My dog is a humper and he's neutered. It's a dominance thing rather than a sexual thing. And my dog has never done it to humans or inanimate objects...just some other unlucky dogs.

I just don't see how this dog pulled the diaper off the kid, mounted him and then humped. It doesn't seem plausible to me.

That's assuming the parents put a diaper on the kid instead of letting it run around nekkit.

Remember -- we're talking about a family who left a toddler unattended with a big dog. Not exactly a Mayberryesque situation.

Neutered dogs can still achieve an erection, as a far as penetration I have no idea... That is NOT a Google search I'm going to do at work.

A diaper was mentioned in the article & on the news video. But, who hasn't known toddlers to undress themselves from time-to-time anyway?

I am hesitant to even pull up the news story at home.

Ewww.

It's real, the story has been all over the local news all week. According to news reports, the mom was in the middle of changing her baby's diaper when she left the room only to find the dog sexually assaulting her son mintues later. The family now wants the dog to be euthanized, but the Animal Control department is holding off on doing so until an animal behaviorist from out-of-town determines what caused the dog to assault this baby. The Animal Control department will euthanize the dog if the behaviorist rules that the dog should be put to sleep and if the family requests it.

I'm sorry there's no excuse for leaving your toddler along with the dog for MINUTES. It is wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. I don't care how much Fido loves Junior. There's too much of a change Junior will tug Fido's ears or somehow induce a predator/prey situation. Uh uh. This is a freak case, but honestly, they're lucky it wasn't a real mauling with an aggressive dog.

I hope the dog isn't put to sleep, he was clearly not being aggressive here and it's not like the death penalty for humans, he's not learning from any mistakes or anything. He's a dog.

This is really disturbing to think that

a. this is true OR
b. this is a coverup of sexual abuse suffered by the child.

There's no happy way to read this story.

As to putting the dog down - my mother had a wonderful Old English Sheepdog. He was asleep, and my autistic nephew pounced on him. Kipling bit his nose - OFF. He wasn't mean - he was just being defensive. If he had been a poodle it would have been no problem. My nephew is fine - the nose was reattached and he has a small scar. But the dog had to be put to sleep because we couldn't take the risk of anything happening again.My mother called Sheepdog Rescue - but they couldn't take him because once a dog has bitten someone he is a liability risk. :(

That is sad. And I know a lot of places have rules like that, but this wasn't aggressive and I can't see a reason to put this dog down except for the family wanting it that way.

That's really sad. I get antsy when my niece and nephew come over and play with my dog and I am not home (but my husband is). Some kids do not know how to properly interact around dogs and put themselves and the dog in danger.

Not necessarily. There have been cases of Poodles maiming and pomeranians killing.

My dad once had a case where his client was sued by the owner of a pit bull which had dug under a fence and had been attacked and severely maimed by his client's chihuahua.


(dad won)

Okay, okay - all I meant was that Kipling didn't attack my nephew, he just made one quick bite because he was startled awake and so was in defensive mode. His massive jaws are why the damage was so bad. I will be wary of poodles from now on!

I really can't believe this story. I don't doubt that dogs are capable of attacking, maiming and even killing people, but sexual assault?

Most un-neutered dogs I know that hump even need considerable help when it comes to actual mating. I can't believe that in the time the parent left the child alone, the family dog attacked, pinned and pentrated the child.

The moment the dog jumped at the kid--let alone attacked-- wouldn't the child have screamed bloody murder? Would the parent not have come running at the child's crys? And how could the dog have acted so quickly to penetrate? We've all seen dogs trying to hump other dogs...

This wouldn't be the first time someone has tried to pin the blame for child abuse on someone/something else.

ETA: Reading the story-- the dog spooked and dragged the child outside, where the neighbors could see what was going on. They took some time to disentangle the boy and the dog.... seriously? Seriously?? I know dogs have a bone in their willies, but I can't imagine (pardon my being so graphic) that the violent jerking of the dog upon being discovered would not have yanked him free from the boy's rectum before he could run outside, still "attached" to the child.