I will never understand people don’t get a different breed.
Because they believe having a big, fearsome looking dog gives them "street cred".
"I may be a wimpy looking pajama-boy, but don't mess with me cause I have a mean dog!"
A friend has one. A big, goofy, kinda clumsy dog that until recently, when you came in the room he would jump up and try to lick your face. Fortunately, the owner has now broken him of that, because I worried that by me raising my arm to block him I might get bit in the excitement. I’m not scared of dogs, but this one has an impulsive streak that could go bad in an instant.
Whatever measure of intelligence is used ..about 50% of folks are gonna’ be below “average”....couple that with the complexity of life, and that’s why we hear about such stupidity so often. Poor kid....hopefully the parents have been set-wise by the awful reality of their decisions about dogs and helpless children.
I will tell you why.
First of all let me state my wife and daughter both are dog breeders.
They also show at AKC Confirmation shows.
Pit bulls are the main breed ai shelters.
This is because they are bred by people who fight them. They are also very popular in thug society where they don’t spay or neuter their pets.
So the shelters get a lot of pit bull mixes.
Shelters make most of their income on “adoption”.
Which means they are SELLING dogs that really should be put to sleep.
Most of these dogs come from either the blue cities or the southern USA.
Some also are imported from the Caribbean.
Generally, they don’t come from the northeast where most people have the money to spay and neuter their pets.
So, they are tricked up from the south.
There is a lot of money in adoption.
People who adopt have to pay the shelters hundreds of dollars.
It is how they fund their business primarily.
Pitbull pups don’t usually come from puppy mill farms.
They concentrate on whatever is the most popular breed at the pet store.
Many puppy mills are run by the Amish.
There are also large operators in the MO, AR that have factory farms.
Most of these dogs end up at pet stores.