Posted on 04/15/2009 6:28:08 AM PDT by meandog
LIE
LIE
No lie. Rotts and pitts are 1-2 in causing human deaths among dog breeds.
Maybe if more word gets out about these dogs there will be fewer irresponsible killer dog owners.
Because it was a nice thread telling a sweet story.
I dont know what your definition of “often” is
but when I compare - the dozen or so deaths a year
of which...oh idk...maybe NONE... are due to the dogs
‘testing the pack authority to move up the social ladder”
- to the millions of these dogs out there...
Then yes I could call ‘often’ a LIE, but that is probably too unkind,
more likely it is a statement by an uninformed knee-jerk reactionary
on a self-aggrandizing moral crusade who has no regard for the facts.
Maybe if word got out about these irresponsible dog owners and the mistakes they made
then perhaps more people would become aware of what is required for responsible ownership
and there would be less deaths and attacks.
You want to focus on the dog as the problem,
to stigmatize all dogs of a breed as killers.
I want to focus on education, personal responsibility and accountability,
in conjuction with effective laws that are rigorously enforced
all of which are essential regardless of the breed of dog a person owns.
You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting the poster is doing that
but that would require a shred of decency and honor on your part
and I've seen no indication of either from you.
AWESOME!
That’s why I asked. According to Chet99, pitbulls are only capable of one thing.
I believe you are confusing the physiology of dogs being like humans. Dogs attack only for one of three reasons: They are hungry, they are threatened, they wish to establish dominance. Take those senses by training and, in the case of hunger, feeding and they never attack unless, of course, you have a "redzone" (mentally disturbed) dog on you hands.
When you read about so-called PBT attacks it is because the dog sensed either fear on another animal or human, or it sensed fear in itself and its flight or fight adrenal gland kicked in (actually there is no flight in a PBT's adrenal gland). Competent owners of PBTs harness their dog's sense of fear and calm it; using it only to protect their home or property. Incompetent owners can't.
I won't tell you a lie and say that so-called PBTs are easily trained; they are not and I don't do it any more because I'm too old and tired to devote the time and patience to train a new puppy. Besides dog breeds to me are exactly like going to the Miss America Pageant and knowing that you could have your pick--I love them all!
Sooo......
Pitbulls are like Capone and Hitler, now?
FRiend, you need to stay away from that crack pipe.
Pitbulls are what their owners make them to be; nothing more.
His posts speak for themselves.
Wonderful story.
Not sure I would give “Angel” back to his ‘people’ since they didn’t watch him that good.
God sends the right ‘person’ for the job. :)
I was trying to find the Life Magazine of the young Melanie Griffith laying in bed with a tiger.
Yeah, tiger aren’t bad to have, it’s the people that raise them
I took in a stray schnauzer when I lived in TX. Actually, I think he was dumped in our neighborhood by people who didn’t want him any more for one reason, or another. He was a Standard, I think, but I thought he was a mini at the time. My son (who worked at the Dog Wash) kept telling me he was “too tall” to be a mini.
In any case, Woofie would always try to get out in opposition of our strict leash laws. I think he enjoyed seeing everybody try to chase him down — enjoyed the attention. One day he slipped away when no one was looking.
When my husband drove around the corner he encountered Woofie on his back in the middle of the street engaged in the battle of the century with a much larger Golden/mutt cross on top of him. Blood was flying.
My husband stopped his car in the middle of the street and grabbed the Schnauzer out of the grip of the larger dog and raced to the house with the pup dripping in blood. I opened the door and he charged into the kitchen and put him in the sink to clean him up and see how bad his injuries were.
He washed that little stinker and examined him all over, and there was not a mark on him. The blood was all FROM THE OTHER DOG!
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