Finally! They admit it isn't always a Pit Bull!!

[enmonjea]

Goodness gracious. Pitbulls were bred to NEVER EVER EVER bite a human. Dogs agressive to people were not bred when they were being created. The dogs were required to have supreme dedication to their owners. The reason they might be agressive in any way are irresponible owners. Most people buying pitts now-a-days are people looking to be "tough" or who have improper knowledge on dog training and handling as they are cheap and easy to get. Any dog is able to kill. No dog in any way should be trusted with children. They are ANIMALS. If I kid startles or irratates the dog it can bite, same as any other kind of animal. In my experience, the worst aggressive dogs are dalmations, and cockerspaniels. The nicest dogs I have ever met are pit bulls. Sadly, many pits are bought from irresponsible owners or breeders who have kept aggresive dogs in their lines. Reponsible pit breeders make sure their dogs are calm and not aggressive in anyway. They are a POWER breed, same as German Shepherds, Bulldogs, and Rotties. They must have a reponsible owner, but that still does not mean that they are in any way more dangerous than any other dog.

 

[LadyGecko]

I can't tel you how much that i agree with the fact that people should NEVER have'keep dogs that they are afraid of or that they can not control to the extent of being able to restrain them-whether it be physically or by command

I am not saying that everyone has to have the most well behaved dog -one that does everything on command-God knows that my spoiled brats don't do that

BUT-If my tone of voice means business-They WILL listen and obey me and They KNOW that I am the Alpha dog/human in their pack

My BF had a BIG problem with Snoopy-my male lab mix when Snoopy was around a year or so old
When my Bf would come home form working up north for 4 days
Snoopy would grab hold of his arm and hang on and it was aggressive-not play
Snoopy would jump at him and latch onto his arm and not want to let go the first 10 minutes that he was home
It was clearly a dominance contest every single week for months

Now-my BF was afraid of dogs from a childhood incident with a family pet and so he finally had to literally get Snoopy down on his back on the ground and tell him in a strong voice that he was the boss

He did not hurt the dog-but let me tell you-from that day forward Snoopy never pulled that crap again and he was NOT afraid of Glen-just understood that the hierarchy had changed-LOL

Dogs all have individual personalities and they do have good days and bad days-just like people

Also I noticed that quite a few biting incidents that were mentioned on this thread involved some older dogs
Pain makes dogs(and people) do things that they normally would not do and many older dogs can be in pain for some time before their owners become aware of it simply because dogs hide weakness/pain as long as they can

I love dogs -every breed and I treat them with the respect that they deserve keeping in mind that any dog is capable of biting

It saddens me to see any breed singled out and picked on because of humans stupidity

just my 2 cents

Sandy

 

[goReptiles]

Pitbulls were bred to NEVER EVER EVER bite a human. Dogs agressive to people were not bred when they were being created. The dogs were required to have supreme dedication to their owners. The reason they might be agressive in any way are irresponible owners.

THANK YOU! ha... they were bred to fight other dogs, these dogs were family pets who had a job, unfortunately, but that's what it was a job to fight other dogs. The dogs were kept in close proximity to people, and those that showed any signs of people aggression, were not used in breeding.

People are idiots, and honestly, I don't trust small dogs. I've been biten and seen aggression in more small dogs than I have large dogs.

Yes, a pit can do great damage in a short amound of time, but so can other large breed dogs- mastiffs for instance...

This poor breed has suffered too much in the past decade or so, and should not be looked down upon because of idiots. No single dog should be judges by other dogs. You wouldn't judge your own because of what another dog did, so why should you judge another person's dog because of what you hear on tv? (of which half of the stories the reporters hear 'dog bite' and assume pitbull so that's what goes to the news.)


I've been around pits, closely, for 5 years, and owned one as well. I can honestly say, of the MANY MANY pits that I've encountered, I'd trust them over any small dog anyday. I'd trust my pit over my yorkie ANY DAY!!

No dog should be changed up just because of other dogs. Chaining up dogs, which most people do to pits (for some assinine reason) only creates aggression.

If a dog bites, and has had no previous record or temperment, there had to be a reason for it, and that doesn't necessarily mean it'll do it again. That's ridiculous!

Plus! Think about how many pitbulls there are... Alot. One of the most popular dogs to keep for a variety of reasons (egos, just for love of the breed, etc)... More of them, means more bites.... In retrospect- if there were a million labs and 10 pitbulls- bet you'd have more lab bites....

 

[Lyndsey]

THANK YOU! ha... they were bred to fight other dogs, these dogs were family pets who had a job, unfortunately, but that's what it was a job to fight other dogs. The dogs were kept in close proximity to people, and those that showed any signs of people aggression, were not used in breeding.

People are idiots, and honestly, I don't trust small dogs. I've been biten and seen aggression in more small dogs than I have large dogs.

Yes, a pit can do great damage in a short amound of time, but so can other large breed dogs- mastiffs for instance...

This poor breed has suffered too much in the past decade or so, and should not be looked down upon because of idiots. No single dog should be judges by other dogs. You wouldn't judge your own because of what another dog did, so why should you judge another person's dog because of what you hear on tv? (of which half of the stories the reporters hear 'dog bite' and assume pitbull so that's what goes to the news.)


I've been around pits, closely, for 5 years, and owned one as well. I can honestly say, of the MANY MANY pits that I've encountered, I'd trust them over any small dog anyday. I'd trust my pit over my yorkie ANY DAY!!

No dog should be changed up just because of other dogs. Chaining up dogs, which most people do to pits (for some assinine reason) only creates aggression.

If a dog bites, and has had no previous record or temperment, there had to be a reason for it, and that doesn't necessarily mean it'll do it again. That's ridiculous!

Plus! Think about how many pitbulls there are... Alot. One of the most popular dogs to keep for a variety of reasons (egos, just for love of the breed, etc)... More of them, means more bites.... In retrospect- if there were a million labs and 10 pitbulls- bet you'd have more lab bites....

Preach on!

Totally agree

I have never trusted little dogs. I'll take my chances with a pit rather than a chihuahua any day lol

 

[OSUgecko]

I can honestly say, of the MANY MANY pits that I've encountered, I'd trust them over any small dog anyday.

Only one problem with that... if a pit bites you, you are more than likely going to need medical attention (same goes for rotties, shar-peis, and any "big dog"). A lot of small dogs like to bite and it's unpleasant and painful when they do it... but they simply don't have the jaw power of the larger dogs (ESPECIALLY pits).

I never completely trust any strange dog, small, medium, or large - all have the capability to bite!!

:main_laugh: (is that smiley face snapping at me?!? )

 

[rhino43grr]

popular culture has a lot to do with pit bulls being cast as super aggressive, killing machines in my opinion. before the michael vick dogfighting case there was a situation involving former steelers and now dolphins linebacker joey porter. his two "pit bulls" got out of his property and killed a neighbor's miniature horse for no apparent reason. i don't know that his dogs were purebred pits, but i have a feeling that they probably were just from the fact that he's a professional athlete and has the money to pay someone to make sure that the dogs were pure pits.
i'm not a fan of pits personally, but we had an australian cattle dog when i was a kid that was very protective, she actually broke her chain one morning and bit the neighbor on her heel. that was all genetics though as that breed is designed to herd cattle by nipping at their heels.
i think the biggest problem is the fact that there are just so many idiotic people out there, just look at the stories in this forum alone. society as a whole is out of control big time.