Is there some dearth of pitbulls currently in rescue? |
We can end the societal fiction that pit bulls are “misunderstood” or only “scary looking.” They’re dogs with a unique capacity for violence, and humans bred that into them. Let’s stop wasting resources on these terrible creatures and go back to a time when shelters had regular happy mutts instead of dogs that “resource guard” by murdering. |
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https://www.foxla.com/news/compton-pitbull-breeder-mauled-remembered-friend
This is the article where it said he wasn't mauled. Also, the guy was feeding 13 dogs at once with no separation. Since he obviously had unfixed male dogs this was not a good idea and he paid with his life. He is one of the breeders who is not in it for the love of the dogs but, only wanted money so I doubt they were well taken care of. |
Tell us your experience working with dogs or is this information you gleemed off the internet? Dogs do resource guard and especially intact males. Not every dog killed him. Just because you don't want to rehabitate them doesn't mean that there aren't people who do. What fantasy are you living in that all the shelter dogs were "happy?" |
Forgot to add, dogs don't murder. That is on humans. Dogs can kill but are they morally responsible? I say no. It is the human's responsiblity and he had too many dogs who should have been separated. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-dogs-go-heaven/201507/dogs-and-the-death-penalty |
I’ll rephrase. What you and the other reflexive pit bull supporters call “resource guarding” is just flat out aggression. What you call “reactive” is just flat out aggression. What you think can be “rehabilitated” cannot be. Once the switch is flipped, the behavior to which the animal is predisposed is going to be present and it isn’t fair that the rest of us are pawns in your dangerous little game. This specific guy owned these dogs, but most of the people and the cats and dogs and livestock who are mauled to death by these animals don’t even know them as they leap over fences and burst through doors. Go get a normal dog with normal responses and let us let the pit bulls breeds fade slowly into history. |
Wrong about reactive. Reactive is fear based and the dog learns that to get the scary thing away it barks and lunges. You definitely can improve the reactivity with medication and counter-conditioning training. With positive reinforcement progress can be made. In this case, these dogs were fearful that they weren't going to get enough food. This happens to humans as well when we are in dire conditions. If you think that life will be perfect if there are no pit bulls or mixes than you are living in a fantasy world. Humans kill more than dogs and yet we aren't banned. We also kill more pit bulls than they kill us. So who should really be scared? Us or the pit bulls? |