Also would like to see the upbringing and environment of these dogs. There is always a crazy one that has no hope and those ones are put down. I am still a strong believer that you treat a dog right, they are buddies for life no matter what breed they are. There is always the fluke animal that has a freak accident and at the end of the day they are animals. I would say 90% of these attacks are because the dogs were essentially brought up this way.

My brother was only 9 months old when our lab bit him in the face. Sweetest dog growing up and even only being 4 years old, I LOVED THAT DOG and still have memories playing with him. We had a big 4th of July bbq at the house, it was insanely hot, parents weren't watching my brother. He crawled over to the dog was messing with an already stressed out animal, and a 90lb lab snapped one time at a little 9 month old crawling baby. The incident was catastrophic for my brothers face and I still remember my mom holding my brother face down and skin just hanging from his face.

Was the dog bad? Absolutely not. Was it failure to recognize the situation on the owners part, absolutely. My dad rushed my mom, my brother and the dog off. My mom and brother were dropped off at the hospital, my dad went 20 minutes away to an empty lot and rid the dog right there with a .357. When the docs asked where the dog was, my dad only said "that's been taken care of."

Even the best dogs and breeds in the world can and will snap in certain conditions. They are animals. Blatant attacks and eating human flesh.... this isn't a breed issue, this is 100% the way these dogs were raised issue. Owners need to be held 100% responsible.

1.Common sense dog laws
2. Background checks on dog ownership
3. Red "dog" flags
4. ?

I think I read in a different article that they had to move the school bus stop due to those dogs.

Exactly... when I can, I still make my mom and dad feel bad about that moment. That dog did nothing wrong but you put any animal in a vulnerable situation, they will always protect their self. I still get a little bugged every time I think of Ol Dude dog. He was a goodin who got the shaft way too young. My dad to this day has no remorse over the whole situation but my mom still thinks it was handled all wrong. Either way, it wasn't the dogs fault, it was the owners fault and that was the point I was trying to drive home here.

Add me to the list of men that felt like your dad did-
No matter the reason it happened I would want to make sure that it never happened with that dog again-

I have been bitten by a greyhound. I was riding my bike when it ran out of a neighbor's open gate and sank its teeth into my hip. I've also been bitten on the back of the leg by a miniature pinscher. My uncle's German Shepherd bit my sister just above her breast when we went to his house as kids.

I guess I look at things differently. Bad things sometimes happen. I'm not in favor of outlawing or killing all dogs of any breed because one or two out of 30 million Texans dies every year or so.