Florida man uses pit bull to babysit 10-month-old while he goes into bar

[bullwinkle428]

PALM COAST, Florida (AP) - A Florida man is charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving his 10-month-old baby in the care of his pit bull while he went to a bar.

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old James Irvine of Palm Coast was arrested early Saturday.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the child's mother called police after learning Irvine left the baby alone while he went out to drink. She was at work at the time.

A police report says he told her the "pit bull was watching the baby." The child was in his bedroom with the door shut when she came home. A deputy reported the dog was sitting outside the room.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/article/285989/58/Police-Man-left-baby-in-pit-bulls-care

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Sweet Mother of God and OMFG!!!!! It's like every DU "hot-button" rolled into one headline!!

I could barely stop laughing long enough to make this post!

[slackmaster]

1. Was he smoking and carrying a concealed weapon as well?

Is he overweight?

[Remmah2]

8. You know those hidden criminals. nt

nt

[QC]

2. If only Dad had been going to the Olive Garden instead of a bar.....

[bullwinkle428]

6. Before you even posted, I was thinking that would have been the icing on the cake!

[QC]

12. And breast feeding. We need some breast feeding here. n/t

[wickerwoman]

20. And circumcision.

[pnwmom]

34. Is it a female pit bull with a recent litter? Nursing wouldn't' be entirely out of the question.

Are cows that much closer relations to us than dogs?

[joeybee12]

3. Actually, sounds like the pit bull was more responsible than the father...

The pit bull stuck around.

[Barack_America]

5. Gotta agree.

What a waste of air that father is.

[Johonny]

23. +1

[frylock]

30. was thinking the same..

the dog never left it's post. good doggie!

[morningfog]

4. What an idiot. Thank goodness the baby is okay.

[get the red out]

7. Dog smarter than the human

This is DEFINITELY a case of the dog being smarter than the Dad, at least the dog was there positioned by the door.

[MrScorpio]

9. Looks like he JUST made it under the deadline for Father of the Year…

Whew, that was close.

[Turbineguy]

10. When everyday chores start interfering with your drinking....

[JVS]

13. That's how you know you have a chore problem

[TeamPooka]

11. I don't blame the guy since the dog only charges $5 an hour.

[niyad]

14. one has to wonder how many times he has done this before.

I am hoping the woman's first call the next morning was to a divorce attorney. and I hope cps is involved.

[NightWatcher]

15. I bet nobody messed with the baby

[backscatter712]

16. The pit bull might have been friendly.

Like stated earlier, it sounds like the dog was a better father than the baby daddy.

Nevertheless, dogs are not babysitters.

[MoonRiver]

17. Sounds like the dog was TRYING to watch the kid.

Still a bad choice for babysitter. Hope they throw the book at this creep.

[randome]

18. But if the bedroom was inside the bar...never mind.

[gollygee]

19. Was it the bar section of Olive Garden?

ROFL

I don't think the fact that it was a pit bull is significant. If he'd left the baby alone at all, or alone with any dog, while he went out, I'd be equally disgusted.

[Coyotl]

21. A Florida man using a pit bull to babysit his 10-month-old walks into bar and

starts rambling on about how lousy a wife he's got, until the bartender finally says: "You know, I don't understand what you're complaining about. All the other guys in here only have compliments about your wife."

[Enrique]

22. i was raised by pit bulls

i turned out ok.

[janx]

24. No doubt!

[Initech]

25. Wow - so much fail in this story. You can't make this shit up!

[Starry Messenger]

26. Sounds like the pit bull was in fact doing a much better job watching the baby.

[unblock]

27. FLORIDA! why is it always FLORIDA!

[Initech]

31. Bath salts in the water?

[bluestate10]

28. Unfortunately, sanity tests aren't required before a person becomes a parent. nt

[surrealAmerican]

29. Good Dog, Carl?

[vanlassie]

33. Good one!!!

[Aerows]

32. Was there

breast feeding and chicken involved in this incident?

[pnwmom]

35. I can imagine how the pit bull could remove a dirty diaper

but I can't figure out how it could put a clean one on. . . .