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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, we have similar by our place, but pitbulls are banned where we live, so I don’t worry as much. Of course there can always be dogs who might be aggressive- so far no thankfully- but at least I don’t have to worry about a dog being killed by a Pitbull. A friends cat was killed by her pit bull and sorry, that’s all I need to know about that breed. They are not safe. [/quote]

There are no "safe" dogs. All dogs can bite.[/quote]

Of course, but some dogs are disproportionately associated with lethal attacks. The dogs in our area tend to be smaller dogs or friendly breeds. I don’t worry about them killing a small child or another dog [/quote]

Again with the nonsense. You say "disproportionately", but you don't have a stat to back this claim. You don't have the total number of dogs by breed vs. the total number of bites by breed. Unless, of course, you do. I've been looking for this stat for a very long time now, and haven't found it, so if you've got it, by all means, links would be lovely.

Also? You say "the dogs in our area tend to be smaller or friendly breeds" but the other threads are all ranting "every dog is a pit mix".  Which is it?

And you should worry about a chihuahua biting your kid. And a small dog can kill. There's no such thing as a "friendly breed" that never bites.

Ignorance is the biggest problem[/quote]

There are stats that say 30 percent of legal dog attacks are from pits.

And if you’re claiming that a chihuahua bite is the same as a pit bite you are being purposely obtuse.

There are a number of people on this thread. The dogs where I live tend to be smaller and/or friendly breeds. [/quote]

Yes, there are. There are medical stats, about bites, that say that 30% of the bites in their study came from "pit type dogs"

1) "pit bull" isn't a breed. It's an umbrella term used to label 5 distinct breeds and, "pit type breeds" includes mixes. So right off the bat, not a solid fact.
2) "Of 150ish cases... 30% were pit-type" is not the same as "30 percent of legal dog attacks are from pits"
3) In order for these stats, bites by breed, to have any real meaning, you have to look at the total number of dogs. If there are 100 dog bites, from 100 distinct dogs, and 30 of the dogs are "pit bulls" and 30% of the total bites are from "pit bulls", that means ever single pit bit, which is a massive statistic. But that's not what the reported stats are saying. 30% of total bites needs to be measured against not only how many other breeds of dogs bit, but how many total dogs of each breed are represented. Nobody has this chart. Believe me, I've looked.

So you get stats taken out of context thrown around like they're meaningful, clickbait news articles that will add "pit bull" even when the police report specifically avoids naming the breed(s) of dogs involved, and hysterical haters, demanding breed-specific legislation that won't solve the problems (but could help them feel safer from their "pit bull" paranoia).

All of it overlooks the actual truth: There are no friendly breeds. All dogs can bite, and will if cornered, scared, injured, etc. Even the medical studies you're misquoting say that the solution is better training for humans, not breed bans.

A bunch of them are cited and debunked over in the other thread. Go read: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/255/1246000.page#29026190[/quote]

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