A toddler who slipped outside through a doggie door was mauled to death by her family’s seven dogs in the backyard while the attack went unnoticed by child’s mother and other relatives inside their home, a southeast Georgia sheriff said Thursday….Relatives told investigators the dogs that mauled the child were essentially family pets — a mother dog and six offspring from a litter she had about 16 months ago, the sheriff said.
The dogs had their own doggie doors that let them come in and out of the house as they pleased. The family told deputies the dogs had never attacked a person, though one of them might have killed a cat, Smith said. He said relatives insisted the toddler would play with the dogs and even “use them as pillows while watching TV.”
Smith said the dogs looked healthy and well-fed, and investigators found no signs they were being used as fighting dogs by their owners.
Very interesting story, given that the dogs don’t appear to have been abused, the reason there were seven dogs is that their bitch had pups, and the doggie door implies the dogs are socialized with humans, yet we have this.
Dogs, unlike guns can “Just go off”. Sad
h/t Bob
All said and done, they are STILL animals, with a prey instinct…