Positive stories about pits

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can only really post these stories honestly if the pit is now dead and went its whole life without attacking anyone.

This thread is not about you. Move along, thank you! ( op)

Do you really have that thin a grip on cost/benefit? Pit fanciers are dangerous idiots.

+1. Flower crowns and cute pictures don't make up for the dead toddlers.

[Anonymous]

My friend rescued the sweetest pittie, and she was basically the protector of her toddler. Followed her around the house, was SO gentle with her, let her lie on top of her. Then one day her toddler walked into the living room and the dog bit her face, completely unprovoked, and disfigured her. Sweetest dog, would never hurt a fly, for those first few years though, so, lots of good memories before the unprovoked mauling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend rescued the sweetest pittie, and she was basically the protector of her toddler. Followed her around the house, was SO gentle with her, let her lie on top of her. Then one day her toddler walked into the living room and the dog bit her face, completely unprovoked, and disfigured her. Sweetest dog, would never hurt a fly, for those first few years though, so, lots of good memories before the unprovoked mauling.

It's pretty established that a lot of pits start showing aggression around age 3.

[Anonymous]

I posted this on the other thread and it looks like it may have been deleted. This is a Harvard paper with a section on pit bulls, media coverage, perceptions, myths, etc. It provides a very clear view of our pit bull vilification and negative media is a form of racism.

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365078/KOMATSU-DOCUMENT-2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Please read the negative stories with a critical eye, understanding the reasons why something might be highlighted, how things are portrayed, etc. How and why myths are perpetuated, and so forth. Don’t let the media spoon feed you this click bait.

I’m not saying incidents don’t happen with dogs. They do, with many kinds of dogs. You cannot say of any dog, “it would never bite.” But there is a deeper reason why the negative stories are so pushed and highlighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted this on the other thread and it looks like it may have been deleted. This is a Harvard paper with a section on pit bulls, media coverage, perceptions, myths, etc. It provides a very clear view of our pit bull vilification and negative media is a form of racism.

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365078/KOMATSU-DOCUMENT-2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Please read the negative stories with a critical eye, understanding the reasons why something might be highlighted, how things are portrayed, etc. How and why myths are perpetuated, and so forth. Don’t let the media spoon feed you this click bait.

I’m not saying incidents don’t happen with dogs. They do, with many kinds of dogs. You cannot say of any dog, “it would never bite.” But there is a deeper reason why the negative stories are so pushed and highlighted.

You are so dumb that you pass off a masters thesis by an extension school student as a "Harvard paper". Coincidentally, you are also a pit bull fan.

[Anonymous]

I'm not thrilled with pits. I do know someone who has a pit, and he is absolutely gorgeous, and the sweetest dog ever. Not happy about pits in general, but maybe it's true that it's all in the upbringing.

[Anonymous]

This doesn’t change my mind. Sure they can be great dogs, but it’s not worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted this on the other thread and it looks like it may have been deleted. This is a Harvard paper with a section on pit bulls, media coverage, perceptions, myths, etc. It provides a very clear view of our pit bull vilification and negative media is a form of racism.

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365078/KOMATSU-DOCUMENT-2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Please read the negative stories with a critical eye, understanding the reasons why something might be highlighted, how things are portrayed, etc. How and why myths are perpetuated, and so forth. Don’t let the media spoon feed you this click bait.

I’m not saying incidents don’t happen with dogs. They do, with many kinds of dogs. You cannot say of any dog, “it would never bite.” But there is a deeper reason why the negative stories are so pushed and highlighted.

You are so dumb that you pass off a masters thesis by an extension school student as a "Harvard paper". Coincidentally, you are also a pit bull fan.

Comparing a dog breed to racism is, I think itself racist. Humans aren't conditioned and bred to have specific traits, dogs are. Comparing the two suggests a difference in humans that simple doesn't exist.

Some dog breeds are naturally more aggressive. People are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend rescued the sweetest pittie, and she was basically the protector of her toddler. Followed her around the house, was SO gentle with her, let her lie on top of her. Then one day her toddler walked into the living room and the dog bit her face, completely unprovoked, and disfigured her. Sweetest dog, would never hurt a fly, for those first few years though, so, lots of good memories before the unprovoked mauling.

It's pretty established that a lot of pits start showing aggression around age 3.

NP. I have a pit mix and I agree with this. She’s been trained, loved, never abused or neglected. But she has shown signs of aggression (that didn’t start until age four) when people knock on our door, or get too close to my husband. She’s great at the boarder, who is used to handling bully breeds.

We don’t have little kids or she would have been gone. I’m not going to play the everything is roses game. She’s a nice dog for two adults, who properly care for her. We will never get another pit. She’s never bitten, but we aren’t ever going to get to the point where that’s an option.

[Anonymous]

My 67 year old cousin just got mauled by one. It ran out of a yard while entirely unprovoked. My cousin was on an evening stroll in a nice neighborhood. It latched onto his inner thigh and tore a massive chunk of flesh out. It was supposedly a nice lovely dog of an upper income family in the neighborhood. He ended up taken to the hospital by ambulance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting a new thread about positive stories about pit bulls. Here is an article describing a few. If you have a pit come on it and share your story!

https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Pit-Bull-Dog-Heros

I've never known a bad "pit bull." My mom had one that was just the biggest baby. My niece and nephew would crawl all over him and he'd just lay there.

I've worked rescue and these are some of the most mistreated breeds b/c people think they are "tough." It's so sad b/c they are just sweeties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 67 year old cousin just got mauled by one. It ran out of a yard while entirely unprovoked. My cousin was on an evening stroll in a nice neighborhood. It latched onto his inner thigh and tore a massive chunk of flesh out. It was supposedly a nice lovely dog of an upper income family in the neighborhood. He ended up taken to the hospital by ambulance.

F-- off. First of all, you are deflecting from the thread. If you can't contribute, move along. Second of all, while sad, that does not prove anything other than an anecdote. My neighbor' black lab ripped apart another dog from abdomen to foot - they tried spraying the attacking dog with Raid, hitting it with a stick and pulling it off. BUt it "latched on" and nearly killed the dog. So by that logic, all black labs are vicious.

[Anonymous]

Aww. What a sweetheart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 67 year old cousin just got mauled by one. It ran out of a yard while entirely unprovoked. My cousin was on an evening stroll in a nice neighborhood. It latched onto his inner thigh and tore a massive chunk of flesh out. It was supposedly a nice lovely dog of an upper income family in the neighborhood. He ended up taken to the hospital by ambulance.

F-- off. First of all, you are deflecting from the thread. If you can't contribute, move along. Second of all, while sad, that does not prove anything other than an anecdote. My neighbor' black lab ripped apart another dog from abdomen to foot - they tried spraying the attacking dog with Raid, hitting it with a stick and pulling it off. BUt it "latched on" and nearly killed the dog. So by that logic, all black labs are vicious.

Veterinarians typically can determine the breed by determining if the bite was one that latched. So the black lab in your story was likely one of these fake “lab mixes” that people try to pass of pit bulls as to evade insurance and landlord tenant laws. Labs will bite in some circumstances but only the pit bull and similar pit breeds do the latching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted this on the other thread and it looks like it may have been deleted. This is a Harvard paper with a section on pit bulls, media coverage, perceptions, myths, etc. It provides a very clear view of our pit bull vilification and negative media is a form of racism.

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365078/KOMATSU-DOCUMENT-2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Please read the negative stories with a critical eye, understanding the reasons why something might be highlighted, how things are portrayed, etc. How and why myths are perpetuated, and so forth. Don’t let the media spoon feed you this click bait.

I’m not saying incidents don’t happen with dogs. They do, with many kinds of dogs. You cannot say of any dog, “it would never bite.” But there is a deeper reason why the negative stories are so pushed and highlighted.

Here is someone who doesn’t understand what racism is.