I know. It's so ignorant to generalize that Australian Shepherds always want to herd everything from hens to kids, and that spaniels and retreivers love water and like to fetch stuff -- just extreme ignorance very much like racism, and so fitting because really, dogs are people, too, you know?
Hey, in case you haven't noticed -- and judging by your lack of common sense you haven't -- this woman and her daugher were simply enjoying their property, just like the old lady gardening in her own yard who was killed by a pit bull a few years ago, or like the guy who lives in a town near me who stepped outside for a smoke and was killed by his son's pit bull, or the mail carrier in So Cal whose leg was permanently maimed by a pit bull ambushed her from between two parked cars, or the guy who was changing the tire on his car was attacked by the neighbor's pit bull, a dog he knew well and had often petted over the years -- these people were minding their own business and they didn't just get bit, they got killed or maimed.
You didn't specifiy, but if you got bit because you were grooming the animals -- by a cat or a Yorky or a ferret because you're handling the critter and invading its personal territory -- AND YOU HAVE THE STUPIDITY TO COMPARE IT TO A PIT BULL MAULING OF A WOMAN AND A 2-YEAR-OLD MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN THEIR FRONT YARD? -- well, you should go sit in the corner with a pointy hat on your head for a few days, dear. You need to think a little more about reality and a little less about your ego as a dog "authority" because you groom pets.
I don't think people want to accept that they indeed DO have to have their rights infringed on when we live in a free society--it's the plain, perfectly legit idea of "My right to swing my fist ends at your nose." If I keep swinging, I go to jail--that can indeed be characterized as "infringing on my freedom."
In this case, curtailing the "freedom" of the owner is perfectly justifiable when we're talking about an object that can't be controlled. I find it very difficult to believe that if people don't have pit bulls, they won't be able to protect their homes.
The attempt to draw a parallel with gun ownership because pit bulls are used as home protection is ridiculous. A gun can't leap a fence or take itself out of a drawer.
Great/Sad post,,,
Ain’t nothin’ wrong with a pit-bull,,,
That a .44 won’t fix,,,
P.S. :
I’ll have to guard the plumber tomorrow because the
thug/turd lets 2 loose in the front(where the work is)...
Yep, what you said. The emphasis is that innocent people on their own property or on public property were attacked and brutally maimed or killed in hundreds or thousands of incidents.
To those who are so dense that they don’t “get it”, about how wrong it is for some child to be innocently playing in their yard and some irresponsible owners dog rips its face off, I can only pray that if there MUST be another little kid victim, if the choice comes down to the innocent party’s child or the child of the irresponsible dog owner - that it will be the irresponsible owners own child that is on the receiving end rather than some innocent person. Like I said, if the scenario was you had to make a choice of one or the other.
Maybe then they will finally “get it” and finally start to believe in personal responsibility and the vengeance that is due to the innocent victims and their families.
Again - want to own killer dog breeds? Great. More power to you. Just accept the consequences that come with it if you fail to be 100% responsible 100% of the time - no excuses.
The problem is, many people want to “play” at owning dangerous attack breeds, imbibe in drugs and alcohol but not bear any responsibility or be irresponsible with their own personal finances. They want ZERO personal responsibility for anything they do in life when it comes right down to it.
Cats can inflict nasty infectious bites, however lets get real. They do not go around attacking, maiming and killing like the attack dog breeds do.
Again, I am pro-attack dog breed - only if one can handle a full on Draconian responsibility that comes with it. But if your dog unjustly kills or maims - you should be killed or maimed.
Few people truly want true personal responsibility. They only want to pretend they do or act like it until the moment of reality hits. Most people want to wiggle out of it, suddenly decide they don’t want the responsibility after all (after its too late) or make mealy mouthed excuses.
So you missed the part where I got bit in the face by a Rottweiler? An hows a bout a true identification of the dogs? Do you have that? I don’t defend any dog biting a person or another animal. I do however want to see facts before I hysterically want a certain breed of dog be banned. All I see on these “pit bites another person” threads is condemnation of Pits Without even the certainty that the dog is a Pit. A story says Pit and everybody climbs on. And Finny the worst attack I’ve ever experienced was by an Afghan Hound when I was 8. I still have scars and I don’t want all Afghan Hounds dead. You used a really stupid example with Aussies. They are a herding breed and they nip (or as in all pit stories bite) to accomplish Their goal, herding. So If I get bit grooming it’s OK? And I notice you didn’t address the cat issue. A person in my town had to under go rabies shots because a feral cat attacked her and then couldn’t be found. Not all dogs are good. Not all people are good. Any breed of dog can hurt you. I judge each animal on it’s behaviour. BTW I specialize in rehabilitating dogs that have been hurt or have hurt other groomers.
Have you ever heard of Cocker rage or Springer Spaniel rage? You might want to look that up.