Posted: Jul 4, 2008, 10:05 AM CST
I'm glad to hear your son is doing well after the dog attack. I do volunteer work at a local animal shelter - we get dogs that have been neglected and abused by their owners and therefore become vicious due to lack of training and care. We have a city ordinance which requires us to put down dogs that are considered "aggressive" breeds - they cannot be adopted out because of lack of information on their background. It is a shame that people feel they have the right to mistreat animals...and then animals become distrustful of humans and aggressive ....too bad you couldn't have found the owner and taken your anger out on him/her PLUS reported them to the proper authorities. I hope you were able to locate the animal and get animal control's help in getting this animal off the street and into proper care.