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Dog Boards School Bus and Attacks Kids

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 19th 2011 1:30PM

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The old axiom goes that it's not news when a dog bites a man. It's only news a man bites a dog.
But that's not always true. When a dog gets on a school bus and starts attacking children -- sending four of ...Bus driver fights off dog as it attacks children.
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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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Pit bull bites, boy bites back

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 26th 2008 2:00PM

Usually the stories we hear of children being attacked by animals do not end well. This is not one of those. An 11-year-old Brazilian boy named Gabriel Almeida has become of bit of a local celebrity not just for surviving a dog attack, but for the ...
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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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A mom's brush with terror on Father's Day

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jun 19th 2006 2:27PM

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon (and, as it turned out, evening) at my parent's home near the Oregon coast. The little "town" they live in, Elsie, is just close enough so that they share a zip code with the oceanside towns, and just far enough so ...
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