Originally Posted by kimosabi

With owning a strong breed like a boxer, rottweiler or w/e, comes great responsibility. The first thing people need to do is to stop humanizing them. They are not human, they are dogs. Boxers have protective genes, so letting an 8 year old walking them alone is irresponsible since the dog can get in a protective state if the human is not alpha, or at the very least being a leader.

The other mistake done was that they had their backs turned and couldn't see the situation. You must always communicate or atleast watch your dog when socialising with other dogs and humans, and be in control. Putting the dog down over this is totally unnecessary. It was human error and the dog got a bit rough, that's all, but when there's nobody there, in the situation, to correct and lead the dog situations like this can occur.