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Friday, November 30, 2012


Fatal Rottweiler Attacks - The Archival Record

DogsBite.org - Combining DogsBite.org dog bite fatality statistics with research provided by a volunteer produced a significant archival collection of fatal rottweiler attacks dating back to 1978. Of the 96 victims located thus far, 82% (79) where children ages 11-years and younger. 66% (54) of these children were ages 4-years and younger. California produced the most fatal rottweiler attacks (12), followed by Texas (8) and Georgia, Illinois, Florida and North Carolina, each with 6.1
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  1. 11/09/12: Dixie Jennings, 3-months old (Yadkinville, NC)
    Killed by her grandmother's rottweiler
  2. 09/20/12: Donald "Don" Thomas, 82-years old (Leeds, AL)
    Killed by his neighbor's two rottweilers
  3. 03/09/12: Dylan Andres, 17-months old (Jacksonsville, FL)
    Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
  4. 08/12/11: James Dowling, 4-years old (Ozark, AR)
    Killed by grandfather's pet rottweiler
  5. 04/12/11: Annabella Mitchell, 7-months old (Frankfort, ME)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  6. 03/06/11: Vanessa Husmann, 3-years old (Hopkinton, IA)
    Killed by grandfather's AKC champion breeding rottweilers
  7. 02/17/11: Sirlinda Hayes, 66-years old (Dillon County, SC)
    Killed by cousin's two rottweilers; cousin suffered leg amputation
  8. 12/19/10: Jeannette Vaughn, 3-months old (Harris County, TX)
    Killed by family rottweiler that broke into house
  9. 03/08/10: Justin Lopez, 9-months old (Tribal Land, OK)
    Killed by newly adopted rottweilers
  10. 02/28/10: Ashlynn Anderson, 4-years old (Svensen, OR)
    Killed by stepfather's female rottweiler
  11. 12/12/09: Dallas Lee Walters, 20-months old (New Port Richey, FL)
    Killed by great-aunt's rottweiler at Birthday party
  12. 01/19/09: Brianna Shanor, 8-years old (Hanover Township, PA)
    Killed by guardian's chained rottweiler
  13. 01/15/09: Brooklyn Grace Milburn, 3-years old (Fort Worth, TX)
    Killed by neighbor's 17-year old rottweiler
  14. 01/11/09: Alex Angulo, 4-years old, (Chicago, IL)
    Killed by foster family's rottweiler
  15. 09/12/07: Kylie Cox, 4-months old (Warren, MI)
    Killed by rottweiler while visiting a home
  16. 07/12/07: Tiffany Pauley, 5-years old (Carrolton GA)
    Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
  17. 01/28/07: Taylor Kitlica, 18-months old (Brewton, AL)
    Killed by chained rottweiler
  18. 01/24/07: Matthew Logan Johnson, 6-years old (Richmond, VA)
    Killed by newly adopted rottweiler
  19. 11/13/06: James Eisaman, 40-years old (Akron, OH)
    Killed by girlfriend's two rottweilers
  20. 11/06/06: Luis Romero Jr., 2-years old (Drexel Heights, AZ)
    Killed by family's two rottweilers
  21. 11/03/06: Ariel Pogue, 2-years old (Camp Hill, AL)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  22. 10/03/06: Julius Graham, 2-years old (Snowhill, NC)
    Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
  23. 06/22/06: Gemma Liliana Carlos, 2-years old (Horizon, TX)
    Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
  24. 03/20/06: Quillan Cottrell, 3-years old (Jameson, MO)
    Killed by step-uncle's rottweiler
  25. 02/24/06: Dominic Giordano, 4-years old (Ulm, MT)
    Killed by relative's rottweiler
  26. 01/09/06: Ashton Scott, 11-months old (Childress, TX)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  27. 10/15/05: Sydney Akin, 6-years old (Rochelle, GA)
    Killed by rottweiler while visiting horse farm
  28. 08/02/05: Cassandra Garcia, 16-months old (Glendale, CA)
    Killed by grandparent's rottweiler
  29. 05/02/05: Asia Turner, 4-years old (Spartanburg, SC)
    Killed by two newly acquired rottweilers
  30. 03/15/05: Sandra Sanchez, 32-years old (Harris County, TX)
    Killed by landlord's two rottweilers
  31. 03/10/05: Robert Schafer, 4-years old (Orange County, VA)
    Killed by family rottweiler-mix
  32. 03/30/04: Leta Ward, 65-years old (Bakersfield, CA)
    Killed by own pet rottweiler
  33. 03/30/04: Samuel James Truck, 2-years old (Munford, TN)
    Killed by family's two rottweiler-mixes
  34. 08/03/03: Samantha Grace Bauld, 3-years old (Saronville, NE)
    Killed by aunt and uncle's rottweiler
  35. 03/27/03: Wesley Swindler, 3-years old (Callaway County, MO)
    Killed by family rottweiler 
  36. 03/26/03: Vivian Anthony, 54-years old (Columbus, OH)
    Killed by Dr. Matthew Crawley's rottweiler
  37. 03/16/03: Lily Krajewski, 2-years old (Clarion, PA)
    Killed by two rottweilers while visiting grandmother's home
  38. 03/07/03: Jennifer Nicole Davis, 7-years old (Joshua Tree, CA)
    Killed by two rottweilers while entering yard
  39. 10/10/02: Jane Doe, 23-months old (Cobb County, GA)
    Killed by family's two rottweilers
  40. 04/19/02: Victoria Morales, 5-years old (Monterrey County, CA)
    Killed by grandmother's "prize-winning" rottweiler
  41. 02/14/02: Alicia Lynn Clark, 10-years old (Elroy, WI)
    Killed by six rottweilers belonging to her best friend's family
  42. 02/07/02: Genoe Novak, 6-years old (Tehama County, CA)
    Killed by neighbor's rottweilers
  43. 12/01/01: Tristan Gambrel, 3-years old (Birmingham, AL)
    Killed by three rottweilers while visiting a home
  44. 10/29/01: Kristin Jolley, 1-year old (Lovell, WY)
    Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
  45. 08/21/01: Sierra Clayton, 3-years old (Englewood, IL)
    Killed by rottweiler in front of her siblings and mother
  46. 06/09/01: Kyle Anthony Ross, 5-years old (Springfield, MA)
    Killed by foster-mother's rottweiler
  47. 04/30/01: Javonna King, 1-month old (Chicago, IL)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  48. 03/06/01: Joshua Brown, 3-years old (Whitley County, KY)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  49. 02/03/00: Justin Tabner, 5-years old (Barrow County, GA)
    Killed by chained rottweiler
  50. 11/04/99: Jessica Bice, 3-years old (Crittenden County, AR)
    Killed by house-mate's rottweiler2
  51. 09/20/99: Michael Lewis, 10-years old (Baton Rouge, LA)
    Killed by family's two rottweilers
  52. 08/07/99: Nicolas Bildeau, 6-years old (Siren, WI)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  53. 03/27/99: Darrel Roberson, 42-years old (Tulsa, OK)
    Killed by two loose rottweilers
  54. 01/02/99: Alexander Samon, 8-years old (Decatur, IL)
    Killed by two rottweilers
  55. 10/18/98: Hope Moore, 2-years old (Lowndes County, GA)
    Killed by loose rottweiler while walking with her grandmother
  56. 09/16/98: Susan Meller, 75-years old (San Marcos, CA)
    Killed by own guard dog trained rottweilers
  57. 08/17/98: Kimela Foster, 38-years old (Columbus, OH)
    Killed by car while fleeing two loose rottweilers
  58. 06/13/98: Austin Cussins, 1-year old (Lakewood, CO)
    Killed by family rottweiler-mix
  59. 12/26/97: Dakota "Cody" Randolph, 3-years old (Tunnel Hill, GA)
    Killed by two rottweilers belonging to mother's boyfriend
  60. 12/25/97: April Edwards, 5-years old (Attalla, AL)
    Killed by family's three rottweilers on Christmas morning
  61. 10/09/97: Cheryl Floyd, 17-years old (Lampasas County, TX)
    Killed by neighbor's great dane and two rottweiler-mix dogs
  62. 09/12/97: Kristine Castillo, 8-months old (Lakewood, CA)
    Killed by rottweiler while visiting aunt's home
  63. 07/30/97: John Doe, 17-months old (Nevada County, CA)
    Killed by by aunt's pet rottweiler
  64. 07/10/97: Melba Adams, 87-years old (Visalia, CA)
    Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
  65. 04/24/97: Christopher Wilson, 11-years old (Geary County, KS)
    Killed by three loose rottweilers while waiting for school bus
  66. 04/11/97: Corey McLaughlin, 4-years old (Fayetteville, NC)
    Killed by grandfather's rottweiler
  67. 01/02/97: Andre Theriault, 3-months old (Livermore, CA)
    Killed by babysitter's rottweiler
  68. 10/31/96: Corey Hines, 10-years old (Lake Wales, FL)
    Killed by neighbor's six loose rottweilers
  69. 07/19/96: John D. Young, 8-years old (Oakland, CA)
    Killed by two neighborhood rottweilers
  70. 07/10/96: Kasandra E. Duval, 21-months old (Springfield, MO)
    Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
  71. 07/04/96: Matthew Pedercini, 1-year old (Orange, MA)
    Killed by rottweiler white attending Fourth of July cookout
  72. 02/06/96: Anthony Hunt, 4-years old (Jacksonville, FL)
    Killed by family rottweiler and German shepherd
  73. 11/19/95: Alec Balbachan, 5-years old (Hartford, CT)
    Killed by uncle’s two rottweilers
  74. 10/10/95: Melton Earl Smith, 60-years old (Greene County, NC)
    Killed by three rottweilers
  75. 05/24/95: Kirby Wayne Lawrence, 2-years old (Ocala, Fl)
    Killed by chained rottweiler
  76. 05/19/95: Robert Thorpe, 11-years old (Connellsville, PA)
    Killed by pack of dogs led by a rottweiler3
  77. 04/18/95: Lindsay Shanaman, 2-years old (Canon City, CO)
    Killed by grandmother's rottweiler while visiting for Easter
  78. 10/23/94: Kayla Marie Lee, 5-years old (Northglenn, CO)
    Killed by rottweiler "on loan" for protection
  79. 03/07/94: Heide Dohrn-Cribb, 5-years old (Renton, WA)
    Killed by neighbor's two female rottweilers
  80. 02/04/94: Martha Pope, 75-years old (Chicago, IL)
    Killed by son-in-law's two rottweilers
  81. 01/08/94: Amarillys Torres, 2-months old (Tampa, FL)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  82. 12/15/93: Ursula Petzinger, 53-years old (Elizabethtown, KY)
    Killed saving grandson from family rottweilers
  83. 11/27/93: Dusty Patterson, 5-years old (Desoto, TX)
    Killed by family rottweiler kept for breeding purposes
  84. 11/08/93: Sasha Brown, 4-months old (Chicago, IL)
    Killed by a new rottweiler purchased for "protection"
  85. 08/11/93: Reggie Miller, 6-years old (Kansas City, KS)
    Killed by two rottweilers while riding toy tractor
  86. 07/23/93: Louise Cooper Gantt, 65-years old (Richland County, SC)
    Killed by own rottweiler purchased for protection
  87. 05/14/93: Billy Sheppard Jr., 3-years old (Long Island, NY)
    Killed by rottweiler where mother was babysitting
  88. 06/20/92: Daniel Worley, 6-years old (Fairview, NC)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  89. 02/23/92: Jonathon Williams, 7-years old (Mauldin, SC)
    Killed by rottweiler while searching for its owner
  90. 11/06/91: Raymond Gosh, 86-years old (Chester County, SC)
    Killed by loose dogs including rottweilers
  91. 10/20/89: Hoke Lane Prevette Jr., 20-years old (Winston Salem, NC)
    Killed by two rottweilers while jogging
  92. 05/02/88: Melissa Boyse, 16-months old (Kent, WA)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  93. 09/27/87: Shannon Tucker, 2-years old (Columbus, OH)
    Killed by rottweiler and pit bull
  94. 10/31/85: Santina Saba, 1-month old (Suffolk County, MA)
    Killed by three family rottweilers
  95. 09/03/83: Cara Rognaldson, 1-month old (Dallas, TX)
    Killed by family rottweiler
  96. 01/24/78: Vincent Madrigal, 1-year old (St. Helena, CA)
    Killed by two rottweilers known to him
2This post will be updated annually to reflect new rottweiler fatalities.
2Sheriff's investigator Jason Oliver, angry over the child's grisly death, said that rottweilers and children don't mix and that people living with vicious dogs and children "need to use that lump 3 feet above their ass."
3In revenge, the boy's father and two cousins set the dog owner's mobile home on fire. After igniting gasoline soaked cloths inside the home, exploding ammunition "sounded like a war zone." The two cousins barely escaped with their lives.

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Blogger vintage  |  3/19/2012 4:01 AM  |  Flag  
Hard to believe that not so long ago back in 1975, the US only had 5 DBRFs.

Since 1978, The Pit Bull and Rottweiler communities have produce animals that have killed 359 Americans and horribly mauled THOUSANDS.

Hello...CDC?!? Are the lights on?

Blogger Miss Margo  |  3/24/2012 8:25 PM  |  Flag  
Interestingly, the Rottweiler community is nowhere near as defensive about their Breed of Choice as the Pit Bull community is of its. I've never heard of a Rottweiler Public Image-Support parade.

The same observations apply to the Mastiff, Doberman, and GSD communities. Mastiffs and Dobermans are somewhat rare--or at least, rare everywhere I've ever live. GSD owners seem to accept and own their dogs' behavioral tenancies. And there's a reason why GSDs are probably the #1 military, LE, and drug/bomb detection dog in the world: its unique capacity to be appropriately aggressive and intensely curious while also being self-controlled and very biddable and intelligent.

I wonder, though--Rotts usually go for children and babies (so do wolf hybrids). I read this in on the Craven Desires blog, and I've been turning it over in my mind ever since.

Why..? Does anyone have a theory or idea they could share with me? The big dog isn't "defending itself" or its owner from a tiny helpless baby. Is it being territorial? What's up?

I'm excluding pit bulls from this question & analysis. We all know that they are demented.

OpenID truthbird  |  3/25/2012 6:31 PM  |  Flag  
Rottweilers, wolf-hybrids and huskies indeed focus on infants and young children; all three are high prey drive breeds. The first two take down the elderly as well, the other side of the equation.

Blogger vintage  |  3/26/2012 5:26 AM  |  Flag  
It seems as though Rottweilers really target children, but this is the "norm" across doggiedom.... Only Pit Bulls target adults almost as often as children.
That makes them "Special".

Since the CDC proclaimed no breed differences with their 2000 Study, almost 240 Americans have been killed by Pits and Rotts.

THEY WERE WRONG
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