Wife’s afraid pit bull will harm baby and wants him done – but pit bull loves baby unconditionally

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 474

Sometimes it’s difficult to get over the negative misconceptions and stigmas that are prevalent in society. Whether it’s about animals, people, or even companies, it’s hard to go against what so many people are saying, but often times, you will realize that you for every person that says something negative, there are just as many that say positive things.

When Greg Heynen met his wife’s Pit Bull / Labrador mix dog, he didn’t know what to think. He was initially scared of having a dog around his newborn baby, but the following story really illustrates how his heart suddenly changed.

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My wife and I owned two dogs that we had owned before we met and brought into the marriage. Her dog was a pit bull/labrador cross named Zack, and he hated me. When our daughter was born, I said to the wife, ‘If he so much as nips at the baby, he’s gone.’

We brought our daughter home in a car seat, and both dogs sniffed and licked her, tails wagging. I had to pull Zack away from her because he wouldn’t stop licking her. Zack immediately became my daughter’s protector,and when she was lying on a blanket on the floor, he always had to have one foot on the blanket.

Zack loved my daughter immensely, and when she became a little older always walked her to bed, and then slept on the bed with her. He somehow knew whenever it was time to go upstairs, and he would wait at the foot of the stairs for her, and then follow her up to bed.

Zack was poisoned by some dirt bag neighbor kids, and we had one of the worst days of our lives. Watching my daughter say goodbye to him as he laid still on the kitchen floor, my wife and I were both sobbing.

At 8:00 that night, my daughter walked to the stairs to go to bed. At that moment, all three of us realized what was about to happen. After 5 years, she didn’t have Zack to accompany her upstairs. She looked at her mother and me with a look of horror and panic.

It was at that moment that my dog, who loved my daughter dearly, but was not in Zack’s league, stood up, walked over to her, and nudged her with his head. He put his foot on the stairs, and looked up at her. They walked up to bed, with my daughter holding tightly to his neck.

For the next 6 years, until he died, Sam waited for her by the stairs each night.

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474 thoughts on “Wife’s afraid pit bull will harm baby and wants him done – but pit bull loves baby unconditionally”

  24. Chuck Klein

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    Have a family friend whose grandchild had his ripped up by their pitbull. A cousin tried to save his elderly neighbor when one attacked. Neighbor died and cousin’s hand ripped up. Lethal breed.

  38. Scott Kimmel

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    Sorry, as much as people want to defend them pit bulls were bred for fighting… aggressiveness is in their nature. I would NEVER trust one aloneness with a child. No one should leave a baby next to a dog like that. Doesn’t matter how close you are, one snap can end it all.

  47. Stephen Farrugia

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    As an owner of a Pit, I know how inherently loyal, and protective these dogs are towards their family members. However, it always makes me shiver to the core, when I read/see, stories or pictures of unsupervised dogs, any breed of dog, around children and babies. Contrary to many owners beliefs, animals have no sense of reasoning, or rationale, they have no perception of their power, or the damage they are capable of inflicting on soft human tissue. Personally, I think its a very irresponsible, and dangerous act of parenting, to enable this situation. We all love our pets, but should the unthinkable happen, it’s our children that would bare the scars, and the animal that will pay with their lives.

  48. Earl E June

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    Our Golden Retriever rescue, Bailey, was accused of snipping at her former owner’s children, and wanted her put down. My sister rescued her, and gave Bailey to us. The only thing we can figure is that the kids were teasing Bailey, and she was defending herself.

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