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”

  5. John Vetick

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    I’ve been attacked by dogs and bitten by two, and both were results of an owner training them to destroy. Dogs have kind hearts unless tortured, neglected, beaten, and trained to hurt. I love dogs and have had so many, loved them all and they were all sweet like this pit bull. They generally take on the personality of the owner.

  10. Susan Childress

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    this one will jerk a tear for sure…when my son was born I had 3 pit bulls..(mom her name was PBull dad George and their baby Britt) I did give Britt to my brother and George just always liked being outside but PBull loved my son with her heart and soul..if I had to do stuff I could always count on her to make sure he stayed safe…my son’s dad I couldn’t trust to watch him but my pit I could trust to keep him safe

  12. Kristin Tofil

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    My cousin has a pit just like that. He is their daughter’s biggest protector. She’s now 6 and they share a twin bed. She growing up so confident, especially with him by her side. The bond will be stronger everyday!

  17. Mangesh Raut

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    My baby is 10 months old now. My dogs, one is Rottweiler and another is African mastiff had started playing with her When she was four – five months old. Now my baby is harassing my dogs like anything but they are just okay with her. Wherever baby goes or sleeps, dogs make sure that in case if she falls down, she will be falling on them n not floor.

  23. Lisa Lord

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    Ridiculously bad editing of whatever the whole story is. All is good then one day, the neighbors poison the dog? Then they say goodbye but the dog gets up, walks the daughter to the stairs and dies 6 years later? Um,ok…

  49. Estie Harper

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    My english staffy is the same, would not hurt a fly but very protective over me and now my daughter (who has down syndrome), go figure. Ferious and dangerous breed, whever. I believe in ‘I look after you, and you look after me’

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