Let's get this straight. Anyone who has raised a puppy that was abandon by it's mother knows you are feeding that puppy every 2 to 2 1/2 yours. This is dedication. Given what we have learned about the parents, I cannot see this dedication there. Any mother knows that babies howl if they have a diaper rash - imagine what it would be with the toes being chewed off? And you did not hear it???? Right next to it???? Okay - give the mother a break. She was tired, and didn't hear the baby cry. Was this Mother of the Year a nursing mother??? Any nursing mother knows the Good Father is locked in the baby's corner. One howl and your milk lets down. This can also happen when someone elses baby in the store yells. That is the way it works. If she was asleep as she says, she was sleeping in a puddle. If nothing wakes you up, that does. Been there done that. This story gives Pit Bulls and Ferrets a bad rap, It needs to be written correctly. If the animals were as hungry as it seems, the baby was probably hungry also. An example needs to be made here, so the people who have these wonderful dogs do not get punished by losing insurance for their homes, or paying prices that are out of site. Marilyn at Ledoux Hospice. [Posted in FML 5461]