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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Favorites:  Labradors, German Shepherds, and Dachshunds

Don’t like:  Goldendoodles, Yorkies, and Poodles[/quote]

Favorite: GS, Beagles, Yorkies, Bichon, Cavalier types. Most big dogs.

Dislike: Anything drooly, anything that sheds or poodles/poodle mixes. [/quote]

Also, most pits are good - it is the owners of some dogs (big and small) that are awful and irresponsible. [/quote]

So are you saying that pitts have such awful, irresponsible owners that mauling/killing is reasonable "misbehavior" from a dog?

I seriously doubt that these parents were so awful, they trained their pitts to kill their own children 
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/tennessee-mom-in-hospital-after-trying-to-save-her-two-young-children-from-fatal-family-dog-mauling/

That the owners of this dog trained it to kill children?
https://people.com/florida-boy-mauled-death-pit-bull-mix-7560578

Or that the grandma trained this dog to kill her grandson?
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dog-kills-2-year-old-virginia-boy-in-maryland

If I were to be an "awful, irresponsible owner", and decide to stop training my dog for so long she decides to go on a rampage, she's likely to jump on the table and steal food, rummage through the trash, bark for way too long at random people that walk by my house, and chew my kids' toys. No matter how much I ignore her, or let her stop respecting boundaries, or neglect training her, she will not kill or maul people. I would never do that, but if I did she'd be horrible to live with, but she is not a killer. I don't have to train her to not maul people, just like those other owners did not have to train their pitts to kill their children. It is normal for untrained dogs to jump, bark, steal food, chase cars, chew toys, dig holes, etc... It is not normal for untrained dogs to kill/maim people, no matter how awful or irresponsible the owners are. 
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You'll never get a good faith response to this, though the stats don't lie. You'll get some BS about how a Golden Retriever can and will also rip 3 toddlers to shred and eat their corpses despite this happening...never. [/quote]

And  you won't be honest either.  People misread dogs signs all the time.   They say " they gave no warning sign" but they don't know them.   Children under 10 are the most vulnerable.
Parents let their kids get away with mistreating animals...some dogs are more forgiving than others.  But then thats on the owner for not training the kids, not keeping the dog safe.  Or chosing the wrong dog.
At our block party two big kids were trying to ride their dog..I told them to stop.

Again, since "pit bull" mixes have alot of breeds what makes you so sure that you can blame the "pit" and not the other working dog breeds for the attack?  [/quote]

I don't care of the owners missed 100s of subtle "signs" from their dogs, [b]you should not have to be a professional animal behaviorist to own a pet.[/b] If I missed behavior signals, or even chose to ignore those signals from my dog, she would eventually either retreat to her bed or she would be obnoxious. She'd steal food, she'd get over excited and jump on people, she'd refuse to respond to cues, she might even growl or bite. But she would never (and I 1000% guarantee this) maul or kill a child. She is not gamey, she has inherent bite inhibition, and ultimately she is a domestic pet from a line of domestic pets.

Dogs should also be giving a series of escalating "signals". A domestic pet should not go from lip licking, whale eyes, look aways, and yawns to mauling/killing. There is not a single parent that is telling their child to go snuggle with a growling, air snapping, hackles raised dog, let alone a dog that is biting, making contact with a person's body and releasing. By the time a dog is ready to maul and kill, they should have been giving off multiple "stay away", red zone, obvious behavior signs. We are not talking about a single bite from a stressed dog, we are talking about dogs that literally pull people apart. If pitbulls' danger signals are so subtle that people tend to misread them, and then the mauling/killing is a surprise, then these are not dogs that 99% of people should ever have in the house. [/quote]

I am a pet owner.  I am not a trainer.   I am not an animal behaviorist but, I read and have taken my dog to obedience training from the age of 3 months.  We do agility.  We do tricks.  He just got his AKC novice trick certificate.  We have had private lessons because I want to know the best way to communicate with my dog.  We have a great relationship.  And he is a American pit bull terrier/Siberian husky mix .

If you choose to bring an animal in your home and don't know the signs that the dog does not like what you are doing than you are the problem.  Dogs give signs all the time to other dogs when they are playing.  If the dog is also well tuned in than the dog will understand the subtle signs so the dog does not have to escalate.

Example:  Two dogs playing at a dog park.  Two dogs are playing nicely or so it seems.  Then one dog starts sniffing the ground or turning away.  That is a sign the dog should stop playing and give the other dog a break.    If the dog keeps knocking it over or continues to hump or harass then the dog will try "air' snapping.  If that doesn't work than a fight might break out.  This is why dog parks are a disaster.

I am talking about ALL dogs.  If you don't want a "pit" bull that's fine but, please understand that dogs have rights too.  It isn't cute when your kid puts stickers all over their body or pull their tails.  This is basic information and if all dog owners knew this than more people wouldn't abandon their dogs.

Here is information from the AKC  https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/advice/how-to-read-dog-body-language/[/quote]

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