8-year-old injured: Pet owner uses knife, kneels on dog's throat

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP — A man stabbed his dog several times, and then killed it by digging his knee into its windpipe, after the dog had bitten an 8-year-old in the face.

An animal control officer, present for the fatal blow, did not want the man arrested because he appeared "remorseful," police said.

The 8-year-old and his father were visiting the dog owner at his South Legion Court home Sunday. The boy asked the 38-year-old man, his cousin, if he could pet the dog, a shepherd-chow mix that was chained in the back yard, police said.

The dog's owner gave his young cousin the go-ahead, but when the boy went to pet the dog, it lunged at him and tore his face by biting him several times.

The dog owner and the boy's father took the young child inside and called for an ambulance. The dog's owner then armed himself with a butcher knife, went back out and unchained the dog, police said.

The man then stabbed the dog in both sides, trying again and again to slice through his heart, police said. As he apparently failed to find his mark, the man then slashed his dog's throat, according to police.

Will County sheriff's deputies arrived to find the dog beneath a bloody white blanket. The dog was still breathing, police said. The child had been transported to Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet by this time.

A county animal control officer also was sent to the scene, police said. The animal control officer advised the deputies that while the man's actions were cruel, he should not be arrested because the dog belonged to him, he was on his own property, and he appeared "remorseful," police said.

The man then asked deputies to put the dog out of its misery by shooting it, police said. The deputies reportedly informed him they could not do this because of the close proximity of neighboring residences.

The man then took matters into his own hands by kneeling on the dog's throat, police said. In front of deputies and the animal control officer, the man proceeded to dig his knee into the dog's windpipe until it stopped breathing and died, police said.

No criminal charges have been filed in connection with the incident, according to police.


http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/top/j13dog.htm

That was in my local newspaper today.

OMG :crying:.

Im not saying it was right for the dog to bite the kid, but I also dont like the fact that he was killed in such a cruel manner. Doesnt the owner know how his dog is?!

Wow. I can imagine reacting violently immediately as the dog lunged at the kid, but going to slaughter it a while after the fact? I don't know how I'd react in that situation, but probably not like that.

I agree - that's horrible. I mean, wait until animal control can get there and let them handle anything that needs to be done. Doesn't sound right to me, its like the owner was looking for an excuse or something. Totally sick.

He and the girl's father are totally responsible for this to me. Even if the dog had never bitten anyone before, you don't let a strange child approach a breed like that. Chows are known for being tempermental and shepards are extremely loyal and territorial - the mix isn't the greatest for children. More people are bitten by shepards and golden retrievers than are by pit bulls.

I can understand how he felt but I still don't aprove of what he did. Nobody was in danger at that moment.

ickkk that's really disturbing that he could just go out there with a knife and slice away. I don't see how he isn't getting in trouble. It's his dog but I don't think it's his place to kill it if that has to happen... the animal control or whatever could have taken it away and put it to sleep.

Yeah, I could see doing it when it attacked the girl, but after the fact was kinda strange.

:mad: That man should really be arrested. That's just VERY VERY cruel and inhumane. Heck, I don't even think dogs should be put down just for biting people, but doing that THAT guy did is just awful!

geez.

It really makes me wonder what kind of dog owner is this guy if he had to subdue the dog in that manner when it got out of control. The dog turns violent, and the man turns violent to control the dog's behavior. When an animal gets out of line, simple: use the ol' meat cleaver. ohno:

OMG, that literally made me almost hyperventilate reading that. I don't know why, but I'm much more remorseful toward animals than human beings. What a cruel thing to do.

i completely and totally understand how the man felt and agree that the dog needed to be put down, but not in that manner. If you are going to do it yourself, it needs to be done in a quick way... Don't slowly murder it.

PETA is going to go rip****.

OMG, that literally made me almost hyperventilate reading that. I don't know why, but I'm much more remorseful toward animals than human beings. What a cruel thing to do.
Im the same way.

I agree. I would not have let the man go with this. He was wholly responsible. And his temper is in need of a check.

Me too...I'm really about to cry right now.



OMG, that literally made me almost hyperventilate reading that. I don't know why, but I'm much more remorseful toward animals than human beings. What a cruel thing to do.

That's horrible. I mean the dog shouldn't have bit the kid but it was worse to brutally murder the dog. And he wasnt even arrested?!?!?! So if you killed a human for something like that, you get arrested, but if you brutally murder a dog no one cares?

That's horrible. I mean the dog shouldn't have bit the kid but it was worse to brutally murder the dog. And he wasnt even arrested?!?!?! So if you killed a human for something like that, you get arrested, but if you brutally murder a dog no one cares?
That's how the world is.

OMG, that literally made me almost hyperventilate reading that. I don't know why, but I'm much more remorseful toward animals than human beings. What a cruel thing to do.
:yeahthat

This was a very disturbing story. I even find it hard to agree that the dog should be put down. The owner is at fault, not the pet. What the owner did was cruel, insane, and heinous.

If Zion were to bite someone, God forbid, I could never result to such violence toward my pet, my child, my friend. I take every precaution that he doesn't.

He is aggressive, territorial, dominant and extremely protective and loyal. Kids in the neighborhood ask to pet him all the time but I only allow it when I am present. When I say present I literally mean standing or sitting right there next to Zion, not in the house or any distance away from Zion.

Dogs have an instinct to protect and petting by anyone other than the owner must be supervised. If the owner had taken the time to accompany the child, the dog would not have reacted that way.

I wonder if this was the childs first encounter with the pet. Had this child done something to this dog in the past, thrown something at the dog, pulled it's tail, etc... :( Just curious.

This was a very disturbing story. I even find it hard to agree that the dog should be put down. The owner is at fault, not the pet. What the owner did was cruel, insane, and heinous.

If Zion were to bite someone, God forbid, I could never result to such violence toward my pet, my child, my friend. I take every precaution that he doesn't.

He is aggressive, territorial, dominant and extremely protective and loyal. Kids in the neighborhood ask to pet him all the time but I only allow it when I am present. When I say present I literally mean standing or sitting right there next to Zion, not in the house or any distance away from Zion.

Dogs have an instinct to protect and petting by anyone other than the owner must be supervised. If the owner had taken the time to accompany the child, the dog would not have reacted that way.

I wonder if this was the childs first encounter with the pet. Had this child done something to this dog in the past, thrown something at the dog, pulled it's tail, etc... :( Just curious.
I had a dog when I was young who did bite one of our neighbors kids. We got the dog second hand so we didn't have him as a pup. One day I imvited a few of the kids in the neighborhood over to my back yard and the dog attacked one of them. It bit the girls nose almost all off. I was out in the yard with them when this happened but my parents didn't know I invited them over. It saved them a lawsuit because it happened on our property and I was only about 12 when this happened, so I wasn't legally responsible. We got rid of the dog after that but even then I was never afraid of him.

I don't blame him one bit for killing the dog...but it shouldve been done differently

After a dog bites someone does it get quarantined? Then possibly put to sleep?

I had a dog when I was young who did bite one of our neighbors kids. We got the dog second hand so we didn't have him as a pup. One day I imvited a few of the kids in the neighborhood over to my back yard and the dog attacked one of them. It bit the girls nose almost all off. I was out in the yard with them when this happened but my parents didn't know I invited them over. It saved them a lawsuit because it happened on our property and I was only about 12 when this happened, so I wasn't legally responsible. We got rid of the dog after that but even then I was never afraid of him.

Even though you were there, you were just a kid. Dogs that are in households with children are usually very protective of the family child. If you and your friends were playing, and depending how you were playing, the dog may have felt you were in danger.

My brother has the brother to my dog Zion. I purchased them at 6 weeks old from a breeder in Dallas. My brother has 3 children, and he does not allow their friends to play with them with the dog around. Tiberius is extremely protective of his kids, especially his daughter. He watches her get on the bus and waits for her to get off the bus. Tiberius, the dog, freaked out the first time Katie, my neice, did not get off the bus after school. She stayed after school for gymnastics and he had to get used to that happening on occasion. We know that the kids run, laugh, scream and wrestle, which are all signals that a dog may consider threatening to the kids that he by instinct is their protector.

You have to know your dog, their personality and their body language. If someone approaches Zion and he backs away, I know that is an indication that he, immediately for whatever reason, does not like that person. If the person continues to approach him, after he has backed away, I know that his next response will be to attack. I have no children thus Zion is very spoiled and extremely protective. He is a male dog so he reacts differently to women versus men. When I am talking to women in his presence he could almost care less, but whenever men are present, he watches them like a hawk.

After a dog bites someone does it get quarantined? Then possibly put to sleep?

It depends on whether the dog bites someone on their families property or not, and whether or not you were responsible for the person being on your property.

I agree that the dog should have been put to sleep, but he shouldn't have brutally murdererd him.

It depends on whether the dog bites someone on their families property or not, and whether or not you were responsible for the person being on your property.

I still thought thet quarantine them until they run rabies tests.

I still thought thet quarantine them until they run rabies tests.
Their was no Rabies test performed on my dog. He was a full blooded Collie which is shocking since they are a gentile dog.

I still thought thet quarantine them until they run rabies tests.

If you are a responsible owner, you will have a record of your pets rabies and any other shots and your pets tags will be current, then there would be no need for quarantine.

If you don't keep up with your pets shots then yes they will most likely be quarantined.

Their was no Rabies test performed on my dog. He was a full blooded Collie which is shocking since they are a gentile dog.

Your parents probably had current health records.

Your parents probably had current health records.
Yea they had papers. They were hoping to mate him with our other dog who was also a full blooded collie but she wanted nothing to do with him. :lol:


Yea I remember the police came out to our house but that was about it. The father of the girl had called up threatening to take us for everything we had but at the time he thought our dog was on the lose and had bitten the girl. She had to have stitches but she was okay after that.

Yea they had papers. They were hoping to mate him with our other dog who was also a full blooded collie but she wanted nothing to do with him. :lol:


Yea I remember the police came out to our house but that was about it. The father of the girl had called up threatening to take us for everything we had but at the time he thought our dog was on the lose and had bitten the girl. She had to have stitches but she was okay after that.

Female dogs IMO are more tempermental than male dogs. One thing I have found to be true, a female dog will be extremely protective of the males in the household, and the male dogs likewise with the females in the household.

I'm really sorry that this happened when you were young.

We had a dog when we were young that would deliberately go after one of our neighbors. We could not figure out why our dog hated this guy so much. When he killed his girlfriend, we found out that he had raped a girl previously. The vet told us that the body chemistry of a violent person is different from a non violent person and that a dog can smell the difference. This was why our dog hated this guy so much and would have mauled him if he had ever gotten a chance.