Very sad disturbing story...crazy dog!

[cupman]

sometimes you are so clever nobody gets it, chickened.

 

[featherfinder]

My question would be what caused the dog to snap on them like that. They had to of been doing something to provoke the dog or maybe the dog had a bad history. Still all the kids being that old should have grabed what they could and knock the dog out. There was plenty of them there to gain control of the situation.

 

[chickened]

I meant that there are effective and ineffective ways to discipline a dog. Some societies look down on the more traditional punishment and reward methods and some do not. They try all these new whisper techniques and such and they just are not reliable. I have seen with horses when they are taught these ways that they can explode where with traditional methods they are less likely to do so from a possibly live saving method that teaches them to fear man. I would bet that that dog has bit people before and had nothing done about it. Poor dog. Killing that dog would have been my first reaction. There are cultures in the world where people starve before they eat a cow or kill a rat and drink water contaminated by feces because they cannot shoo the cow from the water source. I know I am speculating but it seems odd that nothing was done. Ever see the movie Time Machine? H.G. Wells when the people in the future watch a person drowning and sit by idly and watch? that is what this reminds me of

I don't understand what you mean by that. Pretty sure it's acceptable in ANY area to take a baseball bat, chair or whatever else you can grab and beat the heck out of a dog that is chewing your mother's face off.

 

[DCasper]

That is terrible...

I tried to find out if it was a rumor, but I can't find anything to prove or disprove the story.

 

[EweSheep]

Been trying to find it too....nothing came up.

That is terrible...

I tried to find out if it was a rumor, but I can't find anything to prove or disprove the story.

 

[Highlander]

I meant that there are effective and ineffective ways to discipline a dog. Some societies look down on the more traditional punishment and reward methods and some do not. They try all these new whisper techniques and such and they just are not reliable. I have seen with horses when they are taught these ways that they can explode where with traditional methods they are less likely to do so from a possibly live saving method that teaches them to fear man. I would bet that that dog has bit people before and had nothing done about it. Poor dog. Killing that dog would have been my first reaction. There are cultures in the world where people starve before they eat a cow or kill a rat and drink water contaminated by feces because they cannot shoo the cow from the water source. I know I am speculating but it seems odd that nothing was done. Ever see the movie Time Machine? H.G. Wells when the people in the future watch a person drowning and sit by idly and watch? that is what this reminds me of

Oh ok, gotcha. Sorry. I actually agree with you on the discipline thing, a lot of people underestimate the importance of establishing pack order when acquiring a dog, especially when getting an adult. I don't think it's specific to the UK though if that's what you were inferring.

 

[chickened]

Not them entirely but they are at the head of the pack, no pun intended...

well maybe.

Oh ok, gotcha. Sorry. I actually agree with you on the discipline thing, a lot of people underestimate the importance of establishing pack order when acquiring a dog, especially when getting an adult. I don't think it's specific to the UK though if that's what you were inferring.

 

[arabianequine]

The article referenced 3 children 11, 8, and one younger. I can't get the article to work now?

 

[Highlander]

doesn't work for me either now but it was definitely 5 kids aged 21-30 when I read it. Hmmmm.

 

[NYboy]

I read the article this morning and children where young far from adults.