My neighbors are getting a rescue pit bull

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sensible post, pp. For the record, my pit mix was attacked by a Chihuahua. Fortunately, she was just surprised and mystified while the little dog's owner struggled to grab her. And your advice as to how to deal with the neighbors is spot on.

On another note, I would never let my kid get too close to *any* dog. You never know when any dog will lose it and I don't want a dog's teeth close to my kid's face. I don't care how loving a dog is and whether they're a pit or a Golden retriever, do not let toddlers hug them unless you are right there ready to intervene!

Oh wow, so much damage done by those little chihuahua jaws, right? Hop on over to the thread about all the pit bulls mauling dogs and see how pit bulls’ strong jaws and instinct to kill goes when pit bulls attack anything else.

+1. Chihuahuas are little a-holes, but I'd rather my dog, my kids, or me be attacked by a whole pack of them than one pissed off pit.

[Anonymous]

I empathize completely. I’m terrified of the breed and moved out of a neighborhood once because there were too many pit bulls.

That said, try hosting play dates at your house instead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does it hurt from clutching your pearls so hard? Dogs are only as bad as their owners…as are children. I don’t think the neighbors will be losing much by losing you as “friends”.

Typical crap from dangerous dog owners. This is not true but keep telling yourself that.

I'll tell myself that b/c it's true. You're running of emotion and headlines. Fine. But, you sound ridiculous.

Pits are awesome. And if your neighbor loses you as a friend b/c of that, that's too bad for you.

A “rescue” pit might be very bad then. As bad as its previous owner, whoever that really was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it hurt from clutching your pearls so hard? Dogs are only as bad as their owners…as are children. I don’t think the neighbors will be losing much by losing you as “friends”.

No, idiot, dogs aren't 'only as bad as their owners"! And neither are children.
I bet you don't even have kids but love your ugly dog to pieces. Pet parent. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it hurt from clutching your pearls so hard? Dogs are only as bad as their owners…as are children. I don’t think the neighbors will be losing much by losing you as “friends”.

Typical crap from dangerous dog owners. This is not true but keep telling yourself that.

I'll tell myself that b/c it's true. You're running of emotion and headlines. Fine. But, you sound ridiculous.

Pits are awesome. And if your neighbor loses you as a friend b/c of that, that's too bad for you.

A “rescue” pit might be very bad then. As bad as its previous owner, whoever that really was.

Yes, how is this being missed? It doesn't sound like this is an 8 week old puppy with some 20% pit in their background. An adult pit that's been in a shelter is a whole different beast. So if these owners are AMAZING, does it make a difference that for the first 2 years of its life it as bred to fight by different owners? Because that's what they learn and emulate, not your nice but clueless family. Very few people are equipped to handle that hardwiring and I can't imagine taking it on with young kids. Magical thinking.

[Anonymous]

Pit bulls are terrible dogs. They are violent and unpredictable. I saw a pit rip a cat to shreds without warning.

https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/attacks/pit-bull-attack-database

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I'M PP. It doesn't matter how you good an owner you are. Pits are genetically predisposed to attack without warning. They are killer dogs. They are not like other breeds.

https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-studies-level-1-trauma-table-2011-present.php

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Anonymous wrote:I’m with you OP. These dogs do not belong in residential areas near small children and I would seriously question the judgment of any family of young kids that would adopt one. I wouldn’t allow play dates over there and would get the fence mended myself. Earlier this year 2 pit bulls dug under a fence and mauled a 3 year old boy to death in front of his mother. Chances are small this pit bull will maul a child, but the outcome is disastrous enough that it’s not worth it.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/959826.page

100% agree. Absolutely would not allow my kids over to their house or near the dog. I’d probably move too.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to revive and derail the thread in one post but are there any pitt bull defenders, owners or trainers that could weigh in on a question-would you train a dog like this at a public children's playground? (Yes this a serious question).

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to revive and derail the thread in one post but are there any pitt bull defenders, owners or trainers that could weigh in on a question-would you train a dog like this at a public children's playground? (Yes this a serious question).

A dog like what exactly? We foster shelter dogs with the intention of training them and getting them ready for their new homes, many are Pitbull mixes. After getting a good sense of their dispositions, we will walk and work on training in parks with crowded playgrounds along with other public places. Obviously they are on a leash the whole time, and if they show any sign of aggression or extreme nervousness we would leave, but crowded parks are a great place to work on a dog's training.

[Anonymous]

Here is a rescue pit that saved another dog from drowning.
https://fb.watch/8xN-UtNiwj/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So you haven’t met the dog? You’re assuming these people that you normally like I assume because your kids play together, would rescue a dog that is going to attack their/your children? You need to take a breathe and relax.

I'm not a huge fan of the family for several small petty reasons but this definitely is the nail in the coffin of our relationship. It just suvms for my kids.

Getting a pitbull is irrational and irresponsible, particularly as a parent to young children. I can guarantee that I won't be the only one that will stop allowing my children to play at their house on account of the dog.

Pitbulls might be fine and sweet until they're not. They have a unique ability to maim and kill due to their jaws. And the inbreeding/generations of poor care and training.

I sure hope their kids will survive the new dog.

You call these people irrational, yet YOU'RE the one that's freaking out about a dog that you've never even met before...

and you've now admitted to being petty.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the loss of your friendship is no great loss at all.

I hope your neighbors enjoy their doggo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So you haven’t met the dog? You’re assuming these people that you normally like I assume because your kids play together, would rescue a dog that is going to attack their/your children? You need to take a breathe and relax.

I'm not a huge fan of the family for several small petty reasons but this definitely is the nail in the coffin of our relationship. It just suvms for my kids.

Getting a pitbull is irrational and irresponsible, particularly as a parent to young children. I can guarantee that I won't be the only one that will stop allowing my children to play at their house on account of the dog.

Pitbulls might be fine and sweet until they're not. They have a unique ability to maim and kill due to their jaws. And the inbreeding/generations of poor care and training.

I sure hope their kids will survive the new dog.

Oh, and btw, your claim that pitbull's "have a unique ability to maim and kill due to their jaws..." is complete BS and a debunked urban legend.

A pitbull's cranial anatomy is the same as every other breed of dog... their jaws can NOT lock.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to revive and derail the thread in one post but are there any pitt bull defenders, owners or trainers that could weigh in on a question-would you train a dog like this at a public children's playground? (Yes this a serious question).

A dog like what exactly? We foster shelter dogs with the intention of training them and getting them ready for their new homes, many are Pitbull mixes. After getting a good sense of their dispositions, we will walk and work on training in parks with crowded playgrounds along with other public places. Obviously they are on a leash the whole time, and if they show any sign of aggression or extreme nervousness we would leave, but crowded parks are a great place to work on a dog's training.

Omg keep your aggressive dogs away from playgrounds where tiny children play you freak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We breed and train German Shepherd Dogs. I am a very small breeder. Only one litter a year and our mamas are only allowed two litters. They are our family pets first. We breed specifically for health and temperament. Our dogs are calm, balanced, sweet pups because the dogs in their line going back many generations were intentionally and carefully selected. They would make terrible police dogs. They simply don’t have aggression and prey drive bred into them. That doesn’t mean they wouldn’t bite. All dogs have that potential. But our dogs’ temperaments, health, size, etc. are the results of careful breeding.

“Pit Bull” type dogs were intentionally bred for aggression, pain tolerance, strength, and prey drive. That doesn’t just magically disappear. They are not safe. It should be illegal to breed these dogs. We need to allow the breed to naturally cease to exist. Not the dogs’ fault. Humans phucked it up, as usual.

I would not allow my kids in their home or yard, even with you present. I would ensure there is no way the dog can get into your backyard even if that means building your own 8 foot privacy fence. I would explain to my kids that while most dogs are friendly, this one is dangerous. And I would absolutely end the friendship with the parents.

Uh, you're a breeder of German Shepherd's, yet you don't think YOUR dogs were born with a prey drive??

That must be why they're the predominant breed used for personal protection, security, military & police work, because they DON'T love to chase down a suspect. 🤔

My dog is the greatest dog, he's super laid back, affectionate, has the greatest temperament, loves children, adults, other dogs and even cats.
He patiently allowed little hands & fingers to climb all over him and drool on him when my kids & nephews & nieces were small.
He's friendly and patient with everyone...

everyone, accept that is; squirrels, foxes (because foxes attempt to hunt the bunnies that live in our yard, and our GSD protects them) oh, and one last foe...

The mail man.

Our GSD has a bed in our bay window, and hese likes to sun himself in that window; but when he sees a squirrel, he goes completely nutso.
He's so hyper focused on that squirrel and I know that if I allowed him outside in that moment, he'd tear that thing to shreds if he could catch it.

How can you claim that YOUR dogs don't have a high (or any) prey drive whatsoever, but then say that "a pit bulls same predisposed drive doesn’t just magically disappear"?

Did you know that German Shepherd's were intentionally bred as herding dogs for hundreds of years?

Herding dogs were NOT family pets, they were trained to help herd cattle, but their primary role was to guard and protect livestock... to guard and protect.

A breed of dog cannot successfully guard and protect WITHOUT a high prey drive.

Yet somehow, you're making the ridiculous assertion that, pit bulls were intentionally bred for strength and a high prey drive (that "doesn’t just magically disappear") so pit bulls must be doomed forever...

but German Shepherds were ALSO intentionally bred for strength and a high prey drive for hundreds of years, so much so that they are STILL, in the year 2021, the number one breed of dog used for personal protection, security, military & police work...

yet, you said that YOUR dogs would make terrible police dogs, because you've somehow manged to be the only breeder in history to completely remove a specific breed of dog's inherent hyper prey drive and strong protective personality trait?

YOU'VE somehow been able to unlock & change the DNA of a breed, whose core nucleus, disposition & drive has always been for THOUSANDS of years, to fend off predators, hunt for prey, the securing, patrolling & protection of cattle, livestock, prisoners AND prey, yet you were able to remove their inherent predisposed hard wiring in just a few generations of "careful breeding"? 🤨

I guess your German Shepherds would just keep on sleeping if someone broke into their owners home, because your dogs are so "calm, balanced & lacking in aggression".

I hope you put it your contracts that the dogs YOU sell, shouldn't come with an expectation of instinctively knowing how to protect their family, because you've totally removed that from their DNA.

Pit bulls owners could never do the same exact thing, because only you can accomplish this, lol.

I don't particularly love pit bulls, but your kinda sanctimonious & hypocritical bullsh!t just irks me even more.

Quite the delusional, god complex you got there. 🤣