Toddlers Attacked...but where's the dog?

This opinion of this article is not mine, but Christine's that I asked for permission to use. The reason I asked her was to me, her opinion clearly paints a much broader picture of the story than what the press does and she points out some very important observations to consider.
I also saw a white dog being taken away in the news and it does make you wonder. WHY didn't they show the offending dog?

As unfortunate as it is that these children got hurt. It wasn't near the mauling that City TV was touting as "Teeth of Terror". I'm sure MB (Michael Bryant) will have his ugly mug all over the news saying how right he was to ban these dogs. However, DOLA would not have done sweet bugger all in this case as the incident occurred in the home.

The eldest child - 3 yrs. old - was bitten on the back of the leg. The youngest child - 1 yr. old - had a scratch to his face and a cut on his head when the child was knocked over. To me it looks like the younger child wasn't bitten at all but hurt in the excitement and was knocked over.

It was a family gathering. Dogs were supposed to be in the basement. For whatever reason they got out of the basement and there was too much "excitement" and it went from there.

Only 1 dog was involved in the the incident, and it wasn't the white dog shown on tv. The white dog that you saw on tv being hauled away is larger than the other and was being taken away for "observation
overnight".

So if it wasn't the white "pit bull" dog, what kind of dog is the other dog? Is he a pit bull or are they saying he is because he looks like it?

Here's the quote from the article.

Jim Konstandinitis, with Toronto Animal Services, packed up both Buddy, the pit bull who attacked the youngsters, along with a larger, white pit bull.

"Based on what the owner says, it has attacked before," Konstandinitis said. "The dog's probably going to be destroyed. Hopefully the owner will sign it over and make it easier for everybody."

Konstandinitis said police wanted the second dog taken away as well, even though it wasn't involved in biting the children.

"For safety reasons they want to take it in, keep it overnight and see what happens," he said, adding it's not known what sparked the attack.

"It could have been anything -- the child could have poked the dog in the eye, could have grabbed it, could have startled it," Konstandinitis said.

"The pit bull is a great dog, they're great animals, and it's just circumstances that make that react that way."

Christine

Pit bull attacks 2 toddlers

Young boys treated at Sick Kids after dog goes wild

By JONATHAN JENKINS, TORONTO SUN

Two little boys were attacked by the family pit bull yesterday and sent to the Hospital for Sick Children with cuts and bites, while the dog was taken by Animal Services -- likely to be destroyed.

"The kids were lucky," Toronto Police Sgt. Jim Browne said. "It could've been worse."

Browne said the older boy, around age 3, was the most badly hurt, with a bite to the back of his thigh.

The younger child, around 1, suffered a scratch to his face and a cut to his head, possibly from being knocked down by the animal.

Browne said the owner of the pit bull, who was co-operating with police, said he believed the dog became overexcited during a family gathering on Harvie Ave., near Rogers and Caledonia Rds.

'ANXIETY-PROVOKING'

"They try to keep the dog downstairs when the kids are around," Browne said of the dog's owner.

"Everybody was upset. It was very anxiety-provoking for everyone."

Jim Konstandinitis, with Toronto Animal Services, packed up both Buddy, the pit bull who attacked the youngsters, along with a larger, white pit bull.

"Based on what the owner says, it has attacked before," Konstandinitis said. "The dog's probably going to be destroyed. Hopefully the owner will sign it over and make it easier for everybody."

Konstandinitis said police wanted the second dog taken away as well, even though it wasn't involved in biting the children.

"For safety reasons they want to take it in, keep it overnight and see what happens," he said, adding it's not known what sparked the attack.

"It could have been anything -- the child could have poked the dog in the eye, could have grabbed it, could have startled it," Konstandinitis said.

"The pit bull is a great dog, they're great animals, and it's just circumstances that make that react that way."

But neighbour Dave Dickie said both animals are aggressive and rarely muzzled.

"That dog's a psycho," Dickie said. "Every time I walk by here with my baby, I'm scared. They try and jump over the fence and they try to attack everybody that comes by."