I wish I could see a picture of these dogs, the media seems to tag the dogs as pit bulls just because they are a bigger dog and bit. I have seen more than a few people call them pit bulls and they are not. The grandmother was the one who was responsible in this case. You don't let any child out around a pack of dogs, without supervision. The dogs can start out playing with a toy another dog wants it and then it turns to a fight. The child may have got caught up in this.
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f you have a dog whether it's a poodle or a bull dog the child should never be left alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_attack (click for info on dog attacks.)
Unsupervised children
This is arguably the most critical factor in fatal dog attacks on children, who because of their small size are usually not able to withstand an attack until help arrives. Many adults survived severe dog attacks simply by virtue of the fact that they were able to sustain and fend the dogs off to some degree until assistance arrived.
Children often engage in behavior that will trigger a dog attack. For example, approaching a chained dog, trying to hug or kiss an unfamiliar animal, or trying to pull its tail.
The age group with the second-highest amount of fatalities due to a dog attack are 2-year-old children. Over 88% of these fatalities occurred when the 2-year-old child was left unsupervised with a dog(s) or the child wandered off to the location of the dog.
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