I once heard from a trainer that the risk for dog bites goes up after any changes in developmental stage--crawling, walking, etc. Perhaps even more for pitts, but just want to say ANY dog can be a bite risk with toddlers/young kids.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for starting a new thread. I posted this article yesterday near the end of the thread where somebody asked if pit mixes were safer. I thought the article was relevant since this is a pit mix. There are so many deaths and disfigurement caused by pit bulls. But boy do they have a vocal advocacy group behind them. I would never own a pit or a pit mix. Easy to avoid. There are so many other breeds to choose from that I cannot understand why anyone, especially someone with a child or plan to have a child, would own one.

I believe this probably started from the right place, which was wanting to re-home the tons and tons of pitbulls that are basically clogging the shelters, but it was really misguided. In an effort to save these dogs you have them going into homes that have NO business owning a dog like this. And talking them up like they're such amazing family pets? Unconscionable. The Pitbull PR machine acts like it is a totally normal, rational thing to adopt them, but it really, really is not. In a world without mutts and shelters, would anyone in their right mind be like, "oh, no. Forget the Golden Retriever, a much better choice for you and your 3 young kids would probably be a Pitbull," conveniently ignoring that the propensity to maul without warning is a genetic feature not a bug? Of course not. Honestly, so what that there are a lot of them in shelters. When you're bringing a dog into your home, you need to think about what is going to be the best choice in bringing in a new member for hopefully the rest of its life. For mine? That will never, ever be a pit or pit mix.

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Anonymous wrote:A one year old can die from basically any dog's bite, even a chihuahua. Never leave your young child close to an animal like that.

I posted the above, and I don't mean to imply that pits are no less dangerous than other breeds. They're more dangerous. My point, however, is that you can't relax around any other breed either, if you have a very young child!

But, but, but. Pitts were originally bred to be nanny dogs /s

Anonymous wrote:A one year old can die from basically any dog's bite, even a chihuahua. Never leave your young child close to an animal like that.

I posted the above, and I don't mean to imply that pits are no less dangerous than other breeds. They're more dangerous. My point, however, is that you can't relax around any other breed either, if you have a very young child!

A one year old can die from basically any dog's bite, even a chihuahua. Never leave your young child close to an animal like that.

Thank you for starting a new thread. I posted this article yesterday near the end of the thread where somebody asked if pit mixes were safer. I thought the article was relevant since this is a pit mix. There are so many deaths and disfigurement caused by pit bulls. But boy do they have a vocal advocacy group behind them. I would never own a pit or a pit mix. Easy to avoid. There are so many other breeds to choose from that I cannot understand why anyone, especially someone with a child or plan to have a child, would own one.

"PITTIE" owners can GTFO. Over it. They should be spayed/neutered out of existence.

I have a chihuahua mix (apparently chihuahuas are more agressive than pit bulls per some posters here...). Anyway, when DD was little, she could take his food bowl away while he was eating and he would just look at her sadly. No aggression whatsoever.

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Anonymous wrote:The baby would feed the dog snacks from her hand

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-old-dies-she-bitten-173706925.html

Feeding a dog snacks from her hand is different than being near the dog's food bowl while she was eating which is what happened. It said the child grabbed at her food. Not justifying what the dog did of course, but it's very different. Dog was also 4 years old so they had it before having the baby. Perhaps baby is just getting mobile. None of these things justify what happened to the child, but they do explain why the dog might have reacted that way.

I have a three-year-old miniature poodle. I can walk up to him and gesture and he will move away from his bowl so I could pick it up. Or I can just simply bend down and pick up the bowl while he is eating. Not only can I do it but so can anybody. Dog sitters etc.

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Anonymous wrote:The baby would feed the dog snacks from her hand

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-old-dies-she-bitten-173706925.html

Feeding a dog snacks from her hand is different than being near the dog's food bowl while she was eating which is what happened. It said the child grabbed at her food. Not justifying what the dog did of course, but it's very different. Dog was also 4 years old so they had it before having the baby. Perhaps baby is just getting mobile. None of these things justify what happened to the child, but they do explain why the dog might have reacted that way.

we have a Newfoundland. The kids could be pulling at its jowls while it eats and I wouldn't be concerned about him reacting. That level of aggressiveness is a breed trait. The only people who don't accept that are the pitbull apologists

Anonymous wrote:The baby would feed the dog snacks from her hand

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-old-dies-she-bitten-173706925.html

Feeding a dog snacks from her hand is different than being near the dog's food bowl while she was eating which is what happened. It said the child grabbed at her food. Not justifying what the dog did of course, but it's very different. Dog was also 4 years old so they had it before having the baby. Perhaps baby is just getting mobile. None of these things justify what happened to the child, but they do explain why the dog might have reacted that way.

I found a website describing the pocket pitbull, a pitbull x Patterdale terrier. They're 14-16" tall and 35-60 lbs. That's a very stocky dog.

ugh, I hate these stories. My daughter has a rescue australian cattle dog that, while the sweetest dog, is food aggressive. My daughter is pregnant, and it's terrifying me what could happen. I'm an anxious person anyway, but reading these types of articles is making it all so much worse.

They are all unpredictable, prone to aggression without warning, and ultimately lethal.

Bully breeds have no place in families. They should be spayed/neutered to extinction.

The baby would feed the dog snacks from her hand

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-old-dies-she-bitten-173706925.html