Irrelevant as to the breed - the point being dog bites are especially disfiguring, and pit bulls are the number one biters. There are only three types of injury routinely defined as emergencies in plastic surgery: Cold hand, gunshot wound to the face and dog bite to the face
All dog bites are serious, some of course more so than others, and virtually all are preventable.
Bullsh!t. Unless you mean preventable by preemptive killing of the dogs. According to the plasticsurgery4u.com site 94% of dog bites are UNPROVOKED. That means not preventable to me.
...I have to wonder about you
You need to go back to reading comprehension class because some of the "dogs can do no wrong" posters on this thread need a wake up call. Frankly I think anyone whose screen name is "luvmypitt" just might take a dog over a child. I was on a thread the other day with some silly woman who said that no punishment was too severe for M Vick for his involvement in dog fighting. I told her to develop a sense of proportion, and the whinney b***h nattered on endlessly how dogs were better than people, and how I was basically a sh!t for not thinking so too. So I'd say that some of the posters here would love their dog more than their kids. At least that idiot would. I'd ping her, but I don't remember her name, and she isn't worth the trouble of looking back to see.
Luvmypitt has her priorities straight, believe me. I know her personally and she feels the way I do. If any animal did something to her children there would not be a question about what she would do. Her children come first! That said, there is nothing wrong with having love for an animal. That is why the pits that we own are sweet, loving family pets. We are vigilant with our pets. I do think that Michael Vick should be prosecuted as should anyone who kills animals with no remorse. I also think people who kill people should be punished too. There is a difference in killing people and in killing animals but punishment needs to be severe for both!
Factual attribution is never irrelevant... unless you're a graduate of the Dan Rather School of Journalism.
...UNPROVOKED. That means not preventable to me.
You may want to rethink that...look at the lady in this thread's article.
Let's assume she did nothing to provoke the attack...does that mean it was unpreventable...of course not.
A responsible owner would have his dogs contained and the attack would never have occurred.
According to the plasticsurgery4u.com site 94% of dog bites are UNPROVOKED
Actually it states..."When broadly defining provocation, almost half of all injuries are provoked"
and
"The major problem is that they ["pit bull terrier"?] are frequently (94%) unprovoked."
Unfortunately the author doesn't define "provoked and non-provoked".
I'd also be a little cautious about getting my knowledge of canine behavior and bite statistics from a plastic surgery site that doesn't give the source for its statements.
You need to go back to reading comprehension class because some of the "dogs can do no wrong" posters on this thread need a wake up call.
I've reread the poster's comments.
Placing the ultimate responsibility for a dog's actions squarely upon the owner
is not the same as stating "dogs can do no wrong".
Awful lot of assuming and emotional rhetoric goes on in these threads.
If I were to criticize any of the poster's statements it would be this one...
"I blame that all on poor socialization on the owners part."
I believe that even a well socialized dog if allowed to run free
and particularly in the company of other dogs has an increased likelihood of 'getting into trouble'.
Socialization without control is irresponsible dog ownership.
What did LMP say anyway. Some goo about “oh, all the pit bulls I know are just little angels, I don’t know what the fuss is all about”? Infuriating and ignorant yes, but deleteworthy? LMP did not get banned.
Oh and why is a “cold hand” a “plastic surgery” problem?