[PiePiper]

I know a young couple who owned a pitbull for years. He was a well behaved family pet. The couple became parents to a little girl and the dog and child got along fine. When the little girl was about 3 she was sitting up on the bed with her mother. The pitbull was sleeping on the floor at the bed's side. The child got off the bed and stepped on the sleeping dog. The dog woke up with snapping teeth and almost bit off the child's nose and damaged her cheek. Luckily the teeth missed her eye. The poor little girl spent 2 weeks in the hospital and had to have 100's of stitches. The dog was put down. Here was a loving family pet that was startled from sleep and lashed out.