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Two dogs killed & two women injured
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Anonymous
It means stupid people judge things they can't even define properly, let alone understand. |
Anonymous
The reality is pits were breed to fight and that is still in their breeding and your liberal heart is not going to stop the fact that this breed is dangerous (as well as a few others). I don't think we should kill them but I do think their owners should have to prove every 2 years their dog can be in an area with other dogs and not attack. If they attack they can't have the dog. |
Anonymous
They also have a high prey drive and are easily triggered to attack in seemingly innocuous situations. |
Anonymous
But that’s the whole problem! Dogs whose needs aren’t met are more unpredictable than dogs who are meticulously cared for by diligent owners. The 5 breeds that are collectively called pit bulls are spayed and neutered at lower rates than other breeds. They frequently aren’t bred according to best practices. Many of them are the result of rampant, unchecked breeding. They aren’t carefully nurtured and socialized. Tons of them end up in shelters. Some end up being used for dog fighting. Clueless first time dog owners take one home from the shelter without understanding the dog’s needs for exercise and mental stimulation. They don’t know how to train the dog and don’t invest in professional training. They don’t know that bully breeds are great escape artists. They don’t know that retractable leashes are a bad idea. They had no idea how strong that little puppy would be once it’s full grown. They weren’t prepared for just how expensive dog ownership is, especially veterinary care. Shelters have way more pit bulls than other types of dogs, and so those are the breeds that are most likely to end up in the care of people who are the least suited for dog ownership. Most dog breeds exist for specific purposes, whether it’s flushing out game or retrieving water fowl or extracting rodents from underground or herding sheep or pulling sleds or guarding the home or simply being a Velcro lap dog. Most purebred dogs have certain predictable traits because those traits are literally bred into them. Because so many pit bulls and pit mixes were bred without intention or even with bad intentions, and have come from unknown backgrounds, you don’t know that that cute puppy at the shelter isn’t the product of multiple generations of dogs who had to fight for their survival. People don’t think pit bulls are just inherently evil; they think pit bulls are inherently unpredictable and dangerous because of the complete irresponsibility of a significant portion of the people who own pit bulls — the very same people who are most like to have their dogs reproduce at the highest rates. |
Anonymous
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Can we discuss the pit bull eating the dead dog in the yard??? I’ve had dogs my entire life and have never known one to eat a dead animal. What the hell is that? I’ve even had retrieving bird dogs. Was this dog starved? I just can’t imagine another dog killing and eating another.
Any IDs on the breed of the leashed dog that the pit killed? |
Anonymous
| We do not need to kill all pit bulls. What we need is immediate spay or neuter on all. Within 15 years this awful breed will be eliminated. And yes, we need to go south and make them fix their dogs too. These pits are shipped from the south. |
Anonymous
| Totally agree. Automatic spay and neuter. No exceptions |
Anonymous
Yea. “Teach your dog to sit quietly and down stay outside the playground at recess time”. And I’m saying, don’t bring your dog to the school playground at recess time to teach it to sit quietly. What if your teaching has a hiccup and the dog lunges at the playground or barks aggressively at the kids? That’s fine because it’s all part of your training regimen I guess. |
About half a year later, she's can still be skittish in unfamiliar environments, but we go on mile-long walks daily, past construction sites (full of men), and can do polite meet-and-greets with other dogs and their owners, including children. Part of that is that I know what I'm doing; I've been doing this for decades now. Most of that is that I didn't make excuses for my animal, and instead provided her with the training and resources she needed to overcome her insecurities/faults.
Anonymous
In addition, we need to halt “rescues” from shipping in dogs from other states. They keep importing dogs, importing problems, and our shelters are full. |
Anonymous
All do the breeding, not lack of training. This is why I think certain breeds should have to be certified as safe every few years. Even a well trained dangerous dog will get dementia or sick and have the propensity to attack. |
Anonymous
These states are all in the south. Why does that region have so many dogs that need rescuing? |
Anonymous
My relative moved to Georgia. There are swarms of wild dogs that roam the streets. She has to walk with bear spray due to being attacked. Her stories are insane. Seems there’s no animal control there and no one cares about all the feral dogs. |
Anonymous
These stupid rescues are bringing them up here because the shelters in the south are kill shelters. I too would like this prevented. Can states stop dogs from being imported like this? I know the US stopped allowing rescues to bring dogs into the US for similar reasons. |
Anonymous
This happened in my neighborhood, and I know the owners of the victim dog, a very sweet small/medium doodle mix that was always leashed on walks. The grapevine says the aggressor dog was a pit that apparently a neighborhood family was fostering (and doing a shockingly poor job of that, clearly). People are out walking their dogs constantly around here, and everyone is shaken up and feeling horrible that our neighbor and her lovely dog had to endure this. We are all thinking about what we would or should have done if it happened to us. Does everyone else walk around their neighborhoods with bear or pepper spray just in case? Are those actually effective in dog attack scenarios? |
Anonymous
So do greyhounds 
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