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DerAdlerIstGelandet · 07-21-2009, 12:11 PM

With all the bad news about pet snakes...

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Dog drags newborn from family home in Kentucky

Associated Press

Posted: 07/21/2009 07:45:06 AM PDT
Updated: 07/21/2009 07:45:06 AM PDT

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A newborn baby was hospitalized in critical condition after being taken from his crib and carried outside his central Kentucky home by a family dog, authorities said today.

The infant, Alexander James Smith, is just a few days old and had been put in his crib for a nap Monday afternoon. When his parents looked outside later, they saw their pet, a 4-year-old mixed breed called a Native American Indian dog, holding the baby in his mouth, said Jessamine County chief deputy sheriff Allen Peel.

The baby's father, Michael Smith, rushed outside and chased the dog into a wooded area behind the home near Nicholasville, just south of Lexington. It took the father about 10 minutes to recover his son about 200 yards behind the home, Peel said.

"It's unreal," Peel said.

The baby was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, where he was listed in critical condition early Tuesday. Peel said the baby suffered multiple punctures and bruises.

The dog, named Dakota, was taken by local animal control officials and was being quarantined.

No charges have been filed, and the case remains under investigation, Peel said.

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Dark Matter · 07-21-2009, 12:18 PM

Thats a real dumb dog.

diddyriddick · 07-21-2009, 12:51 PM

Sounds to me like a real SMART dog. How did he get into the crib, I wonder?

Bucksnort101 · 07-21-2009, 01:10 PM

That's pretty scary. I would find a new home for that animal if it were mine. It certainly would not be allowed back in my home after something like that.

Butters · 07-21-2009, 01:18 PM

Maybe the poor mutt had just sat thru a viewing of "Austin Powers", and decided that he'd like to try the 'other other white meat'...

JL

Colin1 · 07-21-2009, 01:38 PM

Pointing the finger at dogs
or pointing the finger away from snakes?

With multiple punctures and bruises inflicted on the child, the dog's clearly got a serious behavioural problem, I've no idea what its fate is going to be. What does quarantine mean in the US, that it's suspected of carrying a serious disease eg rabies? Or just a sort of dog prison cell until they decide what to do with it?

It means some dogs are dangerous, it doesn't make 12ft Burmese Pythons less dangerous (or 13ft ones, if you fancy a crack at 'gators for the top of the food chain title).

Doughboy · 07-21-2009, 02:14 PM

I'd take the dog out back and shoot it! There is no need for a dog that almost killed your kid.

beaupower32 · 07-21-2009, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Doughboy

I'd take the dog out back and shoot it! There is no need for a dog that almost killed your kid.

Amen to that!

Airframes · 07-21-2009, 02:21 PM

Probably jealous' of the new arrival in the household. Still, it's not good, and the animal would have been destroyed in the UK with immediate effect.

Dark Matter · 07-21-2009, 02:21 PM

How big is the dog?

Dark Matter · 07-21-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Doughboy

I'd take the dog out back and shoot it! There is no need for a dog that almost killed your kid.

Doughboy, I wouldn't touch it.

Clay_Allison · 07-21-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SILVERFISH1992

Doughboy, I wouldnt touch it.

I'm amazed the ignorant media hasn't called it a pit bull attack yet.

Doughboy · 07-21-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SILVERFISH1992

Doughboy, I wouldn't touch it.

I wouldn't be scared to touch it with a gun in my hands....

Dark Matter · 07-21-2009, 03:18 PM

Then what?

Its 55-120 pounds.

diddyriddick · 07-21-2009, 03:19 PM

Colin,

Yes, quarantine is to ensure that the dog doesn't have Rabies. Then I suspect that it will be destroyed.

07-21-2009, 01:10 PM	#4
Bucksnort101 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,204	That's pretty scary. I would find a new home for that animal if it were mine. It certainly would not be allowed back in my home after something like that. __________________ A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.

07-21-2009, 01:38 PM	#6
Colin1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,765	Pointing the finger at dogs or pointing the finger away from snakes? With multiple punctures and bruises inflicted on the child, the dog's clearly got a serious behavioural problem, I've no idea what its fate is going to be. What does quarantine mean in the US, that it's suspected of carrying a serious disease eg rabies? Or just a sort of dog prison cell until they decide what to do with it? It means some dogs are dangerous, it doesn't make 12ft Burmese Pythons less dangerous (or 13ft ones, if you fancy a crack at 'gators for the top of the food chain title). Last edited by Colin1; 07-21-2009 at 03:49 PM.

07-21-2009, 02:14 PM	#7
Doughboy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 885	I'd take the dog out back and shoot it! There is no need for a dog that almost killed your kid. __________________ "This is the day which the lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24

07-21-2009, 02:21 PM	#9
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Probably jealous' of the new arrival in the household. Still, it's not good, and the animal would have been destroyed in the UK with immediate effect. __________________

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07-21-2009, 12:18 PM	#2
Dark Matter Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 382	Thats a real dumb dog.

07-21-2009, 12:51 PM	#3
diddyriddick Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US Posts: 723	Sounds to me like a real SMART dog. How did he get into the crib, I wonder?

07-21-2009, 01:18 PM	#5
Butters Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Shore of Nova Scotia Posts: 304	Maybe the poor mutt had just sat thru a viewing of "Austin Powers", and decided that he'd like to try the 'other other white meat'... JL

07-21-2009, 03:18 PM	#14
Dark Matter Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 382	Then what? Its 55-120 pounds.

07-21-2009, 03:19 PM	#15
diddyriddick Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US Posts: 723	Colin, Yes, quarantine is to ensure that the dog doesn't have Rabies. Then I suspect that it will be destroyed.