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”

  7. Michele McMahon

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    Along with St. Bernards, Pit bulls are known as “nanny dogs” for the way they look after and protect their humans. It’s a beautiful picture and an amazing tribute to a dog who deserves a better reputation than it’s been saddled with.

  11. Jon Shoemaker

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    I had a pitbull that i had to give to my mom while i was in the army. This dog was never around kids at all. When i returned 4 years later with my son some how he knew to always protect and watch out for him. Let him crawl on him and play all the time. It just amazed me. Such great friends. Its not the breed its how they are raised. It was a sad day when i had to put him down due to old age and sickness.

  16. Jeremy Allan

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    People need to stop stereotyping these dogs, it’s people that make them mean. Just like my big retard hades the 140lb rotti. More likely to lick the flesh from your face than hurt a hair on your head

  38. Jan Newgreen

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    What a sad story about a legend, Zack who modelled to another legend who then showed that he was in Zack’s league. Why would anyone poison a dog, what do they get out of it, it is devastating to the family.

  48. Nick Elliott

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    Yes, it’s true that SOME pit bulls like this one can be nice and gentle, BUT it’s also true that pit bulls kill far more people than most other breeds. It’s a risk that personally I wouldn’t be prepared to ever take with a baby or small child to have a pit bull alongside them. In America last year, just two breeds – pit bulls and Rottweilers were responsible for the deaths of 77% of the American people who died in dog attacks last year. Or in other words if you are killed by a dog, there’s nearly a four in five chance that the breed responsible will be either a pit bull or a Rottweiler. Pugs killed ZERO people last year. No doubt there will be people who defend pit bulls and say how lovely they are. But for me that doesn’t alter the statistics in terms of human deaths (both adults and children) from pit bulls attacks. It’s a risk that I simply wouldn’t ever be prepared to take. Of the fatal pit bull attacks in America last year, most (55%) were on a family or household member, so if there are people who think pit bulls only kill strangers that simply isn’t true. Pit bulls are more likely statistically to kill a family member than a stranger. A link to these stats is here: http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatalities-2016.php

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