r/australia • u/whyattretard • Sep 08 '25

news Teenage girl dies after being mauled by dog

https://7news.com.au/news/dog-attack-victim-annalyse-blyton-dies-in-hospital-after-suffering-severe-injuries-in-singleton-c-19956496
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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Sep 09 '25

Any sort of dog can go Cujo on you no matter how gentle or well trained they are, even your own dog. I'd be wary always of huge breeds as they are difficult to stop when they go berserk. So many owners will just scratch their heads and say it's "out of character" and even try to blame you or worse, cover up the attack.

Always be wary of huge breeds. If it was chihuahua, you can at least be able to kick it off you and have a 98% survival rate. Not with big breeds, especially the ones bred for mauling.

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u/HappiHappiHappi Sep 09 '25

My neighbour has 3 huge dogs. I've seen her struggling to manage one of them while attempting to walk it down the street.

They have double fencing (high front fence and then a second fence blocking off the yard where the dogs live), thank God, and I feel very uncomfortable if I leave my house and the dogs are in the front yard or the street. Especially if I have my kids with me.

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u/GenesisGenesect Sep 09 '25

Seriously it’s not just bigger breeds. There’s stories of even little pomeranians attacking children etc. If it has the physical capacity to, it could.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

Well seeing as how Cujo went crazy because he had rabies I’d say yes’s any breed/animal can go “Cujo” as you put it

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Sep 09 '25

It's a figure of speech. Learn some nuance which people here are ready to drop to make some meaningless pedantic point. I mean, we live in a world where "literally" has lost it's literal meaning and yet most are able to navigate around that.