more pit bull problems

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"Dogs don't just attack," she said.

obviously she doesnt know much about pits...

I hate mean dogs of any breed.  My old neighbor had a rottweiler which was very aggressive and would about break his neck when he would lunge at me and got to the end of his chain.   I had it and told the owner one more time and it is dead.  I was more worried about the little kids in the neighborhood.  The a-hole owner wouldn't even discipline the dog when it would lunge at people.

Take a pitching wedge and crack the little jackwagons in the bean!

we have fostered more than 40 dogs in the past 3 years, including a number of pits that were abused and a few might have been fighting dogs, but they have consistently been good around people. personal expiereance is much better than media articles, and it has taught me that pits are no where near as bad as they are made out to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyz2ZeoR7Ak at 1:08, I have been bitten a number of times by little guys like this.

Another topic against pitbulls, What cannot you people understand ? Its not the breed its how thier brought up. Family pet or protecter!  So many people cant grasp that,. And no ive never owned a pit bull . but have owned many dogs.

slipbobr i would agree, i also think people often think some dogs are showing signs of agression and the dog really isn't.  I have a dog here that smiles at people and my neighbor thought he was baring his teeth.  The dog wouldn't hurt a fly but the neighbor was making a big deal of it. 

Two opposing views on the subject.
http://dogbitelaw.com/images/pdf/breeds-causing-DBRFs.pdf
http://www.nopitbullbans.com/about-cdc-bite-stats/

I think the stats are pretty clear, certain breeds (or classes of dog) are simply more prone to nastiness.

slipbobr Said:
Another topic against pitbulls, What cannot you people understand ? Its not the breed its how thier brought up. Family pet or protecter!  So many people cant grasp that,. And no ive never owned a pit bull . but have owned many dogs.

BS!  Dogs are bred to give them specific instincts.  Labs are bred to be water dogs and retrieve, pointers are bred to point, terriers are bred to terrorize(????) and pitbulls are bred to be aggressive.

The owner of any well bred dog in their respective lines are lucky, lucky indeed because a successful breeding program largely removes the "skill" a trainer needs. 

How many times do we hear of pointers, pointing before they are taught to point, retrievers, retrieving, and pitbulls attacking before it gets through to pit lovers that they are exactly what they are bred to be.  And that is an inherently aggressive dog.

To not think we humans have bred certain characteristics into a dog that can't be "trained" out of them shows complete ignorance of what makes a dog, a dog. 

You can teach a dog new things, but you cannot unteach its instincts!

 Labs are bred to be water dogs and retrieve, pointers are bred to point, terriers are bred to terrorize if their trained & rasied for it. A wolf can be trained to be non agressive!

Allen that makes to much sense for people to believe.  But that seems to be the norm for the world of today

just my opinon , on training dogs. like i said i dont own a pitbull. and their oe of many bred to be what they are. Kurt ,i said Hybred.

Sorry Slipbobr, but I do not agree with the Wolf statement at all. A wolf will always be wild, and the minute you trust that oh they are "non-aggressive" well I hope no small children are present.

slipbobr Said:
 Labs are bred to be water dogs and retrieve, pointers are bred to point, terriers are bred to terrorize if their trained & rasied for it. A wolf can be trained to be non agressive!

No, they can be enhanced and refined with training, the basic instincts are there at birth. Natural traits could probably subdued, but the instincts are still there.

Yep just like the grizley was trained to be none aggressive by predators in action.   Ask the guys cousin how that worked out for him.  You can not remove the animals instincts man is not more powerfull than nature.

Sorry i meant Dp99, Any way, what exacly does a grizzy bear have to do with a  mellow sled dog?

There are hundreds of well documented cases of pit bulls, rottweilers, dobermans, and other security type dog breeds that were raised in good homes, spontaneously removing the faces, hands, and other body parts of their owners children, the owners themselves, neighbors, or random passersby.  These animals were not abused and in many of these unfortunate events, the owners stated "the animal had never done anything like that before and had always been a loving family pet".  Several breeds have been responsible for attacks on people, but the overwhelming majority of them are purpetrated by pit bulls and rottwiellers.  Many of these attacks occured off the owners property.  The pit bull in particular, is a breed that can not be trusted.  Period!  Just google dog bite statistics and several pages of research data pops up with breed specific break-downs of several variations.  Pit bulls, rottweilers, and wolf-crosses are always in the top 5 for dog bite fatalities or serious injury, with pit bulls being at the top of the list almost every time.  These are facts, not opinions.  Why is that so hard for some people to grasp that these dogs are dangerous animals that can't be trusted and that years of data prove it???    

 

Sorry slipbobr, you are WRONG on this one...

slipbobr Said:
Another topic against pitbulls, What cannot you people understand ? Its not the breed its how thier brought up. Family pet or protecter!  So many people cant grasp that,. And no ive never owned a pit bull . but have owned many dogs.

slipbobr Said:
 Labs are bred to be water dogs and retrieve, pointers are bred to point, terriers are bred to terrorize if their trained & rasied for it. A wolf can be trained to be non agressive!

What is wrong with you? You need to be trained to be smarter!