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we had a german shepard dog from a pup she was no good around people yes she would bite,we never trained her to she was very terratorial and never liked anyone coming near my family,no we never trained her, she just attacked other people,i dont think you can ever trust a dog,

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Had a Jack Russel that hated people threatening me but she only growled and snapped never bit them.

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Good point jackyalex,you cannot ever fully trust a dog.i have a staffy bull terrier pup and all the kids in the street adore her,but if she was left alone with a screaming baby i wouldnt trust her.

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dogs are just like computers they only do what they are told it is the responsability of the owners every time and they should be charged it is not the dogs fault if your dog is "uncomfortable"around young children it's your training at fault not the dog if he had been introduced to small children at a young age you would have no qualms of leaving him with younger kids I am not having a go at you personally just sick of people jumpuing on the band wagon to get rid of dangerous dogs I totally agree with pit bulls have owned them and they are completely untrustworthy owned most breeds of dog and own dogs now have a grandson who is 7 months old and have no fear of leaving him in a room with any of the 5 dogs I now own jack russell x2 stafford x2 doberman x1

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No animal regardless of what it is should be left unattended with children of any age.
Children can be evil towards animals whether intentional or not and similarly animals can take a dislike to someone. No-one can explain why these things happen but its certainly tragic when it does happen.

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Accy Jay i will agree with you there.Its the owners at fault.We have had dogs all our lives and not one has even shown a possibility of attacking a child.
Its the way that they get trained by their owners.Police dogs attack but also know when to stop.Properly trained dogs are not killers.
In Germany they have also had their problems with this type of dog.They upped the dog tax so high that no one is interested anymore

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does your son or daughter know you leave their child with dogs unattended,i would go mental ,when you have more than 1 dog they act as a pack what would you do if the dogs attacked each other whilst your grandson was left alone in the room,he could get hurt,and dont tell me that dogs dont go for each other

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yes they do im not saying they are perfect and i don't leave my grandson on his own with the dogs what im saying i could go and put the kettle on and leave him in trhe same room while i did it only a fool would leave a dog in charge of children!

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well that just shows how much you know about dogs staffords arn't pack dogs as any staffie owners will tell you most terrriers are loners so your pack theory is de bunked

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well if you think you know that for sure your prob the only one

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yeah me and the kennel club

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and every responsable dog owner in the country

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well your talking sh"t ,its in the dogs nature,anyway ive got my opinion youve got yours im gonna leave it at that

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well ive got two dogs ,one of which has grown up with all my children from young have never had a problem with her or feared her around the children ,but now she is older i would never trust her round children nor would i leave her alone with them, I even ask the vet to mussle her before i will let them treat her ,she is still not a viscious dog but she is very old and dosent have the temperement that she once had and i believe that prevention is better than cure i also have a young dog 2yrs old who is completely different,brilliant temperement and really loving and although i know he would nt go for anyone if myself or hubby are around i wouldnt trust him to be around children if i wasnt there, both my dogs are well diciplined but that dosent mean they wouldnt push their luck given half the chance.