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First of all, we are NOT the same. Second of all I wasn't attempting to "resurrect" this discussion. It was posted on a Live Journal community (against BSL) and I checked it out. I was astonished by the sheer stupidity of close minded people and so I posted, not really checking out the date of the discussion.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/breedists_no/168247.html

OK, I really don't see how people can be so idiotic. It blows my mind. Nevertheless...it is the OWNERS that allow this to happen. If the dog had been properly socialized and (most of all) properly confined...this would not be an issue. It is the owner's responsibility and the end result is the story that started this discussion. It's not really breed specific either. It applies with all dogs. Yes, the kid may have provoked the dog blahblahblah....it's still the owners fault the dog was running around loose.

Woah. Let me start off with anyone who judges a dog by its breed name and what the media claims it to be....they're just plain ignorant and (if I might add) STUPID. I have pit bulls. Three. Rescued. I also have a German Shepherd and a Chihuahua. I do not consider myself white trash. That's just a dumb a stereotype as the stereotype of pit bulls being vicious. I've rescued and fostered MANY breeds of dogs...Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Poodles, Hounds, pit bulls, Schnauzers, Malteses, Jack Russell Terriers, Dachshunds, Pugs, Bostons, mutts, Rotties, everything...you name it...I've fostered it. I've found from my personal experience that Chihuahuas are the absolute meanest dogs in existence but they're still the media's little love bug. My Chihuahua will bite me, friends, family, kids (HATES kids), other dogs, my pit bulls and personal dogs and just about everything he can get his mouth on. I still love him but he's BAD. Mean. Pit bulls shouldn't be deemed vicious. Pit bulls were never, ever bred to be human aggressive until these recent years where they've become a fad with every guy and gal wanting to look tough. I've seen a LOT of Cocker Spaniels (the ye ol' family dog) that are aggressive to people. A LOT. To no fault of their own...high demand equals puppy mills which equals temperament issues. Pit bulls do pack more of a bite than a Chihuahua BUT so does every other breed over 20 pounds. Period. End of story. You ban pit bulls? Then you'd best ban any dog that has the power to kill a human being...which is EVERYTHING over 20 pounds. Sometimes even small dogs have killed people. Every dog has teeth. Every dog has the potential to kill humans. NOT just pit bulls. So you think the majority of the dogs that attack people are pit bulls? Think again: http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm

I was bitten by a dog as a child. A Dachshund. Right smack dab on my face. Only a few inches from my EYES. The only dog that has bitten my dog trainer is a Chihuahua. Twice. I've never been bitten by a pit bull...ever. In all my years of dog rescue and pit bull rescue I have never, ever once been even growled at by a pit bull. It is the owner's fault that these dogs bite people. Bad breeding, no socialization, abuse, neglect, lack of responsibility, leaving the dog unattended with kids, letting the dog run the neighborhood loose and etc. The media chooses to pick on this breed. Most pit bull "bites" aren't even pit bulls!

Punish the DEED not the BREED. Punish the owner. How hard is that to comprehend?