I’m sorry...did it seem like I knew nothing of them?
Dobermans were also been fashionably altered to near-uselessness and for mysterious genetic reasons, their vitality suffered and we now have all these “common and expected health issues”.
Breeders are currently importing European bloodlines in an attempt to restore them to their former hardiness.
I have *long* said that ghetto trash ruined “pit bulls” by breeding indiscriminately.
*Not* breeding for correct type and temperament brings a host physical/mental detrimental side effects.
However, the overwhelming number of “hopeless dogs” successfully rehabilitated by rescue groups proves that nurture trumps nature.
The stars incline, they do not compel.
Today, millions of bully-type dogs will bite absolutely no one while numerous non-bully breeds ~will~ but go unreported.
Until and unless the owners of biting dogs are publicly pilloried for their irresponsibility, _nothing will change_.
Again, I hope they make a dire public example of this owner.
I am just adding info for other readers.
Temperament is just as affected by breeding as conformation, yet this is basically denied by supporters. There can be no denying there is a major problem in many bulldog/PBT type breeds, although not all of them.
Sorry, but it is hard to believe so many more dogs have been misidentified as PBT types when the numbers dwarf the second suspect, Rotts (which is for sure one breed). Mis-ID is a problem, and why I do not support BSL, but there are far too many to be just a fluke, unlike the other breeds and types. 2 or 3 to 1? That is not just a bunch of mistakes.
Any dog that viciously mauls someone is very likely to make news, but studies of dog attacks are not based strictly on mere news reports. They are based on police reports.