The article is distressing enough, but the comments made by people underneath are downright vitriolic
Girl, 5, severely injured after being mauled by American bulldog | Mail Online

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why does this keep happening? poor girl. hope she recovers.

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I OWN A CHOCOLATE ROAN COCKER SPANIEL
RIP David xx Run free at the bridge. Love you always xx 19th February 2011
RIP Jack and Mickey xx Run free at the bridge. Love you forever xx 20th June 2011

Who knows? I think banning even more breeds is definitely NOT the way forward though

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aw poor girl how sad

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Pets are Gods way of apologising for our families x

As terrible as the circumstances are this is just another feeding frenzy for both the media and the anti dog brigade.
I did read some of the attached comments and to be honest they're just representative of that 'catchphrase' mentality 'Say what you see'

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Gentle as the Lamb. Ruthless like the Wolf.

feel sorry for the young girl and read most of the comments people seem to think if you read it in the paper or if its on tv its gospel.... people are naive.

*Kara*

Firstly poor poor little girl, so sad that yet another dog has attacked

secondly on the BBc site it says that the girl bent down to give the dog a kiss and it attacked...this story tells me that really the main issue is that the poor girl was not correctly educated by parents to not be in dogs face. I am very cautious of Buster around kids (mainly as he has very little contact with them) and although he is a gentle little thing if kids come towards his head he backs off...one day he could snap so I ask the kids to aproach slowly and not make jerky movements. If I kissed Buster in the face he'd have every right to snap at me as I am in his space. This however sounds like a 'mauling' according to the papers - its just very sad

I kiss my dog's face. I can even lay my head on him. He doesn't mind a jot.

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I OWN A CHOCOLATE ROAN COCKER SPANIEL
RIP David xx Run free at the bridge. Love you always xx 19th February 2011
RIP Jack and Mickey xx Run free at the bridge. Love you forever xx 20th June 2011

Yes but the story doesn't say whether the dogs was sleeping/lying down/ear exposed. I know we don't know the details but if I bent down on my dogs level, accidently blew in his ear/kissed him and shocked him it would be my fault if he nipped me. I am not saying Buster would do that or that he has done that to me but if he did then thats his reflex. I wouldn't like someone in my face when I am not expecting it - neither does a dog. The point i am making (and no I am not making excuses) but its a very stupid thing to hone on your dog plant a huge smacker of a kiss if he/she does not want you in their space...like I said no excuse at all...my dod wouldn't do it...many wouldn't but some would!!!

Yes, But Buster is'nt an Am.bulldog..I had an incident with 2 Am.Bulldogs ''on completely seperate occasions'' a couple of weeks ago. And I'll admit I was Scared to death so I'm very wary of visiting again.. And I've got 31 yrs experience of working with Dogs

I don't want to tar them all with the same brush I know that there is Good and Bad in every breed but I've only ever met 2 Am.bulldogs and on both occassions it was not nice

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