While Ezra was taking a nap in his crib, the family’s Husky that they owned for eight years attacked out of nowhere.

“And to just bring awareness that it could be any dog at any time. Completely unprovoked, no matter what the history is,” Chloe said.

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    It may seem like no reason to us, but the dog had some reason.

    It could be something as easily overlooked as suddenly diverting your attention and energy from the dog to the new child. Dog doesn’t understand, so the child becomes competition.

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    Dogs are dangerous. Every goddamn time I got bit while working delivery the onwer would say "Oh he never bites! He is a good boy!" all the way up until a client dog attack required surgery, forever changed how I walk and keeps me in constant pain 24/7.

    I fucking hate dogs, but I hate even more how dog owners make excuses for their dogs that put other people in danger.

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      Yepp, irresponsible dog owners are the fucking worst. Not only are you potentially going to harm someone outside the situation, it is also torture for the dog.

      If you aren’t going to care for your pet, DONT GET ONE.

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    Yeah, dogs have a prey drive, and babies are unfortunately right in that “looks like prey” zone. Because, ya know, babies are prey. Your dog will fuck up a baby for the same reason that they’ll fuck up a squirrel or a cat.

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    Same thing could have happened to us, except we kept our 90 lbs GSD the fuck away from our newborn. “It could be any dog at any time” uh… no shit? Genetically it’s a fucking wolf. Use your fucking brains people.

    If this sounds insensitive, well it is. A license should be required to possess both dogs and children.

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    Christ, my heart goes out to these parents. I cannot imagine the hell they’re living right now, makes me sick thinking about my own 6 week old. I’ll definitely be rethinking leaving him alone with our border collies from now on. It was so big of them to decide on organ donation; they’re basically using their loss to save other families.

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    I only keep dogs under 30lbs and I still wouldn’t trust them near a child let alone a newborn. Jesus.