Fatal dog attack South Shore Montreal

[Frenchy]

I heard it on the news yesterday , not long after it happened. I was surprise but glad this morning , when they said the mom and grand mother were going to be charge. But this is just horrible

http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...422/story.html

[cell]

More information in now, it's all over the news so anyone can read it. Putting the dog down really doesn't solve anything considering this is a situation that the dogs and the baby should have never been put it.
The baby was on the second floor of the house, alone, in a car seat with the dogs who didn't even belong to the family.... Not too much more really needs to be said about that.

[Frenchy]

They're not putting down the dogs yet. They want to evaluate them and the fact that they don't know which of the 2 dogs "did it" (the dogs owner thinks maybe the dogs got into a fight and I guess , redirected at the poor baby) I was surprise (and glad) to see on the news , how they showed the dogs and said that these were NOT aggressive dogs (stated by animal control , neighbors etc...). They are mostly putting the blame on the mother and grand mother , not so much the dogs.

[Melinda]

in our paper it only said "the breed of dog was not being disclosed" in other words, it was not a pitbull................
regardless of what breed, no dog should be left alone near a baby, r.i.p. sweet soul, how sad for the parents and family.

[Chris21711]

On the news in TO they showed the dogs being led away by either animal control and/or police. They were two Huskys. The news said they were going to run tests to ascertain which dog was the culprit.

[Frenchy]

One female husky , one male husky. I can't wait to hear if they were spayed/neutered. Probably not. All the people involved looks a lot ...... excuse my french but , white trash. a 17 yr old mom , living with a slightly older girl (she's about 20) who herself lives with an older boyfriend and his 3 kids ....

The animal control guy was questioned on the news when he was putting the dogs into his truck , he showed the dogs and said : "now do these dogs look aggressive to you ? No they're not."

They are putting the biggest part of the blame on the mom and grand mom , not so much the dogs. Which surprises me because it's a first here ... I am glad that they are not so quick to judge the dogs.

Maybe one of the dogs was "guarding" the baby , who was on the floor , and the other dog approached ... there was a fight and the baby got some of it.

Sick to my stomach to think about that poor baby.

[mastifflover]

Very sad but come on who leaves a baby unattended especially with 2 dogs and not your own. I hope the dogs do not pay for the ignorance of the caretakers. I agree they sound like TPR

[Rgeurts]

This is horrible. People seriously need to educate themselves instead of rushing in to get a dog/puppy because they like the way they look. Huskies have a huge prey drive (as do Malamutes). If they bothered to research it at all, they would know that. Also, northern breed dogs may guard a baby if it belongs in the family (pack), but can easily turn on it as most get very agitated with a babys cry.

But regardless of breed, a baby should never be left alone with a dog of any age/size