In 2018, one of the neighbours posted a photo on Facebook of the two Rottweilers believed to be responsible for the attack. The dogs belonged to the neighbour of Mia's grandfather Ross Galvin, whose house the family were visiting for dinner. 'But if we stimulate them, teach them to chew and bite on things they shouldn't be, then that causes these potential side effects.' 'It's not in a dog's nature to kill - no dog has that nature - and especially Rottweilers, if anything. 'So unfortunately, in situations like this, dogs are typically overstimulated and played with, especially with things like squeaky toys and tug of war. 'In Sydney right now there'd be thousands of Rottweilers, but we hear of one story which is the exception to the rule,' Mr Williams said. Things can happen so quickly within a couple of seconds.'ĭog Behaviour Specialist Nathan Williams also suggested that the dogs may have been overstimulated.ĭog Behaviour Specialist Nathan Williams also suggested that the dogs may have been overstimulated

'It's just another timely reminder that children should never be left alone. 'When you get one dog that gets really excited, the other dog can feed into that and then, obviously, you don't just have one dog that's bitten a child or a person, you've got two, so the damage is just going to be way worse,' he said. Just because we can't hear something it doesn't mean that dogs can't because dogs have a huge frequency range up to 60,000 hertz.'Īnother trainer, Mark Hickey, suggested one dog could've gotten overexcited, stimulating the other. So they smell millions of times better than us, so that could have been a trigger,' she said. 'We forget that dogs possess up to 300 million olfactory receptors.

The trainer, who has also owned Rottweilers, told that the phenomenon could lead to aggression in affected dogs before they realise what happened.

'Every dog breed has the potential to attack even their owner at that moment, because it's a fearful reaction and it just takes them by surprise,' Ms Henry explained. The newborn was asleep in a bassinet at the end of a table surrounded by up to eight adults when the pair of Rottweilers attacked

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