superpickleman
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Sorry to hear that OP, hope your kid is ok. I'm not a fan of Pits myself as I was attacked by one when I was two and I've had to rescue a couple of my dogs from them on two seperate occasions.
Edit: Okay, I see you are taking him tonight. Good. Now is better than later, but next time, remember to get treatment right away.
Op should direct his aggression at whoever put the child near the dog in the first place.
Whether that was his wife, father in law or a neighbour who didn't tie up the dog.
Guys, thanks for the support. Forget what I said about the dog itself, I'm just worried about my kid.
Wife is texting me and he's being seen right now. I feel a lot better. At least there's been no redness around either puncture, so that's good. I imagine that he'll get some antibiotics and maybe a stitch or two.
Op should direct his aggression at whoever put the child near the dog in the first place.
Whether that was his wife, father in law or a neighbour who didn't tie up the dog.
Op should direct his aggression at whoever put the child near the dog in the first place.
It's an indoor dog and it crossed the room to bite. My two kids were playing on the couch after a bath and something went haywire in its head.
It's an indoor dog and it crossed the room to bite. My two kids were playing on the couch after a bath and something went haywire in its head.
this is troubling, problematic and sounds like territorial behavior. i was mauled on my leg as a child by a dog who crossed my friend's backyard and yanked me off his swing. in this case the dog probably needs to be put down.It's an indoor dog and it crossed the room to bite. My two kids were playing on the couch after a bath and something went haywire in its head.
it's a 1 year old bleeding from the skull for 24 hours with cranial bruising, the only people who might have a shot at getting seen before him are people who walk in bleeding out from gunshot wounds.The ER is far slower.
Yeah. I have only ever owned a small shih tzu but the two most loving and caring dogs I've ever encountered were a pitful and a rottweiler. I remember my dad bringing me as a kid to his buddies house and he had a giant rottweiler. I was afraid of it but all it wanted to do was lick me and pull me on a sled in the snow. He was massive probably easily 100lbs. Licked me to death.I think a lot of people get Pits and don't socialize them enough as puppies and this is the consequence. Some people just don't know how to raise a dog. I left my German Sheperds behind when I moved to the US and I've been thinking about another dog and it sucks to see stuff like happening as a dog guy. Most dog breeds will not attack even the more violence prone ones (i.e. Rottweilers, Pit Bulls, Dobermans) if they're well socialized and trained. Hope your son gets better.
It's called being a pit bull. They're not meant to be around children.
but again, this has nothing to do with the dog being a pitbull. the dog that attacked me was a chow. .
KILL THE DOG
I agree. During the trip (I left a few days early to get back to work and my wife and kids stayed longer) we constantly kept the kids away from the dog. We would always put it out in the backyard, but as it's an indoor dog other people kept letting her back in. What happened last night was just a fluke, where the dog just got close. The dog wasn't growling or anything, it just came up, bit, and it was over in a snap. I guess my wife had actually tried putting the dog outside earlier and my mother-in-law let it back in.
The bummer part is that they come home tomorrow. We went down on the 10th, and all that time we avoided a problem. Now just before coming home this happens and it really ends everything on a sour note.
The bummer part is that they come home tomorrow. We went down on the 10th, and all that time we avoided a problem. Now just before coming home this happens and it really ends everything on a sour note.
Yeah... according to Google, InstaCares are good for non-life threatening situations. I guess you could put together cuts and infections.
I dunno - I probably wouldn't go to a hospital in a situation where I'm bitten by a dog (or actually, I might since I didn't know that InstaCare was a thing), but for a one-year old? Yeah, probably. You don't want to regret it. Is he your only child?
but i love how people are just making baseless and pointless assumptions about OP's [...] animal(s) from an isolated incident.
this is troubling, problematic and sounds like territorial behavior.
I don't wanna be insensitive but what's the logic here?Sounds like you have some trashy family members. It's always been common sense to put the animal down after an incident.
I love my dog to bits but if he *ever* bit a child and broke the skin, there would be no question, he'd be being put down.
The problem with pit bulls is they are territorial as anything indoors, but "sweet and lovely" around their owners. So unless their owners bother to train this out it sticks. I used to live next door to a couple who had about 4 of them, loved them to bits, took them to shows etc - you would think they would have been model owners. However, every time I went over there they tried to rip my face off.
Should your kid really be flying in his condition? I don't think so.
PS: Fuck your mother-in-law.
The ER is far slower. If he needs to go, the InstaCare will take him to the hospital. This late, it's our best option for quick attention.
To avoid the drama, we won't press the matter, but I would like to see it taken and put down to avoid future grief. At least we live two states away, and after they pack up tomorrow morning, they're coming home.
pitbulls are scum. All this its not the dogs fault bs. They should all be shot.
So, I suppose gorillas, lions, bears and etc should be all shot too?pitbulls are scum. All this its not the dogs fault bs. They should all be shot.
The doctor says that he's fine. They scrubbed his wound out and gave her some antibacterial ointment to keep on it. No stitches, but we're to keep it clean (obviously) and covered for a day or two. The angle of the bite made the puncture go through the skin, but his skull isn't damaged. He's bruised, but the bite mostly missed the mark.
So, I suppose gorillas, lions, bears and etc should be all shot too?
So, I suppose gorillas, lions, bears and etc should be all shot too?
So, I suppose gorillas, lions, bears and etc should be all shot too?
But they're so sweet. It's the owners not the dogs. Stories about them are just all part of media bias.
Screw this breed. It happened over at my father-in-law's house last night down in California. I'm at home in Utah, and my wife called to let me know. The dog was totally unprovoked. It just bit my kid and left a puncture in his skull on the top of his head and a puncture near his eye. Both punctures have been bleeding off and on still throughout today.
I'd put the dog down, but they're not going to. Good thing I'm here though, because I would have slit the piece of trash dog's throat. I'm so pissed off right now I can barely thing straight, but if I do have one clear thought, it's that these dogs are unnecessary and shouldn't be around. This is the third time in my life now that someone close to me has been injured by an unprovoked attack by a pit bull that was hailed as being so sweet and loving right up until the moment they attacked.
This could have been much worse, but luckily people were able to intervene. With my wife in the room I don't know how that dog survived, but somehow she refrained from tearing it to pieces. Maybe the blood pouring down our kid's face distracted her. That was probably the reason.
i've owned and known owners with other breeds who behave this way; sometimes on a per person basis for no reason. it's not a "pitbull" thing so much as a "dog" thing, please stop perpetuating ideas like this. for the record i have never shown preference to a dog over a human being. if someone is visibly uncomfortable or asks the dog to be put outside, the dog goes outside, regardless of how "inside" a dog it is. they're animals and they can sit on concrete for a few hours, it's not going to kill them. i also don't let dogs barge the entrance way when people enter a home. it only serves to teach the dogs that being aggressive and domineering is okay with the owner, which breeds behavior like you've described above.
I guess my wife had actually tried putting the dog outside earlier and my mother-in-law let it back in.
Your in-laws are pieces of shit. Don't ever return there with your children until the dog is dead.