Again, I'm not saying the dog didn't deserve to be put down for this attack, just that I hate how everyone situation that pops up makes it sound like the dog was always horrible, and, that's not true in many cases.

I'm sorry, but the dog mauled a 91 year old woman to the point that both her arms had to be amputated! That IS horrible! No one is "making it sound" like the dog was horrible ... the dog WAS horrible. I cannot comprehend how anyone could see it any other way.

This is not a case of the neighbor kids poking the dog with sticks for years, then saying, "Horrible dog!" when the dog bites one of them on the hand. I highly doubt a 91 year old woman who was busy putting groceries away did anything to provoke this dog. And, even if she wapped the dog on the head with her cane or something ... no normal dog practically chews off a person's arms. One snap, maybe ... but this is WAY beyond that.

IMO, there is no way to defend this. I suppose it it possible that this was the sweetest little pet you'd ever want, playing with babies and sleeping with kittens ... and then one day, it just decided out of the blue to chew an old lady's arms off. It's remotely possible ... maybe a one in a million chance. FAR more likely though, that this dog has shown aggression in the past, and the grandson either ignored it, thought it was "cool", or even encouraged it.

The article says, " "I was terrified," Moore said. "I had always thought that dog might hurt somebody." Moore said she had called Animal Care Services at least 10 times in the past year because she and her two young daughters feared the dog." Sounds like previous issues to me. I think crying "Breedism!" here is probably inacurate, and misses the point that a dog that terrified three of the neighbors and had AC called at least ten times ended up practically killing an elderly woman.