Posted on 09/02/2010 9:21:44 PM PDT by Chet 99
Bully breeds are difficult to place. By “bully breeds” I mean all the breeds listed in my above post. (Btw, the `Staffordshire Terrier’ should read: the Staffordshire Bull Terrier’).
The breeds are easily confused by the shelters who tend to lump Staffordshire Bull terriers with American Pit bull terriers and both with American Staffordshire terriers, and there are all sorts of mixes that fall within the generic term ‘pit bulls’.
One in every 600 bulldogs will find a home. For every one pit bull placed in a home, 599 will die. Nationwide 75% of shelters euthanize all pit bulls. Many facilities simply don’t have the staff or the resources to properly screen applicants entering shelters looking to adopt a pitbull.
Casa DelToro Pitbull and Education and Rescue Center www.casadeltoro.org Indianapolis, IN
I suppose the “that’s their nature” vs. the “product of their envirnoment/owners” argument will continue, with many attempting to hold them to the standard of humans. If you ever read J. London’s `White Fang’ you may find that helpful to understanding any dog, but particularly a breed that once was fought, and is fought today by sadistic cretins.
My American bulldog is 10 months old, 70 lbs., strong as a horse and hung like a grandfather clock with balls like apples. He listens to and obeys me. In sum, this type of dog is not for beginners or the fainthearted. end of lecture
How else, indeed! Let me know when you find proof...Something that doesn’t reference the daft Merritt Clifton study would be awesome.
How fortunate. I’m so relieved.
When I was a teen working at KFC a friend of mine got a PB puppy.
The pup LOVED the taste of the chicken fat/shortening on my shoelaces. The little guy demanded that I give up my shoes to him and he even bit me as I pushed him away from my foot.
It was a cute scene but if that dude was 80+ lbs instead of 3....
It was a realization for me that these doggies are a “special breed”.
Looks like this is the dog for you if you want the death part.
“...as he was trying to keep the family cat away from the dog...”
Never get between a dog and his food.
Did I hear that right, he’s got this cat, and then he adopted a pit bull ... and there was a problem? OK, I understand.
Are you saying some that post to these threads will lock on like a pit bull in defense of pit bulls?
I'm a Global Warming "denier", too.
terrible breed of dog, not suited for anyone. I have had a variety of terriers for the last 30 years, they are tough enough to handle, but not deadly and of no harm to humans. Pit Bulls are bad, they are bred to maim, and they attract owners that are frequently not good people.
terrible breed of dog, not suited for anyone. I have had a variety of terriers for the last 30 years, they are tough enough to handle, but not deadly and of no harm to humans. Pit Bulls are bad, they are bred to maim, and they attract owners that are frequently not good people.
Each decade seems to produce haters of one certain breed. In the 70's it was the Doberman. 80's, German Shepherd. 90's, the Rottie. However, we must acknowledge that throughout those decades there might have been just as many bites by those breeds, but no way as many kills.
Pitbulls are a breed that requires a very capable handler, otherwise the whole neighborhood is in trouble.
I don't know what the answer is, but the random Joe Schmuck who gets this breed is incapable of giving these dogs what they need. Cesar Milan can't keep them all.
We had a Pit Bull when I was growing up. My parents got him when I was in 3rd grade. He was a great dog. He was protective but he loved kids and got along with other dogs just fine. A lot of a dogs temperment comes from how it is treated, particularly when young.
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