European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 9, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 i Arm Landers dear Ann Landers my husband and i Are both 60. We of raised two sons the Best we knew How. We gave them love and affection time and guidance and As Many luxuries As we could afford. Our boys went to Good colleges and we were proud of their achievements. We thought we had a Fine relationship with them and their families until a few months ago. Now everything seems to have come apart. Please listen to what has happened and give us an opinion. Our older daughter in Law ask ii me if she could have something my parents both deceased had Given me. It is an heirloom that is dear to my heart. I was shocked when she said would t you like to see me enjoy this while you Are still alive i replied no i would not. I want to enjoy it while i am still  she then said you lied when you said i was like a daughter to you. If 1 was like a daughter you would give it to  am this situation has snowballed Way out of proportion. I have been made to look Tike us villain and told that i owe her and my son an apology. They refuse to allow me to see my grandchildren until 1 admit i was wrong. I am heartsick. Will you kindly evaluate this mess we were raised to respect our parents. Is the world that different today please let me Bear from you. Depressed in Long Island dear Lous Island Yor aug inter in us bad one Heck of a lot of my to ask for the heirloom. I Admire your courage to say no. Out Kwh a was embarrassed when to refitted to the it up so be dragged her  Koto the picture and enlisted us support. Too bad she succeeded. Ii b Aten Eft thai your Pwu Slaamot for  and honest is to a leafed Access to your . I or fest to break the impasse that a Natter of the clergy be asked to sem As to Taft Atler ii should be agreed to and Vance that the decision of the mediator will be accepted by both sides. If this rift b not mended in May last for Yean. Maybe fomer. Dear Ann Landers regarding your response to the hostess whose antique chair was broken by the 240-Pound guest let me assure you the guest did not consider herself heavier than average. In her own mind she is just a Little Over  my husband weighs at least 300 pounds. Nobody knows for sure he Calls himself an out of shape  when de was in College he played football weighed 220 pounds was great looking today be refuses to sit on our dining room Chain because they Don t make Chain like they used  he broke two Chain in his Mother s House and yelled at her for buying cheap furniture. Any Haig cations for people like this he won t listen to a thing i say and sneaks Beer cake and pie when i m not looking. Lie also eats Steak and potatoes at lunch and demands a big meal in the evening. Meanwhile i am fearful of being a Young widow dear fearful make sure his insurance premiums Are paid regularly. Reminder All letters to la editor must contain your privacy. Letters web in he Mim a he a Chi Mimi my a Mim Mem Mhz Mem hmm  Mph by him a i readers write of killer dogs and Little children this is in response to a letter sent to you from the teen Ager regarding inc Issue of the dog killing a Little girl from Oregon City. To too. Love All animals and would not want anything to needlessly happen to any of them but sometimes there Are Circum stances that no one is aware of. In 1981, my daughter after a four year station in Stuttgart was attacked by a lab Rador retriever. The writer s response was that the Mother should have been watching the child and this May not have happened but that is not necessarily True. One of my first stops was to see a girl Friend from school. She had been living with her Mother at the time and her Mother owned the dog i just mentioned. My Daugh Ter wanted to go and see the dog. Both my Friend and her Mother assured me that the dog was very Friendly and would not Hurt her. My daughter was 6 Mars old and 1 thought she would be Fine the dog was also tied up. Well about five minutes later i heard a scream 1 will never be Able to forget As Long As i live. We All ran for the Back Yard. The dog had my daughter Down on the ground on her Back and he was on top of her. We must have startled the dog because he re leased her and she was Able to run from him. I had to Rush my daughter to Walter Reed army medical Center where they were Able to get hold of a plastic surgeon who immediately stitched her face in three different places with about 41 stitches. She will require More cosmetic surgery when she is Well into her teens. I guess what i am trying to say is that when you have been assured that a dog will not attack and the people Are very trusting you tend to believe them. Tobii is not to say that i should not have trusted them. They trusted the dog and had no reason not to. You can never know what an animal will do or what might trigger him to do some thing co please Don t flame the Mother. I will never be Able to forget what happened to my daughter but at test i still have her. Name and location not ahem i Hope you Prim this utter soon before the Young lady from Heidelberg cries her self to death Over a dog True murdered a 4 year old child. I us the word murdered because this  Breed of dog is bred for Only one reason to maim cripple and kill. The dog had no fear of the child. He would t even have had any if the child had been a Texas longhorn 2,000 pounds on four legs. Hence the word Bull. Pit derives from the Arenas where they were first introduced As fighters hundreds of years ago. They were originally pitted against bulls. Pit Bull get it so Why do i write simply because someone i love dearly my granddaughter has a pit Bull chained in her front Yard. My daughter and son in Law acquired the dog two years ago Long before our Little Ashley came along. Her grandmother my wife recently flew Home to help celebrate her first birthday. I Pray the has it. Since coming to Germany we have sent every article on the pit Bull Issue that you have published. One which the Young writer obviously missed was a june or july double spread Issue. They still have the dog but will get rid of it As soon As the potential buyer comes across with the Money. If i knew him i d gladly Send him the Money. Pen pals pit Bull fighting although illegal goes on much like drug smuggling. I be never witnessed a fight nor would i care to but i have seen the results of one that was conducted just for  no big Money on the line. Picture this two dogs Are led into the Circle chained. The chains arc the Type you d use to Tow one car with another. They the dogs weigh a Mere 85 to 90 pounds  when compared to your average great Dane who tops out at 150 pounds. The great Dane however when racing a pit Bull might just As Well be a mexican Chihuahua. The pits Are teased and tormented Inlo raging madness and then turned Loose against each other. They clash head on without a sound. Even when one dog s ear is torn from his head he make no sound. No growl no yelp. Nothing. All of a sudden he has the upper hand As he exposes the rib Cage of his opponent. The dogs Are called off. After All they be gone at it for four minutes. Since they were performing for nothing this was a training session. A Money fight would have ended in the death of one of the dogs. The Odd thing about this particular fight the two dogs were father and son. What happened to the theory of parental instinct the pit Bull s Only instinct is to kill be it their own a 4-year-old child or an invalid confined to a wheelchair. All this has happened and sadly enough will happen again. Sic. Dale a. Webb Bremerhaven Germany Why does our society allow the tragic deaths of Little children to happen All Over the . I often hear of these Mon Strous pit Bull terrier dogs attacking o child even when adults Are near. The Man from Oregon City who recently killed his pit Bull after it killed a 4-year-old girl did the right thing. How could you Trust the dog again what s More important a living breathing human child or an aggressive dog there Are lots of dogs everywhere chained up with children around them and they Ion t attack and kill an innocent child. If that dog had not been chained what else would it have done the Little girl should not have been out alone but was. The dog might have Only been using self defense but a Small child has no defense against any wild animal chained caged or not. Maybe this teen Ager will have a daughter one Day and maybe a chained dog will attack her. Who will she cry or then i love dogs i be had them half of my life but 1 also have very precious children that god gave to me to love and to protect that s a Parent s first priority. Fair or not. Name withheld Spandau pm a Germany. My parents raised me with two dogs from the age of 2 until i was 18. Needless to say a Small child does t con Sider a dog s feelings when they Are play ing together. 1 did everything from pull ing their tails to screaming directly in their ears. Never once did they Ever snap growl or attempt to bite me. I am 20 years old now and have lived in Germany for two years. Presently i own three dogs. I have a Cocker Spaniel a German Shepherd and a Bernese Moun Tain dog. This is quite a variety of Breeds sizes and personalities. Not one of them has acted in any Way mean. I baby sit my neighbor s 3 and 5-year-Olds and All three dogs simply adore the kids. Pit bulls ure bred to be mean. With Only a few weeks of training they can be killers. I most definitely agree with the actions of the dog s owner. If i were to come Home to find that one of my dogs had killed a defenceless child i would have that dog immediately put to sleep. This does t mean that i Don t love my dogs it is the Only right thing to do. The Way i look at it is How i would feel if i were the Parent of that child. To me killing the dog would be the very least the owner could have done. He could always get another dog but i could never replace that child. Dana Sapp Rhein mahi a Germany. Instead of one word of sympathy for the girl who was killed or the parents of the girl the writer places the blame on them and cries Over the dog s death. As for the dog. What is the use of a dog that will attack anything within reach. I cannot see anything beneficial Only a tragedy As the one that occurred. As most children do i m sure this Young girl loved dogs and Only wanted to pet it or play with it. 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