[palmer]

I agree a lab is a better choice for most people, but a mistreated lab is dangerous too. The mistreatment of dogs is a much bigger and more serious problem than the breed. Choosing to prosecute a breed is easier (a cop-out really) but doesn’t punish or deter the people who mistreat animals.

[dhm914]

wish folks would chain up or house there wandering cats, highly destructive to other folks property, the owners just allow them to raom, defecting , peeing and scratching on other folks property. pets are a real pest when allowed off owners property.

my solution is kill any animal that wanders off the property . that would make owners more responsible, or at least rapidly end there irresponsible ownership fast.

with the right to own a pet comes reposnibility to control it at ALL times. Unfortunatly too many pet onwers disregard their neighbors property and allow their animals to roam and cuase destruction.

[dblshot]

Reduction of risk would be to pick a breed with less problems and train the individual dog to get along with people. Likelihood and impact are the two areas in risk reduction that you base your mitigation strategy on. It is more likely that a pit bull will attack a person based on statistics and it if a pit bull does attack the impact is greater than if another dog attacks, well maybe not a Doberman or Rottweiler, but this is why insurance companies charge much more on Homeowners insurance if you have these dogs. Maybe people should be required by law to carry sufficient insurance to cover the risk of these dogs. Then they would be more careful in their selection and care of them.