Neighbors just adopted an 80lb adult pitbull

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have no evidence that this dog is dangerous. All you can do is tell your children to completely ignore the dog and not run around when the dog is walking by. If you do this, the dog will not do anything to you or your kids.

This is crazy.

Children should not lose their ability to play in their meighborhood just because a moron neighbor brought home an aggressive rescue pitbull.

The dog needs to go.

Human children take precedent over pitbulls every single time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real problem is the staff at the animal shelter. They are supposed to do some due diligence in ensuring the animal is a good fit for the adopting family and their home. What we almost certainly have here are shelter staff who ignore the statistics and continue to believe that pitbulls are simply misunderstood, and likely guilted the vulnerable adoptive family into taking it home. If there's an attack, the liability should fall squarely on the shelter. These are animals that should be destroyed.

This is nonsense. Nobody in a shelter is doing this, because they'll be the ones to get the dog back if/when it goes wrong. This is nonsense from the anti-pit crowd, talking about "statistics" that have been debunked on this forum time and again. You can tell it's bs because of the last sentence.

Ignorant people should also be destroyed, for the good of humanity and the planet.

You clearly can't read basic statistics.

Pitbulls are the most dangerous dog breed, period.

There is a reason why they are uninsurable

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why you'd need to talk to the owner at all, just don't invite the dog onto your property anymore. Tell your kids they are not to approach or play with the dog. There is a pit pull that lives two houses down from me. I have never been close enough for that dog to growl at me. A new neighbor just moved in directly across the street, and they have a pit. I will not be inviting that dog to my yard to meet my kids or any of that. Keep your dog off my property and we are good!

Get a fence. Dogs growl for all kinds or reasons. Ours has different growls to let us know what she wants.

OP said they are not allowed to have frontyard fences in their HOA.

She definitely needs to complain in writing to the hoa about the dangerous pitbull

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get why you'd need to talk to the owner at all, just don't invite the dog onto your property anymore. Tell your kids they are not to approach or play with the dog. There is a pit pull that lives two houses down from me. I have never been close enough for that dog to growl at me. A new neighbor just moved in directly across the street, and they have a pit. I will not be inviting that dog to my yard to meet my kids or any of that. Keep your dog off my property and we are good!

Get a fence. Dogs growl for all kinds or reasons. Ours has different growls to let us know what she wants.

OP said they are not allowed to have frontyard fences in their HOA.

So play in the backyard. At least until this buddy has had time to settle in. It’s a neighborhood, not just for her family.

Crazy.

Kerp the dog in the fenced backyard.

Let the children safely enjoy their neighborhood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean I don't like pit bulls either, but my dog, a derpy yellow lab, has growled at people before. Once at me when he had an ear infection and once at a strange man that just appeared out of nowhere on our normal walk (we've never seen him before or since...I think he sensed danger).

Just keep your kids away from the dog.

Keep the pitbull inside the house or in a fenced back yard

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have no evidence that this dog is dangerous. All you can do is tell your children to completely ignore the dog and not run around when the dog is walking by. If you do this, the dog will not do anything to you or your kids.

No. This is nonsense. Kids should be allowed to use their own yard without having to moderate their behavior because the neighbor's poorly-trained dog is out. The neighbor is 100% responsible for keeping their dog under control and in their own yard at all times unless specifically invited, regardless of what the kids next door may be doing.

Putting responsibility for the neighbors crappy dog on the kids next door is effing ridiculous. If you own a dog, you own full responsibility for the dog. Don't ever make someone else tell you your business. Damn.

From the OP:

I was outside and our kids were playing in the front yard with the neighbors' kids. The teenage girl brought the dog into our yard because the kids wanted to see the new dog. I let the dog approach me as well,

I don't disagree that the OP is right to be cautious around the dog. But your suggestion that owners did something wrong by bringing the dog into OP's yard when the kids wanted to see it, and OP was there herself, is off-base.

Any dog owner who brings an aggressive dog into someone's property at the request of kids is 100% at fault.

[Anonymous]

Talk with neighbors. Be empathetic but note what you observed. Ask that they use short harness-type leash and muzzle at least until the dog settles in.
Get a doorbell or other camera to collect evidence of dog being off leash or out of control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real problem is the staff at the animal shelter. They are supposed to do some due diligence in ensuring the animal is a good fit for the adopting family and their home. What we almost certainly have here are shelter staff who ignore the statistics and continue to believe that pitbulls are simply misunderstood, and likely guilted the vulnerable adoptive family into taking it home. If there's an attack, the liability should fall squarely on the shelter. These are animals that should be destroyed.

This is nonsense. Nobody in a shelter is doing this, because they'll be the ones to get the dog back if/when it goes wrong. This is nonsense from the anti-pit crowd, talking about "statistics" that have been debunked on this forum time and again. You can tell it's bs because of the last sentence.

Ignorant people should also be destroyed, for the good of humanity and the planet.

You clearly can't read basic statistics.

Pitbulls are the most dangerous dog breed, period.

There is a reason why they are uninsurable

There are no basic statistics that show this. There are zero studies that show the total number of bites/attacks relative to the total number of pitbulls. Without that information, you can't draw a meaningful conclusion about them being "the most dangerous dog breed, period." This has been pointed out on this forum ad nauseum, and anyone continuing to reference these non-existent "basic statistics" is probably a troll.

"...to definitively determine whether certain breeds are disproportionately represented, breed-specific fatality rates should be calculated. The numerator for such rates requires complete ascertainment of deaths and an accurate determination of the breed involved, and the denominator requires reliable breed-specific population data (i.e., number of deaths involving a given breed divided by number of dogs of that breed). However, such denominator data are not available, and official registration or licensing data cannot be used because owners of certain breeds may be less likely than those owning other breeds to register or license their animals (3)." https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047723.htm

This "but the statistics say..." argument will be trash until you have all the parts necessary to make it compelling, which you don't, and likely won't until/unless there are mandatory dog licenses for all dog owners.

[Anonymous]

is it fat? I didn't read through the entire thread here but the high end for an APBT is 60 pounds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is it fat? I didn't read through the entire thread here but the high end for an APBT is 60 pounds

It's not a pit bull. It "looks like a pit bull" to someone who doesn't know what a "pit bull" is. Kinda like how that other thread about the obvious boxer was titled "clearly part pit bull" when it very clearly was not.

"pit bull" just means scary dog to some of these folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have no evidence that this dog is dangerous. All you can do is tell your children to completely ignore the dog and not run around when the dog is walking by. If you do this, the dog will not do anything to you or your kids.

This is crazy.

Children should not lose their ability to play in their meighborhood just because a moron neighbor brought home an aggressive rescue pitbull.

The dog needs to go.

Just when dog is walking by. Not every minute. Also, dog has done nothing but you want to get rid of it? Not up to you.

Also, where did op say it was an hoa?

Human children take precedent over pitbulls every single time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would recommend concealed carry whenever the dog is outside. Those neighbors are awful. You need to be able to quickly protect your children from a large, untrained, nervous Pit Bull.

Good lord this country is going to the dogs (literally). OP, maybe get some pepper spray or mace.

[Anonymous]

I am an animal lover and loved all doggies until my 3 year old was attacked by a pit mix which was not properly controlled on a walk (owner wasn't holding the leash properly). I have never thought this could happen to us and still can't believe it did now, even though 4 years passed. My child was "lucky" to walk away with a mauled upper arm only and a scar for life. Now, I am crossing the road any time I see a dog. F*ck irresponsible dog owners.

[Anonymous]

I would honestly move. Sounds like renters. Only going downhill from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would recommend concealed carry whenever the dog is outside. Those neighbors are awful. You need to be able to quickly protect your children from a large, untrained, nervous Pit Bull.

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