I would also never let my child go to a house with a pit. That’s not snobby, it’s just good sense. |
+100 I view sending my child to a house with a pit the same as knowingly sending them to a home with a loaded gun. Not to mention I’d question the judgment in general of any parent who has a pit bull in their home. If they are dumb enough to own a dog that could snap and kill their kid at any point, what other poor decisions are they making? I’d steer clear of any interaction with that family and many others would do the same. |
I hate people who insist on defending them. |
Ignorant. |
Why can't we just have an immediate sterilization program? Then the problem would be gone in 15 years.
All these people defending their pits would just as soon adopt doodles and labs from shelters instead. They're only getting pits because the shelters are full of them. |
I would let my child go to a house with guns a thousand times before I'd let them go to one with a pit. Gun owners are typical responsible. Pit owners are uneducated morons who are blind to the risks. |
+1 And if someone starts a thread advocating for something similarly dangerous, like encouraging people to start taking oxy on the regular as a recreational drug because it is just fine and not at all addictive, I'll speak up about that too. |
There are women who fall in love with incarcerated rapists and murderers. Love is inexplicable sometimes. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11619109/Boy-11-left-70-scalp-missing-attacked-three-pit-bulls.html
And yet another story about these "sweet animals" mauling a child. |
I am a dog lover & have been for many decades. I understand that pit bull puppies are adorable, sweet,playful, & affectionate. Unfortunately, if paired with another aggressive dog, the pack mentality appears and anything that moves is viewed as prey.
Pit bulls can be adorable, cuddly, and affectionate, but they are not safe. Treat pit bulls as a loaded gun with the safety off. Once a pitbull attacks, it is over. |
Of course un neutered. About 80% of dogs in the US are spayed or neutered, but that rate goes down to about 20% for pits. As a trainer on another thread on breeders vs rescue opined, t's really terrible what this lack of spay/neutered in this specific population has allowed to do to the classic American Mutt. She/did not single out a breed but noted the sharp increase in dogs witj basically untrainable tempermenta and agression issues. I'm a former shelter worker myself and I quit because of this. I could not in good conscience work to have dangerous dogs (often with bite histories!) Placed in family homes as pets. No way. These are not dogs meant to be temperamental aoind with people or other dogs. As someone who does love dogs generally, I also feel bad for them. 1, 2, 3 years in a shelter? "Staff favorite" but no one wants them because they are clearly dangerous and a shelter environment isn't good for any dog? The system is broken. Branding them as "nanny dogs" (a ridiculous racket if you know anything about breed history) has had dire consequences. That they have been allowed to proliferate to this level will have dire consequences now and down the line unless there is some real course correction. |
I seen a dog fight once. Seeing the pit rip open another dog and spill its entrails will really change your afternoon.
Was previously skeptical of the breed and since have adopted the “all pits must die” neighborhood approach. |
If a shelter's main goal is to save as many dogs as possible, they should target the most adoptable dogs. Having a pit take up resources for 3 years is not productive. You could have 10 other dogs adopted in that time span. If people are too squeamish about euthanizing dogs, there should at least be a catch and release program that spays and neuters feral dogs like some places have for cats. If you REALLY want to save dogs' lives, you would try to solve the problem at its root (too many feral dogs reproducing). |
At what % does a mix become too pit? |