Dog bit my grandson

[Omega]

wrong... perhaps a reason to not get an older dog from a shelter and leave a 2 year old with him.. but NOT a reason not to adopt and older dog from a shelter as our canine companions are quite capable of adapting to new environments given the time and care.

Not taking away from the scare you had... but lets not pretend the dog was 100% at fault

2 year olds grab, pick, poke, push, hit, squeeze, anything they can get their hands on. Furthermore, it is downright careless to leave any child that age with any animal... period.

If you cant trust the dog with your child, no matter the case-- alone or under supervision.... the dog is not one I would want. PERIOD! And im all for adoption. just get a good feel for the dog before youget it. animal shelters are pretty good about weeding out the ones with issues. but simple facts are their are too many dogs without a drop of malice in their blood to settle for a dangerous animal

 

[Stuckon22]

wow, hope your grandson does well with this.

 

[Hawkeye1059]

Just a question, but did your daughter ask you to put the dog down or did you take it upon yourself to do it while they were at the hospital?

-Carlo

She asked me to put the dog down.

 

[sovietak474u]

One thing we should always remember is... a dog is still an animal. It can choose to bite someone at anytime even though it may go years and never do so. I dont trust any animal. Period.

 

[dakota port]

they way i look at it is that a dog/cat/ iquana/ any animal pet will attack you if it wants to, the key is being able to overpower the dog in the case that is does goes berserk on you or your family. i take care of strays sometimes but i am ready to defend myself from the dogs if for some reason they attack me whether that be with a knife or whatever

 

[Bear44]

Folks, I'm not trying to start trouble here, but I have to step in and point out that the level of ignorance about dogs being presented in this thread is pretty bad. Unfortunately, that's not unusual. One of the primary reasons that so many dogs lose their homes is because of the overwhelming amount of WRONG conventional wisdom in the US.

I'll tell all of you the most valuable advice I think anyone can ever get about dogs.

If you want to know about health and wellbeing, talk to a qualified veterinarian. If you want to know about bloodlines and pedigrees, talk to a qualified breeder. If you want to know about behavior and training, talk to a qualified trainer. As for everyone else, listen to them politely and ignore them completely.

And no, being a "Dog Person" does NOT make you a qualified anything. One of the things I have to overcome with many of my new clients is all the BS free advice they have gotten about how to handle their new dog. There are even quite a few "professional" trainers out there that don't have a clue. They simply copy what someone else has done with a dog with no real understanding of the dog at all.

If any of you folks what real answers to questions, I'm about to start a thread giving you the opportunity to ask.

 

[beaker]

Being only 2 years old, I doubt your grandson will remember this when he gets older.

Glad he's OK, and hate it you had to put the dog down, but the choice is very simple, at least for me anyways, in a case like this.

 

[Byte Stryke]

This has fail written all over it

yeah, like a family friend that swerves AT dogs after being bitten as a kid...

He will shoot a dog in his yard without a hesitation

the point is to "get back on the horse" as opposed to hating and fearing it.

 

[sig68]

yeah, like a family friend that swerves AT dogs after being bitten as a kid...

He will shoot a dog in his yard without a hesitation

the point is to "get back on the horse" as opposed to hating and fearing it.

No offense,but your friend is an idiot!

 

[Vman]

Some people just should not own dogs period (NOT directed at the op) because they treat them like lawn ornaments or accessories and have no understanding of dogs in general, or breed traits etc. 07JKX made a very valid point that is WAY too often ignored or overlooked- little kids do many things accidentally or on purpose that some dogs can't handle or get sick of and deal with it the only way they know how because the adult won't! Small kids should always be supervised with a dog and more importantly be taught how to treat a dog. They AREN"T chairs, small horses, or things to be poked, pulled or anything else that people think is "cute" or the dog "doesn't mind". They may act like they don't mind-they might actually not care-until the kid falls on them wrong, sits on them when they are sick or hurt, then it's a different ballgame. Don't understand why people can't teach their kids to just pet the dog or sit with the dog and not ON them. I actually listened to a previous client sit there (obviously not watching her kid at all) and tell me the dog was so tolerant of their kid when I noticed he's literally hitting the dog over the head with a 2 prong meat fork! Are you kidding me?! It wasn't that she condoned him doing it, it's just how little parents pay attention to kids with dogs. And these type of things happen often, but when the dog bites the kid then usually all hell breaks loose on the dog. Rediculous-and again, NOT aimed at the op since I have no idea of the situation.