With the current story about a 2-month old baby boy being killed by a Labrador Retriever mix I was tempted to scour the internet for other tragic cases that involved these "family" dogs. There is a lot of backlash with owning specific breeds such as Pit Bulls and Rottweilers but do people really think when get a family pet?

Yesterday news broke in South Carolina about the horrific mauling of an infant while the father was taking a nap in other room. The baby was dismembered by the dog and no one knew until the mother arrived home with the couple's 7 year old child.

In 2011 a story came out of Huston were a 2-week old infant was mauled by a Labrador Retriever mix while the mother watched, horrified. In that case, the baby was in a carrier on the floor and dog was behind French doors, the dog was able to squeeze through the dogs and attack the newborn. The mother, clearly in shock, watched through a window while family members rushed to help the infant and restrain the dog. The baby need to be airlifted to a near by hospital and only survived another 5 hours before passing away from his wounds.

In 2008 a Black Labrador Retriever puppy that was only 6 weeks old at the time mauled an infant so severely that the baby was dead before emergency crews had arrived. There were three people at home at the time of the incident and two other dogs. However, at the time the police did have high suspicions that the Black Labrador Retriever was the only dog involved in the brutal attack of the 8 week new born.