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9-Year-Old Saves Girl from Pit Bull

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 7th 2009 1:00PM

When I enrolled my 8-year-old in a martial arts class, I did so mostly for the health and self-esteem benefits. In the class, she is learning some basic self-defense skills, but the idea that she would ever need to use those is just too scary to ...
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Dad Fights Pit Bull to Save Daughter

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 21st 2008 3:00PM

This is one of those stories that sends chills down my spine. It has a happy ending - but just barely. 31-year-old Steven Hehr of Gladstone, Oregon was visiting with some friends in Happy Valley when he heard his seven-year-old daughter, Jayda, ...
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When dogs attack kids

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted May 7th 2008 8:01AM

In the drive through line-up this morning, I heard a story that disturbed me so much that halfway through, I flipped the sound off and glanced worriedly at my son in the rearview mirror. He was thoughtfully eating his cinnamon raisin bagel and ...
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Children should never be left alone with dogs

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Feb 23rd 2007 11:31AM

According to British doctors, children shouldn't be allowed to play alone with dogs. This statement comes in the wake of a fatal attack on a 5-year-old by a pit bull terrier, and the release of statistics showing serious dog bites have doubled in the ...
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My ferret ate my baby's toes

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Dec 21st 2006 2:26PM

A woman in Louisiana was jailed after four of her baby daughter's toes were gnawed off. Gross. And it gets even weirder. The father claims the family pit bull did it, but the mom blames her pet ferret. "The way the bite marks were on her foot, the ...
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