The poor kid killed by a dog

Reddit have a feature where threads can be locked. I feel like that would be a very useful feature on FMTTM, using this thread as an example.
 
This is clearly very emotive and RIP to that poor child but few comments are crossing a line here. My view is that there does need to be a lot tighter legislation around dog ownership. What this legislation would look like or how it could be implemented are the much more difficult questions.


I would agree might be sensible for this thread to be locked now given some of the comments are becoming increasingly hostile.
 
Heartbreaking, cant understand why a dog like this would be brought into a house with such a young child.
 
Googled the dog and the images are frightening. It’s an absolute monster. Who would keep that type of animal at all, never mind with a young child in the house. It’s horrendous.
 
zzzzz said:
Still have reservations with staffies but I got it wrong in relation to the attack i posted about.
www.bbc.co.uk

Bella-Rae Birch: Dog that killed toddler was legal American Bully XL

Detectives confirm an American Bully XL dog killed 17-month-old Bella-Rae Birch in St Helens.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Im pleased you have gone from all Staffordshire bull terriers are killers , to having reservations about them, and well done for admitting you got it wrong in relation to the breed of dog.
What happened to that poor bairn was 100% avoidable , please stop making stupid statements about a certain breed of dog, they simply are not true .
 
I’d have to question the sanity of anyone getting a dog like that with kids of any age… especially babies /toddlers. Legal breed but why would anyone even take the risk? Those dogs look like they could kill adults in seconds never mind kids.

Parents will have to take the guilt to their grave but what a disgusting waste of life just so some nugget could look “hard”.
 
Good friend of mine had a Staffy, he was absolutely gorgeous.
Met 4/5 more since and each one has lured me in with their big eyes and gave nothing but love towards myself and my children.
Yet I've seen a Labrador, and bearing in mind I've owned two of the sweetest labradors ever, try and rip in to my sister in law's pug?
Think breed shaming and assumptions on a breed need to stop.
If a dog that isn't supposed to be but it's built like a monster then it's clearly an owner issue and they should be held accountable.
R.I.P to the poor kid and anyone else killed in these attacks, but you can not label one breed absolute monsters whilst embracing others who can turn in the blink of an eye to
 
Morton94 said:
Good friend of mine had a Staffy, he was absolutely gorgeous.
Met 4/5 more since and each one has lured me in with their big eyes and gave nothing but love towards myself and my children.
Yet I've seen a Labrador, and bearing in mind I've owned two of the sweetest labradors ever, try and rip in to my sister in law's pug?
Think breed shaming and assumptions on a breed need to stop.
If a dog that isn't supposed to be but it's built like a monster then it's clearly an owner issue and they should be held accountable.
R.I.P to the poor kid and anyone else killed in these attacks, but you can not label one breed absolute monsters whilst embracing others who can turn in the blink of an eye to
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Whilst I’m sure there are a lot of responsible staffy owners unfortunately that type of dog (powerful basically)sadly also attracts a lot of idiots who aren’t bothered about the dogs welfare just their own status. Add children into that mix and you have a recipe for disaster.

Something needs to change, we can’t keep letting children be killed due to peoples’ stupidly.
 
Morton94 said:
Good friend of mine had a Staffy, he was absolutely gorgeous.
Met 4/5 more since and each one has lured me in with their big eyes and gave nothing but love towards myself and my children.
Yet I've seen a Labrador, and bearing in mind I've owned two of the sweetest labradors ever, try and rip in to my sister in law's pug?
Think breed shaming and assumptions on a breed need to stop.
If a dog that isn't supposed to be but it's built like a monster then it's clearly an owner issue and they should be held accountable.
R.I.P to the poor kid and anyone else killed in these attacks, but you can not label one breed absolute monsters whilst embracing others who can turn in the blink of an eye to
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I took my Staffy Rocco out for a walk yesterday ,he's 2.5 years old , a young lass was walking up the back street with a young pup (13 weeks old) ,my dog started wagging his tail madly wanting to play with the pup, when they got within 4 feet of each other my dog laid down in the submission stance !!
The young lass and me just burst out laughing, there's not one ounce of badness in my boy ,just wants to love and play with everyone .
 
Alzi said:
Whilst I’m sure there are a lot of responsible staffy owners unfortunately that type of dog (powerful basically)sadly also attracts a lot of idiots who aren’t bothered about the dogs welfare just their own status. Add children into that mix and you have a recipe for disaster.

Something needs to change, we can’t keep letting children be killed due to peoples’ stupidly.
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Don't forget it was not a Staffordshire bull terrier that killed the child , so lets not bring them into it yet again
 
Wez68 said:
I took my Staffy Rocco out for a walk yesterday ,he's 2.5 years old , a young lass was walking up the back street with a young pup (13 weeks old) ,my dog started wagging his tail madly wanting to play with the pup, when they got within 4 feet of each other my dog laid down in the submission stance !!
The young lass and me just burst out laughing, there's not one ounce of badness in my boy ,just wants to love and play with everyone .
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That’s lovely, if only all staffies were as soft as yours.
 
Wez68 said:
Don't forget it was not a Staffordshire bull terrier that killed the child , so lets not bring them into it yet again
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Absolutely and I don’t think the breed is what we should be overly focused on. We need to focus on people who aren’t responsible owners but still choose to have dogs who can kill.
 
Alzi said:
Absolutely and I don’t think the breed is what we should be overly focused on. We need to focus on people who aren’t responsible owners but still choose to have dogs who can kill.
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You really have to question anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to bring ANY breed of dog into the home of a very young child , as ANY dog is capable of killing a defenceless child , through into the mix the fact that the dog was an unknown quantity too ,and that’s just downright irresponsible .
My son was 12 and a half when we got our staff as a pup , they have grown up together , would I have brought an unknown grown dog into the home instead of a pup , when my son was 12 , the answer is NO .
 
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