bigmann245 said:i posted this in the other thread but i still dont see how there was neglect. the parents were sleeping.
well... here is how I see it... first off, with a newborn you don't leave them in an infant seat to sleep... (wrong wrong wrong) then you don't allow an animal, i don't care what the breed around them until you are totally comfortable that they are compatable with them. Which I would say would take a year. You can never predict what an animal will do or when they will do it, and to fall asleep with your infant child vulnerable to a puppy, that knows no better (which may have been starving... we don't know ) is neglect on the parents part.
When I had both my kids as infants, I did not have any pet around them. Pets adapt just like people and also get jealous just like kids. You have to slowly get them adjusted to a new addition to the family.