Family dog attacks ::
Serious and fatal dog attacks involving adults are often inflicted by a family dog within the family's home. We hope that by archiving these stories, we can help prevent a future tragedy.
Adults
2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Marion County Deputy Killed by Violent Dog While Dog Sitting
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by His XL Bullies in Mesa Viking Park in San Diego
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Attacks Owners, Killing One, in Boston
- 2024 Dogs Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Two Pit Bulls Taken in as Strays in California
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Pair of German Shepherds Kill 91-Year Old Owner in Chehalis
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 72, Dies After Attacked by Own Rescue Dog in Missouri
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 33-Years Old, Killed by Dogs on Chicago's West Side
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 60, Killed by Two Pit Bulls While House Sitting
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 62, Killed by One of Her Breeding Bullmastiffs in Alabama
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 41, Killed by His XL Bully, the Largest Pit Bull Breed Variant
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 85, Fatally Attacked by Her Own Dog in Hidalgo County
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills L.A. Owner with 'Bite to the Throat' in Late May
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills Male Owner in Bronx Apartment Building
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Pack of Breeding Pit Bulls in Compton, California
- 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Breeder Killed, Husband Injured After Attack by Catahoula...
- Suspected Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 29, Found Dead in Garage with Multiple Dog Bites...
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Elderly Woman, 89, Killed by Family Pit Bull in Indiana
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Taylorsville Woman Dies After Attacked by Son's Pit Bull Pack
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Tomball Woman, 59, Killed by Pet Rottweiler in Backyard of Home
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Toledo Woman, 70, Killed by Family Pit Bull-Labrador Mix
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Own Dog that was on Trial for Attacking Neighbor...
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 67, Killed by Daughter's Dogs While Dog Sitting Them...
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Type Dog Kills its Unconscious Owner in West Virginia
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies After Attack by Daughter's Pit Bull-Mix...
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 22, Killed by Brother's Four Pit Bulls While Dog Sitting
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Rescue Pit Bull After Trying to Break up...
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 58, Mauled and Killed by Her Daughter's Pit Bull
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Blue Nose Pit Bull in Pitts, Georgia
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Elderly Woman Killed by Dogs; Daughter Faces Charges
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 88, Dies of Injuries, Child Severely Injured...
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: 32-Year Old Man Killed by 'Alligator' Pit Bull in Tennessee
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Dog Attacks and Kills Owner, a 62-Year Old Man...
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 43, Killed by Her Pack of Great Danes in Iowa
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Found Dead After Dog Attack in a Central Valley...
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Mutilates, Kills Woman in Nassau County
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 70, Mauled to Death by Pet Rottweilers...
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bulls Suspected After Woman Found Dead
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 45, Mauled to Death by Own Dog in Newberry
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Dies After Breaking Up Dog Fight in Kewanee...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Pit Bulls on Far South Side of Chicago...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Mother Dies After Saving Son's Life During Pit Bull...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Missouri Woman Killed by Daughter's Familiar Pit Bulls...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Police Suspect Woman Mauled to Death by Her Own Dogs
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Grandmother Bitten in the Throat, Killed by Family Pit Bull...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Pit Bull She was Dog Sitting in Myrtle Point
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 84-Year Old Woman Killed by Son's Dogs in Indiana...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 91-Year Old Woman Killed by a Pet Rottweiler...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Three Pit Bulls She was Dog Sitting...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 31-Year Old Woman Fatally Bitten in the Neck by Pet Pit Bull
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 59, Killed by Pair of Family Pit Bulls in El Paso
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Found Injured, Bloody and Unresponsive After Pit Bull...
There are so many deadly attacks involving family dogs that we can only show several years.
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