I remember when I was younger the girl down the street ran across my yard and my dog chased her a nipped her ankle(the dog was a cocker spaniel) so me and my friend went to see how she was and the parents were all being jerks about it saying "oh she had to go to the hospital" when my dog barely even touched her and then her dad was like "we may have to call teh cops and have your dog taken away" mind you i was liek 10 she was prob 7 and there was no blood or anything we were giving the dogs baths with hoses outside(we lived in florida at the time) and my dog just got excited when he saw her run across plus the girl kept running,all lucky wanted to do was play.We tried telling her to stop cause thats all he wanted to do but did she listen?nope. Oh my dog never got taken away or anything but the whole day I was upset that the cops were gonna come and take my dog away,her dads a jerk.
I do understand about kids messing with them. The dogs prob try to defend themselves. I really think they should investigate this stuff more thoroughly it seems like they just take the word of the parents that teh dog attacked the child. But dont put an innocent animal to sleep or in the pound. We give human beings justice why not animals?(does that make sense?lol)