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The Surprising Truth About Pit Bulls

MamaPoult
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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.
MamaPoult
MamaPoult
Thanks for the review. Unfortunately I now see that there is obviously no way we're going to see eye to eye on this. I am not going to argue with you because I've already made my point in my article. Like I've said to so many other people in the past, "The man with the experience is never subject to the man with the opinion," Once you've owned and have been around as many as I have then please come back and we'll talk about it. Have a great rest of your day,
~Grace

How to take care of coturnix quail egg-end of life.

Porchypatcher
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I learned a bunch about quail! Awesome article.

Chicken Coop Bedding Options For Winter

BYC Project Manager
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Good article explaining the basics of the mentioned bedding options. I'd like to add though that shredded paper is not a good bedding option, it is not very absorbent.

Slowpoke, a Reality Check After an Assisted Hatch

3KillerBs
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The story was very informative and a good realization of what can happen when hatching chicks and helping hatch. It is not applicable in all situations as sometimes chicks are just shrink wrapped and are perfectly fine otherwise but it's good to think about it before helping a chick. Also considering if you are able to care for special needs birds is important.
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