Either last week or week before a cute little local child was attacked and bitten by a large dog reported to be a Great Dane.

Photos posted on Facebook of the child's injuries showed a horrible, long, deep, gaping bloody gash, running horizontally across almost all of one of the child's cheeks. The child also had puncture wounds to her neck, ear and, back of the head not visible in the photo.

This child used to regularly participate in children's beauty contests.

Something I thought was interesting as well as quite revealing is folks I know who either have small children of their own or have small children visit regularly and are also owners of some of the known dangerous dog breeds were unusually quiet.