Pit bull pup gnaws off baby's toes in Louisiana Associated Press BOSSIER CITY, La. — A puppy chewed off four of a baby girl's toes next to her sleeping parents, who were then booked on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence, police said Monday. Mary Shannon Hansche, 22, and Christopher Wayne Hansche, 26, told police they woke to the baby's cries, found her mangled foot and took her to the hospital early Sunday. Police said that they were sleeping on a mattress and that the month-old girl was in an infant seat beside them when the 6-week-old pit bull began chewing on her toes. "They did not see the dog injuring the child," police spokesman Mark Natale said. The puppy might have been trying to nurse on the toes of the baby, a veterinarian speculated. "I know that sounds a little far-fetched, but that's the first thing that comes to my mind," Michael Dale said. The girl underwent surgery Sunday in Shreveport. There was no way to reattach her toes, Natale said. The puppy had no record of receiving shots and will be quarantined for 10 days while it is checked for rabies, officials said. Natale said he did not know what the animal's fate would be after that. The child will be placed in a foster home until the case against her parents is settled, officials said.
If the puppy was "nursing" on the baby's toes I doubt he would have gnawed them off. That is a really, really sad story. Poor girl.
4 toes? You'd think that with the blood-curdling screams after the first toe was gone, the parents would have known something bad was afoot.
Poor girl. Her parents negligence cost her 4 toes! She is going to have a difficult time learning to walk/balancing herself unless she gets specialized boot or shoe to wear while learning to walk.
My pet ferret was a doll. Never bit anyone. I can't see that at all. Maybe the puppy was teething and started chewing on the baby's toes.
