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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The type of people who own pit bulls are always the worst kind of dog owners. 
I am not a dog person. I don't particularly like dogs of any breed and I can list on one hand the dogs I've really enjoyed in my life. The vast majority of dog owners are fine with this and don't push their dogs on me. 
But pit bull people? They cannot deal with anyone on earth not being in love with their dog. Encouraging the dog to lick, jump on, sit on the lap of people who want nothing to do with it. 
I don't want kisses from your dog. I don't want to give treats to your dog. I don't want to "make friends" with your dog. I want your dog to behave in public without making a nuisance of itself. Pitbull people are always the worst offenders.[/quote]

This is so true. They have something to prove. Related, they're some of the worst offenders in letting their dogs offleash to run up to you and potentially your dog with the, "he's friendly!!!"[/quote]

This thread is so stupid. One post about how people buy them for their aggression, the next, saying pit owners are the most likely to let their dogs off leash...

Y'all are just full of nonsense at this point. The only fact on this thread is this: stupid people can be easily convinced to hate entire breeds, without actual facts or statistics.

This isn't news. This wasn't news 30 years ago either. [/quote]

[b]The facts and statistics have been provided at length[/b], but you're a 'nutter who deep in the bully cult so you can't see clearly.

I'll put it this way for you as an anecdote: I was a 20 year shelter volunteer and foster. I've been through the Dobbies. The Rotties. NOTHING prepared me for the Pits, and it's mostly because of people like you who are completely cult-like in your devotion. Also, the Pit epidemic combined with no-kill shelters is basically animal abuse. I don't even like these dogs but it pulls at my heartstrings to see them tossed around from shelter to shelter for years. It's sick. Maybe they were good at one point? 4 years in a cage doesn't help.

Ultimately, if this is your hill to die on, y'all need to clean up your backyard. Because it is messy AF right now with these dogs. You can spit and spat and deflect as much as you want, call others stupid, I don't care. The Golden Retriever community isn't exactly dealing with a similar issue despite the "all dogs bite!" refrain. They're not breeding more than anyone can reasonably handle.

So what are YOU doing to turn this around since everyone else is apparently so ill-informed? Because it's an epidemic at this point. [/quote]

They most certainly have not, or you'd cite them. I've asked, and no facts have been provided, just screeds and rants and clickbait "news" links and defensive posturing from people who use the word "nutter" to describe the people they're trying to convince.

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I am the author of the very long post about the history of pit bulls, why they are overbred, and some opinion from me about when it is appropriate (and not) to adopt pits. Here are some informative articles from the ASPCA (not anti-dog and not anti-pet) that are informative and back up what I've written here:

https://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statement-pit-bulls
https://www.aspca.org/investigations-rescue/dogfighting/closer-look-dogfighting#:~:text=Although%20there%20are%20many%20breeds,the%20American%20Pit%20Bull%20Terrier.

I will add that it does not do pit bulls any favors to disregard or deny their history as dogs bred for fighting. One reason shelters are full of pits is that they are more likely than other breeds to be abandoned, due to owners witnessing aggression and not being able to handle it. So if you love pits, you need to be honest about them as a breed so that they end up in homes where people are prepared to handle their behaviors and dispositions. As I mentioned in my prior post, pits should be treated similar to other dogs bred for security, size, jaw strength, and aggression (like dobermans and Rottweilers). All of these dogs can make good pets but they aren't universally good pets for all people. The trouble with pits is that due to overbreeding a lot of shelters try to sell them as a universally great dog for any owner. It backfires because they aren't -- some people have no business adopting pits.

The major issue is that the overbreeding needs to be addressed which is why I absolutely support forced sterilization of all pit bulls except for perhaps a small number of respected breeders. We need to get the oversupply of pits out of the dog population. It's the source of most of these issues.[/quote]

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