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Because dogs are common. Wild apex predators from Africa aren't.

It's like saying more people die from car accidents than from terrorism.

They do.....but anybody who leaves an infant or toddler alone with a dog without supervision is "asking for it".

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So I wonder why people who are in wheelchairs and pay good money to have dog assistants arent being eaten alive.

Those are highly trained dogs.

Children are more likely to inadvertently irritate an animal. We had to train our dog not to growl when our crawling infant went near his bowl. Once he understood his place in the hierarchy, he was very protective.

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Heartbreaking story.

I babysat for a family with a golden retriever when I was about 14. The dog lashed me hard with its tail. That's why I conclude they are untameable.

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Heartbreaking story.

I babysat for a family with a golden retriever when I was about 14. The dog lashed me hard with its tail. That's why I conclude they are untameable.

Head injuries are sometimes impossible to recover from. My condolences.

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That damn beast!

Ever try petting a golden retriever? Hint, there's no safe way to do so.
  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Stop it with the dogs. If you read my posts in this thread, I concede there are dogs that people should not own.

But dogs just don't kill children in their sleep.

The comparison is idiotic. Pythons aren't domesticated.

Would you advocate for being able to keep a coyote in a private home?

Pythons don't typically kill children in their sleep either, according to a herpetologist I know. He found the story bizarre. Pythons don't typically kill something they're not going to eat and the children were much too large to digest.
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Those are highly trained dogs.

Children are more likely to inadvertently irritate an animal. We had to train our dog not to growl when our crawling infant went near his bowl. Once he understood his place in the hierarchy, he was very protective.

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OGFT's post was rhetorical.
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Heartbreaking story.

I babysat for a family with a golden retriever when I was about 14. The dog lashed me hard with its tail. That's why I conclude they are untameable.

It's ridiculous that you would compare the deaths of two innocent children to being whipped by a Golden Retriever's tail. Grow up.
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It's ridiculous that you would compare the deaths of two innocent children to being whipped by a Golden Retriever's tail. Grow up.

I was kidding. The dog licked everyone to death.

By the way not typical for goldens. They are usually pretty fierce.

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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One begins to wonder how justice would be served in this case.

Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.

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Update

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/04/27/man-accused-in-deaths-of-boys-killed-by-python-chooses-jury.html

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — A man accused in the deaths of two boys killed by a python in New Brunswick has elected to be tried by a jury.

Jean-Claude Savoie is charged with criminal negligence causing death after the two young brothers were asphyxiated by an African rock python in Campbellton.

Lawyer Leslie Matchim appeared in provincial court today on Savoie's behalf, where he told the court his client elects to be tried by judge and jury in the Court of Queen's Bench.

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