I don’t care why the dog is acting aggressively, I only care that it is.
If its a threat I will address it before it hurts someone.
That approach isn’t working for our society at this time. One breed in particular is off the scale killing and maiming people. Breed Specific Laws and requirements that those who own damaging dogs carry liability insurance can help. But waiting for you to address it before it hurts someone isn’t working for the general public. Pit bulls are so often off their leash, out of the kennel, escaped the car, the house etc. I think that they should be licensed and limited like exotic animals and any escape warrants confiscation of the animal. It is pointless to have a dog breed prone to the kind of damage the stats reveal treated like other dogs - their effects on the human population aren’t comparable. I know chihuahua’s bite too - but does anyone mistake the amputation type attacks reported for pit bulls with attacks by chihuahuas? I recently was attacked by a chihuahua or so I thought - I couldn’t tell for sure because he wasn’t able to actually hurt me but he certainly put on a good show.
I support profiling of those likely to be Al Qaeda just as I support profiling on dogs most likely to kill and maim. I don’t believe every pit bull is a lethal risk, I believe there is no way to tell which pit bull is safe from which pit bull is a lethal risk. Photographs of doggies licking faces doen’t change the death toll or carnage.