*sighs* Young Girl attacked by pitbull - Page 2

Foxrac · 04-24-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheri

Oh please Pacman, stop making excuses for your parents, how can a dog prevent a home robbery if they're outdoor? Doesn't make no sense to me, if they were indoor and your family experience a home robbery that would make sense because the dogs can scare the suspects away, but not when they're outdoors.

In long time ago, it does happen when I was 11 years old but I have no power on parent to take control of dogs but they did rather to call "outside dog" or something like that, also it does happened to other Americans but... they did let dog in house on sometime when weather is bad. I remember about long time ago about what they did that.

Do you think that my parent was bad owner?

It wasn't my fault when grew up with parent that how raise their dogs.

btw, their home had been robbed at few time, around last time in 1993 when broke in wood door.

Reba · 04-24-2007, 11:09 AM

This story was in my morning local paper:

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Boy dies after being mauled by family dog

A 1 1/2-year-old boy mauled Monday in his home by a family dog died this morning in a local hospital.

The boy, who suffered wounds to his neck, trachea and spine, was pronounced dead at 2:26 a.m. today, Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet said.

Deputies responded to a 911 call on Hunters Ridge Lane at 10:09 a.m. Monday.

The dog, a 2-year-old pit bull, was euthanized.

The Post and Courier, Charleston SC | Charleston.net | Stories

I know that address. It's a townhouse with no private yards. I heard on the TV news that the dog was kept in the laundry room but got out and attacked the child. I don't know yet all the details.

Tousi · 04-24-2007, 01:45 PM

Hope that helps some of you know why Cheri was upset about dogs roaming free in her neighborhood recently in another thread. The above (Reba's) COULD POSSIBLY have been Cheri's story.

Reba · 04-24-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

Hope that helps some of you know why Cheri was upset about dogs roaming free in her neighborhood recently in another thread. The above (Reba's) COULD POSSIBLY have been Cheri's story.

Update on the story that I posted:

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Brian Palmer, the toddler mauled Monday by his family’s pit bull, died Tuesday morning at Medical University Hospital, Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet said.

Palmer, who would have turned 2 in August, died at 2:38 a.m. from massive cuts to his airway, Nisbet said. An autopsy was being performed Tuesday.

No adults were home Monday morning when the dog, shut inside a laundry room of a Hunters Ridge Lane townhouse, apparently got loose, authorities said. The dog was in an upstairs bedroom when it went for the boy’s throat, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Detective John Garrison said.

Nisbet said four children were in the townhouse at the time. The oldest was a 16-year-old, he said.

The 2-year-old dog was euthanized. The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office said the dog had killed a family cat and attacked another dog within the last three weeks.

The sheriff’s office is investigating.

The Post and Courier, Charleston SC | Charleston.net | Stories

Reba · 04-25-2007, 10:47 AM

Today's update and details:

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Dog's fatal attack on boy baffles family

BY NITA BIRMINGHAM
The Post and Courier

Brian Palmer was never afraid of Princess and even splashed around with the family pit bulldog Saturday in the small pool behind his mother's Hunters Ridge Lane townhouse.

Princess on occasion slept alongside the toddler's mom, Natasha Wilson. When the dog killed a cat a week ago, the family dismissed it as aggression toward other animals. They never thought the family pet would attack a human, much less a child.

On Monday, Princess got out of a utility room and started chasing a 16-year-old relative who is afraid of dogs. The teenager ran up the stairs and Princess tore after her. She struggled to close the bedroom door against the dog's weight, but lost the battle.

Before she could scoop up Brian and his young cousins and put them on the bed, the dog latched on to the 18-month-old boy's neck.

The other children frantically beat at the 60-pound dog, but it was a stranger who managed to pull Princess off Brian. EMS rushed the boy, nicknamed "Beenie," to the hospital, but the damage was so severe, his family doubted his chances for survival.

Brian died at 2:38 a.m. Tuesday at Medical University Hospital. Animal Control seized Princess, who was euthanized. The family began making funeral plans while they wondered why a dog that never showed aggression toward people would attack a child.

"We never thought it was the kind of dog that would attack a baby," Brian's cousin Cheron Gilchrist said. "Who is going to think that a dog that sleeps next to you in the same bed is going to attack your child?"

Gilchrist said she is no stranger to dogs because she's been a groomer about six years. She got Wilson into the business about a year ago. Gilchrist said they work six days a week, so Brian lived with his grandmother. People who know that they work with dogs often call them about strays in need of homes. That's how Wilson came to own Princess seven months ago, Gilchrist said.

Brian loved 2-year-old Princess as he loved all animals, Gilchrist said. He once tried to dip a betta fish out of the tank because it captured his attention.

Princess never showed aggression toward the family's other dog, a teacup Chihuahua named Elizabeth Taylor, but Gilchrist's cat Zoomba was attacked.

Princess' only other transgression seemed to be tearing up the house, a fault Gilchrist attributed to separation anxiety. To prevent more property damage, the family often secured Princess in the downstairs utility room, which is where she was supposed to be at 10 a.m. Monday. Wilson had gone to look into some rental housing, Gilchrist said, and left Brian and his cousins Kyasia Wilson-Green, 2, and Gabrielle Seabrook, 5, in the care of his teenage aunts, Marshawn Wilson, 13, and Sieshia Wilson, 16.

Gilchrist and Brian's aunt Ariana Wilson said they still don't know how Princess got out of the utility room or what made him chase Sieshia, who doesn't like dogs. It's possible the teenager running from the dog triggered hunter and predatory instincts, said professional dog trainer Mary L. Harwelik, who runs the Web site The REAL Pit Bull - Info Center | Advocacy & Rescue | Education | Blog.

"You're already dealing with an animal that had behavioral issues," as evidenced by damaging the house and killing the cat, said Dr. Gail Golab, associate director of animal welfare for the American Veterinary Medical Association.

The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office is investigating Brian's death.

This article was printed via the web on 4/25/2007 10:14:50 AM . This article appeared in The Post and Courier and updated online at Charleston.net.

Reba · 04-25-2007, 10:47 AM

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