Pit bulls are not as bad as Lions or Tigers, but they are definitely a greater risk than pretty much any other dog breed. The reason is simple, when they do go round the bend, they do a lot of damage.
How unusual. His gun was empty?
Pit bulls - the islamist dog breed. They’re all perfectly fine, loving and no threat.....right up until they attack.
The pedigree of peace!
Pit again...I’m a dog lover but I do not trust pits.
Predictable.
Dog ping.
This terrible story happened close to where I live. It hit home as lately while walking my dog in the woods I’ve run across a women in her 60’s walking two pit bulls. I live next to a 600 acre nature preserve. It’s a perfect place to take your dog.
She has one on a leash and a muzzle, the other runs free. She can barely control the one on the leash. The one that runs free appears friendly and is always very excited to see people and other dogs. My dog plays with the unleashed one for a few minutes, while the woman basically with all her strength holds the other dog back.
I try and leave after a few minutes. I’m friendly to the women and always tell her to be careful. What she doesn’t know is that I’m armed (9mm Glock). I’m very worried that someday I may have to shoot one of her dogs. It certainly ruins my walk when I encounter her.
Or, I will hear about this woman being killed by her dogs. Neither scenario will surprise me. For the record, I’m walking my German Shepherd mix and he’s not always on a leash. He is very well trained and heals to me whenever we see another person or dog. I then attach his leash. He’d be no match for these dogs. They both outweigh him by at least 20 pounds.
He got what he chose. He brought an infamously violent, dangerous, aggressive breed into his home instead of ANY other breed. It did what it was bred to do. Now that baby has no face and HE should be charged with every child endangerment offense allowed under the law.
All dogs must be closely watched near children that young.
Maybe the infants still have a fresh hamburger scent, I don’t know. Some dogs become inordinately excited when near.
Anyone who has a pit bull in the same house as a one-year old is an idiot.
Why keep an animal around that can easily outrun you, knock you down and very efficiently tear the meat from your bones and whose breed was created for fighting?
There are a great many Pit-Bull lovers out there that will always say, “It’s not the dog, its the owner”. But it is an animal, none the less.
All dogs are descendants of the wolf. Humans bred and domesticated the animals based on certain traits. Eventually they bred dogs with similar “defects” and behavioral traits. Why? Because those behaviors were noted to be inherent or instinctual and passed down genetically to offspring. Most breeds have distinctive instinctive behaviors that are sought after. Whether it be for hunting, tracking, guarding, service, herding, etc., everyone recognizes that breeds behave differently. Can traits be trained out of dogs, sure. Does the instinct go away. NO.
Ok then, what behavioral instincts are bred into a Pit Bull? Instinctively they are aggressive and vicious when they attack. Physically, they are very strong. They were bred intentionally for these traits. All dogs are pack animals. Most will instinctively “protect” the pack from threats. BUT most will also instinctively challenge their pack members to establish dominance in the hierarchy of the pack. This is done in different ways for different breeds. Some dogs hump members of their pack. Some dogs steel possessions to show their dominance. Some dogs actually attack other members of the pack to show their dominance.
Pit Bulls are dangerous, because they were bred to be dangerous, regardless of how well they are trained.
Pit Bulls are the breed of choice for life’s losers. On the wrong side of the socio-economic scale? Never set foot in a college? Less than a full set of teeth?
No problem - get a “Danger Dog” and your status is restored!
Ghetto gang bangers and white trailer trash need the Pit Bull. Normal folks, not so much.
I think, at least amongst those of us here, we know these types of dogs require specific types of training and proper environments by the correct type of owner.
Being trendy dogs amongst losers who are part of the self absorbed thug culture puts them in the worst place likely to result in the most injuries.
Quite simply, these types of dogs are too often chosen by people with lower IQs than the dog.
But the kid had only been around 1 year.
The dog was just turning his life around. Aspiring rapper.
Dogs of peace.
I’ve heard of this once before with a personal friend who had the most loving Pit in the world. They played all the time then the couple had a baby. All the attention the Pit got then went to the baby (of course) and the Pit was neglected, and if you believe in the intelligence of dogs, resentful of the baby. It was a male Pit and I’ve heard they have been known to kill puppies they sired; probably due to them getting all the attention. It’s pure jealousy and a terrible trait in some Pit’s. I’m sorry to say my friend (heard through a 3rd party) blew that Pit in half with a shotgun when he saw it being aggressive toward their new baby. He did this in a fit of protective emotion and regretted it ever since. That’s a hard thing to live with when there were so many other options such as finding another home for him. My friend knew about my love for dogs and told me they found a home for the Pit because they were moving back East and couldn’t take him. I was told this story many years later by someone else who thought I should know. I think he was just being mean and malicious in telling me to be honest.
I have a female Staffordshire who looks like a tallish Pit I guess with the brindle coloring. She’s the mom to the other 3 dogs (all rescues) I have. She keeps them in line and trains newcomers to the pack. Super smart. She knows me better than I do. She knows what I’m about to do before I make a conscious decision to do it because she has studied me for years. It’s this intelligence in the breed that can’t be forgotten or neglected. That’s part of the deal when you adopt a Pit or similar breed. Now, not all Pit’s are going to be smart, but a lot are.
There’s no excusing what this Pit did to this baby. None whatsoever but there are reasons worth considering. Moral of the story is regardless of what kind of breed you have at home; if a new person (baby or otherwise) is brought into the home - keep the dog in the loop with some attention even if it isn’t the same amount. Most dogs must be reassured on a daily (sometimes many times daily) basis they matter to you. They are simply needy creatures that way. Many people are the same way.
That’s my two centavos on the subject...
It seems to me that it has something to do with the size of a toddler.