[WillowTheWhisp]

The point to the story was that the Dad misjudged the dog. I was just reminded of it when I looked at those links. We don't have many rattle snakes here either but there was a story about a dog saving a child from one of those. I suppose what we are both trying to say is that you can't tar all of one breed or similar breeds with the same brush. Some of those American Pit Bulls have rescued people just as some Alsations and other dogs have done here.

The dog in the news story was already known to be a problem dog and any problem dog should be dealt with before a tragedy like the death of the child happens.

Princess Anne's dog had already bitten a child before it killed one of the Queen's corgis. It should have been put down after the attack on the child. Any dog should, whatever the breed. We got a dog from Bleakholt once and it bit my mother. I told them we couldn't possibly keep it after that but they insisted that it should be returned to Bleakholt as we only had it on approval at that stage. I would have been happier to have handed the dog over to the RSPCA for putting to sleep but we had no authority to do that unfortunately. I couldn't help wondering if it had ever bitten anyone else and how many other unsuspecting families were going to be encouraged to adopt it. It was a lovely looking dog, a black shaggy haired thing.