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So what? 85 stitches is not so what. If it HAD been a pit bull, this thread would be about what gun to use and how owners of such monsters are idiots. Would you like some ignorant with your bias?

How about placing laws in effect that prevent such things from happening, no matter the breed? Like, oh I don't know, pushing the whole responsible ownership thing, and not leaving children alone with dogs, along with getting people to speuter and bring dogs inside with the family where they belong.

I don't know if you have ever had the misfortune of that many stitches, but for a child, it is not exactly a walk in the park. If this is so what to you, I wonder how you feel about the children getting killed by husky crosses in Canada. Hm...come to think of it, Wristpin, I do see a trend here. These stories are coming from other countries, that's for sure. Perhaps it stems from their ability to recognize when a dog is dangerous by its actions and not by its breed. Then again, I am sure it's no big deal that 56 different breeds of dog are responsible for human fatalities across the world because it's somehow less important if it isn't here, and the dog isn't a pit bull.

If it had been a pit bull the child would be dead.

My 'so what' was not for the injured child, it was for the breed of dog. Dogs of all breeds bite, so what?

It is the power strength and stamina of the pit bull that make the difference. Couple with that the history of the pit where was bred to fight to the death.

Some dogs are bred to herd, some to retrieve and some to sit on laps. Any dog can bite but pits were bred to fight and kill other dogs, I know, not humans, but they mess up too often. There instinct is to kill and vets have told me that dogs mistake small children as another animal not as a human. Their little faces are down on the dogs level and the dog attacks.

When any dog does this it's bad but when a pit does it is usually fatal. People get these dogs and expect them to act like Fido they had as a kid and they have instincts that Fido didn't have. Or they get them to show how tough they are.

I don't like them and nothing you can say in their favor is going to change my mind.