What Someone Told Me About A PitBull

[Wolf-Kim]

This happens all too often. Which is the reason statistics and reports should be taken with a grain of salt and not accepted as 100% true.

The problem with said reports is that, you don't know the animals or the situation in which they were "aggressive". My three mutts are very passive most of the time, but if they are in their yard and someone is outside the yard, all three dogs will display, growl, bark, and raise their fur. So, does that make my dogs aggressive or not? They have never bitten anyone, and won't even display "aggression" if someone of the family brings the strangers into the yard.

You're particular story happens very much. People will see a loose dog, or come home to animals attacking their livestock and almost ALWAYS assume it was a "pittbull". You wouldn't believe how many hound/lab/rat terrier mixes I've seen called "pittbulls". People are actually very ignorant of dogs, their breeding, and their training. How many people look at a Belgian Malinois and assume it is a German Shepherd. People pull the strangest assumptions and generalizations out of the air.

Sometimes it is just aggravating to know that so many people do NOT know what they are doing when they take the life of an animal into their own hands. How many people do you know that assume getting an intact male a female, will calm him down? Or how many people do you know that think dogfood is just dogfood?

 

[schellie69]

I have a beagle mix dog that has the black/brown marking similar to those of rottweilers and ever since he was a puppy people thing he is a rot puppy he is 9 years old and is thin and does not even look like a rot, but because of his markings he is labeled that, I also have Chihuahuas and they are more "aggressive" then any big dog I have seen not that they have bitten any one but they act like that barking and such, I have had police officer tell me they are afaid of the little dogs more then the big dogs because the little ones you can't see coming and big dog you can, I wonder if the lady who felt she was lied to how she took care of her dogs and what she meant by aggressive if the dog was so bad why did she sell the dog? make me wonder. any dog can and will bite if they feel that they or their family is in danger you just hear more about big dog attacks because it sells more news, I love all dogs, I just know some breeds do take more work then others and unfortunately as long as you have people turning dogs into "mean" dogs for fighting or guarding then certain breeds will get a bad name and that is so sad, because it is the humans fault not the dogs on how it was raised. just make me so mad. I feel sorry for the dogs.

 

[deb1]

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She has several dogs , cats and a wolf hybrid. I have never heard of her walking them or taking them anyplace except the vet. I really doubt that the puppies got the training that they needed or even one on one attention.

I only know her through my friend.

 

[AkTomboy]

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I agree 100% working the clinic we have many many more problems with toy breeds not just the Chi's or Terriers.

 

[Brindlebtch]

Crib Midget!!!!!

 

[tharrell]

This is my view on the subject. First off, pit bulls are terriers. All terriers can be DOG aggressive. Even in conformation shows they will sometimes have the terriers face eachother and see if they have the typical terrier reaction to eachother. However, terriers don't have a problem with being aggressive toward people. Pits are some of the most loyal dogs to their people. They can become dog aggressive but this is not generally the rule. My son has been bitten by a lab pit mix. Not bad, just tagged him on the head. I'm sure anyone would say it was the pit in him that caused the bite, but there are more dog bites reported every year from labs and goldens so it could have very well been the lab in him.I would personally choose a different breed of family dog while I had young children mostly for the fact that they are very powerful breeds, but it's NEVER fair to lump all pits together as vicious just as it's not fair to lump everyone in an ethical group together just because one person did something bad. It's doggy racism, lol!

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

I think pit mixes are great. Here's our "little bundle of teeth"

Steve in NC

And she is a bed hog to!

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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She's a cutey! Doesn't look like a mix to me. I love how some dogs just seem to grin.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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I completely agree! All dogs have the potential whether they are are a pit, beagle, chow, lab etc to be vicious, it's instinctive. However I think the envirornment in which they are raised is what determines whether or not that instinctive nature will surface. For most it never will but for others unfortunately it will and mostly as a result of mistreatment or neglect. Still even those that have been deemed aggressive, can more times than not, be rehabilitated and turned around.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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I completely agree! All dogs have the potential whether they are are a pit, beagle, chow, lab etc to be vicious, it's instinctive. However I think the envirornment in which they are raised is what determines whether or not that instinctive nature will surface. For most it never will but for others unfortunately it will and mostly as a result of mistreatment or neglect. Still even those that have been deemed aggressive, can more times than not, be rehabilitated and turned around.

You are exactly correct in that. Lucky, pictured above was chained to the door of the Craven County animal shelter, she was about 8 months old and the chain had grown into her neck and had to be removed by surgury! She had exactly zero pack skills, was very timid and scared of everything. She wasn't outwardly aggressive but if she was backed into a corner that was all she knew. I have a nice scar on my arm from her. But anyway, we have had her two years + now and she has done a complete 180. She is very much a creature of habit and probably the smartest of our 4 dogs. Sharon heard about her via a local animal shelter and she was scheduled to be put down if we didn't take her in. I'm very very glad we did.

Steve