More from CafeMom: 7-Year-Old Fatally Mauled by 2 Pit Bulls in Tragic Accident “I am very disappointed in the East Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter for not disclosing this information,” she wrote. “And now that I have had time to reflect on this traumatic event, a lot of the dogs up for adoption looked like pit bulls but NONE of their tags said that they were.” Additionally, the Louisiana SPCA defended the shelter, noting that it can be difficult to properly classify dogs by breed. “Pit bull is actually not a breed. It’s a group of dogs with very similar features we kinda lumped into one, that’s why we call them pit bull mixes,” spokesperson Alicia Haefele told WWL News. More from CafeMom: 7 Ways to Prep Pets for a New Baby’s Arrival Still, Ashley Prater says that her family’s experience with Caesar has soured them to the idea of dog ownership for the time being. “[Unfortunately] that now my son is traumatized and does not even want to look at another dog,” she wrote. “And quite frankly I don’t blame him.”
title: “Mom Claims Animal Shelter Lied About The Adopted Dog That Attacked Her Son” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-17” author: “James Armstrong”
More from CafeMom: 7-Year-Old Fatally Mauled by 2 Pit Bulls in Tragic Accident “I am very disappointed in the East Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter for not disclosing this information,” she wrote. “And now that I have had time to reflect on this traumatic event, a lot of the dogs up for adoption looked like pit bulls but NONE of their tags said that they were.” Additionally, the Louisiana SPCA defended the shelter, noting that it can be difficult to properly classify dogs by breed. “Pit bull is actually not a breed. It’s a group of dogs with very similar features we kinda lumped into one, that’s why we call them pit bull mixes,” spokesperson Alicia Haefele told WWL News. More from CafeMom: 7 Ways to Prep Pets for a New Baby’s Arrival Still, Ashley Prater says that her family’s experience with Caesar has soured them to the idea of dog ownership for the time being. “[Unfortunately] that now my son is traumatized and does not even want to look at another dog,” she wrote. “And quite frankly I don’t blame him.”
