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Title: Family calls for dogs to be banned in city parks after girl is attacked
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: wildrosegirl
Date: 2010-05-13 21:03:37
Canadian

[BigKeithO]

Sounds like a little bit of fault lies on both parties here. First dogs are different around children then they are around adults, you should always supervise interactions between kids and dogs!

Second, why is a 3 year old girl allowed to run around unsupervised in an area where dogs are tied up? That is her parents fault.

My $0.02.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

$1:

"You don't get people taking their dogs to the mall and stuff like that and you don't get dogs going to the schools, so why any other public outing place?"

While I can understand the parent's being upset about this, that is the friggin dumbest comment I've read in a while.

[Brenda]

I can see the parents point. Apparently, a ballpark or a schoolplayground is the ideal place to walk your dog.
WHY would you take your dog to a softballgame? I've seen it last week when my own kids were playing a game. People watch their childrens games, bring the younger siblings, AND the dog, and don't watch either, just the game.

Leave the goddamned dogs home. They can stay home alone, your children can't.

[andyt]

The dog was tied up, so I think the onus was on the parents of the little girl to watch out for her. Unless this dog was known to be dangerous, I see no fault in it's owner.

But, I'm a little suspicious that she said she hurt herself jumping to be beside the dog as the little girl approached. That sounds like she knew it is dangerous, in which case it should have been muzzled.

[Choban]

EVERY single park and spotsfield in Calgary has no dog signs, as a dog owner I cringe when I see people with dogs in these areas, from the story I get the impression that both sides were negligent, and while I hate to see kids get hurt I also hate to see parents try to deflect blame when it happens.

[bootlegga]

BigKeithO BigKeithO:

Sounds like a little bit of fault lies on both parties here. First dogs are different around children then they are around adults, you should always supervise interactions between kids and dogs!

Second, why is a 3 year old girl allowed to run around unsupervised in an area where dogs are tied up? That is her parents fault.

My $0.02.

That's what I'm thinking.

Still, I don't know why they sell people dogs like Rottweilers, Dobermans, etc. They are so big and strong, and if they are startled or scared, they can become aggressive. And given their size and bite strength, the injuries can be very serious.

To me, owning a dog like that is almost the same as owning a tiger or a lion. you're just asking for trouble, either for yourself or someone else down the road.

[Guy_Fawkes]

Brenda Brenda:

I can see the parents point. Apparently, a ballpark or a schoolplayground is the ideal place to walk your dog.
WHY would you take your dog to a softballgame? I've seen it last week when my own kids were playing a game. People watch their childrens games, bring the younger siblings, AND the dog, and don't watch either, just the game.

Leave the goddamned dogs home. They can stay home alone, your children can't.

I bring my dogs out to socialize them around people, so they get used to interacting with others and dont act out when put in unfamilar situations. The dogs that give people problems are the ones who are always kept at home locked up. Dog owners also have to make sure that their dog is able to interact with people safely, you need to bring your dog out in public places when it is a puppy and keep up with that throughout its adult life.

[Guy_Fawkes]

bootlegga bootlegga:

BigKeithO BigKeithO:

Sounds like a little bit of fault lies on both parties here. First dogs are different around children then they are around adults, you should always supervise interactions between kids and dogs!

Second, why is a 3 year old girl allowed to run around unsupervised in an area where dogs are tied up? That is her parents fault.

My $0.02.

That's what I'm thinking.

Still, I don't know why they sell people dogs like Rottweilers, Dobermans, etc. They are so big and strong, and if they are startled or scared, they can become aggressive. And given their size and bite strength, the injuries can be very serious.

To me, owning a dog like that is almost the same as owning a tiger or a lion. you're just asking for trouble, either for yourself or someone else down the road.

Again it depends on how you are around the dog, people get them because they think they look cool but they do not know how to properly correct bad behavior. Rotties, Pittbulls, Dobermans, German Shepards hell even Poodles can be dangerous if you dont raise them properly.

[Brenda]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

Brenda Brenda:

I can see the parents point. Apparently, a ballpark or a schoolplayground is the ideal place to walk your dog.
WHY would you take your dog to a softballgame? I've seen it last week when my own kids were playing a game. People watch their childrens games, bring the younger siblings, AND the dog, and don't watch either, just the game.

Leave the goddamned dogs home. They can stay home alone, your children can't.

I bring my dogs out to socialize them around people, so they get used to interacting with others and dont act out when put in unfamilar situations. The dogs that give people problems are the ones who are always kept at home locked up. Dog owners also have to make sure that their dog is able to interact with people safely, you need to bring your dog out in public places when it is a puppy and keep up with that throughout its adult life.

And tie it up to a bench and let it be there while you are not paying attention? Ah, no, that is NOT the way to raise a dog. If you do that, leave it home. If you are holding the leash, paying attention to its responses, then I'm good. But this one was tied to a bench.

[Guy_Fawkes]

Ya thats not a responsible owner at all, if you cant trust an adult dog at home your doing something wrong.

[andyt]

Brenda Brenda:

And tie it up to a bench and let it be there while you are not paying attention? Ah, no, that is NOT the way to raise a dog. If you do that, leave it home. If you are holding the leash, paying attention to its responses, then I'm good. But this one was tied to a bench.

I don't agree. She owner was sitting in the bleachers nearby, and had the dog tied up so it wouldn't cause any trouble. Again, if the dog was not known to be dangerous, I think she took reasonable precautions.

But, dogs probably don't belong at baseball games anyway - it's no fun for them and they can just cause trouble.

[Brenda]

$1:

But, dogs probably don't belong at baseball games anyway -

Exactly my point. Nor on school playgrounds.

[KorbenDeck]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Still, I don't know why they sell people dogs like Rottweilers, Dobermans, etc. They are so big and strong, and if they are startled or scared, they can become aggressive. And given their size and bite strength, the injuries can be very serious.

To me, owning a dog like that is almost the same as owning a tiger or a lion. you're just asking for trouble, either for yourself or someone else down the road.

You've never owned a Rottweiler I can tell that, it takes a VERY bad owner to get a Rottweiler to bite someone when its startled or scared.

Big cats and dogs are completely different in almost every way aside from the fact they walk on four legs and have a tail.

[Robair]

The dog has been put down, right? The story didn't specify...