I don’t want to live next to people who own chimps, snakes, pit bulls, akitas, rotties or large cats. And people shouldn’t be allowed to own such animals in apartments, condos..etc...any close living quarters to other captive people....and anyone with kids under 10.
Any animal I can't kill with my bare hands way before it tears or bites my head off.
—I don’t want to live next to people who own chimps, snakes, pit bulls, akitas, rotties or large cats. And people shouldn’t be allowed to own such animals in apartments, condos..etc...any close living quarters to other captive people....and anyone with kids under 10—
Most snakes commonly kept as pets (this excludes venomous snakes obviously) are entirely harmless. There have been a few unfortunate accidents involving very large pythons as a result of poor feeding practices or poorly secured enclosures. A snake must be at least eight feet long before it begins to present a physical threat to a person. As for the small (4 foot) mouse-eating corn snakes, king snakes and milk snakes, they are a threat to no one (unless you are a small rodent).
—pit bulls, akitas, rotties —
It’s mostly upbringing. You can make any large dog vicious by poor treatment. And I don’t see the problem with akitas(at least they’re attractive).
—large cats—
If by that you mean “big cats” like lions, leopards etc. then yes, no one but a licensed zoo should own them.
—chimps—
agree 100 percent there. These may be the most dangerous of all, and have been known to inflict fearful injuries. IMO they also present sanitary issues and can carry human diseases. See my response regarding big cats.
I agree with the ‘not in condo’s, or apartments’ piece of your post, and the ‘exotic’ animals you list.
That said, you’ve never had a Rott obviously, nor seen how they are around kids. If you did, and you had a kid, you’d seriously consider one.
Trust me, nobody screws with the kid that has a Rott as its best friend.
Ever. They aren’t ‘mean’ just real alert. Til you put your hand on the child...then they explain in a low voice ‘You do understand I’m a Rott, and the child is with me, doncha?” as only that breed can.
Its very similiar to the effect one gets when you ‘rack the slide’ on a 870 pump shotgun in the middle of the night when an intruder is in your home. Everybody that hears it understands clearly somebody’s dying in the next few seconds if the ‘intruder’ doesn’t stop.
My Rott will lick you to death, love on you forever if I let her. But put your hand on my should, even at age 13 (very old for the breed) she’ll come up off the floor, bark once (all conversation stops when this happens...come to think of it so does movement) and just look at you with the question ‘Are you really an insane human? I’ve heard of your kind...’
Best damn dog I’ve ever owned, and I say that with fifty years of experience, more or less.