Dog bit my grandson

[No2sc2]

We have a Chihuahua that gets jealous and bite the kids but its not a hard bite. Its a "get away from me" bite.

 

[jamesthemechanic]

dogs seldom bite adults because we tower over them and thus the master and subserviant roles are established . but enter a child into the equation and its different children are at eye level to a dog and thus the dog looks at children different like compitition for food , affection,or just invaders of its space . thats why most dogs bite not attack but bite children. im not saying it all your grandsons fault .because i wasnt there but i have worked with kennel dogs in my youth and learned alot about this type of biteing...knee jerk reaction putting the dog to sleep ...i would have waited and seen if it was one of the actions i listed and then just isolated the child from the dog till he was older just my opinion..[/QUOTE

everyone has their opinion on this, but dogs are designed for our protection.. I am a huge animal lover and support humane ownership... but the way this was handled was very respectable. its a hard thing to see any child harmed by an animal and its even harder to dispatch one in a humane manner after one it attacks one of yours. your method could put others in danger even by isolation and is a high-risk. If this were to happen again and you get the right person bitten, you may havemorethan a dead dog on your hands. In my eyes this mistake shouldnt happen twice. and if it happened to my family, you might be watching me take care of it. Ive been arounddogs and worked with them basically my whole life, when you get one that has that nervousness to its demeanor and you can see it in its eye, it doesnt care if you are 2ft tall or 10 ft, it will snap if you interfere with its domain. I have 2 dogs and ive had them both for 4 years now, and i can say without a shadow of a doubt--- under any situation or circumstance they would not bite me or anyone I present as safe to them. its not fear that drives this, its respect. they know that i would let no harmcome to them without coming thru me first. It takes an assumed alpha to teach an old dog new tricks. very few people have that, but its in your eye... they have to know if they bite, they are gonna get bit back. and its hard to get that nervousness out and if they have that characteristic, you should never trust them around kids.

my dogs are so obiedient i can throw them a hot dog and when they get it halfway down i can say no and they will spit it out .that being said never never assume a dog wont bite. even around children because children do rip, tear, pinch, pull, grab, bite ,ect ,ect and a dog will only take so much . me personally i would not have put it down i would attempt a retrain . but op is also allowed to act as he sees fit for safty of his home and children . and getting a puppy isnt a sure bet it wont bite when provoked when older ....

 

[Csanino]

my 2yr old niece got bit in the face by my sister's catahula mix. she had managed to corner the dog and started poking/yanking/pulling/slapping the dog in the face till it had enough and let out a snap. being only 2 she is damn near eye level with the dog and it got it right in the face. My sister disciplined the dog for biting my niece. Then disciplined her kid for provoking the dog. So now, until further notice (this happened a few months ago) the dogs and the kids are separated unless being handled directly by the parents.

When I was a kid, i was bit by a doberman. It was my moms dog. I was roughly 4ish yrs old. My mom told me to leave the dog alone during certain occasions. I decided that one of those occasions shouldn't be when he was eating, so I came up to him while he was chowing down and found myself a mouth full of teeth. He took me down, bit at my face and arms. I received the first ass whipping that my young mind could remember for disobeying my parents when she told me not to screw with the dog. of course, the dog caught an equal ass whipping for biting me. We both lived. I guess we were just raised differently. I was taught about cause & effect. If I play with fire, I will get burned. I have my fair share of scars as learning trophies. Im only 32yrs old.

Seems to be like too many people are kid-proofing their lives instead of the reverse. Its like a bubble-boy phenomenon. few Kids these days are learning consequences the hard way. I grew up with metal mcdonalds play grounds, and watching Wile E. Coyote blowing himself up with explosives. I never did any of that in real life.

Sounds like what happened in this case, wasn't a vicious pre-meditated mauling. It was a dog that had enough and let out a warning, which is what they do in all cases. This time, it cost him his life. Whats next? The stove gonna get sent to the junk yard b/c a child burned its hand on it? Granted, im not saying go out there and leave a bottle of windex in reach and tell kids not to drink it, but sometimes you gotta get burnt to know to to screw with fire.

 

[Hawkeye1059]

Update: We went out for lunch yesterday with the whole family and grandson is almost all healed. I wish I could heal that fast. He isn't afraid of the other dog either. Doing FINE. What a kid.
He gets it from his Grandpa.

 

[Lockout]

Update: We went out for lunch yesterday with the whole family and grandson is almost all healed. I wish I could heal that fast. He isn't afraid of the other dog either. Doing FINE. What a kid.
He gets it from his Grandpa.

Wish we heal that fast at an older age!!!

I am glad he isn't afraid and just the parents needs to be more aware of the animals around the little ones.My kids are not allowed to play with the dog unless an adult is present.

 

[Leatherhead]

Update: We went out for lunch yesterday with the whole family and grandson is almost all healed. I wish I could heal that fast. He isn't afraid of the other dog either. Doing FINE. What a kid.
He gets it from his Grandpa.

Great to hear!

 

[Jugboy24]

It more than likely wasn't the dogs fault. You should watch your kids more carefully.