@SuperMouse look around, common sense is not so common anymore. As someone up there mentioned, the prey drive of a dog is always just below the surface.
I’ve watched my JRT go after rodents and birds with a drive that made her unstoppable. She refused all commands and ended up killing the small creature. She killed one of our beloved neighborhood Mourning Doves just the other day. I was sick for the poor bird, but the prey drive overcame her training. I had to run over to her and physically pull her off the dead bird. She is normally a well trained animal, has a certificate for Pet Therapy, and is licensed to go to nursing homes, hospitals and such to do her ‘work’.
But, she is still a predator, and she will attack and kill anything she deems as prey. If this dog in the story is not well trained (and many people do NOT take their pets to Obedience Training because they are lazy, or stupid, or arrogant enough to think they can do it on their own) then that is why this happened. Some people shouldn’t have pets, and some people shouldn’t have kids, and sometimes, its the same person. The people in this story are obviously morons.
Children shouldn’t suffer because their parents are boneheaded idiots.
And as someone up there mentioned about fighting dogs, well those people should get the electric chair. Michael Vick is one guy that should be the first in line. Anyone who fights animals for pleasure and profit doesn’t deserve to breathe the same air as the rest of us.