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Puppy kills baby boy?
Something stinks about this whole story.
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wtf, how the frig could that happen? How would you not hear the baby screaming, why would you leave a baby that young unattended. How could a 6week old puppy maul the baby to death and no one notice. Something doesn't sound quite right about that.
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I agree totally! A 6 week old puppy killed a child?? Don't think so. Something fishy this way comes.
Poor baby, poor puppy. :sad:
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oh thats horrible. I agree something is off here. Three people in the house and no one heard anything. plus no one knows how long the baby's been gone what did they do forget he was there? Even if the dog did it they should never have left that baby alone. Some people should not be parents.
for the puppy and baby
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I really am not going to be surprised if the baby had been dead for awhile and not killed by the puppy. I can see the puppy going after the death smell once the baby was dead tho.
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If you go to the link Ceara provided, there's a photo of the pup. I'd say it was older than 6 weeks . And I've seen serious signs of aggression in pups as young as 7 weeks.
Having said that, there's no excuse. This baby should never have been left unattended.
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I agree....there is definitely something fishy here that doesn't make sense. Three adults in the house and nobody heard anything
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One of the many reasons that it is not recommended that puppies be removed from the litter is that interaction with littermates and mother help to teach bite inhibition. Add lack of bite inhibition to dangling, swinging baby legs and you have something pretty darn tempting to a young puppy.
Throw in young, inexperienced parents and you have a recipe for disaster. Having said all of this, one is left to wonder just what went on before the baby was discovered. How is it nobody heard the baby cry? I highly doubt that this puppy, no matter what the age, has aggression issues. It is much more likely that a completely untrained dog was left with a very prey-like infant, alone. And while the dog is being euthanized and blamed - it is most assuredly, once again, the fault of irresponsible owners/parents that were the cause of this infant's untimely death.
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Maybe it was not a dog at all. There was a case in Ontario a few years ago of a seven year old little girl who was found dead in the basement of her home, the coroner determined that cause of death was multiple stab wounds and the mother was charged with homicide. After being found guilty and imprisoned, the report was reviewed and it was determined that it was the family dog who had mauled her. It is possible that it is the same situation in reverse.
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Thats what I was thinking, Chris. The autopsy should determine if the bites were serious enough to kill an infant. The puppy would only have puppy teeth. Would it even have the strength to maul and swing around a baby?
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On another forum (where I got this AP article), someone said they live in the adjacent area where this occurred in Oklahoma, and that they are now studying the contents of the puppy's stomach. That person claimed they heard it on their local news, but I have yet to find any source online for that yet.
I wonder if the pup came from a puppy mill. How many breeders would let a 6 week old go to a new home? And how many puppy mills would let one go at 6 weeks.
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It's hard for me to imagine a 6 weeks old lab , a small pup ,would be able to kill a baby the story is very fishy to me too.
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I'm having a hard time believing this. My friends just picked up a 12 week old Rotti and I don't think it could do what they claim a 6 week old Lab did. I could understand a pup chewing on the babies toes & feet.
Chalk this up to inexperienced parents and past the blame to the poor dog, the parents should be charged with neglect as no one even knows how long the baby was dead. Their story is fishy and I hope the authorities dig deep to get the truth. little ones
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It's so sad for both the puppy and baby. I agree with everyone how the baby teeth can do any real harm?! This make me remember the case Ving Rhames' Mastiffs fatally maul caretaker. People quickly jumped to the conclusion, and eventually found it wrong. But in this case, even if it proves wrong, the puppy is dead already.
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Here's a news update on the story. Includes photos of the teenage parents and the name of the infant.
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Thanks for the update.
Unbelievable.
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The parents are guilty ALL THE WAY!!!
First off, the parents in this case should be charged with child abandonment and manslaughter. THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BABY BEING ALONE!!! For crying out loud he was 8 weeks old! What a couple of idiots! Second, i've never heard of a lab violently attacking anyone unless provoked or abused, let alone a lab puppy! I own a black lab, he is a little over a year old and he wouldn't hurt a fly. A lab might lick you to death, but maul a baby to death??? NO FRICKIN' WAY!!! The parents killed that child, not the dog. Unsupervised is the equivalent of "mauling" the baby yourself in my opinion.
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This is a very disturbing story.
The parents were just teens. Having a newborn baby and a newborn puppy would be quite a challenge, no? I agree with LabsRule - Someone should get in big trouble for this.
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The French woman who had the face implant a couple of years ago was mauled by her own black lab.
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This is pure speculation on my part, but my first thought was SIDS or something, and that the puppy may have been trying to wake the baby up. I know, that's a long shot...and we don't have enough details to really know. But I don't buy it for a second that a tiny little puppy killed this baby.
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On a side note, while this is completely tragic, I think we should reserve judgement until the full story comes out (the autopsy reports, the parents side of the story, etc). It definately smells fishy, but there are not enough details to be jumping to conclusions here. Perhaps the mother and grandmother were napping. Any parent knows how tired you can be if you have a fussy baby. And maybe grandma was sick. I can honestly see how grandpa would not think twice about leaving the baby in a swing to let them sleep and I could also see how he wouldn't think that a six week old puppy would maul the baby. I'm not by any means saying that this is what definately happened, but hey, its one possible scenario, so I'm not going to jump up and down and automatically scream foul play. Just my . |
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Now they're saying that it was either a lab puppy or a small pug.... Either way, the dog has apparently been put down.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,393682,00.html |
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SyntheticSmile -I don't see anyone making a judgement As for the stats on dog bites, from what I understand there are more reports of Labs biting than any other breeds.
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Exactly , it's our opinions , we do live in a free speech country
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My question is, can a 6 week old puppy be physically capable of mauling anything?
I have never had a dog or cat this young, but I just can't imagine their teeth or the strength in their jaw is developed enough to do something described here. And how high was the swing this baby was in? A puppy that small would have to jump pretty high no?
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what i would like to know is holy crap how much damage was done that they couldn't tell the difference between a puppies bite mark and a full grown pugs.
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What I would like to know is , will they euthanise the owners if they are found guilty , because they should.
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That goes without saying...
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