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• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  For falling asleep?

• Anonymous

  I bet she calls Jose Baez.

• Anonymous

  I bet she calls Jose Baez.

• Anonymous

  I bet she calls Jose Baez.

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  Good.  Make people responsible for keeping these dangerous animals. 

• Anonymous

  This doesn’t seem right.  The poor woman has lost her child in a tragedy, don’t make it sound like she was keeping her child in a den of wild dingos.

• Anonymous

  This doesn’t seem right.  The poor woman has lost her child in a tragedy, don’t make it sound like she was keeping her child in a den of wild dingos.

• Anonymous

  This doesn’t seem right.  The poor woman has lost her child in a tragedy, don’t make it sound like she was keeping her child in a den of wild dingos.

• Anonymous

  This doesn’t seem right.  The poor woman has lost her child in a tragedy, don’t make it sound like she was keeping her child in a den of wild dingos.

• Anonymous

  When will people learn that every dog will bite–they are animals

• Anonymous

  You know, I just don’t get this. It’s a horrible tragedy all the way around, and punishing this mother for something I’m sure she has regretted every waking moment since it happened simply doesn’t make sense when the guy who owned the pit bull that removed a woman’s arm in an unprovoked attack and very nearly killed her in her own driveway is out walking free–to say nothing of Casey Anthony.

• 525_44

  This is a tragic event all around. It’s too bad a dog like that was in the house in the first place.
  Is she being charged for endangerment because of the dog or because she was sleeping?

• 525_44

  This is a tragic event all around. It’s too bad a dog like that was in the house in the first place.
  Is she being charged for endangerment because of the dog or because she was sleeping?

• 525_44

  This is a tragic event all around. It’s too bad a dog like that was in the house in the first place.
  Is she being charged for endangerment because of the dog or because she was sleeping?

• Anonymous

  Wow, that is just terrible, that poor family.

• Anonymous

  Wow, that is just terrible, that poor family.

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• Anonymous

  I had this really sick feeling when this story broke in April that the parent(s) had more to do with the death of the child than the dog did – Casey Anthony all over again??? child in the way?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y5EYOHXQJPVJQXDFOL4YNCVXCM Logan C

  This is a case of you cant win for losing…. she loses her child and than gets arrested for it

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y5EYOHXQJPVJQXDFOL4YNCVXCM Logan C

  This is a case of you cant win for losing…. she loses her child and than gets arrested for it

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y5EYOHXQJPVJQXDFOL4YNCVXCM Logan C

  This is a case of you cant win for losing…. she loses her child and than gets arrested for it

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y5EYOHXQJPVJQXDFOL4YNCVXCM Logan C

  This is a case of you cant win for losing…. she loses her child and than gets arrested for it

• Anonymous

  Unless there is a whole lot more to this story that isn’t being shared, I don’t understand the reasoning for the child endangerment charges.  This poor woman has already lost her child and now has to relive this for the court system.  :(

• Anonymous

  a 2 yr old and a 7 mth old in a house with one adult present and a dog. the adult needs to be awake and absolutely present in the situation, or the children and dog should be safely contained. i feel badly for their tragedy, parenting is hard, and responsible dog ownership needs to be taught – it is not a no-brainer.

• http://twitter.com/northmainer betty corbett

  How in the world do you sleep though a dog mauling in the same room??  I say there is a LOT more to this story than what is being reported here.  Perhaps drugs??

• http://twitter.com/northmainer betty corbett

  How in the world do you sleep though a dog mauling in the same room??  I say there is a LOT more to this story than what is being reported here.  Perhaps drugs??

• http://twitter.com/northmainer betty corbett

  How in the world do you sleep though a dog mauling in the same room??  I say there is a LOT more to this story than what is being reported here.  Perhaps drugs??

• http://twitter.com/northmainer betty corbett

  How in the world do you sleep though a dog mauling in the same room??  I say there is a LOT more to this story than what is being reported here.  Perhaps drugs??

• http://twitter.com/northmainer betty corbett

  How in the world do you sleep though a dog mauling in the same room??  I say there is a LOT more to this story than what is being reported here.  Perhaps drugs??

• Anonymous

  This is such a sad story.  I feel horrible for the mother and I am sure she is wracked with guilt over the situation.  However, as an owner of 2 large dogs and a mother, I do agree that it would be endangerment to leave a child unattended with a dog (especially such a young child).  I do not know the details of what happened here, but we must remember that dogs are not humans, and they do not understand babies cries, etc.  ANY dog can bite and children must always be supervised with dogs.  I urge other parents who have young children to be extremely cautious with allowing their kids to climb all over dogs, etc.  I grew up with a rottie and she was such a great dog and never hurt anyone.  Even so, I know that anytime there were young children around, they were supervised with the dog, as I do with my own now. 

  My deepest sympathies to the family.

• Anonymous

  Easier for the simple-minded to blame a single breed of dog. Kinda like how they look at politics and blame Bush for everything up to and including sun-spots.

• Anonymous

  So we have a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old in a house with what seems is one adult, and she was asleep?  Regardless of a dog attack which is tragic, there are a billion other things those 2 young children could have gotten themselves into while the adult slept.

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  Stop defending this woman?  What mother falls asleep while caring for her toddler and infant?  And then she called 911 instead of trying to get the dog off the baby?????  Something’s not right here.  She was probably passed out, not napping!

• Anonymous

  Hmmmm, she was passed out!  Not sleeping! She was so out of it, not only was the child dead but the dog was eating the child to the point the child was missing a good portion of it’s abdomen.  If you really think that charges were brought on because of “just an accident”, you are as dumb as your post.  The mothers first job and priority is to protect her child.  Not get so high that you pass out to the point your child gets eaten by a dog

• Anonymous

  Hmmmm, she was passed out!  Not sleeping! She was so out of it, not only was the child dead but the dog was eating the child to the point the child was missing a good portion of it’s abdomen.  If you really think that charges were brought on because of “just an accident”, you are as dumb as your post.  The mothers first job and priority is to protect her child.  Not get so high that you pass out to the point your child gets eaten by a dog

• Anonymous

  Hmmmm, she was passed out!  Not sleeping! She was so out of it, not only was the child dead but the dog was eating the child to the point the child was missing a good portion of it’s abdomen.  If you really think that charges were brought on because of “just an accident”, you are as dumb as your post.  The mothers first job and priority is to protect her child.  Not get so high that you pass out to the point your child gets eaten by a dog

• Anonymous

  Hmmmm, she was passed out!  Not sleeping! She was so out of it, not only was the child dead but the dog was eating the child to the point the child was missing a good portion of it’s abdomen.  If you really think that charges were brought on because of “just an accident”, you are as dumb as your post.  The mothers first job and priority is to protect her child.  Not get so high that you pass out to the point your child gets eaten by a dog

• Anonymous

  Hmmmm, she was passed out!  Not sleeping! She was so out of it, not only was the child dead but the dog was eating the child to the point the child was missing a good portion of it’s abdomen.  If you really think that charges were brought on because of “just an accident”, you are as dumb as your post.  The mothers first job and priority is to protect her child.  Not get so high that you pass out to the point your child gets eaten by a dog

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  Stop defending this woman!  What mother falls asleep while caring for her toddler and infant?  The baby was mauled while the mother was sleeping on the couch!  How on earth did she sleep through that?  And then she called 911 instead of trying to get the dog off the baby?????  Something’s not right here.  She was probably passed out, not napping!

• Anonymous

  I’m going out on a limb here but, I am sure that there is a lot more to this story than we are being told.  They cannot tell the public everything.  As time goes by, I’m sure we will all be made aware of the circumstances surrounding this death.  While I do feel for her, this is a situation that could have been avoided, very sad.

• Anonymous

  I think this punishment might be considered harsh by some.
  However, you point out something that it seems people need to recognize more, or more fully.  It is so true that dogs and young children do not always mix well……the cries of a baby or young child are “upsetting” and “misunderstood” by some dogs.  It is often an accident , or death , waiting to happen as in this case.
  A parent needs to be extra vigiliant when leaving a child around such a dog. I know the mother might have fallen to sleep without planning to, but the child should not have been in the same area with this dog , either way.
  Very sad and tragic.

• Anonymous

  I think this punishment might be considered harsh by some.
  However, you point out something that it seems people need to recognize more, or more fully.  It is so true that dogs and young children do not always mix well……the cries of a baby or young child are “upsetting” and “misunderstood” by some dogs.  It is often an accident , or death , waiting to happen as in this case.
  A parent needs to be extra vigiliant when leaving a child around such a dog. I know the mother might have fallen to sleep without planning to, but the child should not have been in the same area with this dog , either way.
  Very sad and tragic.

• Anonymous

  I think this punishment might be considered harsh by some.
  However, you point out something that it seems people need to recognize more, or more fully.  It is so true that dogs and young children do not always mix well……the cries of a baby or young child are “upsetting” and “misunderstood” by some dogs.  It is often an accident , or death , waiting to happen as in this case.
  A parent needs to be extra vigiliant when leaving a child around such a dog. I know the mother might have fallen to sleep without planning to, but the child should not have been in the same area with this dog , either way.
  Very sad and tragic.

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  And what mother takes a nap while her toddler and infant are still up?  She probably was passed out, not napping.  And how do you sleep through your dog eating your child?  And how do you defend her?

• Anonymous

  Amen Tammy!  Does passed out apply to drugs or just alcohol?  All you people that feel sorry and feel this is not warranted will be eating crow when all the details come out

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1196926029 Dale Richardson

  So let me get these comments straight, if you have children you don’t get to sleep, because your dog might eat one of your babies…  What exactly do you think she could have done if she were awake?  

• http://www.facebook.com/SweetMamaCane Tammy Smith

  It’s common sense not to own a rottie if you have small children.  It’s a very large dog that can do a lot of damage.  With that being said, I had a lab that nipped my son on the foot and bruised it while I was just around the corner…don’t know what got into him.  Yes, my son was crawling all over him, and no, I never thought the dog would ever bite anyone in a million years; but he did.  Long story short, the dog had to go because I couldn’t risk it being a one-time thing.  And no, we didn’t have him put down, but we had to take him to the humane society that day and made sure he wasn’t adopted out to a family with small children.  He was a good boy, just not around toddlers.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VANZLIHKQPPLZPYRZHKFC3MDTM Kim

  Have you even thought that perhaps when this dog decided to attack the child it did what’s instinctual and went straight for the throat, therefore there would have been no sound made. None of us know all the details of this story and without knowing the details don’t try being the jury!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YY4RWDGTWHJ62GNFFQD722T54A Lisa

  then they should both be punished.  I would never leave my baby with a dog alone anyway, and considering she was sleeping that is the same as being alone.  this is the only justification that baby is going to get.  Cant even imagine the pain that baby went through. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VANZLIHKQPPLZPYRZHKFC3MDTM Kim

  Where does it say the child was missing anything??

• Anonymous

  It does seem hard to understand why the charges, that she must feel really guilty are grought forward. But she did do has she was charged, endangered the baby and the older child also. If she was so tired and probably was, she could have tied the dog up outside, in a fenced in area, whereever, but bot all in the same room. Maybe she is a very good mother but she made a really bad mistake and it cost a childs life and now, it will cost her even more. May the child R.I.P..

• Anonymous

  For being an irresponsible parent.
  Something that should already be a law, considering the punks running around.

• Anonymous

  For being an irresponsible parent.
  Something that should already be a law, considering the punks running around.

• Anonymous

  Losing a chld is far worse than any punishment society could hand out … its not our place to judge her … let her be …. Society does not need its pound of flesh on this one.

• Anonymous

  Losing a chld is far worse than any punishment society could hand out … its not our place to judge her … let her be …. Society does not need its pound of flesh on this one.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  This is tragic yes, the woman has endured enough punishment however,  and will be forever tormented by the fact that while she was dozing off, her dog was tearing her daughter apart. Hopefully,  the judge will be leinent. I’m sure the poor woman will have difficulty sleeping for  along time to come. It is never a good idea to take a nap while a 7 month old has free reign of the house. IMHO having a Rottweiler, German Shepard or a Pit Bull around an infant or a small toddler is just NEVER a good idea, and to leave them alone togeather is ludicris!

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  This is tragic yes, the woman has endured enough punishment however,  and will be forever tormented by the fact that while she was dozing off, her dog was tearing her daughter apart. Hopefully,  the judge will be leinent. I’m sure the poor woman will have difficulty sleeping for  along time to come. It is never a good idea to take a nap while a 7 month old has free reign of the house. IMHO having a Rottweiler, German Shepard or a Pit Bull around an infant or a small toddler is just NEVER a good idea, and to leave them alone togeather is ludicris!

• Anonymous

  ****It’s common sense not to own a rottie if you have small children.****
  Who’s common sense is this? thousands of people with small children own Rottie’s without incident. Good grief . Once someone has a kid they can’t have a big dog, guns or precrition drugs because they MIGHT hurt the kid. When I was a kid my sister got bit in the Butt by a Pig because we were in the pen where we were not supposed to be. Guess people should not own pigs either right?  Its all about paying attention to both child and animal. Give the Rotti hate a rest……..

• Anonymous

  ****It’s common sense not to own a rottie if you have small children.****
  Who’s common sense is this? thousands of people with small children own Rottie’s without incident. Good grief . Once someone has a kid they can’t have a big dog, guns or precrition drugs because they MIGHT hurt the kid. When I was a kid my sister got bit in the Butt by a Pig because we were in the pen where we were not supposed to be. Guess people should not own pigs either right?  Its all about paying attention to both child and animal. Give the Rotti hate a rest……..

• Anonymous

  ****It’s common sense not to own a rottie if you have small children.****
  Who’s common sense is this? thousands of people with small children own Rottie’s without incident. Good grief . Once someone has a kid they can’t have a big dog, guns or precrition drugs because they MIGHT hurt the kid. When I was a kid my sister got bit in the Butt by a Pig because we were in the pen where we were not supposed to be. Guess people should not own pigs either right?  Its all about paying attention to both child and animal. Give the Rotti hate a rest……..

• Anonymous

  ****It’s common sense not to own a rottie if you have small children.****
  Who’s common sense is this? thousands of people with small children own Rottie’s without incident. Good grief . Once someone has a kid they can’t have a big dog, guns or precrition drugs because they MIGHT hurt the kid. When I was a kid my sister got bit in the Butt by a Pig because we were in the pen where we were not supposed to be. Guess people should not own pigs either right?  Its all about paying attention to both child and animal. Give the Rotti hate a rest……..

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  If you can’t understand it then I hope you are not a parent. You don’t leave a 7 month old or a 2 year old for that matter, alone or unattended for a second, let alone to take a nap with a large dog roaming around. Extremely dangerous to do so, the child could of fallen down stairs, drowned in the pool, gotten burned on the stove or a thousand other things that happen to kids everyday…..

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  If you can’t understand it then I hope you are not a parent. You don’t leave a 7 month old or a 2 year old for that matter, alone or unattended for a second, let alone to take a nap with a large dog roaming around. Extremely dangerous to do so, the child could of fallen down stairs, drowned in the pool, gotten burned on the stove or a thousand other things that happen to kids everyday…..

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  If you can’t understand it then I hope you are not a parent. You don’t leave a 7 month old or a 2 year old for that matter, alone or unattended for a second, let alone to take a nap with a large dog roaming around. Extremely dangerous to do so, the child could of fallen down stairs, drowned in the pool, gotten burned on the stove or a thousand other things that happen to kids everyday…..

• http://twitter.com/Bernadettrenee Bernadetterenee

  was she sleeping with the kids up,she didn’t hear the dog growling or heard the mauling your baby.I don’t know the whole story,when you have anydog you need to be  on alert.not all rockweilers don’t attack,my dad had his for 9 yrs and like kids,depends on the dog and how you are raising your dog too.

• http://twitter.com/fakelepage Fake Paul LePage

  Insert “it ain’t the breed” comments here…

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  Pulled the dog off for one. Put the 7 month old in a playpen or crib. Put the dog outside. Or about a thousand other things other then napping while the 7 month old has free range of the household.

• Karen

  there are a lot of details missing from this tragedy.  who knows if they were all napping or not, so the mother laid on the couch herself. was the infant in a crib? was the 2 1/2 year old in the same room? old saying is , “You can’t judge a book by it’s cover”- which in this article- I don’t see too much coverage. 

• Anonymous

  God@mned police state thugs!  SMASH THE STATE!!

  Let it be known.  If you take a nap and a tragic accident happens, we no longer are a society of people who understand the realities of life.  We now are a society where we put you in jail for being human.  

• Anonymous

  Only justification???  Where is the justice here?  It was an ACCIDENT!  It’s called life.  She fell asleep and will live with this her entire life.  F you for not being human. 

• Anonymous

  Her child dying was holding her “responsible” enough? 

• Anonymous

  Her child dying was holding her “responsible” enough? 

• Anonymous

  Her child dying was holding her “responsible” enough? 

• Anonymous

  Her child dying was holding her “responsible” enough? 

• listenuppeople

  It was a regretable accident.. That is all it is… We nap when we have kids, because kids tend to keep you up at all hours of the day and night.. Here we go with the fantasy world of perfection… I hope they drop the charges because I don’t see anything in story that is  a criminal act…. Next they will charge people with child endangerment for stopping at a McDonalds…..

• listenuppeople

  It was a regretable accident.. That is all it is… We nap when we have kids, because kids tend to keep you up at all hours of the day and night.. Here we go with the fantasy world of perfection… I hope they drop the charges because I don’t see anything in story that is  a criminal act…. Next they will charge people with child endangerment for stopping at a McDonalds…..

• listenuppeople

  Ah a 7 month old and a 2.5 year old will most likely keep you up on the hour 24/7  You take your naps when you can get them… It was an accident!!!!

• listenuppeople

  Ah a 7 month old and a 2.5 year old will most likely keep you up on the hour 24/7  You take your naps when you can get them… It was an accident!!!!

• Anonymous

  If the mother was actually asleep  then she should lose the other child too!!

• Anonymous

  Why should the father be punished he was not even home at the time.

• Anonymous

  Why should the father be punished he was not even home at the time.

• Anonymous

  Why should the father be punished he was not even home at the time.

• Anonymous

  Why should the father be punished he was not even home at the time.

• Anonymous

  If it was the father people would want him put in jail. Now that it is actually a lady everyone seems to say poor mother.

• Anonymous

  If it was the father people would want him put in jail. Now that it is actually a lady everyone seems to say poor mother.

• Anonymous

  There is something fishy with this whole story. When I first read the breaking story back when, it didn’t make sense. I think if the truth comes out we’ll all be shocked. Someone is not telling the truth here.

• Anonymous

  Again because if it was the father or a guy people would want him fried.

• Anonymous

  Again because if it was the father or a guy people would want him fried.

• Anonymous

  Again because if it was the father or a guy people would want him fried.

• Anonymous

  Again because if it was the father or a guy people would want him fried.

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  Where was it reported that she left the children alone with the dog?  How do you know that the 2 year old was laying on the couch with her watching cartoons and the baby asleep in a swing when the mother closed her eyes for a few minutes? I don’t know if this is what happened or not but my point is we don’t know all the facts here. I for one, refuse to punish this family more than they already have been by losing their child. 

• Anonymous

  This is whats wrong with this world !!!!Why would anyone want to do this to this woman ?

• Anonymous

  I’m assuming she was a stay at home mom. She had a 2 1/2 YO boy & a 7 month baby. I’m sure she wasn’t getting much sleep at night and was most likely EXHAUSTED 24/7. I dont know all the details, but couldn’t they have all been napping and the dog attacked the infant in a pack-n-play or a bed? It doesn’t say the mother was passed out while the infant was laying on the floor.  There has got to be more to this story than the initial details posted here because of the fact she was arrested.  But I’m not sure where you get off on saying both parents being punished is “justification” for the deceased baby.

• Anonymous

  I’m assuming she was a stay at home mom. She had a 2 1/2 YO boy & a 7 month baby. I’m sure she wasn’t getting much sleep at night and was most likely EXHAUSTED 24/7. I dont know all the details, but couldn’t they have all been napping and the dog attacked the infant in a pack-n-play or a bed? It doesn’t say the mother was passed out while the infant was laying on the floor.  There has got to be more to this story than the initial details posted here because of the fact she was arrested.  But I’m not sure where you get off on saying both parents being punished is “justification” for the deceased baby.

• Anonymous

  She will probally treated alot worse here in Maine than how that Casey woman was treated for intentionally harming her child.

• Anonymous

  Who said she left them roaming around? Did I miss something?? The article is bare bones.  

• Buzlno

  It was a death= state police investigate.
  It was a JUDGE that set that (weird $) bail. It’s out of the hand of police now except for the  investigation.The DA and judge will handle it now.  Relax 

• Buzlno

  It was a death= state police investigate.
  It was a JUDGE that set that (weird $) bail. It’s out of the hand of police now except for the  investigation.The DA and judge will handle it now.  Relax 

• Buzlno

  I agree, but dogs have always been bred for different characteristics.  These are somewhat famous for what it did.

• Buzlno

  I agree, but dogs have always been bred for different characteristics.  These are somewhat famous for what it did.

• Buzlno

  I agree, but dogs have always been bred for different characteristics.  These are somewhat famous for what it did.

• Buzlno

  I agree, but dogs have always been bred for different characteristics.  These are somewhat famous for what it did.

• Buzlno

  I agree, but dogs have always been bred for different characteristics.  These are somewhat famous for what it did.

• Anonymous

  I don’t have to relax.  The DA and Judge are government hacks who care about throwing people in cages rather than accepting life happens.  This woman now has to deal with trying to keep herself out of jail while dealing with the death of a child.  

  I’m entitled to my opinion. 

• Anonymous

  I don’t have to relax.  The DA and Judge are government hacks who care about throwing people in cages rather than accepting life happens.  This woman now has to deal with trying to keep herself out of jail while dealing with the death of a child.  

  I’m entitled to my opinion. 

• Anonymous

  I don’t have to relax.  The DA and Judge are government hacks who care about throwing people in cages rather than accepting life happens.  This woman now has to deal with trying to keep herself out of jail while dealing with the death of a child.  

  I’m entitled to my opinion. 

• Anonymous

  I don’t have to relax.  The DA and Judge are government hacks who care about throwing people in cages rather than accepting life happens.  This woman now has to deal with trying to keep herself out of jail while dealing with the death of a child.  

  I’m entitled to my opinion. 

• Anonymous

  I’m not passing judgement here but there does seem to be a lot of stories about pit bulls and Rottweilers attacking people lately.

• Anonymous

  Thank you for saying that. Looking at her picture tells the agony she’s feeling. Grieving the loss of a child takes on many forms. For many, grieving is an
  actual physical, mental and emotional process that can take years to process.
  For others, grief is more of an internal struggle that is rarely ever seen.
  Losing a child is one of the worst experiences parents can ever face. So
  learning to understand their grief is just one step in helping them see brighter
  days. I have been there and its been 16 years and I still cry and I still feel the agony,  I still shake my head to try and understand my sorrow and how it could have been prevented…on and on. I have shut myself off from the world and live in capativity of my being. You lose interest in living. There have been nights that I have sat with a gun in my mouth because of the guilt. I just want to hug her.

• Anonymous

  How  the hell do you figure?!? So if a families house burns down and they lose 1 of their 2 children, the other one should be taken away too?  That’s your logic! I don’t see how you can come up with that from what details are outlined in this article.  I hope you’re trolling!

• Buzlno

  Just don’t go running to the God$%-mned gubmint for disability when you develop ulcers.
  Of course you’re entitled an opinion. I’m just saying aim your anger in the right direction without the scatter gun effect ranting  you used before.

• Buzlno

  Just don’t go running to the God$%-mned gubmint for disability when you develop ulcers.
  Of course you’re entitled an opinion. I’m just saying aim your anger in the right direction without the scatter gun effect ranting  you used before.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  What a Neanderthal way of handling the situation with the dog. I thought society was more evolved than this. Kill, kill, shoot and more kill. In this case, it proves humans are no better than savages.
  What if the dog was not the reason for the infants death. Cop should be fired!
  Investigate, with an investigation.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  What a Neanderthal way of handling the situation with the dog. I thought society was more evolved than this. Kill, kill, shoot and more kill. In this case, it proves humans are no better than savages.
  What if the dog was not the reason for the infants death. Cop should be fired!
  Investigate, with an investigation.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  What a Neanderthal way of handling the situation with the dog. I thought society was more evolved than this. Kill, kill, shoot and more kill. In this case, it proves humans are no better than savages.
  What if the dog was not the reason for the infants death. Cop should be fired!
  Investigate, with an investigation.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  What a Neanderthal way of handling the situation with the dog. I thought society was more evolved than this. Kill, kill, shoot and more kill. In this case, it proves humans are no better than savages.
  What if the dog was not the reason for the infants death. Cop should be fired!
  Investigate, with an investigation.

• Anonymous

  Sorry to hear that bangorsam. I don’t know your situation or what you went through but I also would be devastated if something like that would have happened to me.

• Anonymous

  Sorry to hear that bangorsam. I don’t know your situation or what you went through but I also would be devastated if something like that would have happened to me.

• Anonymous

  Sorry to hear that bangorsam. I don’t know your situation or what you went through but I also would be devastated if something like that would have happened to me.

• Anonymous

  Sorry to hear that bangorsam. I don’t know your situation or what you went through but I also would be devastated if something like that would have happened to me.

• Buzlno

  You’re not judging, just stating a well known fact (to anyone not living in a cocoon or suffering with terminal testosterone poisoning).    :0

• AionNV

  I’m not sure of that, I mean, if it was a working mom and a stay at home dad I think people would have a similar it not the same reaction.  Maybe be even more sympathetic.

• Buzlno

  Wasn’t the dog’s fault.  It was his breed or training.  Just ask good ole Judge Joe Brown what his opinion of this type breed is!    :-)

• Buzlno

  A true and sad commentary on human(?) nature.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  Out of curiosity I googled “dogs that have attacked babies”

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4549397/Baby-boy-dies-in-family-dog-attack.html

  “Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother’s Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell.”

  Dig around, and there are all sorts of incidents with breeds not usually associated with this type of thing, at least by the media and the people who always jump to conclusions about it always being a particular breed.

• AionNV

  The dog ate a baby.  I feel bad for the dog, honestly I do, but I also feel way, way,way worse for the baby, and the parents.

  The father had the dog put down; I respect his decision.

• AionNV

  The dog ate a baby.  I feel bad for the dog, honestly I do, but I also feel way, way,way worse for the baby, and the parents.

  The father had the dog put down; I respect his decision.

• AionNV

  The dog ate a baby.  I feel bad for the dog, honestly I do, but I also feel way, way,way worse for the baby, and the parents.

  The father had the dog put down; I respect his decision.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• AionNV

  Sad.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

   The dog did not eat the baby!
  You don’t have to pretend to feel bad for the dog.

• Buzlno

  Thanx for the eloquent post.  I always wondered if I was the only one hit just that way (always did know, in the back of my head), but couldn’t express it with the words and pain that you have.
  In ’77, my sister wanted to go with me somewhere, but my friends declined….Later, she took her own car and went off the road. She was 24.
  GOD ALMIGHTY I WISH I COULD HAVE JUST ONE MORE OF HER HUGS!
  You’ve helped me more than you know. Granted, she was a sister and not my daughter, but it is somewhat the same pain/guilt I think.
  I won’t say that it will get better. We know it won’t: Just not  as all consuming…Thanks again, Sam.       Buz

• PaulNotBunyan

  You think the dog should be sold or taken to a shelter and put up for adoption?

• PaulNotBunyan

  You think the dog should be sold or taken to a shelter and put up for adoption?

• PaulNotBunyan

  You think the dog should be sold or taken to a shelter and put up for adoption?

• PaulNotBunyan

  You think the dog should be sold or taken to a shelter and put up for adoption?

• PaulNotBunyan

  You think the dog should be sold or taken to a shelter and put up for adoption?

• http://www.facebook.com/karl.mar.cho Karl Chocensky

  I knew that family. Katrina is a drunk with no self control. I am not trying to be hateful or stir the pot. She deserves life in prison for this. I feel terrible for the father.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

   Dogs Are Not Disposable!

  Shooting and asking questions later, is so 100 years ago.

  Sadly there have been cases of murder that were originally blamed on a
  dog. If authorities choose the method of this case, the parents (in most
  cases) would have got away with murder and an innocent dog would be
  dead.

  This officer is a liability and should be fired!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

   Dogs Are Not Disposable!

  Shooting and asking questions later, is so 100 years ago.

  Sadly there have been cases of murder that were originally blamed on a
  dog. If authorities choose the method of this case, the parents (in most
  cases) would have got away with murder and an innocent dog would be
  dead.

  This officer is a liability and should be fired!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

   Dogs Are Not Disposable!

  Shooting and asking questions later, is so 100 years ago.

  Sadly there have been cases of murder that were originally blamed on a
  dog. If authorities choose the method of this case, the parents (in most
  cases) would have got away with murder and an innocent dog would be
  dead.

  This officer is a liability and should be fired!

• Anonymous

  “…..I think that when the evidence comes out, it’ll be clear … that this was criminal conduct.”  Possibly  something else happen here, just guessing considering the evidence hasn’t even been made public yet.

• Anonymous

  I have had a rotti since my son was six months old and my daughter was over two. He is now 7 and she is almost 9 never once have I had any concern about my dog with my kids. I am smart enough to know to never leave my children alone with any dog until they were old enough to respect the dog. Even if I had a “good” breed I would be smart enough not too. I am so sick of this breed being attacked. A dog is all in how you treat it. 

• PaulNotBunyan

  I asked you a question. You didn’t answer it. Moving right along …

• PaulNotBunyan

  I asked you a question. You didn’t answer it. Moving right along …

• Anonymous

  I am sick of people blaming this breed. As a parent of two and an owner of a rotti I never left the kids alone with her while they were younger. The thing is I am smart enough to know I wouldn’t leave them alone with a “good” breed until they were old enough to respect the dog. It’s time people start taking responsibility for their actions and stop blaming bad things that happen on everything but them. 

• Anonymous

  I am sick of people blaming this breed. As a parent of two and an owner of a rotti I never left the kids alone with her while they were younger. The thing is I am smart enough to know I wouldn’t leave them alone with a “good” breed until they were old enough to respect the dog. It’s time people start taking responsibility for their actions and stop blaming bad things that happen on everything but them. 

• Anonymous

  I am sick of people blaming this breed. As a parent of two and an owner of a rotti I never left the kids alone with her while they were younger. The thing is I am smart enough to know I wouldn’t leave them alone with a “good” breed until they were old enough to respect the dog. It’s time people start taking responsibility for their actions and stop blaming bad things that happen on everything but them. 

• Anonymous

  The dog in the other attack you speak of was a bull dog and not a pit bull.  Thanks for adding to the lies told about the breed

• Anonymous

  The dog in the other attack you speak of was a bull dog and not a pit bull.  Thanks for adding to the lies told about the breed

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  Get off your high horse!
  I thought your reply was rhetorical.

  To answer your question…I think the dog should be placed in a home with an experienced and responsible handler.
  We live in a society that allows murders and sex-offenders to walk the streets. I would rather take my chance with a dog that is rehabilitated.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  Get off your high horse!
  I thought your reply was rhetorical.

  To answer your question…I think the dog should be placed in a home with an experienced and responsible handler.
  We live in a society that allows murders and sex-offenders to walk the streets. I would rather take my chance with a dog that is rehabilitated.

• Anonymous

  you are correct Lisa!

• Anonymous

  you’re kidding, right???

• Anonymous

  if they spent the “entire evening” gathering evidence, then there’s more to this than we all know as of yet. maybe before you crucify them for arresting her, you should wait and hear all the details. as it said, it will be clear when it all comes out. i’d rather hear what all that is before i presume her a candidate for the mother of the year award….

• Anonymous

  And if you treat it badly or don’t train it is a weapon.  Sorry, but dogs are not people.  We all love them and treat like people, but they are animals.  Dogs need an alpha and if you don’t provide it will be out of control.

  This was no different than leaving a loaded gun on the floor for the kids to play with. 

• PaulNotBunyan

  Well at least this time I see an answer although it’s surrounded by the same stuff your brains are made of. Good for you. Now put up the money and time to take care of these wayward dogs. Good luck with it. The state does not owe these dogs a living.

• Anonymous

  It could have been euthanized.

  To shoot it was not the way to go.

• Anonymous

  Unless there is a whole lot more to this story that isn’t being shared, I don’t understand the reasoning for the child endangerment charges. This poor woman has already lost her child and now has to relive this for the court system. :(     
  *******************************************************
  this probably went to DHHS first before it went to the DA.  Looks like DHHS is out for blood, but they’ll settle for getting the toddler.  I hear Sally Schofield is getting out of prison soon and is looking for a cute little toddler to “adopt” this time.

• Anonymous

  I always have known Rottweilers to be overgrown babies and very loving of their people.

• Anonymous

   It is never a good idea to take a nap while a 7 month old has free reign of the house.
  ***************************************************
  the article said the baby was in the living room.  Where do you get the idea she had “free reign of the house”?

• Anonymous

   It is never a good idea to take a nap while a 7 month old has free reign of the house.
  ***************************************************
  the article said the baby was in the living room.  Where do you get the idea she had “free reign of the house”?

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  My heart goes out to this mother.  This poor woman had to see her baby killed by ACCIDENT and now she is getting PUNISHED by some creep DA who just wants to punish a mom.

  This is sick.  Leave that POOR MOM ALONE!  HER BABY DIED!  I’m sorry but this really burns my butt as a mother.  Now if your child has an accident of any kind you can go to jail for neglect and possibly lose your other kids.  What are we supposed to do?  Are we supposed to take shifts with our spouses staying up 24 hours a day guarding our children?  Is sleeping a crime in Maine when you have kids?

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  My heart goes out to this mother.  This poor woman had to see her baby killed by ACCIDENT and now she is getting PUNISHED by some creep DA who just wants to punish a mom.

  This is sick.  Leave that POOR MOM ALONE!  HER BABY DIED!  I’m sorry but this really burns my butt as a mother.  Now if your child has an accident of any kind you can go to jail for neglect and possibly lose your other kids.  What are we supposed to do?  Are we supposed to take shifts with our spouses staying up 24 hours a day guarding our children?  Is sleeping a crime in Maine when you have kids?

• Anonymous

  I sincerely doubt that she or her husband thought the dog would ever do this, otherwise the dog would have probally been given up to a shelter or someone without children.

  So how can they charge her with endangerment unless there are details that have not been revealed in this article?

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  I think we are going to see a lot of cases like this spring up.  Call it Caylee’s Revenge.  Casey Anthony got acquitted and now people want to punish every mother for every tragic accident.

  It is TRULY disgusting and gross.  What a disgusting display this is!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  I think we are going to see a lot of cases like this spring up.  Call it Caylee’s Revenge.  Casey Anthony got acquitted and now people want to punish every mother for every tragic accident.

  It is TRULY disgusting and gross.  What a disgusting display this is!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  What if this had happened in the middle of the night?  Is it neglect to sleep at night with your kids in the house?

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  The dog could have gotten into the baby’s room in the middle of the night.  Should parents not sleep at night in the same house as their kids?

• Anonymous

  Sadly there have been cases of murder that were originally blamed on a dog. If authorities choose the method of this case, the parents (in most cases) would have got away with murder and an innocent dog would be dead.This officer is a liability and should be fired! 
  *********************************************
  The dog is hardly innocent!  It mauled and killed a baby.  The officer followed the law and thus is not a “liability”.  Don’t like the law?  Change it, don’t call for the firing of a guy because he upheld the law.    

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow Jack!  How do you manage to live off no sleep?  I want to know your secret because I tried to not sleep after my twins were born and I ended up cracking up after about 10 weeks.  I admire your fortitude in being able to NEVER SLEEP after your kids were born.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow Jack!  How do you manage to live off no sleep?  I want to know your secret because I tried to not sleep after my twins were born and I ended up cracking up after about 10 weeks.  I admire your fortitude in being able to NEVER SLEEP after your kids were born.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow Jack!  How do you manage to live off no sleep?  I want to know your secret because I tried to not sleep after my twins were born and I ended up cracking up after about 10 weeks.  I admire your fortitude in being able to NEVER SLEEP after your kids were born.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow Jack!  How do you manage to live off no sleep?  I want to know your secret because I tried to not sleep after my twins were born and I ended up cracking up after about 10 weeks.  I admire your fortitude in being able to NEVER SLEEP after your kids were born.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  I wouldn’t.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!  We should go out and protest against this.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  AMEN!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  You are 100% correct radical!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  You have no idea that this 7 month old had free range of anything.  How many 7 month olds can walk around or even crawl for that matter?  She was probably in a swing.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow… so when do parents get to sleep?  It’s dangerous to sleep at night.  Something could happen you know!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow… so when do parents get to sleep?  It’s dangerous to sleep at night.  Something could happen you know!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow… so when do parents get to sleep?  It’s dangerous to sleep at night.  Something could happen you know!

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1565762781 Catherine Lavallee

  Wow… so when do parents get to sleep?  It’s dangerous to sleep at night.  Something could happen you know!

• Anonymous

  Of course parents should sleep at night when their kids do.  I stated that I did not know the details of the situation, and I do have deep sympathy for the family.  I know how quickly something can happen, which is why I feel strongly about encouraging people to be cautious with their dogs and young children.  I have used baby gates since before my daughter could crawl in order to keep the dogs from having access to her.  And they are not allowed upstairs in the bedrooms.  That is just our personal setup in our house.   We allow the dogs around our daughter when we are right with her supervising.  This is not because my dogs are aggressive or vicious, but because I know that dogs are animals that behave on instinct, not reason.  And young children can do any variety of things to completely freak a dog out. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NLRJW5TS33CUPFMPCOOUIPLRCQ Sarah

  Normally I would agree, AFR, but I know the DA, Geoff is not a government hack, he is a determined DA that is trying to serve the people of the counties he represents. If he says it’s gonig to come out as criminal I believe him.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Was she asleep on the couch with the baby and the 2 yr old ran loose in the house?  Why isn’t the dad charged with endangerment  – it was his dog too.  This is horrible. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Was she asleep on the couch with the baby and the 2 yr old ran loose in the house?  Why isn’t the dad charged with endangerment  – it was his dog too.  This is horrible. 

• Anonymous

  I’m pretty sure it was accidental as well.  But it’s likely that there are details that are not provided in the paper.  The police and others involved would have to have some basis for an arrest. 

   

• Anonymous

  Exactly how does one “sleep through” a dog killing a child?

• Anonymous

  Exactly how does one “sleep through” a dog killing a child?

• Anonymous

  Exactly how does one “sleep through” a dog killing a child?

• Anonymous

  Exactly how does one “sleep through” a dog killing a child?

• Anonymous

  You can’t be serious. How could anyone in their right mind think that a dog that has killed once could ever be trusted again? And what is your reasoning behind firing the police officer?? A quick bullet to the brain was much better for the dog than the pain and suffering the child suffered.

• Anonymous

  That was my thought exactly the minute I read it.  Either that couch she was sleeping on was somewhere else in the house out of ear-shot, or there’s a lot more to this than we’ve been told about so far.

• Anonymous

  They are letting a woman who proudly told the world she starved her kid to death on reduced supervision cause she said she was nuts.
  This woman will never forgive herself, eve,r for making a stupid mistake, while the other woman wanted her child dead. This makes no sense

• Anonymous

  Maybe you should offer to take the dog because it might be hard to find it a home.  Even dog lovers might have a problem welcoming a dog that just killed a baby.  Just sayin’ – it’s human nature.

• Anonymous

  who leaves their children unattended, awake, roaming the house?   

• Anonymous

  who leaves their children unattended, awake, roaming the house?   

• Anonymous

  who leaves their children unattended, awake, roaming the house?   

• Anonymous

  who leaves their children unattended, awake, roaming the house?   

• Anonymous

  who leaves their children unattended, awake, roaming the house?   

• Anonymous

  We all don’t nap with a toddler and an infant roaming freely around the house. I napped when my kids were in their cribs napping. 

• Anonymous

  To bad because, it is truly a sad story!!!!     But, not the mother fault…. What people can’t sleep!!!!!!!!!      

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1196926029 Dale Richardson

  I seriously doubt anyone could react quick enough to extricate a 7 month old baby from an attacking dog within the time it would take for the damage to have already been done.  No I don’t think the mother was guilty of anything other than not being able to predict that the dog would attack the baby.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1196926029 Dale Richardson

  I seriously doubt anyone could react quick enough to extricate a 7 month old baby from an attacking dog within the time it would take for the damage to have already been done.  No I don’t think the mother was guilty of anything other than not being able to predict that the dog would attack the baby.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MMAVVRLYVW7PZJPX3WUPKZJYLE a little peace

  She should lose her other child if she fell asleep on the couch?!?!  Guessing that either you don’t have kids, or your other half was dealing with the sleep deprivation that can result from them.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YY4RWDGTWHJ62GNFFQD722T54A Lisa

  I will give you some of that, but you are now grasping at straws, the baby was left on the floor, unattended, if it hadnt been for the dog, and the baby I dont know crawled off and got hurt, you would be sure to blame the mom, so what makes the difference with this situation.  I love dogs, but again would be A LOT MORE CAREFUL. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YY4RWDGTWHJ62GNFFQD722T54A Lisa

  Hey fed up maybe try reading the first article that came out about this story.  Also I didnt say that both parents being punished would be justification for this one baby.  I said both parents should be punished for their dogs attacking people, got that from the comment before mine.  Read the one above mine.    Yes the babies mom being punished for the dog killing her daughter would be jusitification for the baby. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YY4RWDGTWHJ62GNFFQD722T54A Lisa

  I was responding to the comment above mine that did sound like I was blaming the dad, sorry should of  been more clear

• Anonymous

  It _is_ our place to judge her; there is no one else.  It’s not a question of a pound of flesh: what an idiotic thing to say.  Nobody wants revenge.  If she’s complicit in the death of her child, Society owes her child justice. 

  Mushy ‘nonjudgementalism’ isn’t a serious moral position; it’s just the easy way out. 

• Anonymous

  I admire anybody who can get any sleep after their kids are born. My wife and I certainly never did.  On the other hand, I suspect that if a dog was mauling one of them to death it would’ve have awakened at least one of us during the odd winks we snuck in.

• AionNV

  I’m not pretending to feel bad for the dog, I do.

  You don’t have to pretend to feel bad about the dead baby.

• AionNV

  I’ve been around rotts that were gentle as kittens…

  I’ve also been around a rott that ate a whole bag containing 100 feet of Christmas tree light bulbs.  I have no idea why he enjoyed the taste of broken glass, or how he not only survived it, but seemed completely unaffected by the experience.

• AionNV

  You  don’t know that, she may have been right next to the 7 month old baby.

  Only takes a bite or two.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  DEAD BABY.  
  $$1060 bail.
  ” Criminal Conduct” – Waldo County DA – Jeffrey Rushlau
  Mother asleep on couch.
  Tragic all around.

• Anonymous

  I agree, you get naps “when you can get them.”  Shouldn’t that mean your kids are not roaming around the house unsupervised?  Nap when the kids are napping or whatever, but taking a nap as a 7 month old and 2 1/2 year old are left to their own devices seems to just not be a good thing (whether there was a dog attack or not).  Dropping a glass on the floor is an accident.  Having 2 very small unsupervised children in the house doesn’t get written off as an accident in my mind.  

• Anonymous

  Maybe simply having 2 very small children who were unsupervised?  I don’t know.  There could be much more info that the police aren’t releasing.

• Anonymous

  Maybe simply having 2 very small children who were unsupervised?  I don’t know.  There could be much more info that the police aren’t releasing.

• Anonymous

  Maybe simply having 2 very small children who were unsupervised?  I don’t know.  There could be much more info that the police aren’t releasing.

• Anonymous

  You sleep when the kids sleep?  Outside of the dog, there a ton of other things these kids could have gotten into that apparently mom sleeping on the couch would not have heard or seen.  

• Anonymous

   You have to sleep when the kids sleep, or when there is another adult around to supervise.  I can’t believe people go into parenthood thinking that it will be fine to leave a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old unsupervised to roam around the house.  Nobody said being a good parent was easy, but when you have kids, don’t you sign on for that level of responsibility?

• Anonymous

   You have to sleep when the kids sleep, or when there is another adult around to supervise.  I can’t believe people go into parenthood thinking that it will be fine to leave a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old unsupervised to roam around the house.  Nobody said being a good parent was easy, but when you have kids, don’t you sign on for that level of responsibility?

• Anonymous

   You have to sleep when the kids sleep, or when there is another adult around to supervise.  I can’t believe people go into parenthood thinking that it will be fine to leave a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old unsupervised to roam around the house.  Nobody said being a good parent was easy, but when you have kids, don’t you sign on for that level of responsibility?

• Anonymous

   You have to sleep when the kids sleep, or when there is another adult around to supervise.  I can’t believe people go into parenthood thinking that it will be fine to leave a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old unsupervised to roam around the house.  Nobody said being a good parent was easy, but when you have kids, don’t you sign on for that level of responsibility?

• Anonymous

   You have to sleep when the kids sleep, or when there is another adult around to supervise.  I can’t believe people go into parenthood thinking that it will be fine to leave a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old unsupervised to roam around the house.  Nobody said being a good parent was easy, but when you have kids, don’t you sign on for that level of responsibility?

• Anonymous

  I don’t see this as having anything to do with “Caylee’s Revenge.”  This mother was “asleep” in the same room as a dog mauling her daughter.  Writing that off to simply an accident is outrageous.  Yep, accidents happen, parents just “sleep” on the couch while their kid is killed, other 2 year olds roam around and fall down wells.  Don’t worry everybody, parents are never in the wrong since accidents happen.

  I have 1 question for you.  What IF (this is just a hypothetical), this mother wasn’t sleeping due to the pure exhaustion of her trying to be mother of the year and instead, she passed out from drinking a bottle of rum or was strung out on drugs?  Again, just a hypothetical but is she then MORE responsible in your eyes or is it stil just an accident, and poor mom had nothing to do with letting this situation take place (and that is 2 very small children left unsupervised? 

• Anonymous

  I don’t see this as having anything to do with “Caylee’s Revenge.”  This mother was “asleep” in the same room as a dog mauling her daughter.  Writing that off to simply an accident is outrageous.  Yep, accidents happen, parents just “sleep” on the couch while their kid is killed, other 2 year olds roam around and fall down wells.  Don’t worry everybody, parents are never in the wrong since accidents happen.

  I have 1 question for you.  What IF (this is just a hypothetical), this mother wasn’t sleeping due to the pure exhaustion of her trying to be mother of the year and instead, she passed out from drinking a bottle of rum or was strung out on drugs?  Again, just a hypothetical but is she then MORE responsible in your eyes or is it stil just an accident, and poor mom had nothing to do with letting this situation take place (and that is 2 very small children left unsupervised? 

• Anonymous

  I don’t see this as having anything to do with “Caylee’s Revenge.”  This mother was “asleep” in the same room as a dog mauling her daughter.  Writing that off to simply an accident is outrageous.  Yep, accidents happen, parents just “sleep” on the couch while their kid is killed, other 2 year olds roam around and fall down wells.  Don’t worry everybody, parents are never in the wrong since accidents happen.

  I have 1 question for you.  What IF (this is just a hypothetical), this mother wasn’t sleeping due to the pure exhaustion of her trying to be mother of the year and instead, she passed out from drinking a bottle of rum or was strung out on drugs?  Again, just a hypothetical but is she then MORE responsible in your eyes or is it stil just an accident, and poor mom had nothing to do with letting this situation take place (and that is 2 very small children left unsupervised? 

• Anonymous

  What if, um, an alien came through the window and abducted the child.  A 7 month old would be sleeping at night in a crib (I assume or maybe sleeping on the floor is typically this child’s bed).  Are you honestly equating a child sleeping at night and “something could happen” to what this mother did?  Writing this off as simply an accident just takes any level of responsibility of the parent to be RESPONSIBLE away.  Yep, just an accident, what could anybody else have done anything differently?

• Anonymous

  What if, um, an alien came through the window and abducted the child.  A 7 month old would be sleeping at night in a crib (I assume or maybe sleeping on the floor is typically this child’s bed).  Are you honestly equating a child sleeping at night and “something could happen” to what this mother did?  Writing this off as simply an accident just takes any level of responsibility of the parent to be RESPONSIBLE away.  Yep, just an accident, what could anybody else have done anything differently?

• Anonymous

  What if, um, an alien came through the window and abducted the child.  A 7 month old would be sleeping at night in a crib (I assume or maybe sleeping on the floor is typically this child’s bed).  Are you honestly equating a child sleeping at night and “something could happen” to what this mother did?  Writing this off as simply an accident just takes any level of responsibility of the parent to be RESPONSIBLE away.  Yep, just an accident, what could anybody else have done anything differently?

• Anonymous

  What if, um, an alien came through the window and abducted the child.  A 7 month old would be sleeping at night in a crib (I assume or maybe sleeping on the floor is typically this child’s bed).  Are you honestly equating a child sleeping at night and “something could happen” to what this mother did?  Writing this off as simply an accident just takes any level of responsibility of the parent to be RESPONSIBLE away.  Yep, just an accident, what could anybody else have done anything differently?

• Anonymous

  What if, um, an alien came through the window and abducted the child.  A 7 month old would be sleeping at night in a crib (I assume or maybe sleeping on the floor is typically this child’s bed).  Are you honestly equating a child sleeping at night and “something could happen” to what this mother did?  Writing this off as simply an accident just takes any level of responsibility of the parent to be RESPONSIBLE away.  Yep, just an accident, what could anybody else have done anything differently?

• Anonymous

  In my experience, dogs are much more predictable than people.

• Anonymous

  In my experience, dogs are much more predictable than people.

• Anonymous

  In my experience, dogs are much more predictable than people.

• Larry T. Doughty

  There has to be much more to this story, than what we are learning.

• Larry T. Doughty

  There has to be much more to this story, than what we are learning.

• Larry T. Doughty

  There has to be much more to this story, than what we are learning.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  Yes, ‘Casey’s Revenge” ….The I.Q. challenged mob  lead by their ultra hostile emotionally disturbed leader, Nancy Grace.

• Anonymous

  “I had a lab that nipped my son on the foot and bruised it while I was
  just around the corner…don’t know what got into him.  Yes, my son was
  crawling all over him,”

  You may have answered your own question.  I think it is not a good idea to have a dog with a small child.  Why put the dog in a position to have some little kid crawl all over them, punch them, pull ears and tails and then wonder why the dog nips at the little kid…yeah, real mystery there.  That doesn’t sound like good dog ownership to me.  Some people put dogs in impossible situations with the attitude that the dog should allow absolutely anything from a kid and not do anything.  What some of these animals endure because somebody wants their 1 year old to have a puppy is outrageous.  I am not saying that is the situation in this case.

• Anonymous

  Especially people on bath salts!!

• Anonymous

  Especially people on bath salts!!

• Anonymous

  Especially people on bath salts!!

• Anonymous

  Can we start with making people responsible for supervising their kids first?  Don’t simply blame this situation on a dog.

• Anonymous

  Can we start with making people responsible for supervising their kids first?  Don’t simply blame this situation on a dog.

• Anonymous

  Can we start with making people responsible for supervising their kids first?  Don’t simply blame this situation on a dog.

• Anonymous

  Can we start with making people responsible for supervising their kids first?  Don’t simply blame this situation on a dog.

• Anonymous

  What if she had fallen asleep with a cigarette in her hand and burned the house down killing her children?  Still just a tragedy that nothing could have changed?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2WCREMJSAEIKCAC6WHNQXQWJIY Kelly

  If it were a sex related crime she would get a lesser sentence…this state is so full of dung it isn’t funny.

• Anonymous

  I have been around a few also and most were big babies–but a mean one is a force in itself with the power that is unmatched by only a few other breeds-My friend had a huge one that carried a cement block around as its security blanket lol–cement block = 40lbs lol.

• Anonymous

  I have been around a few also and most were big babies–but a mean one is a force in itself with the power that is unmatched by only a few other breeds-My friend had a huge one that carried a cement block around as its security blanket lol–cement block = 40lbs lol.

• Anonymous

  I have been around a few also and most were big babies–but a mean one is a force in itself with the power that is unmatched by only a few other breeds-My friend had a huge one that carried a cement block around as its security blanket lol–cement block = 40lbs lol.

• Anonymous

  Yup, you’re right, but I doubt it.

• Anonymous

  Yup, you’re right, but I doubt it.

• Anonymous

  Yup, you’re right, but I doubt it.

• Anonymous

  Yup, you’re right, but I doubt it.

• Anonymous

  Yup, you’re right, but I doubt it.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  Thank you!!! I was about to say the same.  Trash the name more BDN.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  Thank you!!! I was about to say the same.  Trash the name more BDN.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  Thank you!!! I was about to say the same.  Trash the name more BDN.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  Thank you!!! I was about to say the same.  Trash the name more BDN.  

• Anonymous

  I did not say that, I said if they were asleep the kids and the dog should be contained – safely. Not left to their own devices without boundaries.

• Anonymous

  I believe what I said was “Unless there is a whole lot more to this story that isn’t being shared, I don’t understand”.  I don’t see anything saying that these children were awake and running around the house.  On the other hand, Kudos to the state of Maine for charging her if those poor children WERE  awake and left to attend to themselves.  Who really knows but her at this point? I don’t know the details of this whole tragedy and neither do a lot of other people, so maybe all of us should keep our noses out of it until we do.  

• listenuppeople

  I reread the story, I didn’t see anywhere in it that she left the children unattended or that they were roaming around… They probably both were asleep along with their mom.  Something important is missing in the story if she is going to charge..

• listenuppeople

  I reread the story, I didn’t see anywhere in it that she left the children unattended or that they were roaming around… They probably both were asleep along with their mom.  Something important is missing in the story if she is going to charge..

• Anonymous

  Nancy Grace…. Isn’t she that woman that convicted the Duke lacross players  for raping that poor prositute the day the story came out? 

• Anonymous

  Nancy Grace…. Isn’t she that woman that convicted the Duke lacross players  for raping that poor prositute the day the story came out? 

• Anonymous

  Nancy Grace…. Isn’t she that woman that convicted the Duke lacross players  for raping that poor prositute the day the story came out? 

• Anonymous

  Nancy Grace…. Isn’t she that woman that convicted the Duke lacross players  for raping that poor prositute the day the story came out? 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  I supposed that everyone posting on this saying she was endangering her child has never ever left a child unattended for even a split second, like to use the bathroom or to go in a different room for something.  Accidents happen, and most frequently in a split second.  What about the child who almost drowned in a well?? Her father is a hero, not a neglectful parent.  This baby’s mother did all she knew to do, call 911 and hope and pray that her baby would recover. Accidents happen and I pray for those of you hoping she gets charged for neglect, it doesn’t even happen that you have an accident where someone else gets hurt.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A2KG3TXBIODNNC6FDKA2PXEEDY Small Fry

  I supposed that everyone posting on this saying she was endangering her child has never ever left a child unattended for even a split second, like to use the bathroom or to go in a different room for something.  Accidents happen, and most frequently in a split second.  What about the child who almost drowned in a well?? Her father is a hero, not a neglectful parent.  This baby’s mother did all she knew to do, call 911 and hope and pray that her baby would recover. Accidents happen and I pray for those of you hoping she gets charged for neglect, it doesn’t even happen that you have an accident where someone else gets hurt.  

• Anonymous

  dog attacks baby–Question I have is does it make a difference as to what the mom was doing ?
  Napping or say laundry in the adjoining room–or just having to use the bathroom for a min..for 1 min is all it would take for the powerful jaws of a canine to destroy a 7 month old baby–even if the mom was awake and right there at the very moment–the damage prob would have been done before she could react ? I think the only prevention to this tragedy is not allowing the dog around the children in the 1st place..and that’s not a reality because we all accept them as family members-even though they are not human,,a fact of life as we live it. 

• Anonymous

  dog attacks baby–Question I have is does it make a difference as to what the mom was doing ?
  Napping or say laundry in the adjoining room–or just having to use the bathroom for a min..for 1 min is all it would take for the powerful jaws of a canine to destroy a 7 month old baby–even if the mom was awake and right there at the very moment–the damage prob would have been done before she could react ? I think the only prevention to this tragedy is not allowing the dog around the children in the 1st place..and that’s not a reality because we all accept them as family members-even though they are not human,,a fact of life as we live it. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  This is just horrible all-around…I want to cry looking at that little girl.  Maybe get DHHS involved but arresting a heart-broken mother IS NOT the answer.

• 525_44

  When a dog kills it needs to be eliminated. I would want the dog shot on the spot ASAP.

• 525_44

  The dog was not innocent

• 525_44

  I doubt any dog handler would want anything to do with a dog that has killed a human.
  You are valuing the dog’s life more than a humans.

• 525_44

  I doubt any dog handler would want anything to do with a dog that has killed a human.
  You are valuing the dog’s life more than a humans.

• 525_44

  I doubt any dog handler would want anything to do with a dog that has killed a human.
  You are valuing the dog’s life more than a humans.

• 525_44

  So just tear apart a family and it is all good…bull.

• 525_44

  I doubt that. Woman are judged more harshly in these cases than men simply because they are the mother.

• Anonymous

  So sad. I am wondering why they arrested her now instead of 3 months ago when it happened? I can’t imagine what she is going through. Has to be lots more to the story.

• Anonymous

  like I stated in a similar story, over the last 6 years, I found that 104 out of 186 dog fatalities were children age 10 and under.  I will guess a large percentage is leaving children unattended with the dog.  There is nothing a baby can do to provoke maybe other than crying, but parents need to teach respect towards dogs.  How many times have we all seen young children pull hair, pull ears, lay on top of, ride, drag behind the dog by the tail?  It never ends well, and most of the time, it’s blamed on the dog.  I was bitten when I was young and my mother looked away for only a minute – dog nipped me on the face and I have a small scar.  Long story short, I was trying to retrieve my lunch from the dog bowl while he was eating (I guess I wasn’t done with it).   I can’t say it was the dog’s fault; can’t leave a child unattended while a dog is eating.  Just one example of what all of you probably have many more.  At least my ended well.  This one unfortunately did not.

• Anonymous

  IF she violated the law then it is.

• Anonymous

  Nope, you can’t say any of that.  This was just a tragic accident that the mother could not possibly see coming, couldn’t do anything to prevent it, couldn’t put her kids in a crib, couldn’t have stayed awake while a 7 month old and 2 1/2 year old were awake.  We just have to give the mom a free pass.  The “mom couldn’t have done anything different crowd” just look at this series of events as fate or act of God or something.  I do not.  They react with “oh if you have kids you can’t sleep.”  No, if you have a 7 month old and a 2 1/2 year old, and they are awake, the ONLY adult in the house should be as well.  If you can’t handle that responsibility, guess what……

• Anonymous

  People were incredibly unpredictable long before bath salts.

• Anonymous

  People were incredibly unpredictable long before bath salts.

• Anonymous

  People were incredibly unpredictable long before bath salts.

• Anonymous

  People were incredibly unpredictable long before bath salts.

• http://www.facebook.com/Maeflower81 Meuriella Alma Hall

  I tried looking up Sally Schofield. What did she do?

• http://www.facebook.com/Maeflower81 Meuriella Alma Hall

  I agree, they even said that there were details that would not be released to the public at this time. Those details are probably the reason the mother is being charged. I feel bad for her but I also don’t know the whole story.
   ”Annabelle Mitchell was mauled to death on April 12 in the living room of her house by the family’s Rottweiler, Hannibal, while the mother slept on the couch,”
  So it does say the child was in the living room and the mother was asleep on the couch which was most likely in the living room. 
  Until the rest of the story is known we really can’t tell if she ‘just feel asleep’ or where exactly in the living room the baby was. The story also states that when the evidence comes out they are sure it will be criminal. It took a while to arrest her so obviously something came up that made them decide they should do so.

• Anonymous

  As some people here are saying, there could be more to this than reported in this article. They aren’t going to release all the facts and information of the case. There COULD have been drugs or alcohol involved, causing the mother to fall asleep on the couch. Even if there wasn’t, it just takes common sense to know you don’t fall asleep leaving a baby and toddler unattended…period! Especially in the presence of ANY dog larger than them.
  If she thought she was tired enough to take a nap, she should have made sure the baby (and boy) were napping, too…or at least put the dog someplace separate from the children. Even if she accidentally fell asleep, she is still negligent…she is their mother! It is her responsibility to make sure they are safe, no matter what.

• http://www.facebook.com/Maeflower81 Meuriella Alma Hall

  Dog was killed! By officer called to the house! Does anyone even read these articles before they post ?

• http://www.facebook.com/Maeflower81 Meuriella Alma Hall

  no because the Father TOLD officer to shoot it.

• http://www.facebook.com/Maeflower81 Meuriella Alma Hall

  no because the Father TOLD officer to shoot it.

• Anonymous

  Sometimes cases have to get a vote from a Grand jury before charges are brought. That could account for the delay in the Arrest.

• Anonymous

  Sometimes cases have to get a vote from a Grand jury before charges are brought. That could account for the delay in the Arrest.

• Anonymous

  Sometimes cases have to get a vote from a Grand jury before charges are brought. That could account for the delay in the Arrest.

• Anonymous

  Sometimes cases have to get a vote from a Grand jury before charges are brought. That could account for the delay in the Arrest.

• Anonymous

  Sometimes cases have to get a vote from a Grand jury before charges are brought. That could account for the delay in the Arrest.

• Fire All Liberals First

  Enough is enough …. the woman has suffered enough without this.

• Fire All Liberals First

  Enough is enough …. the woman has suffered enough without this.

• Fire All Liberals First

  Enough is enough …. the woman has suffered enough without this.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  If she is guilty of endangering the child then arrest is the answer. Heart broken or not. DHHS can only do so much. Don’t forget that the article says there was a second child there at the time of this mauling. His well being must be thought of as well. And the fact that the case is sealed says there is MUCH more to this story than we know right now.

• Anonymous

  The word around town the day it happened was that the mother was not “sleeping” because she was tired and needed a nap…. just saying….

• Anonymous

  The word around town the day it happened was that the mother was not “sleeping” because she was tired and needed a nap…. just saying….

• Anonymous

  The word around town the day it happened was that the mother was not “sleeping” because she was tired and needed a nap…. just saying….

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Stuart/100000378618564 Kathy Stuart

  I tend to agree FedUp. We do not know the EXACT circumstances of the situation. We do not know if the dog had ever behaved agressively towards the children before. We do not know why this mother was asleep on the couch. Perhaps both babies were napping also and she decided to grab a few winks while it was quiet. Unless she was drugged or drinking I would find it very hard to charge her. But in an awful situation like this one there is always a groundswell of emotion calling for someone to be blamed.

  Unless the evidence proves neglect or endangerment I hope this tragedy is not compounded by furthering the suffering of a mother who watched her baby mauled to death. But that’s just me, the rest of you are free to feel however you choose.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Stuart/100000378618564 Kathy Stuart

  I tend to agree FedUp. We do not know the EXACT circumstances of the situation. We do not know if the dog had ever behaved agressively towards the children before. We do not know why this mother was asleep on the couch. Perhaps both babies were napping also and she decided to grab a few winks while it was quiet. Unless she was drugged or drinking I would find it very hard to charge her. But in an awful situation like this one there is always a groundswell of emotion calling for someone to be blamed.

  Unless the evidence proves neglect or endangerment I hope this tragedy is not compounded by furthering the suffering of a mother who watched her baby mauled to death. But that’s just me, the rest of you are free to feel however you choose.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Stuart/100000378618564 Kathy Stuart

  I tend to agree FedUp. We do not know the EXACT circumstances of the situation. We do not know if the dog had ever behaved agressively towards the children before. We do not know why this mother was asleep on the couch. Perhaps both babies were napping also and she decided to grab a few winks while it was quiet. Unless she was drugged or drinking I would find it very hard to charge her. But in an awful situation like this one there is always a groundswell of emotion calling for someone to be blamed.

  Unless the evidence proves neglect or endangerment I hope this tragedy is not compounded by furthering the suffering of a mother who watched her baby mauled to death. But that’s just me, the rest of you are free to feel however you choose.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Stuart/100000378618564 Kathy Stuart

  I tend to agree FedUp. We do not know the EXACT circumstances of the situation. We do not know if the dog had ever behaved agressively towards the children before. We do not know why this mother was asleep on the couch. Perhaps both babies were napping also and she decided to grab a few winks while it was quiet. Unless she was drugged or drinking I would find it very hard to charge her. But in an awful situation like this one there is always a groundswell of emotion calling for someone to be blamed.

  Unless the evidence proves neglect or endangerment I hope this tragedy is not compounded by furthering the suffering of a mother who watched her baby mauled to death. But that’s just me, the rest of you are free to feel however you choose.

• Anonymous

  Too often people with aggressive dogs insist it would never harm family members. They think the dog is protecting them when it growls at others. But that seems to show an intention for the dog to take a bite out of someone one day.

• Anonymous

  Too often people with aggressive dogs insist it would never harm family members. They think the dog is protecting them when it growls at others. But that seems to show an intention for the dog to take a bite out of someone one day.

• PaulNotBunyan

  I know that! My question was directed at a particular poster and anybody reading the thread can see why I asked her. There is another reason I toss that question out. The father told a reporter about how he came home previous days to find that the dog was being let out of the bedroom while he was away. This happened more than once. The father knew it was a major “problem dog” so I don’t think it would be right to sell it or give it to anybody else. The only thing to do is immediately remove the dog from the home. It’s been a house dog for 7 years so you think it’s cruel to build a kennel out back for him. I understand. I guess you’ll have to put him down. You can call the local animal control officer if you’re not sure what to do. I’ve know a few of them well enough to have a pretty good idea what they would say. The father had sufficient foreknowledge and failed to act. This was entirely preventable. I expect there will be more news coming.

• PaulNotBunyan

  Oops! I was tired and distracted the other day. I was bathing the baby in the kitchen sink and toasting waffles at the same time. When I reached to answer the phone, I bumped the toaster and it fell into the sink. Please don’t charge me with anything because I’ve already suffered enough.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Unless the dog had been aggressive before, I’m not sure what she would have been able to do-it only takes a second for an animal to attack.  Is it only endangerment if someone dies?  No one has been charged where that supposed pitbull attacked 3 people.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Oh no!  People are going to get us confused now  =O

• PaulNotBunyan

  I’ll volunteer to shoot an animal that needs to be put down because I don’t want somebody else botching it and having to shoot it more than once. I’ll volunteer to do it because the animal will suffer more waiting for a vet to arrive or trying to transport it to the vet. The law does not allow me, cops, farmers, etc. to keep the type of drugs on hand that are used to put animals down humanely. I’ve always hated doing it and I don’t talk about the feelings and emotions I experienced.

• Anonymous

  This blog just took a very scary turn. Please, please reach out and keep reaching out to anyone and everyone you can for help. I’ve seen it many times. You are describing every mother who loses a child. You are not alone.

• Anonymous

  If a dog mauled my kid to death I’d fill it’s chest full of bullets. Dogs aren’t as important as people.

• Anonymous

  If a dog mauled my kid to death I’d fill it’s chest full of bullets. Dogs aren’t as important as people.

• Anonymous

  If a dog mauled my kid to death I’d fill it’s chest full of bullets. Dogs aren’t as important as people.

• http://www.facebook.com/nuttywitch Kelly Alana Collett

  Seem that someone started adding things up …There still is no proof that the dog killed the baby. I know for a fact that the dog never ever had a problem with children….never ever not even an infant or a child being active. Can we stop with the dog blaming …let the fault be where it is supposed to be….i am tired of people blaming a breed of dog .  Dogs are not the problem people are the problem ….

• Anonymous

  I really don’t know how to feel about this? I am a mother of three boys and know matter what if they make the slightest whimper when I am asleep, I instantly wake up! I just can’t believe that any mother could sleep through her child being mauled in the same room? That baby had to be screaming like crazy? Why was the mother asleep anyway? Shouldn’t she be awake and taking care of her children while they are awake? It just doesn’t sound right to me? She had to be on something to sleep through that! What a horrible tragedy! I do think that the other child should be taken out of her custody!

• Anonymous

  I really don’t know how to feel about this? I am a mother of three boys and know matter what if they make the slightest whimper when I am asleep, I instantly wake up! I just can’t believe that any mother could sleep through her child being mauled in the same room? That baby had to be screaming like crazy? Why was the mother asleep anyway? Shouldn’t she be awake and taking care of her children while they are awake? It just doesn’t sound right to me? She had to be on something to sleep through that! What a horrible tragedy! I do think that the other child should be taken out of her custody!

• Anonymous

  I really don’t know how to feel about this? I am a mother of three boys and know matter what if they make the slightest whimper when I am asleep, I instantly wake up! I just can’t believe that any mother could sleep through her child being mauled in the same room? That baby had to be screaming like crazy? Why was the mother asleep anyway? Shouldn’t she be awake and taking care of her children while they are awake? It just doesn’t sound right to me? She had to be on something to sleep through that! What a horrible tragedy! I do think that the other child should be taken out of her custody!

• Anonymous

  I really don’t know how to feel about this? I am a mother of three boys and know matter what if they make the slightest whimper when I am asleep, I instantly wake up! I just can’t believe that any mother could sleep through her child being mauled in the same room? That baby had to be screaming like crazy? Why was the mother asleep anyway? Shouldn’t she be awake and taking care of her children while they are awake? It just doesn’t sound right to me? She had to be on something to sleep through that! What a horrible tragedy! I do think that the other child should be taken out of her custody!

• Anonymous

  I really don’t know how to feel about this? I am a mother of three boys and know matter what if they make the slightest whimper when I am asleep, I instantly wake up! I just can’t believe that any mother could sleep through her child being mauled in the same room? That baby had to be screaming like crazy? Why was the mother asleep anyway? Shouldn’t she be awake and taking care of her children while they are awake? It just doesn’t sound right to me? She had to be on something to sleep through that! What a horrible tragedy! I do think that the other child should be taken out of her custody!

• Anonymous

  Oh that’s ok.  Don’t you know, accidents happen.

• Anonymous

  Oh that’s ok.  Don’t you know, accidents happen.

• Anonymous

  Bare handed I’ve attacked a trespassing Rotti that attacked a toddler. I happened so fast you can’t imagine. Most wouldn’t have tried what I did, but it was the Rotti or the toddler. None of us got hurt because I made sure the Rotti knew I was serious. People get stupid about dogs, forgetting they are one step away from wild, carnivorous animals that are constantly hungry and fight to the death over territory. The Rotti’s owner heard from me about it… Damn thing shouldn’t have been at large unsupervised. This might make some of you mad, but these dogs are not pets. You can’t make pets out of them. No matter how sweet you think they are it only takes once. It’s safer to have a 12 year old with free access to a shotgun and ammo than to own have these beasts around. While we’re talking about blame, I think there’s plenty to go around, starting with people who minimize warnings about dangerous animals. After a little brainwashing by the pro-Rottis (and yes, this is meant to generalize to all dangerous animals people claim aren’t dangerous) and a mom could easily think she and the kids are safer because the Rotti is there to protect them.

• Anonymous

  Bare handed I’ve attacked a trespassing Rotti that attacked a toddler. I happened so fast you can’t imagine. Most wouldn’t have tried what I did, but it was the Rotti or the toddler. None of us got hurt because I made sure the Rotti knew I was serious. People get stupid about dogs, forgetting they are one step away from wild, carnivorous animals that are constantly hungry and fight to the death over territory. The Rotti’s owner heard from me about it… Damn thing shouldn’t have been at large unsupervised. This might make some of you mad, but these dogs are not pets. You can’t make pets out of them. No matter how sweet you think they are it only takes once. It’s safer to have a 12 year old with free access to a shotgun and ammo than to own have these beasts around. While we’re talking about blame, I think there’s plenty to go around, starting with people who minimize warnings about dangerous animals. After a little brainwashing by the pro-Rottis (and yes, this is meant to generalize to all dangerous animals people claim aren’t dangerous) and a mom could easily think she and the kids are safer because the Rotti is there to protect them.

• Anonymous

  Bare handed I’ve attacked a trespassing Rotti that attacked a toddler. I happened so fast you can’t imagine. Most wouldn’t have tried what I did, but it was the Rotti or the toddler. None of us got hurt because I made sure the Rotti knew I was serious. People get stupid about dogs, forgetting they are one step away from wild, carnivorous animals that are constantly hungry and fight to the death over territory. The Rotti’s owner heard from me about it… Damn thing shouldn’t have been at large unsupervised. This might make some of you mad, but these dogs are not pets. You can’t make pets out of them. No matter how sweet you think they are it only takes once. It’s safer to have a 12 year old with free access to a shotgun and ammo than to own have these beasts around. While we’re talking about blame, I think there’s plenty to go around, starting with people who minimize warnings about dangerous animals. After a little brainwashing by the pro-Rottis (and yes, this is meant to generalize to all dangerous animals people claim aren’t dangerous) and a mom could easily think she and the kids are safer because the Rotti is there to protect them.

• Anonymous

  Bare handed I’ve attacked a trespassing Rotti that attacked a toddler. I happened so fast you can’t imagine. Most wouldn’t have tried what I did, but it was the Rotti or the toddler. None of us got hurt because I made sure the Rotti knew I was serious. People get stupid about dogs, forgetting they are one step away from wild, carnivorous animals that are constantly hungry and fight to the death over territory. The Rotti’s owner heard from me about it… Damn thing shouldn’t have been at large unsupervised. This might make some of you mad, but these dogs are not pets. You can’t make pets out of them. No matter how sweet you think they are it only takes once. It’s safer to have a 12 year old with free access to a shotgun and ammo than to own have these beasts around. While we’re talking about blame, I think there’s plenty to go around, starting with people who minimize warnings about dangerous animals. After a little brainwashing by the pro-Rottis (and yes, this is meant to generalize to all dangerous animals people claim aren’t dangerous) and a mom could easily think she and the kids are safer because the Rotti is there to protect them.

• http://www.facebook.com/VinceBryant Vincent Bryant

  On Jan. 31, 2001, 5-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in the
  basement of her foster mother’s home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster
  mother, Sally Schofield, a highly respected former caseworker for
  Maine’s Department of Human Services (DHS), would later be tried and
  convicted of manslaughter after police determined that Logan had died
  from asphyxiation after being bound with duct tape and strapped into a
  high chair in the basement.Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fostercare/marr/#ixzz1SCQdJWTU

• http://www.facebook.com/VinceBryant Vincent Bryant

  On Jan. 31, 2001, 5-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in the
  basement of her foster mother’s home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster
  mother, Sally Schofield, a highly respected former caseworker for
  Maine’s Department of Human Services (DHS), would later be tried and
  convicted of manslaughter after police determined that Logan had died
  from asphyxiation after being bound with duct tape and strapped into a
  high chair in the basement.Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fostercare/marr/#ixzz1SCQdJWTU

• PaulNotBunyan

  Your boys are blessed to have a mother like you.

• PaulNotBunyan

  Your boys are blessed to have a mother like you.

• Anonymous

  All dogs have the potential to be dangerous, that is a fact. Everyone has their own opinions. I don’t think I know the whole story. Was the baby on the floor free to roam around the house, as well as the 2 year old? If so, no matter what type of dog it is, the mother should not have taken a nap with an animal roaming around with two young kids also being able to roam around.  I have a sweetheart German Shepherd who’s never shown any aggression, and I still absolutely would not allow my baby to roam around on the floor with my dog. They are all unpredictable, no matter how well trained you think they are.  Bottom line is, accidents do happen like this, and I think the mother has suffered enough. She was probably just beyond the point of exhaustion. I feel bad for everyone involved in this, even the dog.

• Anonymous

  All dogs have the potential to be dangerous, that is a fact. Everyone has their own opinions. I don’t think I know the whole story. Was the baby on the floor free to roam around the house, as well as the 2 year old? If so, no matter what type of dog it is, the mother should not have taken a nap with an animal roaming around with two young kids also being able to roam around.  I have a sweetheart German Shepherd who’s never shown any aggression, and I still absolutely would not allow my baby to roam around on the floor with my dog. They are all unpredictable, no matter how well trained you think they are.  Bottom line is, accidents do happen like this, and I think the mother has suffered enough. She was probably just beyond the point of exhaustion. I feel bad for everyone involved in this, even the dog.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  If I remember from the original article, I thought it was apparent that the dog attacked this child.  Can you provide any insight?  I was very surprised to see that they arrested the mother, just wondering what actually happened…

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  If I remember from the original article, I thought it was apparent that the dog attacked this child.  Can you provide any insight?  I was very surprised to see that they arrested the mother, just wondering what actually happened…

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q5REH3OTONH3DIPC7W43V4UKDI Bright

  Given what we know of this DA, the evidence pointing that she’s clearly to blame for endangerment must be strong. He generally doesn’t stick is neck out for cases he isn’t sure he can win.  

• Anonymous

  Well said!!

• Anonymous

  Well said!!

• Anonymous

  Don’t get it. You are saying what???

• Anonymous

  Don’t get it. You are saying what???

• Anonymous

  Are you saying she killed the baby and the dog got blamed for it??

• Anonymous

  She was supposed to go to court today,so maybe we will hear something. I really really hope that there was no drugs or drinking involved,but even if there was,she has to live with herself and the guilt must be overwhelming no matter what happened.   Meant to say were no drugs instead of was no drugs. ( Had to correct my grammer before the teacher’s come out.)

• Anonymous

  Dogs can be considered a loaded weapon, especially when around babies. She should’ve been keeping an eye on it and her baby just like it were a loaded gun.  You can’t be too careful. Child endagerment.

• Centaurmyst

  Unless this mother was passed out cold under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs while asleep than charging her is not only wrong, but extremely cruel.  Her children were 2 and 7 months and when you have small children you need to nap when they do if you want to get enough sleep.  Having a nap when your children nap is NOT a crime and doctors TELL mothers to do that…they are the experts.  The baby was probably in an infant carrier sleeping on the floor, like the experts tell you to place it because of the risk of falls.  Some people are also sound sleepers and might not wake up immediately to noises…especially if they are completely exhausted.  If this mother was drunk or high then it’s one thing, but if she wasn’t drunk or taking drugs or prescription medication not prescribed to her then filing these charges are not only mean spirited, but stupid.  This mother has another child she needs to be a parent to and I can only imagine how much of a struggle she must be going through over what happened.  Now that has been compounded even worse and in the end the one that is going to be the most hurt by all this is that innocent little boy who has lost his baby sister, whose parents are probably being eaten away with guilt and now this…pathetic, really, really pathetic.  I’ve seen no report of alcohol or drug abuse mentioned at all…so based on the information given this appears to have been a horrible and tragic ACCIDENT,  not a crime.  People need to get over their sick, twisted blood lust and pathetic need to attack and judge people over things like this.  Accidents or all kinds can happen to ANYONE.  

• Centaurmyst

  Unless this mother was passed out cold under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs while asleep than charging her is not only wrong, but extremely cruel.  Her children were 2 and 7 months and when you have small children you need to nap when they do if you want to get enough sleep.  Having a nap when your children nap is NOT a crime and doctors TELL mothers to do that…they are the experts.  The baby was probably in an infant carrier sleeping on the floor, like the experts tell you to place it because of the risk of falls.  Some people are also sound sleepers and might not wake up immediately to noises…especially if they are completely exhausted.  If this mother was drunk or high then it’s one thing, but if she wasn’t drunk or taking drugs or prescription medication not prescribed to her then filing these charges are not only mean spirited, but stupid.  This mother has another child she needs to be a parent to and I can only imagine how much of a struggle she must be going through over what happened.  Now that has been compounded even worse and in the end the one that is going to be the most hurt by all this is that innocent little boy who has lost his baby sister, whose parents are probably being eaten away with guilt and now this…pathetic, really, really pathetic.  I’ve seen no report of alcohol or drug abuse mentioned at all…so based on the information given this appears to have been a horrible and tragic ACCIDENT,  not a crime.  People need to get over their sick, twisted blood lust and pathetic need to attack and judge people over things like this.  Accidents or all kinds can happen to ANYONE.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AM3YETS67V73NIZDIRHOATM5JU jennifer

  First I would like to say that the dog has NEVER been agressive before.. I know this because my family owned the dog before the Mitchells took him and he has been in our family since he was a puppy. He was also around ALL of my nieces, nephews and very own daughters. Their ages range from newborn to 9 years old. He was a VERY LOVING DOG and wouldn’t harm anyone. Second, I would like to say that if the baby was MAULED wouldn’t there be some evidence on her body??? There was an autopsy done on her body, but why if the dog MAULED her?? Doesn’t make sense does it?? NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If it was simply a dog mauling then this case should have been shut right after the autopsy.. An autopsy that in my opinion wasn’t needed if there truly was a dog mauling… Oh BTW RIP DAQUILA because that was the dogs original name.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AM3YETS67V73NIZDIRHOATM5JU jennifer

  First I would like to say that the dog has NEVER been agressive before.. I know this because my family owned the dog before the Mitchells took him and he has been in our family since he was a puppy. He was also around ALL of my nieces, nephews and very own daughters. Their ages range from newborn to 9 years old. He was a VERY LOVING DOG and wouldn’t harm anyone. Second, I would like to say that if the baby was MAULED wouldn’t there be some evidence on her body??? There was an autopsy done on her body, but why if the dog MAULED her?? Doesn’t make sense does it?? NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If it was simply a dog mauling then this case should have been shut right after the autopsy.. An autopsy that in my opinion wasn’t needed if there truly was a dog mauling… Oh BTW RIP DAQUILA because that was the dogs original name.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AM3YETS67V73NIZDIRHOATM5JU jennifer

  First I would like to say that the dog has NEVER been agressive before.. I know this because my family owned the dog before the Mitchells took him and he has been in our family since he was a puppy. He was also around ALL of my nieces, nephews and very own daughters. Their ages range from newborn to 9 years old. He was a VERY LOVING DOG and wouldn’t harm anyone. Second, I would like to say that if the baby was MAULED wouldn’t there be some evidence on her body??? There was an autopsy done on her body, but why if the dog MAULED her?? Doesn’t make sense does it?? NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If it was simply a dog mauling then this case should have been shut right after the autopsy.. An autopsy that in my opinion wasn’t needed if there truly was a dog mauling… Oh BTW RIP DAQUILA because that was the dogs original name.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AM3YETS67V73NIZDIRHOATM5JU jennifer

  First I would like to say that the dog has NEVER been agressive before.. I know this because my family owned the dog before the Mitchells took him and he has been in our family since he was a puppy. He was also around ALL of my nieces, nephews and very own daughters. Their ages range from newborn to 9 years old. He was a VERY LOVING DOG and wouldn’t harm anyone. Second, I would like to say that if the baby was MAULED wouldn’t there be some evidence on her body??? There was an autopsy done on her body, but why if the dog MAULED her?? Doesn’t make sense does it?? NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If it was simply a dog mauling then this case should have been shut right after the autopsy.. An autopsy that in my opinion wasn’t needed if there truly was a dog mauling… Oh BTW RIP DAQUILA because that was the dogs original name.

• Centaurmyst

  Grief is very difficult and does impact people differently.  There are healthier ways than others, however, which I’m sure you realize.  The gun story you shared is a not safe place for you to let yourself be.  If you get to that point again and don’t already have a plan to cope that you have set up with a counselor then please call either 1-888-568-1112 or
  1-800-273-TALK.  There are also quite a few grief support groups specifically for people who have lost a child.  Meeting, talking to and hearing the stories of others who can understand how you feel can be so helpful.  Isolation can and does occur in situations like this often because people just don’t know what to say to be helpful and they are afraid they might say something wrong that will make matters worse.  It sucks because you need to talk about the person you lost sometimes…it’s part of the process.  Here are some local support groups.  I just included everything that might apply since I don’t know any particulars.  Hang in there…and please stay safe.

  BANGOR — Parents who have lost a child, grief support group, led by trained facilitators, 6 p.m. third Wednesdays, family center at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home, 133 Center St. Audrey, 942-2670; Pat, 942-6440; or Judy, 326-9369.BANGOR — Safe Place, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, 6:30 p.m. first Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, 163 Center St. Barbara, 947-7003; Julie, 990-5849.BANGOR — Empty Arms,  a support group helping families that have been touched by pregnancy and infant loss, 6:30-8 p.m. every third Thursday of the month, One Cumberland Place, Suite 300.  973-8742.BANGOR — Community bereavement support, 6 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, Center Street. 262-1810 or 843-7521.

• Centaurmyst

  Grief is very difficult and does impact people differently.  There are healthier ways than others, however, which I’m sure you realize.  The gun story you shared is a not safe place for you to let yourself be.  If you get to that point again and don’t already have a plan to cope that you have set up with a counselor then please call either 1-888-568-1112 or
  1-800-273-TALK.  There are also quite a few grief support groups specifically for people who have lost a child.  Meeting, talking to and hearing the stories of others who can understand how you feel can be so helpful.  Isolation can and does occur in situations like this often because people just don’t know what to say to be helpful and they are afraid they might say something wrong that will make matters worse.  It sucks because you need to talk about the person you lost sometimes…it’s part of the process.  Here are some local support groups.  I just included everything that might apply since I don’t know any particulars.  Hang in there…and please stay safe.

  BANGOR — Parents who have lost a child, grief support group, led by trained facilitators, 6 p.m. third Wednesdays, family center at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home, 133 Center St. Audrey, 942-2670; Pat, 942-6440; or Judy, 326-9369.BANGOR — Safe Place, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, 6:30 p.m. first Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, 163 Center St. Barbara, 947-7003; Julie, 990-5849.BANGOR — Empty Arms,  a support group helping families that have been touched by pregnancy and infant loss, 6:30-8 p.m. every third Thursday of the month, One Cumberland Place, Suite 300.  973-8742.BANGOR — Community bereavement support, 6 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, Center Street. 262-1810 or 843-7521.

• Centaurmyst

  Grief is very difficult and does impact people differently.  There are healthier ways than others, however, which I’m sure you realize.  The gun story you shared is a not safe place for you to let yourself be.  If you get to that point again and don’t already have a plan to cope that you have set up with a counselor then please call either 1-888-568-1112 or
  1-800-273-TALK.  There are also quite a few grief support groups specifically for people who have lost a child.  Meeting, talking to and hearing the stories of others who can understand how you feel can be so helpful.  Isolation can and does occur in situations like this often because people just don’t know what to say to be helpful and they are afraid they might say something wrong that will make matters worse.  It sucks because you need to talk about the person you lost sometimes…it’s part of the process.  Here are some local support groups.  I just included everything that might apply since I don’t know any particulars.  Hang in there…and please stay safe.

  BANGOR — Parents who have lost a child, grief support group, led by trained facilitators, 6 p.m. third Wednesdays, family center at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home, 133 Center St. Audrey, 942-2670; Pat, 942-6440; or Judy, 326-9369.BANGOR — Safe Place, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, 6:30 p.m. first Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, 163 Center St. Barbara, 947-7003; Julie, 990-5849.BANGOR — Empty Arms,  a support group helping families that have been touched by pregnancy and infant loss, 6:30-8 p.m. every third Thursday of the month, One Cumberland Place, Suite 300.  973-8742.BANGOR — Community bereavement support, 6 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays, Brookings-Smith Family Center, Center Street. 262-1810 or 843-7521.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AM3YETS67V73NIZDIRHOATM5JU jennifer

  They are SAYING the dog mauled the child.. They did an autopsy on her body but why if it was soooooo apparent that the dog mauled her??? You would see some kind of marks on the babies body or some evidence to prove that the dog did it.. I would completely shut my mouth if there was an OFFICIAL statement saying that they had evidence on a dog mauling.. I KNOW THIS DOG WAS FRIENDLY BECAUSE THE MITCHELLS GOT THE DOG FROM MY FAMILY WHO MIND YOU HAS HAD HIM SINCE HE WAS A PUPPY.

• Centaurmyst

  An infant in a swing was killed by a Black Lab in another state before, so that is very possible.  The kids probably were sleeping and the mother decided to take a nap too.  That is what the doctors and experts TELL mothers of young children to do, otherwise they don’t get enough rest.  If the baby was in a swing, up off the floor, then who would think the baby wasn’t safe?

• 525_44

  Autopsy’s are often done even if the cause of death is evident…suspicious deaths, accident victims, drownings etc…

• 525_44

  Autopsy’s are often done even if the cause of death is evident…suspicious deaths, accident victims, drownings etc…

• 525_44

  Autopsy’s are often done even if the cause of death is evident…suspicious deaths, accident victims, drownings etc…

• Centaurmyst

  You are making a lot of assumptions based on ZERO evidence.  No one would disagree that what happened to this baby was horrible and tragic.  That being said…you are acting like the mother knew this would happen and even planned it.  Show me a mother who insists she never fell asleep during the day while caring for a 2 year old and an infant at the same time and I’ll show you a liar.  Whether a child is sick, Mom has the flu or whatever…perfectly good parents fall asleep sometimes…it’s called being human.  

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  You sound no more civilized than the dog that killed the child. Some dogs are more important than people. There are people who would choose to save their dog over a human.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  You sound no more civilized than the dog that killed the child. Some dogs are more important than people. There are people who would choose to save their dog over a human.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  I would love the chance to, but a trigger happy cop took any fair chance away.

• Centaurmyst

  no baby gate would stop a dog from getting over it.  Even an ankle biter can jump over those gates.  I suppose the mother could have stuck the baby in the crib and shut the door to the bedroom to have a nap but then she would not have been able to hear any cries and the same people attacking her on here would be doing the same about that.  She could have tried chaining the dog outside, but then it would have barked and disturbed the neighbors…and likely gotten loose as most large breed dogs do.  In this comment section this woman would be attacked no matter what she did or didn’t do because there are a ton of people on here who have such low self esteem that the only way they can feel better about their own shortcomings is to attack people in articles over anything they can come up with.  It’s quite pathetic…

• Centaurmyst

  no baby gate would stop a dog from getting over it.  Even an ankle biter can jump over those gates.  I suppose the mother could have stuck the baby in the crib and shut the door to the bedroom to have a nap but then she would not have been able to hear any cries and the same people attacking her on here would be doing the same about that.  She could have tried chaining the dog outside, but then it would have barked and disturbed the neighbors…and likely gotten loose as most large breed dogs do.  In this comment section this woman would be attacked no matter what she did or didn’t do because there are a ton of people on here who have such low self esteem that the only way they can feel better about their own shortcomings is to attack people in articles over anything they can come up with.  It’s quite pathetic…

• Centaurmyst

  no baby gate would stop a dog from getting over it.  Even an ankle biter can jump over those gates.  I suppose the mother could have stuck the baby in the crib and shut the door to the bedroom to have a nap but then she would not have been able to hear any cries and the same people attacking her on here would be doing the same about that.  She could have tried chaining the dog outside, but then it would have barked and disturbed the neighbors…and likely gotten loose as most large breed dogs do.  In this comment section this woman would be attacked no matter what she did or didn’t do because there are a ton of people on here who have such low self esteem that the only way they can feel better about their own shortcomings is to attack people in articles over anything they can come up with.  It’s quite pathetic…

• Centaurmyst

  no baby gate would stop a dog from getting over it.  Even an ankle biter can jump over those gates.  I suppose the mother could have stuck the baby in the crib and shut the door to the bedroom to have a nap but then she would not have been able to hear any cries and the same people attacking her on here would be doing the same about that.  She could have tried chaining the dog outside, but then it would have barked and disturbed the neighbors…and likely gotten loose as most large breed dogs do.  In this comment section this woman would be attacked no matter what she did or didn’t do because there are a ton of people on here who have such low self esteem that the only way they can feel better about their own shortcomings is to attack people in articles over anything they can come up with.  It’s quite pathetic…

• Centaurmyst

  no baby gate would stop a dog from getting over it.  Even an ankle biter can jump over those gates.  I suppose the mother could have stuck the baby in the crib and shut the door to the bedroom to have a nap but then she would not have been able to hear any cries and the same people attacking her on here would be doing the same about that.  She could have tried chaining the dog outside, but then it would have barked and disturbed the neighbors…and likely gotten loose as most large breed dogs do.  In this comment section this woman would be attacked no matter what she did or didn’t do because there are a ton of people on here who have such low self esteem that the only way they can feel better about their own shortcomings is to attack people in articles over anything they can come up with.  It’s quite pathetic…

• Anonymous

  Paul I understand what you are saying in regard to a injured animal. It must be awful hard to do that.

• Centaurmyst

  The kids were most likely asleep when the mother went to sleep. 

• 525_44

  You sound as if you feel the dog’s life was more important than the child’s. The dog killed a human, that’s what happens to dogs that kill.

  I love dogs, I have them but I’d never take in one that has killed or mauled or bitten a child.
  Control your emotions, it sounds like you are under a lot of stress and young.
  Take care.

• PaulNotBunyan

  I really don’t want to see people posting explanations of autopsy procedures and the reasons for them. If you can stomach it, google it and read all about it. That would provide some answers.

• PaulNotBunyan

  I really don’t want to see people posting explanations of autopsy procedures and the reasons for them. If you can stomach it, google it and read all about it. That would provide some answers.

• Centaurmyst

  They might be holding back information about the injuries due to them possibly being especially disturbing.

• Centaurmyst

  They might be holding back information about the injuries due to them possibly being especially disturbing.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OHAWJAIESNCJO7VAXPCF7AYZVE Brenna

  This dog belonged to my neighbors that likved just down the road from me. They gave the dog away a couple months ago. This dog was constantly around children ever since it was a puppy. I don’t understand how this dog could have done something like this unless it was badly treated.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OHAWJAIESNCJO7VAXPCF7AYZVE Brenna

  This dog belonged to my neighbors that likved just down the road from me. They gave the dog away a couple months ago. This dog was constantly around children ever since it was a puppy. I don’t understand how this dog could have done something like this unless it was badly treated.

• Centaurmyst

  Unfortunately, most of the stories about pit bulls are actually about dogs of “pit bull-like” breeds and not actually American Pitbull Terriers.  It’s so annoying the way the media calls every freaking bull type breed dog a “pitbull.”  

• Centaurmyst

  Unfortunately, most of the stories about pit bulls are actually about dogs of “pit bull-like” breeds and not actually American Pitbull Terriers.  It’s so annoying the way the media calls every freaking bull type breed dog a “pitbull.”  

• dadoje

  It was on the 6 0 clock news that she was passed out with a blood alchohol level of .30 almost 4 times the legal limit if on the road.   Charging her with child endangerment is the right call.

• dadoje

  It was on the 6 0 clock news that she was passed out with a blood alchohol level of .30 almost 4 times the legal limit if on the road.   Charging her with child endangerment is the right call.

• dadoje

  It was on the 6 0 clock news that she was passed out with a blood alchohol level of .30 almost 4 times the legal limit if on the road.   Charging her with child endangerment is the right call.

• dadoje

  Her blood alchohol level was .30  six oclock news report

• dadoje

  Her blood alchohol level was .30  six oclock news report

• dadoje

  Her blood alchohol level was .30  six oclock news report

• Anonymous

  Actually, dogs can be trained to stay on one side of a gate.  Mine have been and only ONCE has my lab jumped over it, and that’s because someone on the other side of it encouraged him to do so.  Secondly, even with a closed bedroom door, most parents can still hear their baby’s cry.  I am not sure if you have children, but I know that my daughter has slept in her crib or bed since she was 6/7 months old in a bedroom with the door closed and I still heard her whenever she woke up.  They also have these nifty inventions called a baby monitor, which allows a parent to hear their baby even if they’re on the other end of the house. 
  The fact is, I was not attacking this mother.  As stated before, we do not know the details of what happened, so I am not passing judgment.  HOWEVER, my point has been and will remain that there ARE things that can be done by dog owners to MINIMIZE the chances of something like this happening.  Anytime something as tragic as this happens, it is a time for us all to evaluate what we can do to help prevent these things in the future.  I do not take being a parent lightly, and I also don’t take being a dog owner lightly.  I am simply encouraging people not to treat dogs like people or expect them to behave that way.  We need to be aware that any dog has to potential to bite, and larger dogs have the potential to do more harm simply because of their size.

• Anonymous

  Actually, dogs can be trained to stay on one side of a gate.  Mine have been and only ONCE has my lab jumped over it, and that’s because someone on the other side of it encouraged him to do so.  Secondly, even with a closed bedroom door, most parents can still hear their baby’s cry.  I am not sure if you have children, but I know that my daughter has slept in her crib or bed since she was 6/7 months old in a bedroom with the door closed and I still heard her whenever she woke up.  They also have these nifty inventions called a baby monitor, which allows a parent to hear their baby even if they’re on the other end of the house. 
  The fact is, I was not attacking this mother.  As stated before, we do not know the details of what happened, so I am not passing judgment.  HOWEVER, my point has been and will remain that there ARE things that can be done by dog owners to MINIMIZE the chances of something like this happening.  Anytime something as tragic as this happens, it is a time for us all to evaluate what we can do to help prevent these things in the future.  I do not take being a parent lightly, and I also don’t take being a dog owner lightly.  I am simply encouraging people not to treat dogs like people or expect them to behave that way.  We need to be aware that any dog has to potential to bite, and larger dogs have the potential to do more harm simply because of their size.

• Centaurmyst

  A dog that would attack, maul and kill a baby is not going to be stopped by a baby gate.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It’s hard because you can’t stand back and you can’t look away. You want to be absolutely sure it will be finished and over when you pull the trigger. I’m not sure what might go wrong when putting an animal down with drugs. I’ve been present for that and fortunately it went smoothly every time. If it was better for the poor creature it was still pretty rough on me.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1136943834 Nicole Natalie Shingoose

  Since when was it acceptable for a citizen to order a cop to shoot.
  Imagine if all cops where like this rent-a-cop? 

• Centaurmyst

  First of all, most 7 month old babies can’t “roam” around anywhere since most aren’t even crawling yet.  Second…the baby was most likely either in a child carrier seat or a swing within ear shot of the mother, and was probably ASLEEP when the mother fell asleep.  Third, every obstetrician and pediatrician will tell a mother to SLEEP when your child SLEEPS.  That’s the only way to get the much needed rest.  Fourth, two year olds usually also take naps.  I always did my best to get my kids on a napping schedule so they slept at the same time so I could have a nap with them. 

  Anyone who says this woman left her kids unattended and “roaming” the house are making assumptions and NOT giving actual facts.  There is absolutely nothing in any article on this story that says that.  We do NOT know if they were awake or asleep or what the circumstances were.  

• Centaurmyst

  The “criminal conduct” could be as simple as them finding marijuana and a pipe in the house, even if it were totally unrelated and not even being used.  Until there is more information I don’t think it’s a good idea for anyone to make any assumptions.  

• Centaurmyst

  The “criminal conduct” could be as simple as them finding marijuana and a pipe in the house, even if it were totally unrelated and not even being used.  Until there is more information I don’t think it’s a good idea for anyone to make any assumptions.  

• Dennis Dysart

  I hear you. It doesn’t seem right that she was charged. I can’t imagine what this poor woman has gone through already. I have kids myself and cannot imagine having one killed by a dog. I would have killed that dog  myself.

• Centaurmyst

  Not everyone is a light sleeper.  I happen to be a very heavy sleeper…especially when I have not gotten enough sleep for awhile.  I can’t even wake up to a regular alarm clock if I am very, very tired.  I don’t drink or do drugs, either.  I sleep through the worst electrical storms and even once slept through my youngest beating me in the mouth with a coffee mug when she was two.  Her teenage sister was watching her and told me about it when I woke up.  The article doesn’t say that the mother slept through the attack…only that the attack happened while she was asleep, not that the mom didn’t wake up when it started.  Sadly, it would not take long, though.  Even if the mom were awake when the attack began it’s unlikely she could have stopped it.  A baby is small and one bad bite could kill a baby.  This mom will most likely never forgive herself.  Most marriages don’t survive something like this, either.  There is still a little boy whose parents are most likely a complete mess now, and unless there is absolute proof that this woman was shooting heroin or something then charging her is wrong and will only end up hurting that little boy in the long run.

• Centaurmyst

  Not everyone is a light sleeper.  I happen to be a very heavy sleeper…especially when I have not gotten enough sleep for awhile.  I can’t even wake up to a regular alarm clock if I am very, very tired.  I don’t drink or do drugs, either.  I sleep through the worst electrical storms and even once slept through my youngest beating me in the mouth with a coffee mug when she was two.  Her teenage sister was watching her and told me about it when I woke up.  The article doesn’t say that the mother slept through the attack…only that the attack happened while she was asleep, not that the mom didn’t wake up when it started.  Sadly, it would not take long, though.  Even if the mom were awake when the attack began it’s unlikely she could have stopped it.  A baby is small and one bad bite could kill a baby.  This mom will most likely never forgive herself.  Most marriages don’t survive something like this, either.  There is still a little boy whose parents are most likely a complete mess now, and unless there is absolute proof that this woman was shooting heroin or something then charging her is wrong and will only end up hurting that little boy in the long run.

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  My point is being proven by your stereotype.  ANY dog could do this.  Larger ones are more likely to cause damage.  Dogs are not people.  They respond differently to babies and toddlers than humans do.  They do not understand the crying or screaming that babies do.  What do dogs do with their young?  They pick them up by the scruff of the neck.  What happens if a dog does this to a baby?  Well, the baby is injured or killed.  So I believe you to be wrong.  Especially now that we have more information in the latest article, I believe that if the dog had been in a different area of the house (without access to the baby), or if the baby had been placed in her crib, this tragedy could have been avoided (even if the mother had been passed out drunk).

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.

• Anonymous

  Unfortunately, ANY dog has the capability of doing something like this.  Even dogs that have been raised around children and have always behaved perfectly.  If what is now being reported is true (that the mother was passed out drunk and high), and the baby was screaming and crying, the dog may have responded to that in the same way he would have responded to a younger smaller dog.  That is why all dogs should be supervised when young children are around.  If that is not possible, the dog should be in a separate area of the house.

  I believe one of the articles has stated that there were marks on the babies’ body.  I know it’s hard to comprehend how a dog that you knew to be very loving could do something like this.  But that is why it is so important for parents and dog owners to be aware that dogs and babies/toddlers/young children should ALWAYS be supervised.  Children can really freak dogs out – even the sweetest, most loving dogs have a threshold of fear and/or instinct that can lead to biting or mauling.