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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ so did the Goocheland woman who was just eaten.  There is a reason why 700 cities have outlawed pitbulls.[/quote]
Every article that I have seen about the woman in Goocheland states that the dogs were being neglected. [/quote]

So? How many breeds of dog would turn on someone who "raised them From puppies" because they were "indoor dogs were moved outside where they stayed "in the cold." Stephens visited about five times per week so the dogs subsequently became more isolated". They were eating her rib cage when they found them.  There are many dogs who would fit this description of neglect (left outside in the cold, visited 5x a week) but they sure as heck wouldn't turn on the person that raised them and eat them![/quote]
Just because she owned the dogs as puppies does not mean that she took care of them. Who dumps their dogs on someone who wont even feed them and comes by a few times a week ? How well-trained and socialized do you think those dogs were? Since legal standards of care for pets are pretty low, in order to be described as 'neglect' there is more wrong than just living outdoors.  If you want examples of 'nice family dogs' that kill people, you can find plenty, but that story isn't one of them.
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You're missing the point.  You never hear stories about neglected labs and goldens killing their owners. Pits are inherently aggressive -- which makes it more likely for them to be neglected, and then more likely for them to injure people and other dogs.  [/quote]

You keep singing this same tune.  There are plenty of pits who have unfortunately suffered abuse and neglect and have not turned on their owners.  The shelters are full of forgiving animals that have done nothing wrong.

The dogs in this situation had gone into some sort of survival mode.  I suspect that this had been going on for awhile and they had simply become unsocialized with humans.[/quote]

How do you explain all the stories (in the news...but even on this thread alone) where that's not what happened??[/quote]

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