I wish even more that people respected the dignity of dogs and the jobs they were bred to do. A pit bull in the right job is a valuable and worthy thing. I HATE the idea of banning pit bulls -- I can envision a time and place where, in capable hands, they'd be mighty handy protectors. But having a powerful warrior pitbull as a family "little buddy" pet insults the animal's dignity, and in the hands of an adolescent man -- who are in my observation the most typical owners -- it's like a person having a dairy bull as a backyard pet: dangerous and ill-advised.
Alaskan sled dogs have a serious job and they do it well, and they're worth their weight in gold, I expect. But if you took one of those dogs and kept him as a mere pet-for-amusmement in a city apartment, it would be cruel. Same thing with pit bulls.
EXACTLY!
Since you mentioned Alaska sled dogs, I had a beautiful red Siberian Husky....could not stop him from digging fox holes in the back yard...I tried everything including some things I would catch the dickens for by freepers if I told you... I finally found out that its instinct to dig for them...finally got a book on them that answered my why....they dig in snow for protection from wind and insulation in the great northern country....Chi Chow didn't know why he dug holes but it is in the breed...I quit punishing him and just dragged him out of his holes and filled them up...not all husky's may do it but if they do its inbred....
My problem with pit owners is that they will never admit that some aggression and kill factor are part of their breed. Some may be able to control it but its always there which makes a lot of them unstable and they can go off without warning...