Pitbulls and little kids don't mix

[Sparky]

I will make it no secret my hate for the breed even before this happened. My step son is an idiot. He knew this was not a good dog. 52 stitches. Thankfully will not need stitches and his eye will be fine.

[cstone]

I am glad the boy will be fine and his eye is intact.

IMO; There are bad animals just as there are bad people. Most bad animals are made bad by bad people. Good people need to step up and put the bad people down.

[Irving]

Lot's of damaged pitt bulls out there that shouldn't be around kids.

An acquaintance recently showed us similar, but less severe, injuries on her grand daughter. The next day when everything had calmed down and the police came to talk to the little girl to ask what happened, she told the police, "I bite doggy nose, doggy bite me."

Hope he heals up quick and as completely as possible. Sorry that little guy had to go through this. IBTL.

[jerrymrc]

I feel for ya. The boy is going to need some work.

[SouthPaw]

I have three dogs; two labs and a pitbull. It doesn't matter the breed but how they were raised. I'm not a "proud pitbull owner look at me" type but I do believe they are just like any other animal. They need to be trained and watched all the time. Our dogs have been trained that their mouths are only for eating and drinking water. They have also been trained that if they do not like something they walk away outside our go to their kennel. Even then, they are still an animal and capable of things like this. The breed is not to blame and I hope that little guy has a speedy recovery and receives lots of love along the way.

[bryjcom]

Yeah.. I wouldn't get one. I've seen super nice ones that were big babies and wouldn't hurt a fly. Then I've seen rather mean ones... Then there are the ones you hear about that are perfectly fine, then one day snap.

Its not that they are the most aggressive breed out there. Small breeds bite more than the large breeds...The difference is a small dog won't rip your kids face off like a pitbull.

[Sparky]

I have three dogs; two labs and a pitbull. It doesn't matter the breed but how they were raised. I'm not a "proud pitbull owner look at me" type but I do believe they are just like any other animal. They need to be trained and watched all the time. Our dogs have been trained that their mouths are only for eating and drinking water. They have also been trained that if they do not like something they walk away outside our go to their kennel. Even then, they are still an animal and capable of things like this. The breed is not to blame and I hope that little guy has a speedy recovery and receives lots of love along the way.

I am sure there are many pitbulls who go through life without harming a soul, but do you really want to roll the dice especially if you have kids? Not me.

[davsel]

Pitbulls = the Muslims of the dog world.

[gnihcraes]

Dang, hope for the best for everyone involved.

[Skip]

Sorry OP. Hope he makes a full recovery.