Have you ever even HAD a dog? The ignorance of canine traits and behavior in some posts is breathtaking in its depth and immensity. ALL dogs are wolves, that’s where they came from, FRiend! Nearly every dog will challenge for dominance at some point, but a good owner/handler knows how to deal with that.
Anyone’s visceral hate for this particular breed bespeaks some other issues, but as I am not a therapist, I cannot help them overcome this irrational hatred.
After reading the article a third time, there are a couple of irregularities that keep catching my eye, the most glaring being that the dog’s stomach was full of FOOD, not baby parts. That and an absent but somehow also abusive husband.
Methinks there’s much more to this story than meets the eye, and mama’s not talking...
I know the genetic lineage of dogs and how they relate to wolves. I have owned dogs. And while any of them would challenge me for dominance, none of them would kill me for it. The breeds I have owned don’t have the body count that pit bulls have. Well, no other dog breed has the body count that pits have.
Again your post parallels the protected status of Muslims. Those who complain of jihadi’s are accused of mindless hate -the same way you accuse me of hating the breed. I don’t hate the breed - I acknowledge that this breed contains too many members which kill and maim. It’s a shame there’s no test for this unprovoked aggression, the attack-with-out-warning and massive damage attacks - if there was we could remove the violent ones and preserve the rest of the breed as pets. But there is no test. Pit owners seldom accept responsibility, pay for the damages and that breed simply kills more people than other breeds. I am in favor of laws to protect people from them and from their owners. Pit owners like the way things are now - with that breed killing more than other breeds they insist that the death count is imaginary and ‘ignorant people’ simply conspire against the breed. They label reasonable concern as ‘hysteria’ and insist no action be taken other than calling the victim/owners ‘irresponsible’ or ‘thugs’. That’s the action plan the pit lobby has developed over the years.
” From 2005 to 2009, pit bulls killed 82 Americans, about one citizen every 22 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 21 Americans, about one citizen every 87 days.” http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-fatalities-2009.htm
The death toll is acceptable to you and to others in the pro pit lobby. It is not acceptable to me.