Why so many pit pulls?

[Anonymous]

There's a couple currently at Humane Rescue that don't appear to have a lot of pit in them (although most do). There's a Belgian Malinois, and also these:

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

This shepherd is adorable and sounds very sweet but is a senior (9 years):
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

Grreat has a few senior (7+) goldens available that all sound great. They've had younger dogs recently but they go very quickly:
https://grreat.org/available-dogs/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who want pit bulls intentionally choose not to get them fixed which leads to a million pit bull mixes in shelters. People who actively seek out pits often like them for aggression, and think fixing them will decrease their aggression.

It's a frustrating cycle. And what we should really be doing is forcing pit owners to fix their dogs, going after breeders that cater to these owners, and really cracking down on backyard breeding, which is illegal. But the whole conversation gets disrupted by people who adopt pits from shelters, fall in love with their specific dog, and then become very defensive about the rep pit bulls have, and fight against "discrimination" against the breed. It's exhausting.

I increasingly think you should need to get a license in order to have a dog, in order to ensure responsible dog ownership, make sure animals get fixed, and make it easier to take dogs away from people who abuse them or are otherwise irresponsible with them.

Until then, yes, like 95% of shelter dogs are pits and pit mixes.

But who in their right mind buys a dog for “aggression”? Why are so many people doing this? This is the part I don’t understand.

MAGAs

IME, magas are not the ones with the pitbulls. It’s the blue haired folks still wearing masks who have them.

How do you tell who's an idiot online? Tropes like these. "MAGA" "Blue Hair" "pit bull!!!" "karen"

Some of you need rehabilitation. Log off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a couple currently at Humane Rescue that don't appear to have a lot of pit in them (although most do). There's a Belgian Malinois, and also these:

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

This shepherd is adorable and sounds very sweet but is a senior (9 years):
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

Grreat has a few senior (7+) goldens available that all sound great. They've had younger dogs recently but they go very quickly:
https://grreat.org/available-dogs/

Advising people who can't handle responsibility for a "pit bull" to get a fscking maligator is absolutely reckless. This is the danger of all the breed hate some of you pump out. You think "it's not a pit bull" and that makes it safe, sane, and easy to train. It's ridiculously wrong, and results in a lot of great dogs dying for your ignorance. Not to mention the dogs that get adopted strictly for their status as non-pit and then returned (if they're lucky) or abused/neglected (if not); that Belgian in the wrong hands is more of a liability than most of the "pit mix" dogs on that site.

Please try to learn something before you get hurt and/or hurt others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who want pit bulls intentionally choose not to get them fixed which leads to a million pit bull mixes in shelters. People who actively seek out pits often like them for aggression, and think fixing them will decrease their aggression.

It's a frustrating cycle. And what we should really be doing is forcing pit owners to fix their dogs, going after breeders that cater to these owners, and really cracking down on backyard breeding, which is illegal. But the whole conversation gets disrupted by people who adopt pits from shelters, fall in love with their specific dog, and then become very defensive about the rep pit bulls have, and fight against "discrimination" against the breed. It's exhausting.

I increasingly think you should need to get a license in order to have a dog, in order to ensure responsible dog ownership, make sure animals get fixed, and make it easier to take dogs away from people who abuse them or are otherwise irresponsible with them.

Until then, yes, like 95% of shelter dogs are pits and pit mixes.

But who in their right mind buys a dog for “aggression”? Why are so many people doing this? This is the part I don’t understand.

MAGAs

IME, magas are not the ones with the pitbulls. It’s the blue haired folks still wearing masks who have them.

My guy... there are, like, 4 different respiratory illnesses flying around right now, plus we're about to start allergy season. I'm sorry you've made a valuable tool a political cudgel, but that's a you problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a couple currently at Humane Rescue that don't appear to have a lot of pit in them (although most do). There's a Belgian Malinois, and also these:

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

This shepherd is adorable and sounds very sweet but is a senior (9 years):
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

Grreat has a few senior (7+) goldens available that all sound great. They've had younger dogs recently but they go very quickly:
https://grreat.org/available-dogs/

Instead of a perfectly healthy young mutt that's part "pit bull" you recommend geriatric Goldens and shepherds? You must be too ignorant to realize that, due to poor genetics as a result of inbreeding for those "purebreds" some of you think automatically make great dogs, those suggestions are for dogs that will likely have major joint issues already, get worse fairly quickly, and probably die in the next 2-3 years. Both breeds will likely get snappy and tempermental due to pain and aging too, and won't be safe around kids, but it's not a pit bull, so that's fine? Make it make sense...

Meanwhile, some perfectly fine mutt is going to die before its second birthday because clickbait told you it's a killer and you never bothered to learn any better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a couple currently at Humane Rescue that don't appear to have a lot of pit in them (although most do). There's a Belgian Malinois, and also these:

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

This shepherd is adorable and sounds very sweet but is a senior (9 years):
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

Grreat has a few senior (7+) goldens available that all sound great. They've had younger dogs recently but they go very quickly:
https://grreat.org/available-dogs/

Advising people who can't handle responsibility for a "pit bull" to get a fscking maligator is absolutely reckless. This is the danger of all the breed hate some of you pump out. You think "it's not a pit bull" and that makes it safe, sane, and easy to train. It's ridiculously wrong, and results in a lot of great dogs dying for your ignorance. Not to mention the dogs that get adopted strictly for their status as non-pit and then returned (if they're lucky) or abused/neglected (if not); that Belgian in the wrong hands is more of a liability than most of the "pit mix" dogs on that site.

Please try to learn something before you get hurt and/or hurt others.

Even the shelter listing is trying to warn people to read up on the breed, but some people just can't be helped.

This is why people who are "anti-pit" are basically walking red flags. The ignorance is astounding, and dangerous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who want pit bulls intentionally choose not to get them fixed which leads to a million pit bull mixes in shelters. People who actively seek out pits often like them for aggression, and think fixing them will decrease their aggression.

It's a frustrating cycle. And what we should really be doing is forcing pit owners to fix their dogs, going after breeders that cater to these owners, and really cracking down on backyard breeding, which is illegal. But the whole conversation gets disrupted by people who adopt pits from shelters, fall in love with their specific dog, and then become very defensive about the rep pit bulls have, and fight against "discrimination" against the breed. It's exhausting.

I increasingly think you should need to get a license in order to have a dog, in order to ensure responsible dog ownership, make sure animals get fixed, and make it easier to take dogs away from people who abuse them or are otherwise irresponsible with them.

Until then, yes, like 95% of shelter dogs are pits and pit mixes.

But who in their right mind buys a dog for “aggression”? Why are so many people doing this? This is the part I don’t understand.

MAGAs

IME, magas are not the ones with the pitbulls. It’s the blue haired folks still wearing masks who have them.

How do you tell who's an idiot online? Tropes like these. "MAGA" "Blue Hair" "pit bull!!!" "karen"

Some of you need rehabilitation. Log off.

My favorite thing about owning pits is that they keep the clowns away. I don't care if you think I'm a "MAGA" or a "blue hair" or whatever. Just keep your judgey nonsense away from me. Whatever that takes!

(posted with 40ish pounds of pit mix curled up in my lap because he thinks he's a chi )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who want pit bulls intentionally choose not to get them fixed which leads to a million pit bull mixes in shelters. People who actively seek out pits often like them for aggression, and think fixing them will decrease their aggression.

It's a frustrating cycle. And what we should really be doing is forcing pit owners to fix their dogs, going after breeders that cater to these owners, and really cracking down on backyard breeding, which is illegal. But the whole conversation gets disrupted by people who adopt pits from shelters, fall in love with their specific dog, and then become very defensive about the rep pit bulls have, and fight against "discrimination" against the breed. It's exhausting.

I increasingly think you should need to get a license in order to have a dog, in order to ensure responsible dog ownership, make sure animals get fixed, and make it easier to take dogs away from people who abuse them or are otherwise irresponsible with them.

Until then, yes, like 95% of shelter dogs are pits and pit mixes.

But who in their right mind buys a dog for “aggression”? Why are so many people doing this? This is the part I don’t understand.

MAGAs

IME, magas are not the ones with the pitbulls. It’s the blue haired folks still wearing masks who have them.

How do you tell who's an idiot online? Tropes like these. "MAGA" "Blue Hair" "pit bull!!!" "karen"

Some of you need rehabilitation. Log off.

My favorite thing about owning pits is that they keep the clowns away. I don't care if you think I'm a "MAGA" or a "blue hair" or whatever. Just keep your judgey nonsense away from me. Whatever that takes!

(posted with 40ish pounds of pit mix curled up in my lap because he thinks he's a chi )

Hard same! They're idiot repellent, truly. Those who know, know. Those who don't freak out and avoid, meaning I only have to deal with their idiocy when they get overconfident on the anon board and post mess.

Mine's currently playing "boop" with the cats. She sniffs them, they softpaw her, she half-retreats and wiggles her butt like she's going to do something about it, they charge and softpaw again, she does a wheelie and zooms away, then slinks back, they boop again... They entertain each other, and then, when they're done, either the cats leave (she doesn't chase) or they all curl up on the couch together.

So deadly. Such killer. Very aggressive.

[Anonymous]

I have a neighbor with two pit bulls. They are scary looking when I see them. When they see me, they run up to me, lay their bodies on me, and want to be touch and pet. They are so well train its unbelievable. Other neighbor's dogs don't like me and bark or growl at me. The pits bulls love me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been trying to adopt a puppy/young dog for several months. Nearly every dog at the various shelters is a put bull or variation of pitbull mix. Why? I don’t get it. I don’t want a pit bull and frankly I don’t get how so many people have come to get a pit bull in the first place.

Just read your title.. A pit pull? Now that's a dog I would like to see!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been trying to adopt a puppy/young dog for several months. Nearly every dog at the various shelters is a put bull or variation of pitbull mix. Why? I don’t get it. I don’t want a pit bull and frankly I don’t get how so many people have come to get a pit bull in the first place.

Just read your title.. A pit pull? Now that's a dog I would like to see!

A "pit pull" is two pits playing tug-of-war. This is the new dogfighting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people who want pit bulls intentionally choose not to get them fixed which leads to a million pit bull mixes in shelters. People who actively seek out pits often like them for aggression, and think fixing them will decrease their aggression.

It's a frustrating cycle. And what we should really be doing is forcing pit owners to fix their dogs, going after breeders that cater to these owners, and really cracking down on backyard breeding, which is illegal. But the whole conversation gets disrupted by people who adopt pits from shelters, fall in love with their specific dog, and then become very defensive about the rep pit bulls have, and fight against "discrimination" against the breed. It's exhausting.

I increasingly think you should need to get a license in order to have a dog, in order to ensure responsible dog ownership, make sure animals get fixed, and make it easier to take dogs away from people who abuse them or are otherwise irresponsible with them.

Until then, yes, like 95% of shelter dogs are pits and pit mixes.

But who in their right mind buys a dog for “aggression”? Why are so many people doing this? This is the part I don’t understand.

MAGAs

IME, magas are not the ones with the pitbulls. It’s the blue haired folks still wearing masks who have them.

How do you tell who's an idiot online? Tropes like these. "MAGA" "Blue Hair" "pit bull!!!" "karen"

Some of you need rehabilitation. Log off.

QFT. Without getting political about it, there are some names that, when dropped, clearly indicate psychological instability as well.

It's sad. People don't realize this divisionary nonsense was manufactured to keep us divided over dumb shit so we didn't organize and mobilize against the real problems. "Pit bulls" aren't the actual problem facing most of the people using them as their red flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been trying to adopt a puppy/young dog for several months. Nearly every dog at the various shelters is a put bull or variation of pitbull mix. Why? I don’t get it. I don’t want a pit bull and frankly I don’t get how so many people have come to get a pit bull in the first place.

LOL, nobody wants them, that's why shelters are full of them

But "everyone has one".... We got one during the pandemic from a foster home, as you know dogs were in hot demand, and I wanted a small dog, well the kids wanted a dog, and I said "small dog". But you get what you get and he is a perfect dog, not aggressive with other dogs or people. I was very biased against the breed for all the usual reason people are biased against things they know nothing about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been trying to adopt a puppy/young dog for several months. Nearly every dog at the various shelters is a put bull or variation of pitbull mix. Why? I don’t get it. I don’t want a pit bull and frankly I don’t get how so many people have come to get a pit bull in the first place.

Makes one question if humans race would even survive global warming or we'll end our species way before nature could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because we have spayed/neutered all the family friendly dogs. The only ones accidentally breeding are bully mixes, and the rest of shelters are puppy mill products or BYB dogs.

I have had many rescue dogs and will have more in the future, but there aren't well bred golden retrievers turned in to shelters. They are returned to the good breeder they came from to be rehomed.

Good breeders will actually require in the contract that the dog be returned to them or they have to approve the placement if you no longer want the dog. Likewise, if the dog is mistreated, they can take back the dog.

And do you know what they do with those returned dogs? They re-sell them. Twice the profit. How is this ethical?