I don't know why I am responding because you have zero understanding of dog behavior or human responsibility. Good for you that your dogs don't have anxiety! Sometimes you adopt a dog and you don't know that they are going to develop problems but, they do! Perhaps you feel that all dogs that don't fit your idea of "what a dog should do" should be put down. But, I don't think that way. It is ok for dogs to have feelings and likes and dislikes. As long as the owners are aware and make sure no one gets harmed they have the right to live their lives. Your don't have to admire people who adopt and keep challenging dogs but, I will continue to do so. It is easy to own a dog that has no problems but, I have learned so much from my dog and I wouldn't trade him for the world. |
No, pit bulls attack because they were bred for violence. No one needs to make them that way as we can all tell by the beloved family pets who snap one day and eat grandma. Lots of pit bulls are born with anxiety and fear because of decades of poor breeding. Pit bulls bark and lunge (and bite, you left that part out) because they were bred for violence. The desire to maim doesn’t just go away because Susie Petunia loves her pibble so much. I can see that other dogs exhibit that behavior. I don’t see breed specific groups gaslighting TF out of people and telling us there’s nothing wrong with these dogs who were (and are) bred for violence. I don’t see Akita owners telling everyone that Akita’s are the bestest dogs for all families. I don’t see German Shepherd owners saying all families should have one. I just see pit bull owners telling everyone that there’s no problem here, no siree! |
Why would anyone admire someone who keeps a dangerous dog and lies about it for self aggrandizement? Way to tell on yourself. Totally normal dogs. |
DP but absolutely YES to the bolded when the problematic behavior is aggression that could easily lead to injury or death. You clearly have lost the plot somewhere along the way, so let me help you find it - they’re DOGS. |
This is so false. Pit bull owners are not out there saying this is a good breed for everyone. I would prefer they stay out of hands of people who want to abuse them or use them in dog fights. Pit bulls are just the current dogs we hate on. In the past it was dobermans, chows, German Shepherds. |
Yes in the extreme case but if my dog doesn't like strange dogs and I just avoid what's the problem? |
You comfortably put them to sleep. Poor things. |
This isn't every pit bull. Why aren't you putting blame on the owners for not correcting this? |
Those weren't hate on dogs. They were dangerous dogs. Sheesh |
agree but those are not pit bulls, but some mutant xl bully thing or something else |
Yes, those are pit bulls. “Xl bullies” are still pit bulls. Incredibly, horrifically inbred, but pit bulls just the same. |
Xl bullies are not pit bulls. |
FATALITY:
41 year old New York City man was mauled by his own pit bull in his apartment. https://abc7ny.com/police-officers-fatally-shot-a-pit-bull-mauling-his-owner-inside-bronx-apartment/14737414/ |
CHILD ATTACKED:
9 year old Ottumwa, Iowa girl was attacked. Her injuries required an airlift to the University of Iowa Health Care. “Officers said the child suffered severe injuries to her face, head, right arm, shoulder and hand.” https://www.kyoutv.com/2024/05/03/9-year-old-severely-injured-pit-bull-attack-ottumwa-home/ |
How awful. The article says the man had raised the dog since a puppy and that the attacked child was known to the family and the dog. So sounds like another where a family dog just snapped and inflicted multiple serious wounds (not just a warning defensive bite). It continues to be so bizarre to me why anyone would take this risk when they are many lovely breeds that have never once tried to tear a nine year old limb from limb. |