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[Mamatomany123]

@igorsMistress He's a whopping 65lbs already

 

[igorsMistress]

I don't really have a personal stake in the debate going on here. I've known Pit owners, and the laws in the city are pretty strict, they can and do get put down for various reasons other dogs don't, and sadly those in my view are largely on the owners in many situations.

On the other hand small dogs and others not on the list, end up biting or harming kids or people quite a bit if not more (perhaps not fatally or fatally as often?) and again I attribute that to the owner (being a small dog owner myself) though dogs have freedom to react, and we cannot always predict or prevent every scenario. The whole thing very much mimics the debate on gun control.

The only anecdote I have on Pits, comes from one that was loose and ran up on my dad when he was walking all three of mine. Thankfully he was all bark because my Jack Russell leapt up and grabbed it by the throat and it backed down.

I attribute that to the owner, but who knows maybe someone let it out or it got loose. The issue becomes then what is the dog capable of doing when it's not under supervision? And that's were the laws come in to play.

I'm not so much worried about a nasty Chihuahua on the loose, but a Pit on the loose does concern me some. Not sure there's really a good answer to it all. But the attention could be focused on dog fighting for starters since that's keeping the war dog trait alive.

You are correct, statistically chihuahuas and cocker spaniels are the most likely to bite.

Pit bulls have a long history of being used for fighting. It’s not something that can be bred out in a few generations. Like retrieving is natural for Labs. Humans are indeed the problem though. People go get a dog they have no business owning and when they can’t handle it, it’s all the dogs fault so they leave it on a chain in the yard. This is true with any breed of course, but bullies are powerful dogs with strong jaws and a stubborn streak. No dog is meant to be beaten into submission, I would love to beat those humans into submission actually, but this is an especially dangerous road to take with anything bully related.

 

[igorsMistress]

@igorsMistress He's a whopping 65lbs already

Lol he’s gonna be huge! He looks like a big cuddle bug though

 

[MarkRainbolt]

Here’s my Molly.
Mark

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

You are correct, statistically chihuahuas and cocker spaniels are the most likely to bite.

Pit bulls have a long history of being used for fighting. It’s not something that can be bred out in a few generations. Like retrieving is natural for Labs. Humans are indeed the problem though. People go get a dog they have no business owning and when they can’t handle it, it’s all the dogs fault so they leave it on a chain in the yard. This is true with any breed of course, but bullies are powerful dogs with strong jaws and a stubborn streak. No dog is meant to be beaten into submission, I would love to beat those humans into submission actually, but this is an especially dangerous road to take with anything bully related.

A neighbors chihuahua all bit and barked all day, but she left them outside all day. Every aggressive dog in my town js treated wrong. But most arent pits. I actually met a super nice full pit yesterday, he was big, but had no aggression with so many people around, but his owner was also super firm with him. He was rescued as a puppy, i was able to play with him and not once did he even try to be aggressive or act like he was the boss. I wasnt saying that they were all aggressive, but know i can finally say i met a nice pit.

 

[Gizabelle]

IMO, dogs are just as diverse and individulistic as people. While genetic predispositions count for a lot, background, socialization, discipline, and trust/strength of the bond with the owner count for more.
I've met many absolutely wonderful pits.

 

[african chickens]

It’s irresponsible people like that who give dogs a bad reputation. That’s sad.

agreed
we judge the dog on its breed not its personality

I know it is, and thats how most pit, rottie, shepard or any dog thats know to be aggressive is. They try and train them that way on purpose.

agreed

my neighbor's german shepherd has tried attacking me multiple times but i still trust her knowing its not her fault i have laid on the ground with german shepherd dogs despite almost being attacked by one knowing its not the breed

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

agreed
we judge the dog on its breed not its personality

agreed

my neighbor's german shepherd has tried attacking me multiple times but i still trust her knowing its not her fault i have laid on the ground with german shepherd dogs despite almost being attacked by one knowing its not the breed

A relative owns a rental housee business and he owns one in the same town we live in, the neighbor next to that rental house has a German Shepard. She use to be super nice, we could pet her and everything, now she has tried attacking the kids in the rental house 15 times and the cops wont do a thing. She has been about 1/ 4 of a inch away from actually biting them, they never leash her and they trained her that way. Then other German Shepard in town are super sweet, but also have a protective side. And then there is those placed like campgrounds that dont allow any german shepards, pits, rottweilers, dobermans, or any dogs mixed with thesr breeds. And we have family with a pit mix.

 

[Bonkerelli]

My rescue pit bull mix babies. Costello and KY.

 

[african chickens]

A relative owns a rental housee business and he owns one in the same town we live in, the neighbor next to that rental house has a German Shepard. She use to be super nice, we could pet her and everything, now she has tried attacking the kids in the rental house 15 times and the cops wont do a thing. She has been about 1/ 4 of a inch away from actually biting them, they never leash her and they trained her that way. Then other German Shepard in town are super sweet, but also have a protective side. And then there is those placed like campgrounds that dont allow any german shepards, pits, rottweilers, dobermans, or any dogs mixed with thesr breeds. And we have family with a pit mix.

It can get ugly fast if the owners don't work with their dogs correctly.
My neighbor's german shepherd has been there since she was little, she got her aggressive side from the other dog they couldn't control, and the other dog, unfortunately, ended up getting put down. They trained their current shepherd out of aggression towards guests but never trained her out of her aggression towards us which they had the opportunity to do when she was still young, they didn't though which led to the moment she went for my face, if i hadn't worked with dogs before it could have been worse, but being able to predict her next move i was able to turn my shoulder to her in a matter of seconds leading to only a small scratch.

what I'm trying to say is, when owners don't work with their dogs to prevent incidents like this it leads to attacks, that we blame on the dog when really it's because we didn't work with them.