Dog Bite Prevention in Children

Dog Bites One Year Old
October 22, 2009 5:15 PM

A one year old is rushed to the hospital after being bitten by a great dane. It happened in Murray County on Monday. That's when Amber Plott says their new dog bit their 19 month old little girl. Plott says he's a good dog that didn't mean to hurt her, but she wandered too close to his food at the wrong time. Now the dog is being examined as little Caydense recovers. Plott says, "It was pretty scary, she was calmer than what I thought, but it was very scary." She tells us they'd gotten a dog, a 4 year great dane the day before. On Monday when she turned to get the door, he brutally bit her baby. "Set the food bowl wasn't thinking, to answer the door because we had a delivery, just in a second." Plott explains the dog was used to ... (more)

Dog bite education needed: veterinarian
Rory MacLean, For The StarPhoenix

Most cases of dogs biting children could have been prevented by educating kids to read warning signs, says a Regina-based vet. Dr. Sally Cleland was in Saskatoon on Saturday to deliver a lecture on dog bite prevention for the fifth annual Animal Welfare Conference held by the Saskatchewan SPCA. Dog bites can be caused by a range of factors, including predatory instincts, past abuse and, sometimes, simple miscommunication between dogs and people, said Cleland. Assessing fault in the case of a dog bite often comes down to two positions, she said: ... (more)

Wanting a sucker, dog bites girl
Monday, September 14, 2009

LEXINGTON A dog bit a 4-year-old girl Sunday because he was trying to get to a sucker that was in the girl's mouth. No charges have been filed in the incident, which happened in the 300 block of Spring Drive. The girl, who was not identified, was treated at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem for bite wounds on her face. Her condition was unavailable Monday. According to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office, the girl had a sucker in her mouth, and the dog jumped on her and knocked her down to get it. The dog's owner ... (more)

Dogs and babies: a (sometimes) unpredictable mix

« Sorry PETA: new... | Main | Were you ever cruel... » Michael Smith, the father of the newborn baby who was snatched from his crib on Monday by the family's dog , spoke to Diane Sawyer of "Good Morning America" yesterday. (Watch the video here .) ABC Baby AJ... Dogs and babies: a (sometimes) unpredictable mix Dogs and babies: a (sometimes) unpredictable mix Michael Smith, the father of the newborn baby who was snatched from his crib on Monday by the family's dog, spoke to Diane Sawyer of "Good Morning America" yesterday. (Watch the video here.) ABC Baby AJ and his family's dog, Dakota, a Native American Indian dog. The Smith's son, Alexander James, whom they call "AJ," remains in critical, but stable condition at the University of Kentucky Hospital after his ordeal. Born three weeks premature, the Smiths brought AJ home on Sunday afternoon. He was just four days old when Dakota, the family's 65-pound female Native American Indian dog, nabbed him while he slept. AJ suffered a skull fracture, collapsed lungs, broken ribs and a hole in his side. (Thankfully Baby AJ survived his unfortunate run-in with the family pet, unlike Shaiunna Hare, the two-year-old girl that was strangled to death by her mom's boyfriend's pet Burmese python earlier this month.) According to news reports, Smith and his wife were busy finishing baby-proofing the house as AJ lay very briefly alone in his crib upstairs. On intuition, the wife ran upstairs after a few minutes to check on AJ and discovered that ... (more)

The biting truth about dogs
Health Beat

Dogs are great companions and much-loved members of many families. But all dogs can bite, so their owners must take responsibility to prevent this very normal, but often dangerous behavior. "Dogs are not furry children," said Dianne Foster, animal inspector for the City of Gloucester. "They are dogs, not children with human qualities, and every dog bites. It's what they do." "Dogs are everywhere now, and people expect their dogs to interact in public," she said, so there are more opportunities ... (more)

Dog bite safety dont get bitten
Special to the Southside Reporter

Rogelio Gonzalez is an uncle and a dog owner. His young niece and nephew visit to play with Andre, his black Labrador-mastiff mix. It has always been one of his main goals to make sure that his family, and dog, is safe. I have always told my niece and nephew when they play with our dog to not play too rough with him and never pull his tail, Gonzalez said. "I also tell them never to bother him when he is eating and to keep their hands away from his mouth while hes eating. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that ... (more)

Protect kids from dog bites

Every year in the United States, 3.5 million children are bitten by dogs, and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that by age 12, half of all children in this country will have experienced a dog bite. Children under the age of seven are especially vulnerable and are most likely to experience more severe injuries to their head, neck and face when bitten by a dog. In light of the recent and very unfortunate baby A.J. incident, I spoke with American Humane's director of Humane Education, Jane Greco Deming, to learn some simple steps parents can take to protect their children as well as what parents can teach their children about dogs so they can avoid being bitten. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=44180#ixzz0N82Pe9MP ... (more)

Baby critically injured after being dragged by family dog
July 23, 11:16 PM

Earlier this week, A.J. Smith, a newborn baby was dragged out of his crib and into the woods behind his home by the family dog, Dakota. A.J. was critically injured and is still hospitalized but is expected to recover. This tragic incident drives home the importance of protecting children from injuries from dogs and dog bites, whether from an intentional attack or from accidental injury. It is believed that Dakota, a four year old wolf hybrid, was ... (more)

Dog bite a pain for teen
Posted By NICKI CRUICKSHANK

An afternoon jog along Barrie's lakeshore turned ugly for a Barrie teen earlier this week when his leg was bitten by a dog. Karen Shipley said her 18-year-old son, Andrew, was bitten by a local man's dog while running near Minet's Point Drive on Wednesday afternoon. "My son was jogging along the lakeshore and there was a man with two dogs on the path. He was stopped with them," Karen said yesterday. "When Andrew went by them, he said the one black dog ... (more)

Dog bite prevention
By Elliot Bronson

Every year, more than 500 Florida residents sustain dog bite injuries severe enough to require hospitalization, and two Floridians die due to injuries from dog bites. Injury rates in Florida are highest among children between the ages of one and nine years old. However, dog bites can also result in serious injuries for teenagers and adults. In 2006, three Florida residents 25 years or older died as a result of dog attacks. Studies show that ... (more)

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