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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People will come out of the wood work here to defend pit bulls but the reality is they were bred for certain traits and they all have the potential to be unsafe. I too know someone who was mauled by one, no warning and they did nothing to provoke it. I wouldn't let one of those murder machines into my home if you paid me and I don't let me kid get near them either. [/quote] what traits? Other than being muscular dogs I don’t think they have other traits that other dogs don’t have. [/quote]

Pointers were bred to point, border collies were bred to herd, and retrievers were bred to retrieve. You can try all you want, but you aren't going to teach an English Setter to herd sheep better than a border collie. Pitbulls were bred to fight and enjoy it. They are bred for "gameness", to bite, not let go, and enjoy it. They were bred to not give the traditional signs of escalating aggression, (a snarl, a growl, an airsnap), and to jump right to the bite, hold, and shake. There is often no clear warning when a pitbull is about to attack, when compared to normal dog behavior. That's why, during a pitbull attack, people can beat a pitbull with a baseball ball ( https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/bronx-man-says-he-hit-pit-bull-with-baseball-bat-20-times-to-stop-attack-on-4-year-old/ ), hit it over the head with the leg from a wheelchair ( https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/02/dog-owner-recounts-attack-that-killed-his-mom-and-sent-him-to-hospital/ ) or the cops can show up in the middle of a mauling and taze a pitbull ( https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/outreach/back-to-school/arkansas-man-mauled-to-death-by-pack-of-pit-bulls-authorities-say/527-5a6ffda1-626e-4be9-9c60-e6be6ab056db ), and the dog will continue to fight and try to kill. Goldens love to retrieve, and a biting pitbull is in its element. Pictures of pitbulls in flower crowns or tutus do not negate that these are dangerous animals. Any animal can bite, but no one compares a mosquito bite to a shark bite. Other dogs can bite, but a vast majority of maiming and fatal dog attacks are from pitbulls and their mixes.  [/quote]

I’ve done a lot of research on dog attacks in conjunction with prosecuting dangerous animal cases. I won’t be in an enclosed space with a pit bull or pit bull mix and I carry pepper spray when I walk my dog (border collie) specifically for protection against pit bulls and other bully breed dogs. If one ever ran and me or my dog I wouldn’t hesitate to do everything in my power to kill it, no questions asked and no chances given.

But then I’ve seen the photographs of children and adults mauled to death by someone’s sweet pit bulls. I’ve seen the anguished grandparents whose grandchild was ripped to shreds in front of their eyes by their sweet pit bull mix that never before showed a sign of aggression and lunged at their grandbaby’s throat without warning or provocation. I’ve read story after story of good owners killed by their own pit bulls.

Honestly I think they’re the ugliest dogs around too - but they definitely all look like killing machines to me after the horrific cases I’ve seen. Having one is like keeping a loaded gun in the house accessible by toddlers.[/quote]

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