[solosmoke]

I HAVE looked up the stats. Perhaps you haven’t, or you misunderstood them, because every single reputable study’s authors, from the CDC to the AVMA to the National Canine Research Council all say that owner irresponsibility is the most important aspect of dog attacks. Considering the overall bite numbers and the death toll have not risen since pit bulls became popular, it is only rational to conclude that the breed of dog is far less important than the type of person who owns it.

[solosmoke]

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sattack09.48caced.html

It seems the mother had her children taken away in 2008....talk about irresponsible!

[oldenuff2no]

And that is a circular argument that arrives at a steaming pile of crap. You have just totally discounted all instinct for all animals. Pretty good for first try. Let me make this peerfectlyclear. If you want a retriever buy a lab, if you want a stock dog buy a border collie, if you want a pointing dog for hunting then buy a Brittany spanial. If you want a dog that will bite, fight, and attack people then buy a pit bull.
Everyone I know that works with dogs professionally knows absolutely that you buy the dog that has been bred to do the job that you want done.
According to your line of thinking there are a hundred thousand duck hunters out there who need to trade their labs in for dachshunds to use in their hunting blinds.
You are full of it.
We start our border collie pups right after they are weaned and before they have had much human contact and they work ducks. The fact that they do what they have been bred to do has nothing to do with any owner. IT IS ALL INSTINCT!!!!!

This is from 2002, and there are more pits out there now and the total stats are higher.

Through January 20, 2002, the log of life-threatening and fatal attacks showed that pit bulls had committed 592 (45%) of the 1,301 total attacks qualifying for inclusion, including 280 (21%) of the attacks on children, 222 (60%) of the attacks on adults, 51 (34%) of the fatal attacks, and 321 (45%) of the maimings and disfigurements.

Ignorance must be fun unless your the parent of one of these children.