Classical Values :: Have a dog, lose your child!

August 08, 2006

Have a dog, lose your child!

The stuff that happens in today's nanny state never ceases to amaze me. In San Francisco, a devoted mother lost her 6 year old son because her pit bull bit another dog on the ear:

Valerie Louie's nightmare started the day her young son accidentally left their front door ajar last year.

Two of her dogs -- pit bull mixes -- ran out, and one bit a small dog on the ear. San Francisco's animal control department deemed the animals "vicious and dangerous,'' and eventually they were banned from Louie's Richmond District home.

But in a bizarre snowballing of events, Louie's son, Andrew, then 6, was removed from his home and placed in foster care where, allegedly, an older child engaged him in sexual behavior. Andrew eventually was permitted to move in with his aunt, but he has not returned to his home full time in eight months even though the dogs have been gone the whole time.

The boy had never been bitten, harmed or even threatened by the family pets, although Louie admits she could have done more to supervise Andrew around the animals. Child Protective Services officials told Louie that they were taking the boy to a foster home because of the threat that Andrew could be hurt by the dogs.

"My family was torn apart for purely speculative reasons,'' said Louie, 45, a registered nurse. "It is terrifying that city agencies can have so much power against a law-abiding, hardworking family. But the worst part of it all has been the time between my son and me that is forever lost.''

Louie, who has filed a legal claim against the city, goes back to court today to argue that Andrew should be allowed to return home full time.

It's a long story, but it seems quite clear that the child was never in any danger from the dog:

Buoying her case is a court-appointed dog trainer who said he believes the dogs pose no untoward danger. A court-appointed psychologist has also strongly recommended that Andrew "be returned to his mother's care immediately. There is no threat to him at this point, and keeping these two separated can only be punitive.''

The whole thing strikes me as pit bull hysteria compounded by bureaucracy run amok.

Here's a picture of the killer dog and the boy who had to be "saved."

I'm glad I don't have kids.

If I did, and Coco was seen chasing a squirrel, why, they'd just have to drag the kids away to foster "care."

Big ~~Brother~~ Sister knows best!

posted by Eric on 08.08.06 at 04:25 PM

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My wife and I have had a plan ever since we had our first child, that if CPS ever shows up to take our kids away, she will have the kids in the car and on the way to the next state while I hold the CPS workers at bay. It's sad that we feel that this is necessary, but we are Pagan, and we homeschool. The combination of the two makes us really feel like targets of the overzealous government.

Anonymous · August 8, 2006 08:44 PM

Sounds like a good plan to me. (Homeschooling is bad enough, but breaking the stereotype? That's a dire threat!)

Eric Scheie · August 8, 2006 09:15 PM

It has suddenly occurred to me what the single greatest threat is to our society.

A pit bull smoking a cigarette.

Won't someone please do something about the dire threat of pit bulls smoking cigarettes?!?!

FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!!

Beck · August 8, 2006 09:40 PM

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The True Hell On Earth And Tried To Get My Children Back Given List

After List Of Things I Needed To Accomplish That Was Impossible Along

With Many Other Factors Like The Over Whelming Motherly Instinct To

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Tharp's And Not Trusting Anyone ( Why Would I ? ) In The End I Opted To

Keep My Children Together After Being Threatened They Would First Put

My Oldest Son Who Had Mental Issues And Was 7 Years Of Age At The Time In A Home Until The Age Of 21 I Was

Just Naive Enough To Believe Them Secondly They Would Take My Parental

Rights And The Children Would Be Separated For Life If I Did Not Give

Them All To The One Home Who Wanted Them...My Children Are All Grown

And All Have Came Back To Me With The Horror Stories Of There Abusive

Adoptive Home And Yes In The End After My Adult Children Returned To

Me I Seen The Proof Of Some Of The Abuse As They Kicked Them Out With

Nothing Having To Get Help To Retrieve Just There Clothing They Kept As

Much As They Could Get Away With Like All Of There Real Jewelry

Electronics There Bonds Ids Birth Certificate So They Could Not Get Any

Help Work Or Drive And All Of There Money From There Bank Accounts My

Kids Had Worked For And Saved And Said They Never Wanted To Hear From

Or See Them Again.. Now 20 Years Later They CPS Is Back With A

Vengeance Doing The Same Things To My Family It Took Us Years To Try To

Over Come The Pain And Mental Anguish Already Handed Down From Them CPS

To Our Family Almost Killing Us Once My Family Has Came A Long Way To

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Grandson Ashton Ray McGill 8-26-06 He Was The Perfect Father Never

Leaving The Side Of His Baby The Mother Whom I Love Brest Feeding Had

Past False Accusations From Her Ex And His Mother A Manipulative State

Faster Care Provider Who Already Took Two Of Her Children Having The

Mother Tossed Into Jail Pageant For Months And Loosing Her 8 Year Job

Temporally As Everyone Knows She Is Incant She Just Got Released From

Jail Less Then A Month Before Ashton Was Born She Was Planning To Start

The Fight For The Returned Of Her Girls After Getting To Return To Work

She Was Cleared By The Courts Of After Spending 4 Months In Jail For

Nothing But Lies.... On The Day They Were To Leave The Hospital To

Bring The Baby Home They Were Stopped And Told That They Had To Speak To

The CPS Worker Who Told Them That They Had Received A Call Reporting

Them The Day The Birth Announcement Was Put In The Local New Paper (

IS ANYONE THINKING WHAT I AM THINKING ???? ) I Rushed To The Hospital

To Be Told That They Were Taking Ashton Into Custody Yes I Was Angry

And Voiced My Opinion And My Voice Raised In Tone They Called The

Police Who Did Nothing But Was There To Threaten Me Then I Was Told

That He Was Looking At Me As A Placement More B.S. Probably So That I

Would Let Him Leave With The Baby Quietly They Told Me And My Son To

Fallow Them Down To The Office Were I Was Not Approved Do To My Past

C.P.S. History Now The Court Date Is Set For 8:00 Am 8-30-06 And They

Have Put Fear Into The Mother And My Son Saying It Would Be Best If I

Was Not There They Want There Child Back And Are Fearful To Let Me

Go.. I Think Its A Con I Think They Know That I Am Not As Naive As My

Children Will Be... This Has To Stop This Can Not Happen Twice In My

Life Time I NEED HELP AND I NEED IT NOW I BELIEVE THAT IF WE THE PEOPLE

START TO STAND UP FOR OR CHILDREN/GRANDCHILDREN OUR RIGHTS AND WE START

TO PULL TOGETHER IF WE HAVE BEEN WRONGED PAST PRESENT AND FEATURE I

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS I GROW UP IN A

UNION FAMILY I LEARNED FIRST HAND WHAT PULLING TOGETHER FOR A PURPOSE

CAN ACHIEVE.. AND MY NEW SAYING IS

ANYMORE>>>>>> I Am A Good Person Not A Bad Person I Have Loved And

Cared For Many Children And Teens In My Home Time And Time Again I Was

A Foster With Out Payment From Anyone... Its My Turn What Goes Around

Comes Around I Have Lived My Life By This Saying... But Now I Have To

Ask If Its True What Is Happening And Why Is It Happening To Me And My

Family... If Anyone Can Help Me Please Please I Welcome Anything ALL I

KNOW IS THAT IT IS NOW RIGHT NOW TIME FOR A CHANGE NOT ONE MORE DAY NOT

ONE MORE HOUR HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE, FAMILY'S, CHILDREN, WILL HAVE TO

ENDEAR THE PAIN The Broken HEARTS BROKEN FAMILY AND LOSS DO TO A SYSTEM

OUT OF CONTROL PEOPLE WHO MISS USE THERE AUTHORITY WHO CAN AND WILL SAY

OR DO ANYTHING THEY PLEASE WITH OUT CONSEQUENCE... THERE IS SOMETHING WE

THE PEOPLE CAN DO START WITH GOING TO EVERY SIGHT AND READING THE

STORIES ABOUT CPS MISS JUSTUS GO To ASK.COM PUT IN CPS OR CPS MISS

JUSTUS AND ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF SIGN ALL PETTISHNESS YOU HAVE

READ AND AGREE ON THEN SEND EVERYTHING TO YOUR FRIEND OR PEOPLE ON YOUR

BUBBY LIST AND DON'T STOP ... IF THIS HAS OR IS

HAPPENING TO YOU NOW CONTACT EVERYONE TALK SHOWS, NEW SHOES, WRITE THE

LOCAL NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FIRST AND FOREMOST REMEMBER THIS WILL

NOT CHANGE ITS SELF EVERYONE HAS A VOICE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO USE IT

IF YOU DO NOTHING, NOTHING WILL CHANGE BUT IF EVERYONE SPEAKS UP

TOGETHER SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO CHANGE I AM NOW CONVINCED THERE ARE

MANY YOU KNOW HOW NOISY IT IS IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE TALKING JUST

THINK OF A WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT C.P.S. HAS AND

IS DOING TO LIVES... Don't Forget To Send Me A Copy Of Your Story's As I

Will Help Get Them Out ... Deana Becklehimer LOVEAROTTROWS@MSN.COM

Deana Becklehimer-Dunbar · August 31, 2006 04:51 PM