The dog's owners distanced themselves from their pet pretty quickly after this happened (the boy being attacked under their watch). Disowning their pet so quickly seems like their way of saying "Oh Sh*t, were we supposed to be watching that kid...Damn, let's throw the dog under the bus before we get in trouble". So getting to my point - The judge ordered the dog's sentence/punishment, but when are we going to hear about charges being pressed against the babysitter, her boyfriend, the owners???? What's their punishment? Clearly they didn't give a sh*t over what happened to their pet or that poor kid. Maybe that judge should make the owners pay for all that kid's surgery, the dog's defanging and neutering and while she is at it - make sure that the owner can never be an owner again. The owner of that pit should be deemed a poor caretaker and banned from ever owning another dog...ever.