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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignoring the ignorance of you categorizing entire breeds as dangerous, reputable boarders take precautions to ensure they only accept socialized dogs that get along well with others. I have a dog aggressive dog (because he's a rescued fighting dog) and I would never board him - I assume most other owners with "problem" dogs feel the same way. Your doodle will be fine. [/quote]

It is not ignorance to categorize pit bulls as a dangerous breed. They are responsible for the vast majority of maulings and deaths of humans and other animals.

It is ignorant and dangerous to pretend that pitbulls are just as safe as any other breed.[/quote]

PP here. Can pit bulls be dangerous and maul/kill people? Absolutely. So can other large breeds. You're ignoring the reasons why pit bulls often end up in these situations: people. From the same study I linked in another reply: "It should also be considered that the incidence of pit bull-type dogs' involvement in severe and fatal attacks may represent high prevalence in neighborhoods that present high risk to the young children who are the most common victim of severe or fatal attacks. And as owners of stigmatized breeds are more likely to have involvement in criminal and/or violent acts—[b]breed correlations may have the owner's behavior as the underlying causal factor[/b]." And the same can be said for any other breed. Pit bulls just have the misfortune of being born with big, muscular bodies and a strong bite, whereas an aggressive dog of a smaller breed simply can't inflict the same damage.

So to the original question, sure you can find a boarder that doesn't allow pit bulls or "dangerous" breeds and make every effort to avoid them in life, but when your dog gets attacked by a golden retriever (there is literally an aggressive GR in my neighborhood that my neighbor has had multiple incidents with) because you had no worries about that breed staying at your kennel or happily let your dog run up to one on the street, your ignorance will be to blame. [/quote]

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