1 yr old dies after being bitten by friendly pit mix

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many threads can be about pits and pit-mixes? At this point it needs its own category.

Unfortunately there will be many more of these threads, because there are more and more shelter pits being adopted out to clueless families with young kids.

In this instance, this was an expensive designer dog they chose.

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I WOULD NEVER allow my toddler near a dog that’s eating!! It really doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. All dogs are very territorial of their food and will lash out at anything or anyone that gets near it. The parents are morons for allowing this to happen. I won’t even allow my cats to get near my large dog when she’s eating because all it takes is one bite to seriously injure them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I WOULD NEVER allow my toddler near a dog that’s eating!! It really doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. All dogs are very territorial of their food and will lash out at anything or anyone that gets near it. The parents are morons for allowing this to happen. I won’t even allow my cats to get near my large dog when she’s eating because all it takes is one bite to seriously injure them.

Huge difference between one bite and been mauled and killed. Pitbull’s are horrible and dangerous. Should not have a dog that is food reactive regardless of the breed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I WOULD NEVER allow my toddler near a dog that’s eating!! It really doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. All dogs are very territorial of their food and will lash out at anything or anyone that gets near it. The parents are morons for allowing this to happen. I won’t even allow my cats to get near my large dog when she’s eating because all it takes is one bite to seriously injure them.

Some dogs are. No family dog should be. None of our dogs are or have been territorial of their food or their toys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I WOULD NEVER allow my toddler near a dog that’s eating!! It really doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. All dogs are very territorial of their food and will lash out at anything or anyone that gets near it. The parents are morons for allowing this to happen. I won’t even allow my cats to get near my large dog when she’s eating because all it takes is one bite to seriously injure them.

Some dogs are. No family dog should be. None of our dogs are or have been territorial of their food or their toys.

+1. We could rest our hand in our 90lb dog's bowl and he just ignored us. We checked for food aggression when he was a young puppy and he just never had any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many threads can be about pits and pit-mixes? At this point it needs its own category.

Unfortunately there will be many more of these threads, because there are more and more shelter pits being adopted out to clueless families with young kids.

In this instance, this was an expensive designer dog they chose.

They're idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"PITTIE" owners can GTFO. Over it. They should be spayed/neutered out of existence.

I'm seeing more and more in my Arlington neighborhood and they will come running over to try and introduce their dog to mine,,,even with my kids around.

GTF away. A few owners are such idiots they can barely control them.

I worry about my teens walking our dog, especially the 13-year old, due to the increase of them.

They know to cross the street and stay far away---but some of these f*ckers are persistent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"PITTIE" owners can GTFO. Over it. They should be spayed/neutered out of existence.

I'm seeing more and more in my Arlington neighborhood and they will come running over to try and introduce their dog to mine,,,even with my kids around.

GTF away. A few owners are such idiots they can barely control them.

I worry about my teens walking our dog, especially the 13-year old, due to the increase of them.

They know to cross the street and stay far away---but some of these f*ckers are persistent.

I blame shelters for not euthanizing pits and adopting them out under the guise of “lab mix”.

[Anonymous]

It does not help when DC HRA labels puppies as “Lab mix”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"PITTIE" owners can GTFO. Over it. They should be spayed/neutered out of existence.

I'm seeing more and more in my Arlington neighborhood and they will come running over to try and introduce their dog to mine,,,even with my kids around.

GTF away. A few owners are such idiots they can barely control them.

I worry about my teens walking our dog, especially the 13-year old, due to the increase of them.

They know to cross the street and stay far away---but some of these f*ckers are persistent.

I blame shelters for not euthanizing pits and adopting them out under the guise of “lab mix”.

That’s me. 1 year in and I am so pissed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We adopted a shelter puppy and were told it was a lab mix. We did wisdom panel which suggested 50% american staffordshire terrier (which I think is a type of pit). It's completely not agressive, wonderful with children, and I could take food out of its mouth. We've had it for nearly two year without any incident.

But I am also in the camp of no pit is safe. We're unlikely to get rid of the dog, but I can't help being a bit worried. What would you do?

We adopted a shelter puppy. Mom looked like a lab. As he grew, he looked more and more like a pit mix. He has a big head and massive jaw. If he wanted, he could do some very serious damage. This is the true issue with pits. All dogs can (and will) bite. A pit has a massive jaw so they can easily kill.
What to do? Training. Training. Training.
He is great with our children. They are older (11 and 14) so they know how to treat dogs. But I would never leave him alone with strangers. People come over, he goes in the crate.
If I had younger children we would have re-homed. But we already had a dog, and our kids were both in elementary when we got him.
As far as feeding, we do it differently. For both our dogs, we leave their food bowl out all day every day. Fill up when it gets empty. This makes them not food insecure and they have no food issues. Anyone can touch their food bowl and there is no problem. They are both normal weight for their size. If food is always available, dogs will self regulate.

I actually want to get rid of ours. But I think he will just be put down.

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About three weeks ago I was walking my little 11 pound dog. My dog is not reactive, very good on a leash, and ignores other dogs. A young teen girl was walking a powerful pitbull or pit mix. I moved off the sidewalk onto the street to avoid them because her dog immediately was lunging at the end of its leash snarling and snapping; he looked like he wanted to just kill my little dog. The girl could barely control the dog as it was pulling her off the sidewalk onto the grass and into the street towards me. I kept in moving farther and farther away towards the other side of the street but it got to the point where I could see it was just a matter of time before that dog dragged the girls to my dog. I shouted at her “get control of your dog NOW”. I think my shouting at her caused her to have a burst of adrenaline because she was finally able to pull her dog back versus her dog pulling her forward. That dog should’ve had a muzzle on. All pits should have muzzles on them if they’re out of their house.

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The PP that said that there is an under-supply of family friendly dogs is spot on. Most people that end up with these dogs didn’t even want a pit but that’s mostly what’s in the shelters.
In the 70s, there were tons of backyard breeders who would advertise in newspapers. That’s how we got our dogs and they were great. I admit there were problems with in-breeding and such, so that’s not the best system, but with the advances in DNA testing, it would actually probably be okay to go back to that now. But we’ve sort of shamed that out of existence and instead guilt-trip people into supporting the very irresponsible practices of a small segment of pet owners who allow pits to breed without any attention to their temperament, health, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"PITTIE" owners can GTFO. Over it. They should be spayed/neutered out of existence.

I'm seeing more and more in my Arlington neighborhood and they will come running over to try and introduce their dog to mine,,,even with my kids around.

GTF away. A few owners are such idiots they can barely control them.

I worry about my teens walking our dog, especially the 13-year old, due to the increase of them.

They know to cross the street and stay far away---but some of these f*ckers are persistent.

What do you say when people let their dogs approach you? Looking for something forceful but civil to say when people let their dogs run up to my young kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I WOULD NEVER allow my toddler near a dog that’s eating!! It really doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. All dogs are very territorial of their food and will lash out at anything or anyone that gets near it. The parents are morons for allowing this to happen. I won’t even allow my cats to get near my large dog when she’s eating because all it takes is one bite to seriously injure them.

Some dogs are. No family dog should be. None of our dogs are or have been territorial of their food or their toys.

+1. We could rest our hand in our 90lb dog's bowl and he just ignored us. We checked for food aggression when he was a young puppy and he just never had any.

No offense but this is a pretty ignorant take. A child simply should not approach a dog while it is eating. Dogs are not robots with absolute inputs and outputs. A dog that has never showed food aggression may do so at one point and a dog who has been food aggressive may be trained out of it. Dogs are animals and their behavior should not be treated as absolutely predictable.