WHOA--Did anyone else hear about this?

Wow..[>:][>:]Phhfffttttt don't believe it...but then again it depends on what they mean by 'sexual assault' which they did not specify...maybe it was just mounting the boy?? Oh wow Georgia does that all the time god I wish people would understand a dogs' behavior before getting one..eeeeeeeeeeesh

An experienced stud dog can tie a bitch within seconds [] I have also collected a stud dog and I can tell you it does not take long from zero to sixty...not long at all. Probably more than anyone wanted to know but...
 
I would assume the facts will come out...as far as DNA reports etc in a couple weeks. Be interesting to hear the eventual outcome of the forensic work.

ORIGINAL: mudpuppy

I'm guessing they are blaming the pit bull for some human's act.

 
My thinking exactly.

Cathy I don't know...if the child had older siblings...or simply immature parents, the child might've bene mounted daily and they laughed about it....but this one time things lined up right for something truly awful to occur.
 
NOT all mounting is about sex...but not all mounting is about dominance either! Plenty of dogs...notably small breeds "finish" with their stuffed toys. That's obviously hardly a dominant behavior. If an erection is present it's fairly safe to say the dog means business.
 
I concur about it being scary...it's like being attacked....and tho there are no teeth it's just this terrifying primal feeling of being too weak to stop what is happening [&:]

the story says that the attack continued even after adults started beating the dog - now I have seen some very amourous (sp) dogs, but none that could not be interputed when 1st starting their ...uumm...adventure - yes I know dogs 'tie-up, have even had to spray 1 or 2 strays in the yard with the garden hose (cold water), but at the beginning?

To me with experience with breeding dogs...things happen quickly...and the scenario is not as far fetched to me as it might be to others...just as stomach turning...but not completely out of the realm of possible.

 
I'd have to agree it's definitely possible.  Animals don't know where the right places are on each other anymore than they would on humans.  They smell the right area, following their instinct to mount, and then stab around.  Handlers of stallions during breeding often have to place the stallion in the mare for him to get it right.  Young male animals will even mount the females sideways and not come anywhere close to getting her bred.  Since humans when on hands and knees have much the same physical setup as animals it seems just as likely for a dog to be successful with a human as a female dog.
 
However it's not going to happen in an instant for the same reasons as it can happen.  Inexperienced young males get it wrong more often than they get it right.  A dog is not going to jump up, mount the kid, and manage to find the right spot in a couple minutes.  The child had to of been left unsupervised for a fair amount of time and/or this dog has experience mounting other humans and not just for the usual dominance humping.  There's still some human at fault here.  Dogs don't know what rape is or whether it's appropriate to mount a 2year old child.  An unneutered male is only going to follow instinct and it should be a parent's responsibility to prevent things like that.  Just like watching the child to make sure it doesn't accidentally cause injury to the dog and get bit for it.  A serious bite wound could have resulted just easily from leaving any dog and child unsupervised. 

That is one heck of a weird story... [:-] I guess I can see it happening...maybe.  Except it seems SO much more likely that they're using the pit excuse to cover something up.  But as Gina said, we have to wait for the forensic stuff to come back.  Either way, the poor kid!  The story says he's had "several surgeries to repair some pretty significant damage".  [:-][:-]

I'd have to agree that this story does seems odd and very disturbing. And I agree with rwbeagles. It really doesn't seem that far fetched. I think it was irresponsible to leave a child and a dog unattended together even if it is for just a brief moment.  But I also have to say that I have a change table for my son, but it is alot easier to change him on the rug. I almost rarely used his change table or anything like that.

ORIGINAL: Amitiel

the story says that the attack continued even after adults started beating the dog - now I have seen some very amourous (sp) dogs, but none that could not be interputed when 1st starting their ...uumm...adventure - yes I know dogs 'tie-up, have even had to spray 1 or 2 strays in the yard with the garden hose (cold water), but at the beginning?

Does it ever actually say they got him off in the beginning?  It would make much more sense (if the kid was unattended as it seems likely he was) that they didn't catch it right away and gave the dog some time to...uh...do it's thing.  It would also explain the extensive injuries the kid apparently received.  Yuck [:@]

This most interesting part of the story is this: "A little boy was home with his family, and the family pit bull actually sodomized the boy."
 
Right.....
 
What was your 2 YEAR OLD doing naked ALONE with your dog in another room? (If we are to assume that is the case). Some things just don't add up here. Something is very fishy....
 
somewhere I see a skethy adult, doing sketchy things, then realizing that that have possibly injured the child, then realizing they had better come up with a story pretty quick....let's blame the family dog. A Pitt Bull no less. Oh, the media attention!
 
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but there is something truly *off* about this.
 
 
 

Sham...I will minorly disagree simply because I know of plenty of breeders who have gotten ties (usually UNWANTED) in the snap of your fingers...with 8 mo old male pups, or ancient dog that've never been bred or even interested. One story I recall in particular is of a Sheltie person with a lovely stud potential dog who just couldn't get it right....he was interested but hopeless...and wilted upon interference. One day the owner was hosting a bitch for breeding to him and was looking forward to another AI. Well he threw a tennis ball down the hall and the bitch happily chased it...stud dog hot on her heels....he went to mount just as she stopped on a dime to grab the ball and THERE YA GO....they were tied. She said the look on the studs face was truly priceless...and totally human. Now that's a somewhat funny tale, perhaps a bitout of place on this thread...but it does show what I mean.
 
And just because the mother said "a couple of minutes" doesn't mean that the time is accurate. []
 
It's just luck, in this case it'd be bad...there's just as much on the side of it not happening like *that SNAP!* as there is that it will. Factor in Murphy's Law of 'the one time you don't want this to happen it happens' and well...
 
I hope they update the story...I hate when the leave people hanging and don't follow up!
 

Nikki...I thought the same thing.

The article did say that the boy was actually sodomized, so I'm hoping that when they do the DNA testing they come back and update the story. The evidence will either be canine or not. I'm tending to think "not" - but who knows? I guess anything is possible.
 
Joyce

I think in either case it'll be apparent we're dealing with mental midgets...either knowing nothing about forensics, and the role it plays in actually finding the guilty...or about child dog husbandry....eeek!
Poor baby.

It seems there is already conflicting testimony about the exact circumstances. Mmmm....
 
In the link Sham85 provided the first article (Lockports boy allegedly assaulted by family pet) says
 "The dog ran outside, still attached to the boy. Neighbors stepped in to help, beating on the dog to get it off the boy."
 
The second article (Experts say sexual attack by dog is "Possible")states
"Castillo was walking home, passing by the victim's City of Lockport home when he heard the boy's mother screaming for help. He ran inside and said he saw the dog sexually assaulting the boy."I had to beat up on the dog to take him away from the baby," he said."
 
Note : underlining mine in both articles.