervised! Yes huskies are typically a "friendly" breed -but they are awesomely prey driven, too and as any other dog, should not be left around babies unsupervised. Very sad and very preventable.
Unfortunatly people ignore the fact that dogs are potential leathal (they have the arms to do so)
My rule is that if you can't hide a dog behind a sheat of A4 paper it has the size and power to cause serious damage. i speak of experience have been put in hospital by a teckel you know these saucages
Jason Shipley Webboard User Reg: 05-13-2005
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Husky's have massive prey drive, mine is constantly hunting in the back yard and when we walk in the woods anything small and moving she's interested in. I would never ever trust a husky or other spitz breed dog around small children or babys.Mine loves kids and all the petting and attention she gets, but you have to be right there with her. There is also no reason for a dog to every have close access to an infant, even if nothing happens you may still wind up with a kid thats terrified of dogs.
Janelle Story Webboard User Reg: 06-15-2005
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This is a very sad, but preventable incident. The mother didn't act responsibly in supervising her child or dog. As a result of her poor judgement, the poor baby is dead and the dog will probably be dead soon as well. The media in the cases seems to always discuss the behavior of the dog without discussing the stupidity of the adults who create these situations.
Tracy Brown Webboard User Reg: 12-20-2004
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In Alabama, there was a similar incident a couple months ago. A young couple bought a adult male pit. The wife went out to feed it with her new born on her hip. She leans over and the pit attacked the baby. She fought with the dog and got him to release the baby. The pit then turn his attention to her and she rolled into a fetal position to protect her child. A neighbor driving by who saw the attack; got out and shot the dog. Sadly, the infant died from the injuries and the young lady was badly mauled. This incident made it in local newspaper but didn't receive national attention.
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Will, I totally agree with you. I wish people in the newsrooms agreed with you. Look at the coverage in San Francisco, now that it comes out how irresponsible the mother was where is the media outcry.
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I was sick to my stomach when I saw the news about this, once again my belief in the stupidity of people has just been reinforced.
And sure enough, a day later I started getting the e-mails about us taking in their potential child killers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />, like our rescue doesn't have enough of them.
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Re: 6 days old baby killed by a Siberian Husky
, and also had an item on introducing dog to baby that glaringly failed to mention the neccessity of not leaving a dog and baby unsupervised! Yes huskies are typically a "friendly" breed -but they are awesomely prey driven, too and as any other dog, should not be left around babies unsupervised. Very sad and very preventable.
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