How about a counter attack?? How about a few positive pit bull stories??
I’m a moderator on a positive pit bull friendly website... I’d love for you to come join, and see the thousands of responsible owners that have “good” pit bulls.. but you never see our dogs on the 5:00 news... there’s a reason for that, but really, more stories should be about our dogs, than the ones owned by irresponsible owners. I own 2, they are the greatest dogs I’ve ever owned.. but it takes work, time and dedication to them. Oh, and I’m not a thug, or “trailer trash” as was mentioned earlier in a post. I’m a white female 45 yr old business professional, and my husband is a news anchor for a tv station outside of Memphis. No, we may not fit everyone’s assumed image of the owners of this breed... but it’s the only breed we will own.
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I’ve been around pit bulls before and they can be really good dogs. But due to the way they have been bred over the centuries since ancient Grecian times, to be fierce and have that innate ability to intimidate any enemies of the owner perceived or real, they also have an unpredictable nature that lends them to attacking those they should not. The breeds of dogs that I don’t care for are pit bulls, chows, and sharpeis.
I almost got into a fight with a pitbull a few months ago. Scared the living daylights out of me. I thought for sure I would either end up in the hospital or be dead since this was a larger one.
No matter how well bred, trained, or taken care of a pit bull is time and time again you will hear pit bull news stories where the owner of the dog that just mauled or killed some one say, “He was a really good dog. My dog has never done anything like this.”
You say, “but it takes work, time and dedication to them.” Any dog bred to be aggressive requires such, but many people do not have the work ethic to do so. It doesn’t matter if it is pit bulls, presa canarios, or cane corsos.
At any given moment they’ll turn on their owners or the children of the owners. Why subject yourself or others to the unpredictable predatory nature of such a breed of dog? I’ll take an Irish Wolfhound any day. They are gentle with human beings but fatally vicious with wolves. They weren’t bred for fighting or territorial domination.
Why did you choose, out of the many breeds of dogs, to own pit bulls?