Also, my niece is awake today and fully alert. Her cut on the side of her face is all stitched up and is a straight line up and down, it will shrink as she grows.

They also repaired the muscles in her eyelids and repaired her tear ducts. They say the doctor's did a wonderful job.


She will be home tomorrow.

She also reached for my sister's phone today and said "Junky", so she let her talk to me on the phone just an hour ago.

yay!

By "repaired the muscles on the eyelid" does it mean the droopy eye will be better? 

To everyone saying that my sister is a bad dog owner, keep it in mind that the dog is not her's. The dog belongs to my mother and father.

New York State Law also states that now the dog will be labeled as a "Dangerous Animal" and if he unfortunately attacks again he will not only forced to be put down, but my parents would also get a $1,000 fine as well as 90-days in jail.

Food for thought in regards to those on the dog's side.


Also bear in mind that the dog has a habit of growling at not only my niece, but to my 10 year old cousin, my niece's 5 year old step brother and my 4 1/2 year old nephew.

Do we blame all of them too?

The dog is getting old and ever since his hernia surgery where he also had his testicles removed he has had a completely different personality. Sometimes he is a mush and sometimes he is a mean son of a bitch.

This could have been anyone's kid and not just my sister's.

While I do not deny that my sister is to blame for allowing my niece to hit the dog, the dog is still becoming quite an issue, especially in a home where my 9 1/2 month old daughter is living.

Plus, how do you teach a 2 year old to not walk over to a dog or pull it's tail, hair, etc...? Even my daughter now likes to grab the small dog by the hair. Remember, these are very little children who really do not know any better.

Yeah... I'm still on the dogs side.  By no means should your sister's kid be taken away... but it's a much more just solution then punishing the dog.  That's for sure.

It's just like the conversation we had in the other thread on which you agreed with.  About hackers and the people who do bad things with them.

It's not the Hackers or the Firmwares fault... it's the people who pirate.

It's the exact same situation here.

My aunt had a 2 year old... and she succesfully taught her 2 year old to not antagonize their dogs... so it is possible, and even if it wasn't... it's a simple thing to teach the kids not to go near the dog... or just keep the animals away in general.

Lots of people have young children and animals so it's surely possible.

I am not saying it isn't my sister's fault, because I know it is, but the dog is still agressive to any child that sets foot at the house.

As a parent I would never side with an animal like that.

Which is why I think it would be ideal if, you could look to give him to a no child family. I know it's hard when you gotta give up an animal you adore, but such is life. The safety of the children comes first.