I have been treating animals for about 30 years. If you don’t realize that canine behavior is inbred then we have nothing further to discuss. This principle applies not only to dog breeds but to horses, cattle, and swine. I suggest you research the literature and pursue more animal contact.
Which behavior are you speaking of? fighting?
Do you actually believe the only dogs that fight are "fighting dogs"
How do you explain a "fighting dog" that won't fight,
a retriever that doesn't retrieve,
a terrier without a prey drive
or a herding dog that doesn't herd?
Likewise how do you explain a "fighting dog" that herds?
Simplistic explanations of something as complex as animal behavior
are apt to fall far short of reality...for dogs or swine...
Do you not believe that poorly treated animals sometimes behave poorly?
Oh course animals have inbred behaviors, to assume I’m not aware of that is idiotic. I have over 25 years of experience with dogs including those “assault dogs” Rottweilers, German Shepherds and yes, the “Pit Bulls” everyone fears.
Dog behavior can be molded by consistent discipline and training. Something a great number of dog owners are incapable of giving which leads to these attacks. Bad owners allow these unfortunate situations to occur by either not training their animals at all or by refusing to keep them inside a good strong fence and letting them roam at will. In other words being criminally negligence.
If you are incapable of understanding owner responsibility, then any further discussion with you would be an exercise in futility.
Vets are at the forefront of defending pits.
Mine has adopted several.
I think a dog’s care and training, and what they are exposed to all come into play-my daughter has an AKC American Staffordshire that she bought as a puppy from a reputable breeder-he sounds like your worst nightmare when someone comes to the door, but is nice to friends, kids and visiting dogs. He also loves for my daughter’s three cats to lie on him in winter on the couch.
I’ve always been told that Huskys and Malemutes are cat killers, but I have had my Siberian Husky since she was 8 weeks old-she hates to walk on snow and ice, wants to stay inside when it rains, thinks she is a watch dog-she makes a pretty good one, too-and also allows my 3 cats to lie on her-including my 20 pound Maine Coon.
I love big protective dogs, and have had 2 AKC female German Shepherds that lived to a ripe old age and appointed themselves guards for my daughter when she was a child and teen. My late husband and I had an uncommonly fierce looking black Chow Chow that everyone was terrified of for all of his 17 years-with good reason-he really, really wasn’t going to let anyone in the house uninvited, but once you were, he was just looking for you to give him treats. All three of those “vicious” dogs as well as my daughter’s “Pit Bull” had extensive training by a firm but kind hand and obedience training-the importance of training and conditioning can’t be stressed enough, in my opinion-I don’t like little wimpy dogs, so it is a must for me.
Wait - does this mean liberals are unreachable? Perhaps Savage is correct - liberalism IS a mental disorder.
Are you suggesting that pit bulls have been bred to ‘go off on their own’? That someone, far back in the mists of time, said “Gee, I would love a dog that will randomly and indiscriminatly attack people who may or may not be my friends and/or children!”, and that somehow this breed survived and thrived, with people breeding more and more mentally unstable animals into the line because they enjoyed watching their friends and family members get mauled?
No one wants a dog that attacks it’s own family. Not a dog fighter, not a drug dealer, not anyone. It’s not an ingrained trait, it’s a behavioral issue that has a cause, and can be fixed.
Are you a veterinarian?