GUILTY MI - Kylie Cox, 4 mos, mauled to death by rottweiler, Warren, 17 Sept 2007

[Lurker]

I know ours smile all the time too. If we have the windows open at night mine will do these random barks everyonce in a while if he hears something outside, drives me nuts when I am startled by this lone bark in the night. We live in the country so there are always animals stalking out side and he hears them and feels the need to make sure everyone else does too. Pits especially love soft things, my too will fight over who sits on the blanket it is so funny, the big one will put his butt right in the middle and the little one will be trying to squeeze in, LOL.

I know what you mean! And they get cold easily. Both of my dogs sleep in the bed with us and the Pit always sneaks up to the top in the middle of the night, puts his nose under the covers and pushes them down to the end so he can burrow in them.
When he was a puppy he used to "fight" my son for his stuffed elephant chair. The Pit would be asleep on it and my son would push him off to sit on it and the pit would try his best to squeeze on it with him. He refuses to lay on the floor.

 

[imthemom]

I have a rottie 'blend' (read: mutt) who often must be woken up by us when we get home. Any visitors get licked to within an inch of their life. Anyone who wants to clean us out only has to bring a friend so that Peter can get petted while he runs out with everything we own.

I forgot to say, I love the name Peter, makes him sound so sophisticated.

 

[Lurker]

I forgot to say, I love the name Peter, makes him sound so sophisticated.

Me too! LOL
We used to have Golden growing up. He would let anyone in the front door but you better watch out if you came in his fence! I had a snowsuit on once and jumped the fence and was running across the yard. Next thing I know I was flat on my face with the Golden laying on top of me. My Dad would say "come in the front door and he'd show you where the china and silver was, come in the back and watch out!"

 

[Angels_Not_Forgotten]

A 120-pound Rottweiler. A little girl no more than 20 lbs. Please tell me who thinks that this makes a lot of sense?! There is no WAY for a child to defend themselves. Dogs should be left for adults, teenagers, MAYBE preteen, but NOT infants. Period.

 

[Lurker]

A 120-pound Rottweiler. A little girl no more than 20 lbs. Please tell me who thinks that this makes a lot of sense?! There is no WAY for a child to defend themselves. Dogs should be left for adults, teenagers, MAYBE preteen, but NOT infants. Period.

The dog also had a history. The house was pretty much left to teens after the (I'm assuming) parent died. The baby belonged to a teen as did the dog. Sounds like it was a big party house where all the teenagers hung out. I guess the owner of the dog thought he was cool running around with a 120 lb rot. My rottie weighs 140 lbs. Needless to say, he doesn't have a history of aggression and I don't take him to my friends houses, nor would I!

 

[2sisters]

UPDATE: Dog to be euthanized WARREN, Mich. (AP) - A 120-pound Rottweiler will be euthanized after it killed a 4-month-old baby at a home in Warren.

Police say the girl's 17-year-old mother had stepped away to warm her bottle during a party attended mostly by teenagers.

Lylie Cox was taken to a hospital in nearby Madison Heights, where she was pronounced dead.

Police say the mother had asked a friend to watch Lylie, who was in a car safety seat. The dog attacked when the friend placed the seat on the living room floor to unfasten the straps.

Authorities said the dog's 19-year-old owner had brought the animal to the gathering and turned it over to police. (more at link)

:furious: :furious: :furious:

Why was a rottwieler around a baby like that and why the hell was the 17 year old mom having a freaking party with her baby there?

 

[Lurker]

From the article

"This dog appeared out of nowhere. It was a large rottweiler, probably 140 pounds," said Dan Anderson, who is the home owner's brother-in-law.

The grandma's husband died earlier this year and Anderson said teens have run the house since then. "This house has been a party house the entire summer since my brother passed away in late March," said Anderson.

"Its very sad, very tragic. Yes, it is," said one neighbor who did not identify herself.

According to police, the dog had a history of attacking people. The dog bit someone when his owner tried to break up a fight.

The dog was euthanized on Thursday.

 

[GlitchWizard]

For every good sweet story you hear about a Rott or a Pit, there are 10 bad ones. They do not belong around kids and anyone who ownes either of these pets and has small kids is asking for trouble.

I'm not sure if the percentages are right. I have always had rotts, pits and mixes of the two. My girl pit now is aggressive, but mostly since she's been on a chain. She was trained as a hog dog in the past, so she knows violence. The rest have all been globs of love.

I agree that some are good and some are bad - and that the shocking thing is that some of the good ones will go bad without any clue why~ but I don't think the percentage is as high as you think.

With 10 or more pups being sold just at the flea market here each weekend, we haven't had a pit attack in the papers for as far back as I can remember. Dog fighting rings, yes, but not biting humans - to my knowledge. Certainly not epidemic like 1 in 10 would be.

 

[MsPooh]

I am truly sorry this happened to the baby, the adults that were responsible for her failed her...they are supposed to be smarter than the dog, the dog only knows what it is taught in one way or another. All dogs have a tendency to bite, small dogs even more so out of fear...it is up to their humans to be responsible. This dog will now die because someone was so darn irresponsible.Sad.

 

[Brefie]

I forgot to say, I love the name Peter, makes him sound so sophisticated.

Me too! LOL

LOL Thanks! He came with that name. I should say that there are many words I could use to describe Peter....sophisticated is not one of them!! However sometimes when he sits he looks very regal When he does that we ask him how the subjects in his kingdom are doing !! hehe

For every good sweet story you hear about a Rott or a Pit, there are 10 bad ones. They do not belong around kids and anyone who ownes either of these pets and has small kids is asking for trouble.

Sorry, but this is categorically not true. Every time a rott or pit hurts someone it makes the news. Everytime a rott or a pit is the star of a sweet anecdote - whaddya know? Not newsworthy. Most of these dogs have a history of violence or serious aggression or abuse. THIS ONE DID!
Dogs of any breed should NEVER get the chance to hurt ANYONE twice! As much as it would break my heart, my dog would not get a second chance. Any responsible pet owner will agree.

Round up all Rott / pit owners, for every bad story, you will get 20 good ones.....and I am willing to bet that for most of the bad stories the dogs are still around...says more about the people than the dogs.

 

[OkieGranny]

From November 2008:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262317

On Wed. November 12 in Macomb County Circuit Court, [Christopher] Fura pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to six months in jail and 3 years probation. During that time he will not be able to own any animals...

[Jason] Winters had pleaded guilty earlier to involuntary manslaughter and received a sentence of 3 years probation.