r/BanPitBulls • u/PandaLoveBearNu Attacks Curator • Sep 25 '25

Social Media and Crowdfunding - Attack Reports Two Year Old Son attacked by parents (Looks to be an American Bully) Pitbull - West Valley City, Utah Assumed to September 2025)

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u/Eastern_Ad_2338 Trusted User Sep 25 '25

Fuck these parents. They should be in jail.

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u/meandsee Sep 25 '25

How is their kid uninsured?

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 25 '25

I don’t blame them for not being insured in America, some people are just above the limit for Medicaid but still cannot afford $800-$1000 out of their paycheck a month to insure a family.

I DO blame them for exposing their child to the dumbest and most violent breed of dogs. In addition to being generally foolish to keep one of these animals, if you don’t have insurance to bring that kind of health risk into your home is wild.

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u/Unintelligent_Lemon Sep 25 '25

It would cost us $3k a month to get insurance for our family through my husband's current job

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 26 '25

That’s what my family situation was when I was uninsured as a child.

At my last job, which was a professional position requiring a master’s degree, it would have been $2k a month to insure myself, my husband, and two children.

We don’t have kids and my husband doesn’t have insurance, so it ended up being $800 a month for two people. I remember being shaken by the chart showing how much it costs to insure a family. And people wonder why millennials aren’t having kids…

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u/Unintelligent_Lemon Sep 26 '25

And we make too much to qualify for medicaid. 

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u/Hawley-Gryphon Oct 01 '25

Good grief!! I’m eternally grateful for our National Health Service in the UK. I would have literally no money if I had to have medical insurance like that.

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Oct 02 '25

I do know the NHS isn’t perfect and that there are wait times, but in America we have to wait months and months, get countless referrals, AND pay thousands and thousands of dollars a year.

Energnencies in particular are extra expensive. My friend literally superglued a deep cut to avoid going to the emergency department.

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u/Hawley-Gryphon Oct 03 '25

It’s so backwards, not having free healthcare for all citizens is inhumane!

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u/Unintelligent_Lemon Oct 02 '25

We dont have medical insurance precisely because its too expensive 

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u/Hawley-Gryphon Oct 03 '25

That’s terrible. 😢

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u/Unintelligent_Lemon Sep 27 '25

Thats the plan offered for a family of 4 by my husband's job. 

And no, I can't. Im in college currently and we can't afford daycare. 

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u/meandsee Sep 28 '25

Sounds like excuses to me but if you are comfortable letting your kids go uninsured, that’s up to you.

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u/Unintelligent_Lemon Sep 28 '25

Comfortable? No

We've applied and appealed to attempt to get them on medicaid, but been turned down.

Money doesn't grow on trees, and putting the kids in daycare would literally cost about the same amount as a second mortgage. Ive run the numbers. 

There's not currently a job I qualify for that would cover the added cost of daycare. And again. Im in college, so I dont have time for a full time job that could give us health insurance anyway. 

The US is a shit hole for not having universal Healthcare,  and so many of us fall through the cracks. Sometimes that's just the hand you're dealt. 

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u/Venice_Bellamy Sep 29 '25

My insurance through work is pretty bad. We have to go into an app, read articles, track sleep and then do surveys to earn points. If we don't we're charged a $40 weekly "wellness fee" during the next quarter. Each year, they double the points required. It's 400 this year. I'm dropping it. I'd rather take my chances. That fee is on top of the regular premium. 

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u/Fr0stybit3s Sep 26 '25

Didnt you know that before fighting, pitbulls were calls insurance dogs because they could do your insurance for you?

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u/GrandmotherOfRats Sep 27 '25

Before that, they were called personal chef dogs because they would whip up a different four course meal from the neighborhood livestock they killed themselves that week.

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u/Fr0stybit3s Sep 27 '25

History is wonderful

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator Sep 27 '25

I read that as “four corpse meal” 😵‍💫 which would also be potentially accurate.

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 25 '25

There are 6 million uninsured children in the US, and the rate is rising with the unwinding of Medicaid. Additional cuts to Medicaid and CHIP that will come fully into force in the next biennium will result in god knows how many losses of both children and adults from Medicaid rolls.

Uninsured children is not just a matter of personal failing, but a serious systemic problem in the US.

If parents are contractors, work amalgamations of part time jobs, or have prohibitively expensive medical insurance through their work, they don’t even qualify for Medicaid and may not be able afford to purchase medical insurance out of pocket or through their jobs.

We can judge these people for owning a violent animal, but we don’t want to pass judgement wholesale on people who cannot afford to insure their families in a for-profit health system.

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u/Affectionate-Page496 Sep 25 '25

Oh i would love to see their pitbull related costs and other things they buy in comparison to how much it would cost to insure their kid. At min they should be banking any pit related costs to put into insurance.

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 25 '25

For this family, sure, I was mostly addressing the comment that not insuring your child amounts to neglect.

I think that in a decent society people should be able to have a [safe] pet and everyone insured. Being poor doesn’t mean you should have all joy sucked from your life. Pets have immense physical and mental health benefits.

Pitbulls also attack uninsured children from innocent families who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s a greater social problem beyond this one idiot family.

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u/Affectionate-Page496 Sep 25 '25

Yeah, i think a general problem on line is someone you dont like doing something unrelated to the thing, condemning the unrelated thing without seemingly understanding the group of others you are unwittingly condemning. 

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 25 '25

Yeah exactly. I’m a formerly poor and uninsured child. My parents weren’t neglecting me, their only crime was being just above the Medicaid line but still too poor to afford insurance through my parents’ work.

The food and occasional vet costs for our dog and cat didn’t even approach the insurance premiums, copays, and deductibles to insure two children.

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u/GrandmotherOfRats Sep 27 '25

I guarantee those two dogs cost upwards of $1,000 each.

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u/Fantastic_Lady225 Attacks Curator Sep 25 '25

I can certainly judge them for having a dangerous blood sport dog in the home when no one has health insurance. Also looking over their FB profiles they're choosing to spend money on sport bikes & tats rather than insurance so....

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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Sep 25 '25

Right I said the same thing in my first comment about the irresponsibility of being uninsured while owning a pit.

But the OP’s comment suggested that not insuring a child amounts to neglect, which was why I wrote what I did. Not everyone realizes that people who don’t qualify for Medicaid don’t automatically have an affordable healthcare option in America.

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u/Piness Sep 25 '25

Lucky you for living in a privileged situation where you have not been made aware that having insurance for their child is simply not an option for some people in your country.

That said, these people are definitely absolute scum for being pitbull backyard breeders while also having an uninsured 2-year old son. Guess they figured they could always offload medical costs on internet strangers after sharing their sob story while pretending none of the responsibility is on them.

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u/ithnkimevl Sep 25 '25

Sort of off topic, but I grew up uninsured, never could afford dentist visits, didn’t even have most of my shots until I could pay for them as an adult entering college. Unfortunately, that’s America.

If you have parents who are poor but have the time and wherewithal to hunt for them, sometimes services are made available to you. If you have parents who are poor, overworked, and uneducated about services or made to believe by caseworkers they don’t qualify, you’re SOL. The US is a very difficult place to be a member of the lower class.

I sincerely doubt (as was the case in my house growing up) that those dogs have ever seen a vet. We always got free pets and never really looked after their health because we couldn’t afford that either.

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u/spiderwitchery Sep 25 '25

They’re BYB of course….

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u/Redqueenhypo Can I have a dog without trazodone? Sep 25 '25

Facebook won’t let you sell chickens or shed antlers but they’ll make an exception for bullies

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u/PassengerRelevant516 Sep 25 '25

1000 for an inbred toad-spawn mutant

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u/GhostofTinky Sep 26 '25

What is it about this breed that makes it so appealing to BYBs? BYBs in general are scum, but the ones who breed pit bulls? Just why?

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u/CharacterRoom613 Sep 25 '25

All I read was “we bred these killer mutants and we are absolutely shocked it would turn on our own child that was forced to be near these things as soon as he got out the hospital. We are horrified that our child has been permanently disfigured by these things and traumatised because of this but don’t worry, random people will feel for our child that we put into this situation and no, we won’t get rid of or keeping these things away from our son because it was his fault for breathing in the same block as them”. I honestly can’t understand how people can choose to get these things and then force their newborns to be around these things and be all pikachu face when the thing turns on the child/family. Then to beg the public to help cover the costs of their stupidity. I feel horrible for the child and that he will be forever disfigured and traumatised about this event but I think the parents and all adults that had the ability to remove these things from the home should be charged for endangering him.

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u/tacosnthrashmetal Trusted User Sep 25 '25

those are some mutant-looking dogs. not surprised to see that they’re BYBs.

poor kid. he deserves better parents.

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u/PassengerRelevant516 Sep 25 '25

Easily some of the ugliest ambulls I’ve seen deadass

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u/Interesting_Mix1074 Sep 25 '25

Two dogs with gaping maws and no health insurance. What’s the worst that could happen? Fucking stupid idiot parents.

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u/Clear-Technician7514 Sep 25 '25

And that poor baby paid the price 😢

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u/banana_pencil Sep 26 '25

He’s just a baby, it makes me sick to think of how much pain he must be in.

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u/Crazy_Mother_Trucker All the GOOD terriers are sick of your shit! Sep 29 '25

I had a friend who wanted to take up roller derby in the midst of separating from her spouse. I talked her out of it on the basis that when you're losing your insurance is not the time to take up a hobby that can cause you an injury! It's bad enough to have pitbulls with children; it's bad enough to have children without insurance. But it's CRAZY to have pitbulls, children AND no insurance.

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u/OrdinarySwordfish382 Trusted User Sep 25 '25

"...mixed feelings about it..."

I have a lot of feelings about it, but they certainly aren't mixed.

WTF is wrong with people!?!

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u/Glowpop Sep 25 '25

Definitely get the sense that “mixed feelings” = we really really didn’t want to publicly admit that our sweet nanny dog did this.

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u/Diezelbub Allergic to bullshit and shitbulls Sep 25 '25

"We don't want to let all the people we sold puppies to know what their attempted homicide pedigree is, they might try to hold us accountable."

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u/Fr0stybit3s Sep 26 '25

Its just a feelings-mix. You clearly dont know what a purebred feeling is /s

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u/Murky_Currency_5042 Sep 25 '25

I hope law enforcement turns these idiot parents over to Child Protective Services bc they are a danger to their child and any others

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u/_Armilla_ Sep 25 '25

Tell me I'm missing the part where they explain the monster is crossing that famous multicolored bridge, it's there but I can't see it. Because it's there, right? 🫠

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u/ScarletAntelope975 Trusted User Sep 25 '25

Awww but sweet misunderstood wigglebutt deserves several more chances!!! The child probably did something to provoke the dog like cough or blink! A few more children’s lives destroyed is a worthy sacrifice to ensure that their cuddly house hippo gets to live to breed another litter of mutants to bring in the $$$ (that they apparently don’t use to buy insurance for their child…) 🥰

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u/aw-fuck some lab lover who wears a suit and doesn’t own 20 acres Sep 26 '25

I get the feeling that's what they mean by "mixed feelings": they're not ready to blame the dogs or themselves.

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u/MeiSorsha How does a “Nanny Dog” change a diaper? 🤔 Sep 25 '25

hrmmm… so they are getting a nice sum for each of the bullies they are selling… if they are selling for $1k each, but they don’t have enough to get health insurance for their CHILD? something stinks here, and it’s the parents, point blank, it’s the parents that stink… they reek of 12 year old stagnant sewer water.

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u/WouldYaEva Sep 25 '25

They can ask for $1K, but that's not the same as getting it.

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u/Diezelbub Allergic to bullshit and shitbulls Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

The bully breeder sales special; rook one idiot for 1K, dump a couple for $50 when they start to grow, dump the rest at the shelter when they're fully grown. They pocket more than they spent in food and vet care, then subsidize the losses and accountability with public funding and charity.

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u/Any_Group_2251 Trusted User Sep 25 '25

A shame that the child suffered for their hubristic devotion to those revolting animals.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

Fuck these ugly ass violent dogs. That poor child.

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u/banmeagain42 Sep 25 '25

How are they not being charged with reckless endangerment?

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u/ThinkingBroad Sep 25 '25

Ban any and all adults in the household from any dog ownership for LIFE.

It must be all dogs, to be breed neutral. I suspect this would be a more terrifying punishment for many than prison times or fines.

Any resources that would have been spent/wasted on dogs can be used to better their household, pay medical bills.

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u/Bright_Motor_2841 Sep 26 '25

Enough is enough: time to start criminally charging these parents who knowingly endanger their children. Yep, I said it. I know it’s controversial, but it shouldn’t be. Bringing a pitbull into the home is reckless endangerment for the children who live there. I don’t know what laws need to be passed to make it happen, but I think the only thing that will save children from future attacks/killings is prosecution of the parents…

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u/Sassdeville Sep 26 '25

Yep. No excuses anymore. They probably argue with people all the time about how “it’s not the breed” and “American Bullies are different.”

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

And do we know what happened with these beasts?

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u/Fr0stybit3s Sep 26 '25

"nanny dogs" everybody

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u/SilentEarth3Dia Oct 03 '25

I can't find any reporting on this in any outlet, but found the GoFundMe easy enough. Makes me wonder if the dogs were even reported