3 terrible dog attacks.

Just read this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6591925.stm

and a friend told me of these two in Italy where he lives.

2 Rottweilers killed a 9 month old girl taking her away from his grandma arms, another small boy is fighting for life after being bitten from his own Akita.
Dawn.

It's so sad I hope the boy recovers from his ordeal, although the mental scars will remain for a lifetime

My thoughts go out to the baby's relatives

what a awfull shame ,i hope he gets over this wafull attack,i was going to ask do kids get over these attacks,when i rembered,a lady came to me last year and asked me about a boxer puppy,her mom already had one of mine,well to cut a awfull long story short her son was attacked by a collie when he was playing in his own front yard when he was 3 years old,and now they were ready for a new dog for him and they are the best of friends and she sleeps on his bed and wont leave his side.so i suppose they do get over some thing like this.

i cant believe how many attacks there has been recently its awfull to have to worry about taking your kids out for a walk incase theres an evil dog about esp when my kids want to hug all dogs they see

i got over being bitten by a couple of dogs when i was younger but it took me a long time to do it

it was because of irresponsible owners that i got bit i hasten to add

My thoughts with the babies relatives.
I think it's down to individual children, I was bitten as a child and it had zero effect on me, however, being beaten up by a 15 year old when I was about 8 had more of an effect on me.
Becky

Me too and mine was my irresponsible Uncle who was the owner.

You do get over it but it takes time, mind you mine was breed specific I was bitten by a rough collie & they were the only dogs who ever worried me. Never affected my relationship with my own GSDs or any other breeds, took several years before I could happily walk through a class of rough collies though.