6 Week Old Lab Kills Baby

[shelaghfishface]

this is stupid! a lab killing a baby thats silly talk, a lab is man best friend its the most loyal dog ever and it would never and a puppie could never kill a baby!! and the parents would have been out of the house for a while for the puppie to kill a baby!!!!!

i once(3 yrs ago) took on a chocolate lab called sam, he bit both me and my son, he had a problem with food, so when i went to hand feed him a bisuite he went for me and got me!! then he did the same to my son as he was trying to get him off me, having said this he was a little over a year old, and when i called the dog warden to come and get him she said she had been aware of cruelty issues with the prior owners,tho i had no way of knowing this,and they had obviously been totally uncaring as they came and left the dog with a single mum with children,the dog went to a rehabilitaion centre, and i had very accusing emails from the prior owner saying that i had beat the dog or not fed it at all, truth infact was even if i had wanted to beat him i would have been terriefied too after this( no i dont do things like that at all) he totally lay the blame at my door and up to this point we had had the dog with us for 3 days, i was totally asounded and so upset that 1) he bit me 2) i got the blame from the last owner 3) a labrador has been so mistreated that he turned this aggressive.. we all know why i chose a lab.. and on meeting him he was fine and friendley,especialy with the kids,it was only when food was involved that he turned aggressive-i dont blame him,it was what he was forced to have to do to survive apparently,,,, anyway what i am trying to say i..... there is nothing !!! and in my mind i mean nothing,that would make a lab puppy kill a baby. even if that dog had been severly abused, at 8 weeks he still wouldnt have taken this route, not that i am any sort of expert where dogs are concerned, but i do have an iota of commom sense, i have always loved dogs and believe me in cases where dogs have killed babys or hurt children i would be the first to condone killing it....im rambling now, and feeling sick, in our society its dog owners that are to blame not dogs for bad behaviour, but in this case its the parents fault they did it, thers no point them denying it, they are evil sick kids, and i hope they pay dearly for what they have done,and again for blaming the dog for their hideous crime, and while we are worrying about vetting dog owners, why not lets vet druggies before allowing them to have children!!

ps the prior owner is sams case was prosecuted and i paid the bills for him to go to rehab and get rehomed.

shelagh xxxx

 

[black angel]

looking at the pic of the pup, its not a pure lab. either that or severely malnourished.

we cant say for sure what happened but i hope they find out...maybe the puppy was hungry...

 

[BecciMac1987]

Not meaning to sound overy judgemental, but some women/men should be sterilised at birth. You all know the kind I mean...**looking up at the flat opposite where the 15yr old sits smoking while v.heavily preg**

 

[shelaghfishface]

what and take the pleasure of letting the children down away from social services??

i agree 100% with you beccimac

 

[BecciMac1987]

LOL dont get me started-in the middle of custody battle with my ex so I could rant for ages about this- but the bottom line is people shouldnt pop out kids if they cant bloody look after them! It isnt a hard formula to make a baby, any half wit can do it, and unfortunatley, thats exactly what happens. God Ive been watching farrrr to much Jezzer K!

 

[Erised]

Just a little reminder to keep this topic on track of the puppy please, I can fully understand how some people feel about irresponsible parents but this is not the place the discuss it.

 

[BecciMac1987]

Just a little reminder to keep this topic on track of the puppy please, I can fully understand how some people feel about irresponsible parents but this is not the place the discuss it.

Chill out, the thread isnt about the puppy, its about the whole story. And unfortunatley, that equals irresponsible parents! We wont know anymore until the next update I guess, but the feeling here is pup isnt responsible, parents are. So lets wait and see.

 

[Erised]

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree and I do believe there's something not right with the story... I simply do not want this thread at risk of closing for it turning into a debate on young and/or irresponsible parents [those that weren't mentioned in the story] =) As long as the main focus stays the case stated in the article I don't mind opinions and debates, I simply don't want the subject to wander away from the main focus being on this family and this case. It is after all in the household pets section of the forum, and a general debate on parenting does not belong here.

Like mentioned, I simply want this topic to stay open so we can all be notified of updates on the story and hopefully find out what actually happened to the child.

 

[Aussie_Dog]

looking at the pic of the pup, its not a pure lab. either that or severely malnourished.

we cant say for sure what happened but i hope they find out...maybe the puppy was hungry...

What pic did you see? I tried looking for it, but couldn't find it. And then I remembered that at 6 weeks, you can't tell what breed any pup is (unless they're the "extremes", like a pug or St Bernard with the really distinctive features). At 6 weeks, they nearly all look the same, lol. Or, at least, 6 weeks is when they're coming out of the "they all look the same" issue. But it wouldn't surprise me if the poor pup was starving. Doesn't sound like he had a happy home there with a family who truly loved him.

 

[black angel]

if you go back and reread the threads youll find links for updates...its on there. the age changes too to 3 months.

bit of an emotional subject. we cant say anything really until the outcome of the what the police find comes out. this topic is more for a general chat that anything else so on that note im going to close it. the only updates to come will be about the parents and child and not the pup, which this was started for.