Posted on 06/26/2011 3:08:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Pit Bulls are perfectly safe.Just ignore all the documented attacks by the little fellers.
In my present place we had a pit bull across the alley for three years that was the friendliest and most gentle dog anyone ever saw or hoped to see.
I don't think a breed makes one's set of teeth sharper than another's.
A pitbull thread!
What could possibly go wrong?
“It’s not a breed issue, it’s a dog issue,” Setter said. “I hear about dogs getting loose and that relates directly to irresponsible dog owners.”
Setter said it’s important to socialize any dog, and expose them to as much as possible.
“A dog is a dog at the end of the day, and all dogs bite,” she said. “Every breed has attacks or fatalities against them.”
So, where do I go to find out about the deaths caused by Chihuahua's???
Thursday or Friday, I had two pit bulls run into my living room, run around the kitchen, and then flee when I got up.
Insurance companies consider them dangerous. So do I. Next question?
My next door neighbor got attacked by two pit bulls a few years back. He was in his garage cleaning a pair of cleats. They came from across the street and attacked entirely unprovoked.
I don’t know if they represent the breed as a whole, but those two dogs were definitely dangerously temperamental.
I personally knew a family with little children who owned a pit bull.
I “saw” the kids play with her and rough house.
Never did the dog do anything other than watch me very carefully in case I made a move toward the children she disliked.
It’s the owner not the breed but they have been ruined by poor breeding and cruelty.
It’s a no win proposition to defend them in today’s climate regarding them.
At the turn of the last century they were America’s favorite dog.
No kidding...
http://buzzlog.yahoo.com/buzzlog/94449/pit-bulls-surprising-past-nanny-dogs
that article is bogus. You can tell the photos are photoshopped. Yahoo fell for it.
>>>So, where do I go to find out about the deaths caused by Chihuahua’s???
Might be easier to do a news search for “Toy Poodle Mauls Toddler”.
A few weeks back, while we were in our front yard, two pit bulls (a male and a female) came running up into our yard. Neither had any identification on them, but did have collars/harnesses. We put a leash on each, and attempted to locate the owner by walking around our neighborhood, but with no success. All we accomplished was to anger a woman down the block who was working with one of her labs in her front yard - her lab bolted out of the yard, running up to one of the pits. The owner of the lab was upset out of fear the pit would attack her dog. It didn’t. We wound up having to call animal control to come pick up the dogs. Fortunately the local animal shelter has a no-kill policy for non-violent strays. Hopefully the owners went and reclaimed their dogs.
30 Years ago ,I would have said yes but today,The breeders are less than desirable.
Only the Army should be allowed to own pitbulls.
That has been my experience as well. To an animal, every pit bull I’ve encountered has been a big pussycat. Surprisingly friendly dogs. However, I think problem is that as a breed they have very powerful jaw muscles (right up there with rottweilers) and can produce tremendous bite pressure, so if you get a bad one you’ve got troubles. Usually the problem seems to come from people who have packs of them and train them to be vicious. Or they trust them unsupervised with an infant, which is a bad idea with any dog.
I know there’s a range, some are nearly scared of their own shadow and some are killers. The only dog that ever scared truly scared me though was a pit bull. Been around some super spooky wolf hybrid german shepherds and a 200 lb rotweiller and we got along fine.
My buddy had one though that was well over 100 lbs and was the most powerful, muscular, explosive and lightening quick dog I’ve ever seen. Even when he was in a good mood and playful he was frightening, he could knock you around like a ragdoll and I’m well over 200 lbs.
He had it well trained but even then you could sense the animal’s volatile nature. I would never be able to close my eyes around that dog.
We have a pitbull at work (not my idea) named Sally, aodpted as a small pup. Sweet dog, but......... we have about 120 acres at work and one day a coyote crossed our property. Sally ran it down and visciously ripped it to shreds.
Yup, Sally is sweet, but I sure hope it never turns on someone.
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