The child needed five stitches in A&E after the bloodshed at Stockwood Nature Reserve, southeast Bristol.
After the attack, Rosie shouted at the owner: "Put your dog on a lead."
He reportedly replied: "He's never done anything like this before."Ugh. That old chestnut.
But nevertheless, police are investigating the mauling.'Nevertheless'..?!?
I once owned a Border Collie who was an angel with children, even though the breed is famously intolerant. I think he regarded life with humans in a house (really, a succession of houses) as paradise compared to the awful farm where he was born and raised. Does that mean on the basis of one experience I'd trust a dog not to behave like a wolf? No bloody way.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I wouldn't want to have a dog next to me in a restaurant, guide dog or no (vide posts passim).
"Does that mean on the basis of one experience I'd trust a dog not to behave like a wolf? No bloody way."
ReplyDeleteTo far too many people these days, they are 'furbabies'. I shudder to think how such owners raise their actual children...