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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, we do remember the stories of people getting mauled by pit bulls and "lab mixes," right?

Being in a enclosed, noisy environment with lots of strangers is a difficult situation for not properly socialized dog (i.e., fake service dog). I love dogs and have owned many GSDs through the years, and I absolutely would not want to sit next to an agitated pit bull, GSD, etc. A little yappy/snarly chihuahua in a carrier? Annoying, but not worrisome.[/quote]

You may have a point if this dog did anything but it did not according to op.  The sad thing is one good pit bull does not change anyone's opinions but one dog who mauls someone certainly does[/quote]

And yet, when you point out the name for that, bias, people go completely unhinged, convinced their biased opinion is some sort of hard truth or fact.

People are stupidly easy to manipulate, and not very good at checking their own thinking.[/quote]

I think you're the one who is manipulated since our bias is based on statistics and not our blind, stupid love for pitties.

https://www.google.com/search?q=which+dogs+are+statistically+more+aggressive&rlz=1C1GCEX_enUS1048US1048&oq=which+dogs+are+statis&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMg0IAhAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMg0IAxAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMg0IBBAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMgoIBRAAGIAEGKIEMgoIBhAAGIAEGKIEMgcIBxAAGO8F0gEINzM3MmowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#cobssid=s[/quote]

Your link throws this as the first non-AI result: https://spotpet.com/blog/breed-tips/most-aggressive-dog-breeds

#1 on the list? Chihuahuas. And if you've ever owned or known one, you know that's hard facts.  :lol:

As for the "statistics" someone always trots out, the flaw in that logic has been pointed out repeatedly, by multiple credible sources: while you may be able to find high numbers of incidents involving "pit bulls", in order for them to be statistically significant, you'd need to know the total number of dogs being called "pit bulls" vs. the total number of each other breed represented. I have never been able to find this information.

The Centers for Disease Control study “Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States
between 1979 and 1998” explains the inherent problems in attempting to calculate breed involvement in
fatal attacks. The CDC further explained that a major flaw in the study was the inability to factor in total
breed populations relative to breed-related fatalities. The CDC concluded that fatal attacks are so rare as to
be statistically insignificant in addressing canine aggression"

How rare? https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

But by all means, continue to freak out about "pit bulls".  :roll: [/quote]

I knew you were going to bring up Chihuahuas which just shows further how dumb you are. While they might be more aggressive, they are most certainly not CAPABLE of inflicting the kind of damage that a pit bull. How many people died from a Chihuahua mauling vs. a pit bull mauling?

The insurance companies are definitely able to calculate the risk and will likely jack up your rates if you own a pit bull or any of the highly aggressive breeds. You might not even be able to get insurance if you own one of those dogs. But by all means, keep living in la la land where pitties are just misunderstood. I don't even care if you have 10 of them in your own home and they eat you for breakfast next Thursday. [b]I just don't want to be on a plane next to one and that is my right.[/b]

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It's your right to get off the plane, sure. It's not your right to dictate what others can do solely to suit your preferences, princesa.[/quote]

You do realize that I as a human will always come before your dog, right?

In no universe will a non-paying pit bull trump my rights as a customer on any airline.

I don't know why, but I continue to be amazed by how utterly clueless some dog owners are. Like there should be a medical term and should be deemed a disorder of some sort. [/quote]

Np. Ignore this poster. She’s deranged. Pp- shouldn’t you be screaming at older moms on the MM chain about Chambray being dated? And yes, I could tell you were also the pit defender on that MM chain by your writing style. To quote your favorite tag line- it’s a ‘you’ problem [/quote]

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