Articles labeled: mastiff staffordshire

We think we could definitely be described as “animal lovers”, but if our dog mauled our toddler we might have to reconsider the dog’s place in our home (if not on Earth). But Alicia Cottier, whose two-year-old son Noah Newbold was attacked by their mastiff-staffordshire, which left very bad scarring on his face and almost cost him sight in his left eye, is defending her mutt and putting the blame solely on the kid:

“People are telling me I should shoot the dog, and as much as I love my son to death, I believe Noah was annoying her. I love the dog and she’s part of the family,” Cottier said.

Noah is nursing a range of painful injuries after being bitten on Monday night at his home at Booral in the Hunter Valley…

As the child hugged and kissed the dog yesterday, Ms Cottier said the attack was not the dog’s fault.

“It’s not like the dog picked him up and shook him or anything, she just snapped at him for pulling on her ears,” she said.