terrible news

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...00902115218549

heart goes out to family

[timwilky]

Terrible.

My jack Russell loves our blobs. (Grand children) I could never imagine a JR attacking a baby. A Staff?, No worries I would never leave on in the same room as a child, they are far to temperamental a breed to be trusted.

RIP little one

Extremely sad... condolences to the family and RIP little one x

So sad, just awful. NO dogs should be left unsupervised with babies.

RIP little one.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Terrible.

My jack Russell loves our blobs. (Grand children) I could never imagine a JR attacking a baby. A Staff?, No worries I would never leave on in the same room as a child, they are far to temperamental a breed to be trusted.

RIP little one

sorry, i have to disagree, my jack russel was a nasty little thing, (if he was provoked) very playful, but if you were to upset him, he would attack. he bit me a few times, my own fault for winding him up (found him as a stray, as he had been abandand, which may be why he could turn nasty,)

whereas the 4-5 mates i have with staffs have never had any probs........

i dont think there is such a thing as a dangerous breed, all dogs have the ability to kill a baby/child (IMO)

You'd think, with the numerous stories in the news about aggression in Staffies, that people would know better than to have one in the same house with a small child let alone a room. Before I get inundated with Staffie owners saying how their dogs would never hurt a fly, I have an Alsatian and although he can be the softest thing, I still wouldn't even contemplate leaving a child in the same room as him.

Children and adults are seen differently to dogs, the whole dominance thing comes into play. Whereas some dogs will almost mother a small child, others will see a child as a potential threat, there is always that risk. Just because all seems hunky dory from an adults point of view, as soon as your backs turned anything could happen, you just can't take that risk.

Very sad story Rest in peace little one.

Originally Posted by hovis

i dont think there is such a thing as a dangerous breed, all dogs have the ability to kill a baby/child (IMO)

Very true but some are worse for it than others.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Terrible.

My jack Russell loves our blobs. (Grand children) I could never imagine a JR attacking a baby. A Staff?, No worries I would never leave on in the same room as a child, they are far to temperamental a breed to be trusted.

RIP little one

Such an ignorant post. Have you had any actual experience with Staffords?



Ben

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

You'd think, with the numerous stories in the news about aggression in Staffies, that people would know better than to have one in the same house with a small child let alone a room. Before I get inundated with Staffie owners saying how their dogs would never hurt a fly, I have an Alsatian and although he can be the softest thing, I still wouldn't even contemplate leaving a child in the same room as him.

Children and adults are seen differently to dogs, the whole dominance thing comes into play. Whereas some dogs will almost mother a small child, others will see a child as a potential threat, there is always that risk. Just because all seems hunky dory from an adults point of view, as soon as your backs turned anything could happen, you just can't take that risk.

Very sad story Rest in peace little one.

Very true but some are worse for it than others.

I realise you qualified your statement but still.....As you probably know , Alsatians, just to name one breed, have been responsible for more bites on humans than Staffords.



Ben

ALL dogs are descended from wolves/wild dogs and as such are bound to have some sort of inbred 'killer instinct'. I personally think that breeds of dogs which have been purposefully bred for killing and fighting, which both Jack Russells and Staffordshire Bull Terriers are, will always be prone to acts of aggression. It's in the genetic make up. But as has been posted previously, no dog should be left alone with very young children.

staffies are naturaly a well tempered breed, but they seem to get taken up by chavs who train them badly.

Jack russells are one of the worst for agression.