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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  Can someone explain to me why there seems to be a lobby behind this breed to encourage people to give them a chance and adopt them from shelters?  Is it the shelters wanting to home dogs regardless of whether they're appropriate for the people or not?  I'm so sick of people acting like there's no risk associated with owning this breed.  [/quote]

I think it's a circular issue. We wound up with a ton of pit bulls in shelters because a lot of unscrupulous pit owners intentionally do not get them fixed (because they wanted these dogs specifically for their aggression and they believed getting them fixed would undermine that aggression). Once there were tons of pits and pit mixes in shelters, people who are animal lovers and passionate about "adopt don't shop" wind up adopting pits and pit mixes. And at that point they feel they HAVE to defend the dogs. Because they are opposed to euthanizing dogs in general and because they are often owners of pits. They ignore the danger these animals pose or the fact that the very reason shelters are full of pits is because of the way this breed has been bred and handled for a long time and focus instead on their relationship with their specific dog and on a general opposition towards euthanasia.

And the thing is, some of these pit owners STILL won't get those dogs fixed and continue to contribute to the problem. Pits remain a breed of choice for "security dogs" as well as people who fight dogs. So the problem just perpetuates. And you can't have a rational conversation about it. It's very frustrating.[/quote]

Shelters will put violent dogs down. Shelters won't train adopters beyond basic parting instructions. The problem is not the shelters. The problem is idiot dog owners who don't properly train and restrain their dogs.

The reason we can't have a rational conversation about it is all over this thread: ignorant people who've never had or even known a "pit bull" lumping 5 distinct breeds under one umbrella and calling them all evil, citing every clickbait "news" article they can find to support their hysteria, juking the stats instead of considering the ratio of pitbulls to problems to other breeds, and acting like only "pit bulls" cause problems instead of realizing that they're dogs, and all dogs bite.[/quote]

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