“Tell ya what brainiac - you go right ahead and buy a border collie and train it not to herd. But a scent hound and take it for a walk and train it not to stop and sniff every 3 feet. Good luck with that. After all, it all depends on the owner.”
Have you ever heard of a Lab going on an unstoppable fetching spree? Some dogs become neurotic and uncontrollable due to boredom. Pit bulls weren’t bred to be human-aggressive, so your point about genetics is pretty much fallacious as an argument. They were bred/trained to work as gripping dogs and later to fight other dogs, all the while being pliable and submissive to people. If they weren’t, they were, for the most part, taken out of the gene pool.
There’s a reason why successful dog fighters took the time to work and train their dogs for fighting. Genetics can make it easier for some breeds to succeed at their jobs, but you wouldn’t expect an untrained border collie to be entered in a herding competition, just as dogmen didn’t just throw two dogs together.
And for the record, you can train dogs to obey commands, no matter if they’re hounds or border collies or labs or pit bulls. As a dog owner, it is up to you to direct the dog, not the other way around. Anyone who lets their dog do whatever it wants and blames genetics is an irresponsible idiot.
“Pit bulls are very strong dogs. They have large powerful jaws - close to the top of the scale for dogs.”<<<<<<
This has been proven false by the University of Georgia. They performed a study using a computerized bite sleeve to measure bite pressure from German Shepherds, Rottweilers, and Pit Bulls. The pit bulls had the weakest bite of the three, and none of the breeds tested had more than 350 psi, hardly the 2,000 that some jerk reporter made up years ago (which for some reason people took as gospel without even asking for proof).
“The statistics for Pits and Rotties show that they are disproportionately involved in attacks, and not just by a little”
That’s not true either. Pit Bulls are more popular than labs in some areas, mainly big cities. They represent close to ten percent of the entire population of dogs, according to registration numbers and shelter statistics. The amount of pit bulls that are involved in dog attacks are infinitesimally small compared to their population. Less than one percent cause any trouble, and for a population ten million strong, this means that you are using the exception to the rule to judge all of them, which is backwards.
Border Collies were not bred to herd humans either, but my friend who owns one told me his dog herds his kids. Either you or he is self deluded. Hmmmm. Let me think...
Perhaps some additional evidence - I wrote: Pit bulls are very strong dogs. They have large powerful jaws - close to the top of the scale for dogs.
You replied: This has been proven false by the University of Georgia. They performed a study using a computerized bite sleeve to measure bite pressure from German Shepherds, Rottweilers, and Pit Bulls. The pit bulls had the weakest bite of the three, and none of the breeds tested had more than 350 psi, hardly the 2,000 that some jerk reporter made up years ago (which for some reason people took as gospel without even asking for proof).
So you are saying that because Shepards and Rotties had a stronger bite the statement is proven false? And by the University of Georgia no less? Wow! Are you illiterate, or just logic impaired? Go away. A Penn State University study has proved that you are clueless.