Here’s a sad story… a three-day-old baby girl in Youngstown, Ohio was killed by the family’s seven year old dog. It was ruled an accident because the dog apparently thought the baby was a squeaky toy or stuffed animal – which it was used to playing with.
The family left the baby in a baby bed in another room and the Siberian Husky took the baby from the bed and shook it to death, it seems. When the father told the dog to put the baby down, it did, just as it did with all its toys.
When the ambulance arrived the baby still was alive but died en route to the hospital. Ironically the same hospital where she was born three days before.
This goes to show how critically important it is to train your dogs… especially when a new baby is being introduced into the household.
