Family pet attacks Steelers star Harrison's son
 

G-d, I'm getting really sick pitt bulls and the professional athletes who feel the stupid need to own dogs that require diligent care, constant companionship, and intelligent treatment that they are almost always unable to give by the demands of their profession.

And with a young son in the mix? I hope and pray things work out for the young son of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who was in the news recently for not attending the White House ceremony as SB champions.

Get a lab or something safer. I own a golden retriever (my third) and a chocolate lab. Family safe for my four children 10 and under.

When I'm retired I hope to own dogs that I would never consider with small children. And my wife says I have no common sense!

Apparently on this I do.

How about a clause in players' contracts, like the common stipulation not to ride motorcycles--not that is worked for Ron Francis or Ben Roesthlisberger--to forbid them from owning dogs such as these?

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It doesn't say who's idea a pit bull was, so be careful about your generalizations. My wife insisted on a giant schnauzer, and he's actually friendly as all hell, but he is six years old and still acts like an excitable puppy. He needs a lot of attention. Would not have been my first choice.

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Better prepare yourself for a deluge of posts telling you something like, "I have a pit/rottie and it's the sweetest, gentlest dog you've ever met." And they can be...in the hands of the right owners. Unfortunately, the types of people who flock to the breeds that were bred for fighting tend to skew towards the irresponsible idiot type.

You'll probably hear something about those breeds getting a bad rep because of the media. There's a reason that you don't hear a whole bunch of reports about other breeds savaging babies/young kids, and that's because most other breeds tend to just bite, if they attack at all. The fighting breeds maul.

For the record, I have a lab and a lab/pit mutt (both rescues), and they couldn't be better with my son. I'm still going to be vigilant as hell, though.

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vick should should be posting in here any minute now.

3....2...1.....

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I have a choc. Lab, the kids abuse the hell out of him and he just takes it. If he ever bit someone (exception an intruder) I'd put him down without hesitation. My niece was just bitten by her families dog and they are calling it an accident. There is no such thing as an accidental dog bite no matter how you color it. Any dog in which bites a child should be put down or be exiled from children. In addition, people who have kids and own dogs that have a reputation of attacking people are idiots.

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:eek: So, you're not into the whole rehab/redemption thing, huh?

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this reminds me of the time that Joey Porter's pit bulls ate that giant horse

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So when my 5 year old nephew cornered my dog, who has never so much as barked at anyone, and tried to take her bone away from her after several reminders from me to stay away from her, and she went after him, I should put HER down because the kid didn't listen? Makes perfect sense.

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I'm suprised the hospital offered to treat his son, since if he was never injured by the bite they wouldn't have visited the hospital.

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