CA - Pitbulls chew off baby's scrotum while mom visits boyfriend

[Opie]

Sterilize her. :banghead:

Too bad there is no way we can do this. It's not PC.:banghead::furious:

 

[AutomaticAuttie]

Wow here are all her myspace links.....

http://www.myspace.com/personalfriendsofcarrie

http://www.myspace.com/militarywivesinsandiego

http://www.myspace.com/militarymommiessandiego

http://www.myspace.com/enhancecarrie

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php...155759761..1#!/profile.php?id=100000451306847


And the boyfriend.....

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000045996227&ref=search&sid=1173427855.1155759761..1

 

[BOZGAL]

GMAB :furious:

That poor baby for the love of Pete.
She should not even be allowed to have pets much less children. :banghead:
In fact keep her away from Teddy Bears as well.

 

[mysterygirl]

OMG I'm so sick of people trusting Pit Bulls around babies and children..............left alone, alone.......this horrifies me.

 

[kgeaux]

Agreed! And if I hear one more "moron" say -- Oh, my pit bull is soooo sweet, would never hurt a fly. This just goes to show. No, I don't want to start a pit bull debate, but let me tell ya, babies and pit bulls do not mix. Did the evil dogs get put down? I hope so.

As far as custody, she should lose it permantly!

MOO

Mel

My pit underwent a socialization test---I think it was called the good canine test---done by our vet when the dog was 6 months old, again at 2 years of age and again at 4 years of age. He has passed every time.

He is like a member of our family and we love him. But as responsible owners, we make sure he is muzzled when around children, he is always harnessed and never left alone outside or with people he is unfamiliar with. We don't play "games" that will confuse him, like lets see what the dog will do if daddy attacks mommy, which I have seen some owners do.

My dog is a sweetie. But we are aware of the power he possesses and we don't take chances.

You are right: pit bulls and babies do not mix. In fact, I would go further and say that dogs and babies do not mix and should never be unsupervised when around each other.

The dogs are scheduled for euthanasia, and that is a good thing.

Yeah people like that tick me off too. I'm really over protective. I don't trust ANY DOG! Some of the nastiest ones I have came across aren't even the big ones.

You are so right that some of the nastiest dogs aren't necessarily the largest dogs.....and you are doing good to watch your children when they are around animals. I don't think that is overprotective, I think it is wise.

:furious::furious::furious: WTH??!!!!!

She should be euthanized right along with those savage mutts of hers. Good lord.

Not taking up for the mom, but they weren't her dogs.

Would a dog be especially prone to tear off a diaper and chew a baby's diaper area? Just makes me a little suspicious when I hear of a supposed dog attack that happens in this manner. Wouldn't a vicious dog just attack the face, hands, or legs rather than targeting in on one specific area of anatomy that must have clothes/coverings torn off to get to? The article doesn't say if the baby had any other injuries.

Dogs love smells, and the stinkier the better. I can see a dog being interested in a soiled diaper.

There have been a few cases where a baby's genitals or other body parts were supposedly removed by a dog. Later it was determined that it was human caused and the dogs were used as scapegoats. I don't have enough information on this case to say that happened here.

You're right, of course. However, since the dogs are scheduled for euthanasia, I sure hope someone made sure the dogs caused the horrible injuries to this baby.

McKinney told police that she was at her friend's apartment on Arboretum Way about 10 a.m. Saturday getting dressed to go out when the attack happened. Her friend was in the shower upstairs and her 6-month-old son was downstairs on the floor.

According to McKinney, the baby was in the carrier for a total of 10 minutes before the attack, Ganley said. She checked on the baby once and he was fine, but about three minutes later heard screaming and rushed to the room to find that one or both of her friend's dogs -- a 5-year-old female pit bull and an 8-month-old pit bull mix -- had ripped off the baby's diaper and bitten him in the groin area.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sattack09.48caced.html

I am not trying to stand up for this mother, not defending her at all. At best, she was stupid to leave her child alone with dogs. It is interesting to note that she has had children removed from her care before, and I wish we knew why. Did she injure her other children? Neglect them?

I did want to point out that "IF" her story is correct, and she left the baby for only a short time and ran out to investigate when she heard his cries, and that is a REALLY BIG "IF" in my mind, then perhaps the injuries were so severe because she couldn't pull the dogs off the baby.

OMG I'm so sick of people trusting Pit Bulls around babies and children..............left alone, alone.......this horrifies me.

This is horrifying. And really, responsible parents should not leave any child unattended around ANY dog. We wouldn't leave our babies unattended around strangers, and we shouldn't leave them unattended in situations like this.

My children were always with me, unless it was night time and they'd gone to bed in their own rooms.....and since we had a family bed, they were not infants or even toddlers when they decided to move to their "own territory."

 

[BuzzieCat]

Point taken about the possibly smelly diaper, but I am still suspicious, particularly with the fact that her other children were taken away from her. Would be very interested to learn what happened with the other children. Why on earth would you plunk a baby down on the floor with some dogs and then go off somewhere in another part of the home to get dressed? :waitasec:

I guess hearing about those other cases where dogs were blamed and it turned out to be humans who actually did the damage makes me suspicious in this case. It just sounds very specific, very targeted, if that is the "only" injury. If there were other bites to the legs or nearby areas, I might be more inclined to believe it was neglect/dog bites rather than deliberate abuse/no dog involved. If a large dog were excited by smells or other cues, could it really contain itself to one relatively small area of damage? Like I said, if the child has multiple injuries/bites, I would be more inclined to believe a dog did it.

 

[Beyond Belief]

OMG when are people going to take how dangerous pits can be seriously. :furious:

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Would a dog be especially prone to tear off a diaper and chew a baby's diaper area? Just makes me a little suspicious when I hear of a supposed dog attack that happens in this manner. Wouldn't a vicious dog just attack the face, hands, or legs rather than targeting in on one specific area of anatomy that must have clothes/coverings torn off to get to? The article doesn't say if the baby had any other injuries.

No, they wouldn't especially if the child had urinated and defecated in his diaper. The smell would attract the dogs to that specific area.

This woman needs to go to jail for child neglect, child abuse and child endangerment and this baby never ever needs to be around this mom who didn't give on tinker's dam about him.

imo

 

[jjenny]

This is incredibly awful. This child's life will never be the same.

 

[teedie2]

Here's another link to one of her myspace accounts:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmyspace.com%2Fcarrieraea&h=9af9736b4149e61c8e6694024bcf35ae

Lots of pictures at this one.

She is only 22 and has 3 children .. she's been busy, hasn't she?

That poor little baby, what is his life going to be? :furious:

 

[kbl8201]

good question teedie......i dont know much about the medical aspact here, but what about normal peeing, and later in life reproduction?

 

[Melanie]

Not if the child's dipaer was soiled. Dogs enjoy poop. Simple fact. When my kids were in diapers I had to get a heavy duty garbage can with tight lid to keep the dogs from eating the poo diapers and spreading them about the house. Dogs can be kinda nasty in that way.

You're right - da* sick dogs. All you have to do is google Pit Bull bites and you'll see the horror and damage these animals leave in their path. It's really quite disturbing.

 

[foryourwine]

She's got a picture of (im assuming) one of the pitbulls. She also has some err interesting Halloween photos. Classy lady..

 

[mitzi]

So... Can we strap Mommy-Dearest down to a chair and let the same dogs chomp out her ovaries??? That seems almost fair to me... At least then she wouldn't be able to have any more children and subject them to this kind of never-ending terror.

Sorry... I think I am just in "a mood" today...

Then I must be in a mood too, cuz this just sickens me. It's always the child is the victim, while "mama" goes to be with her "man". It's bad enough to leave this sweet baby alone in an apartment, but to do so with pitbulls there...I just have no words. :furious:

 

[Sheromom]

My pit underwent a socialization test---I think it was called the good canine test---done by our vet when the dog was 6 months old, again at 2 years of age and again at 4 years of age. He has passed every time.

He is like a member of our family and we love him. But as responsible owners, we make sure he is muzzled when around children, he is always harnessed and never left alone outside or with people he is unfamiliar with. We don't play "games" that will confuse him, like lets see what the dog will do if daddy attacks mommy, which I have seen some owners do.

My dog is a sweetie. But we are aware of the power he possesses and we don't take chances.

You are right: pit bulls and babies do not mix. In fact, I would go further and say that dogs and babies do not mix and should never be unsupervised when around each other.

The dogs are scheduled for euthanasia, and that is a good thing.



You are so right that some of the nastiest dogs aren't necessarily the largest dogs.....and you are doing good to watch your children when they are around animals. I don't think that is overprotective, I think it is wise.



Not taking up for the mom, but they weren't her dogs.



Dogs love smells, and the stinkier the better. I can see a dog being interested in a soiled diaper.




You're right, of course. However, since the dogs are scheduled for euthanasia, I sure hope someone made sure the dogs caused the horrible injuries to this baby.



I am not trying to stand up for this mother, not defending her at all. At best, she was stupid to leave her child alone with dogs. It is interesting to note that she has had children removed from her care before, and I wish we knew why. Did she injure her other children? Neglect them?

I did want to point out that "IF" her story is correct, and she left the baby for only a short time and ran out to investigate when she heard his cries, and that is a REALLY BIG "IF" in my mind, then perhaps the injuries were so severe because she couldn't pull the dogs off the baby.



This is horrifying. And really, responsible parents should not leave any child unattended around ANY dog. We wouldn't leave our babies unattended around strangers, and we shouldn't leave them unattended in situations like this.

My children were always with me, unless it was night time and they'd gone to bed in their own rooms.....and since we had a family bed, they were not infants or even toddlers when they decided to move to their "own territory."

Dear God- people really play those games with animals? We used to be blessed to own a gentle Yellow Lab that loved everyone in the family. One night my daughters got into a yelling match and that dog went and stood in between the two of them- growling at BOTH whenever they yelled. We had owned that dog a good 10 years and I was afraid it would attack one of the girls. It was, of course, defending both of them from each other. Leave a baby with a pittbull? Oh H-E- doublehockeysticks no!!! Not a sweet yellow lab; surely NOT a pitty!

 

[mitzi]

She's got a picture of (im assuming) one of the pitbulls. She also has some err interesting Halloween photos. Classy lady..

Geez! I almost expected to see KC Anthony in those shots in her halloween outfit!

 

[Openmind]

Sterilize her. :banghead:

I agree. Legal or not, I agree.

I don't think we have enough willing homes for all the children that need to be removed from unsafe environments.

This woman is just stupid and her baby will pay for her stupidty for the rest of his life. He should never be returned to her care -- ever.

Children are not science experiments that you keep giving back to callous, stupid, ill equipped adults to see if they can/will improve their parenting skills.

 

[kgeaux]

Dear God- people really play those games with animals? We used to be blessed to own a gentle Yellow Lab that loved everyone in the family. One night my daughters got into a yelling match and that dog went and stood in between the two of them- growling at BOTH whenever they yelled. We had owned that dog a good 10 years and I was afraid it would attack one of the girls. It was, of course, defending both of them from each other. Leave a baby with a pittbull? Oh H-E- doublehockeysticks no!!! Not a sweet yellow lab; surely NOT a pitty!

Yep. I've seen owners playing many inappropriate types of games, including one owner who did just what I said: Let's pretend to have a big old fight and see what the dog does!!! The dog acted much like your lab---he got between the two and guarded them from each other. But there was potential for a real tragedy, especially since the poor dog was so darn confused and upset about the owner's "fight."

 

[Bartleby]

good question teedie......i dont know much about the medical aspact here, but what about normal peeing, and later in life reproduction?

Without testicles this poor boy is never going to reproduce. He will need hormonal treatments to make his voice drop and grow pubic hair.

I'm not clear from the descriptions if his penis was bitten off, but I don't see how the dogs could target testicles and leave the penis intact. There are operations that can create a new penis, not sure of the details, but a more or less normal sex life may still be possible. They can probably give him a set of almost normal-looking genitalia when he reaches a certain age, so he does not suffer too much social stigma.

I have never heard of a testicle transplant, but with constant improvements in medical procedures it may even be possible that he could be given a full working set of genitalia at some point.

The mother, OTOH, is always going to be a danger to her children if they are left in her custody.

 

[Sheromom]

Yep. I've seen owners playing many inappropriate types of games, including one owner who did just what I said: Let's pretend to have a big old fight and see what the dog does!!! The dog acted much like your lab---he got between the two and guarded them from each other. But there was potential for a real tragedy, especially since the poor dog was so darn confused and upset about the owner's "fight."

How sad........and how confusing for the animals and any resulting consequences would clearly be the fault of the people involved from my point of view. I wouldn't even do that to my little Papillon. I do admire your stance for these dogs; I just wish I could get over my personal fear of them. Our neighbor's leave theirs outside constantly in a small cage. But sometimes, late at night, they turn it loose to run the neighborhood for exercise. And sometimes, I work until midnight. I am so afraid of that dog. :-(