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”

  13. Kristyl Adams

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    You know what I read with that dog? Insecurity, possibly jealousy of that baby. I am not seeing a protective dog. And an insecure dog could react in a way I will not write here. Sadly.

  16. Jo Woodbury

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    Lois. You really need to let go of your narrow mindedness. Not all dogs are killers. And all dogs can be if they need to. A dog in the wild could kill to eat. In our home dogs are bought up with love and respect. Also training. We have Rottweilers and a husky and now an amstaff. All these breeds have been labeled killers at one time. It has been shown that these breeds are loyal loving dogs when bought up properly. With love discipline and respect. I would lay my child down with my dogs

  18. Pattiann Batze Harris

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    pits get a bad rap just like german shepards did in the 70,rotties did in the 80s…it is how you raise them….ps..pitts have always been know as the nanny dog ( for taking care of and protecting kids)… Mom of 3 Rottweilers and Aunt to 3 Pit Bulls.

  27. Dave Maas

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    Pit bulls have their bad reputation due to those that raise them to be beastly creatures worthy of just that level of disrepute. Yes, they are an aggressive bread, but they are also very loyal to the families they are part of. Other breeds can be just as aggressive, they just don’t have the powerful jaws and tenacity of a Pitbull.

  31. Lissette Garcia

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    These dogs are used and abused by wicked people and sometimes react just like any thing that has had enough. The pit I found was the most loyal kind animal more than the long hair Shepard that would bite and terrorize him. He will always be missed

  38. Joann Jevec

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    I am not the only one that feels like I do. Read some of the other comments. You don’t take chances like that with a little baby. Maybe you should listen to some of the news and see what these dogs have done to these helpless baby’s. Don’t give me your crap

  44. Marc Hendricks

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    Dogs actions and tendencies are what their owners make them to be PERIOD…all breeds. Abuse them and they become confused and/or broken, along with pent up emotions that could become a disaster. But love, respect and making your dog a part of the family makes a dog positive and loving.

  48. Virginia van Domselaar

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    I’m praying for that baby & that the parents of that baby realize the responsibility & priority is always the baby’s safety & health. The photo nauseates me. I would report this to Children’s Services ASAP if I knew these people !

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