| finz |
| (Carpal \'Tunnel) |
| 07/12/12 08:38 PM |
Re: Help! Pitbull for a 3-yr old child?
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[quote]"Children being taught how to treat their animals is HUGE." I agree, and so does my daughter. She's done a great job teaching her son how to treat animals. Why does everyone think she has not? [/quote]
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Because you've said A LOT about how BAD that dog was, but not much about the repeated intensive training that your dd has done with that dog.
I believe it's possible some animals (like people) are just born bad. I think far more are made bad by abuse. Many of those can be helped by training from a [censored] but loving master educated in how to manage the dog.
You haven't talked about your dd's expertise in working with the jrt, or the expert opinions she sought out......so 'it's easy to assume that that did not happen.
If the expert training did not happen after the dog bit the child, that shows poor judgement on your dd's part. When other bite attacks happened, if there was no follow up with dog training professionals, that shows extremely poor judgement on the part of the dog owner.
If expert training did happen and a professional decided that this dog was not salvagable or needed to live in a restricted environment, it would be great if you could mention that, so that we are all able to discuss this with the same facts on the history.
IF that has happened and your dd continued to allow the demon dog access to a young child, that shows extremely poor judgement.
With all of the possible scenarios I can think of, it seems like poor judgement on the part of the dog owner (your dd) is a part of the problem.
It sounds like you blamed the jrt for everything and not your dd.
Why would you think she will use good judgement this time around ?
From what you have said about her, it sounds like adopting a rescue is important to her. If she is looking into a pb because that's mostly what she sees in the shelters (and it's what I saw too when I was looking) and not actually because she picked out that breed, you could encourage her to check out petfinder dot com. She could see a wide variety of rescue animals.
There are many mild mannered dogs out there that don't act aggressively because they have a great temperment and their needs are being met. Sometimes that's the luck of the draw, but you can increase your odds with certain breeds. Many breeds CAN be great family dogs, but they need a [censored] hand to guide them along the way. If your dd doesn't have that [censored] hand then she owes it to her child to at least show some caution with choosing a breed that doesn't REQUIRE it.