I am, by no means, an expert of dogs, but as someone who has taken many courses in canine behavior, psychological, nutrition, training and spent many hours around many different dog breeds I feel it is my responsibility to leave this review. Not to be taken as rude but as help and a warning to others.
Please please please, we need to stop saying pit bulls are "no more dangerous then other breeds" they were bred to fight and be aggressive. Just as a retriever breed was bred to retrieve. A LGD breed was bred to guard. Does it mean ALL pit bulls will be aggressive? No. Does it mean they are more likely to become aggressive? Yes.
Of course a lot can be done by owners to help stop this from happening, their is plenty of irresponsible owners, but it doesn't change the facts.
On another note, yes pit bulls are unpredictable. On two levels. First off, ALL animals are unpredictable, even the best trained dog you've had for its whole life can snap. Secondly, their breed history unfortunately does add to this unpredictably.
I have met MANY wonderful pit bulls, I DO NOT hate this breed or have anything against them but we need to stop this over glorifying. They are not good for moms with children especially if the kids are young. They need an owner who has experience with similar breeds who can spend a lot of time training them, just as other "high risk" breeds do. My family has owned chow chows, a high risk breed, and even though we loved the breed we understood that they were at higher risk of biting. You HAVE to consider the breeds history.
On the bite statistics, unfortunately it is inaccurate, majority of dog bites do come from pit bulls. Yes they do get lumped, but they get lumped mostly with pit bull mixes.
My final thoughts, please do not glorify like this, it is unsafe and gets people who can not handle this breed to own them which only causes more issues for the dog and the people. They can be good dogs but you have to recognize the risk.
Please please please, we need to stop saying pit bulls are "no more dangerous then other breeds" they were bred to fight and be aggressive. Just as a retriever breed was bred to retrieve. A LGD breed was bred to guard. Does it mean ALL pit bulls will be aggressive? No. Does it mean they are more likely to become aggressive? Yes.
Of course a lot can be done by owners to help stop this from happening, their is plenty of irresponsible owners, but it doesn't change the facts.
On another note, yes pit bulls are unpredictable. On two levels. First off, ALL animals are unpredictable, even the best trained dog you've had for its whole life can snap. Secondly, their breed history unfortunately does add to this unpredictably.
I have met MANY wonderful pit bulls, I DO NOT hate this breed or have anything against them but we need to stop this over glorifying. They are not good for moms with children especially if the kids are young. They need an owner who has experience with similar breeds who can spend a lot of time training them, just as other "high risk" breeds do. My family has owned chow chows, a high risk breed, and even though we loved the breed we understood that they were at higher risk of biting. You HAVE to consider the breeds history.
On the bite statistics, unfortunately it is inaccurate, majority of dog bites do come from pit bulls. Yes they do get lumped, but they get lumped mostly with pit bull mixes.
My final thoughts, please do not glorify like this, it is unsafe and gets people who can not handle this breed to own them which only causes more issues for the dog and the people. They can be good dogs but you have to recognize the risk.
~Grace