Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:04 PM

Baby Killed By Dog In Henderson, Nevada On His First Birthday (graphic description)

Baby Killed By Dog In Henderson, Nevada On His First Birthday

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/29/baby-killed-by-dog_n_1462963.html

The Las Vegas Sun reports that the 120-pound Mastiff/Rhodesian mix had never displayed any previous signs of aggression toward people, according to the family who lives in Henderson, Nev.

The baby crawled over to the dog to pet him, the police reported. The Daily Mail writes that Chris Shahan, the baby's father, believes his son tried to grab the dog’s fur to stand up when the dog reacted.

The dog ... latched his jaws around the boy's head and began shaking him, police said. The grandmother attempted to pull the boy from the dog while other family members rushed to help, police said.

According to KLAS-TV, the dog will be observed for rabies, and will then be euthanized.

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Baby Killed By Dog In Henderson, Nevada On His First Birthday (graphic description) (Original post)	Amerigo Vespucci	Apr 2012	OP
how sad, why aren't people more careful with kids this small	JI7	Apr 2012	#1
Why don't they euthanize it and then test for rabies?	XemaSab	Apr 2012	#2
Probably some legal requirement. But it's all the same at this point.	kestrel91316	Apr 2012	#10
if they're going to kill the dog anyway	magical thyme	Apr 2012	#3
Incredibly sad story, but I'm not sure what the message	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#4
Mastiffs aren't to be fooled with	Aerows	Apr 2012	#5
I don't know about mastiffs	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2012	#7
Indeed it is	Aerows	Apr 2012	#16
ours were rhodie-boxer	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2012	#19
(facepalm)	flvegan	Apr 2012	#13
Your subject line tells it all	Aerows	Apr 2012	#15
And your misunderstanding of it	Aerows	Apr 2012	#18
Yeah...that's a great idea. Let's keep a friggin' dinosaur sized canine near our 20 lb. child.	NoodleyAppendage	Apr 2012	#6
So with you it's a size issue?	flvegan	Apr 2012	#14
Sounds like it is one with you	Aerows	Apr 2012	#17
omg that's horrifying	AtomicKitten	Apr 2012	#8
It's not uncommon that dogs don't get that babies are people	saras	Apr 2012	#9
It's good to remember that any dog can do this to any person at any time.	Brickbat	Apr 2012	#11
In this case the size difference is enough that the dog can snap the baby's neck with a shake.	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#12

Response to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:11 PM

JI7 (40,472 posts)

1. how sad, why aren't people more careful with kids this small

around most or any animals no matter how non threatening the animal is.

babies don't understand what they should/shouldn't do. and animals aren't humans that can understand whether it's just some baby playing around with them or something else.

Baby Killed By Dog In Henderson, Nevada On His First Birthday (graphic description)

1. how sad, why aren't people more careful with kids this small

2. Why don't they euthanize it and then test for rabies?

10. Probably some legal requirement. But it's all the same at this point.

3. if they're going to kill the dog anyway

4. Incredibly sad story, but I'm not sure what the message

5. Mastiffs aren't to be fooled with

7. I don't know about mastiffs

16. Indeed it is

19. ours were rhodie-boxer

13. (facepalm)

15. Your subject line tells it all

18. And your misunderstanding of it

6. Yeah...that's a great idea. Let's keep a friggin' dinosaur sized canine near our 20 lb. child.

14. So with you it's a size issue?

17. Sounds like it is one with you

8. omg that's horrifying

9. It's not uncommon that dogs don't get that babies are people

11. It's good to remember that any dog can do this to any person at any time.

12. In this case the size difference is enough that the dog can snap the baby's neck with a shake.