Ravenwolf Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Both my husband and my sister sent this to me the moment they saw it so I would know "before my father-in-law passed it on." Two articles about it, one is far more sensational than the other. You can always tell when news comes from the Calgary Sun! Huskies attack girl, 5, in Calgary park - *News - MSN CA 'Horrific' attack on girl, 5, by huskies - Canada - Canoe.ca I’d suspect that the dogs escaped as opposed to being deliberately let loose, but it’s still owner responsibility. My biggest worry when ours escape is that Wyatt will get into trouble with a little dog, or that one of them will be hit by a car. Attacking a person – even a child - isn’t even on the radar as a concern. A 5 year old is old enough that there is no way it should have been a “predatory†attack. I’m sure more details will come out eventually, but if it was just the two kids we may never know. As it is the two stories conflict already - one states that only one dog actually bit, while the other implies they they were both pulling on her. For all we know the kids could have been teasing the dogs – hell, when I was walking in a busy park last weekend when a 7-year-old ran up trying to agitate Scout into lunging at him. All it got him was a reprimand from me, but lots of people would helplessly “allow†their dogs to react and just drag them away (Scout was a superstar and barely glanced at the kid). But again, so many dogs are not treated properly at home and when they do get into certain situations that poor behavior/training becomes a painfully clear… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephona Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I have to say though, even if a dog behaves properly at home, many people don't actually have the opportunity to expose their dogs to children regularly. So really, anything could happen when the dog is suddenly faced with a child. In any case, the owners should take responsibility for allowing their dogs to escape and the parents should teach their kids how to treat dogs properly. It's true, we'll never know what happened, but I still think that all kids should be taught proper manners with dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Way too much unknown for any kind of a rational comment other than to hope the child and the dogs will be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I hope both the girl and the dogs would be okay. There is too much unknown about this story and I really wish people realize that rather than judge the dog just by the news' title and scream "PTS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Melsom Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) When they say husky it could very well mean its not purebred so it could have a different temperament from another breed in its genes. Marius runs around with my cousins 5 year old and hes fine he wont even leave her side. I think they are blowing it out of proportion like always trying to make the new bad breed huskies for some stupid reason. I'm quite angry that I cant comment on the news page >.> Edited June 12, 2012 by Michelle Melsom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenwolf Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 A friend of mine lives within a few blocks of where it happened, so hopefully she'll get some more reliable details than what the media is putting out right now. If the dog in the photos is the one they caught it at least looks like a purebred, but again, hopefully more details will come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Melsom Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I guess it depends on percentage. There's a husky in the neighborhood that looks purebred but has wolf in it. I have never seen a vicious purebred husky :/ Not to say that it can't happen with all the over-breeding of them in Alberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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