I would have shot that dog right between the eyes. Pit bulls should be banned.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-young-girl-mauled-by-family-dog

Family's pet dog killed a girl under the age of 5, in Texas. No mention of breed in the article, but the video of the dog being removed from the house clearly shows a pitt/bully mix.

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Anonymous wrote:We adopted a shelter puppy and were told it was a lab mix. We did wisdom panel which suggested 50% american staffordshire terrier (which I think is a type of pit). It's completely not agressive, wonderful with children, and I could take food out of its mouth. We've had it for nearly two year without any incident.

But I am also in the camp of no pit is safe. We're unlikely to get rid of the dog, but I can't help being a bit worried. What would you do?

Get rid of it. Staffordshire Terrier IS a pit.

I've never understood the thought process of "he's wonderful and not aggressive". Almost all of the dogs that have killed or maimed have never been aggressive before. It means nothing except that if there was a problem and your dog bit or killed someone it would the first time. Thats it.

Similar story here. Adopted a puppy from a rescue. Dog became reactive to other dogs starting at 6mo. Recently started reacting to small children. Did dog DNA test and find out our lab mix is 50% Staffordshire terrier. Trying to rehome/return to rescue and they aren’t responding. Dog has not yet attacked/bitten anyone but we are not taking any chances.

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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.

This is absolutely ridiculous! In theory maybe a chihuahua could kill a mobile toddler, but show me a case where this actually happened. A chihuahua might snap and leave a scar. This pitbull, and the other pitbull attacks through out these past three months alone, did not snap at a child. They tore these children apart. This dog didn't snap like a chihuahua might, it crushed her skull. Pitbulls are not safe for any home, and they are especially the wrong choice to make as a household pet around children.

+1. People should know what "gameness" is, and that this is the trait that makes pitbulls so damn dangerous. of all the things that are against the law, breeding animals like this to be kept anywhere but a cage in a zoo, should be illegal.

Anonymous wrote:We adopted a shelter puppy and were told it was a lab mix. We did wisdom panel which suggested 50% american staffordshire terrier (which I think is a type of pit). It's completely not agressive, wonderful with children, and I could take food out of its mouth. We've had it for nearly two year without any incident.

But I am also in the camp of no pit is safe. We're unlikely to get rid of the dog, but I can't help being a bit worried. What would you do?

Get rid of it. Staffordshire Terrier IS a pit.

I've never understood the thought process of "he's wonderful and not aggressive". Almost all of the dogs that have killed or maimed have never been aggressive before. It means nothing except that if there was a problem and your dog bit or killed someone it would the first time. Thats it.

Yep, definitely weird virtue signaling. And then if you dare say anything about specific breeds, you’re a racist.

I don't think that people are getting pits just to show off their power anymore.

I see a lot of people that are virtue signaling through their choice of dog. "Look I have a pitt mix I really care about animals and their welfare."

Lots of young ww - the same who would gentrify/colonize a space or appropriate language or hairstyle while wearing a BLM button. For the cause, without understanding the cause type.

I really wish shelters would ask if a person has owned a dog before adopting out the power breeds - husky, pitt, doberman, GSD, rottie, etc. That should be the first criteria. The second should be have you owned a power dog before. The third is what type of trainer do you have on deck and do you know what muzzle training is, etc etc.

Personally, I wouldn't want any of these dogs in a city - with the density and lack of property to really "protect" or even exercise on, I don't think such dogs are necessary and its cruel to such a dog to keep it cooped inside except for the occasional walk. However, if we must coexist in a city, then let's at least set them up for success and keep our very close (in proximity) communities safe.

Anonymous wrote:Pit bulls are the worst and so are pit bull apologists. So many people in this thread tacitly making excuses (the child touched the food!) A one year old baby was brutally mauled to death by one of these monsters. This is a public safety issues but people these days are too blinded by dog obsession to think rationally about it.

+100

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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.

+ 1 million. But beyond everything you have said, I also believe there is a particular personality that is drawn to these dogs. I see it all the time. It is an ego boost, especially when they are aggressive in public. I was in the bleachers of a soccer game once (local), and this 10 year old kid is holding the leash of this enormous Pitbull. He had zero control of this dog. There were babies and toddlers all over and I was scared one of them would be a victim if they ran over to the dog. When the kid got to his father to hand over the leash, the dog was panting, pulling, and looked like he was about to bolt. The father was excited about his behavior and looked around to see who was watching his cool dog. I have seen similar things play out over the years with people walking these dogs. If there is even one iota of a chance that any animal can harm a child, who would want it around them?

My son wants to volunteer at a local animal shelter as he is a dog lover and we can't have one right now. But I won't let him because I know most of the dogs there are pits or Pitt mixes. There are stories of volunteers getting attacked and I don't want him anywhere near any of them.

Anonymous wrote:I was on Lewes beach one day and a guy with a small pit bull approached another family with another small dog sitting on the beach on a towel and the pit bull reached it's head over and grabbed the little dog's neck, bit it, and shook it, and that was the end of that little dog. Its owner was horrified. She thought the dogs were going to say hi to one another. Nope, just a little casual murder at the beach.

Police were called and there was some question of whether the pit bull would be put down. I don't know what happened.

Omg, how sad foe the owner of the little dog. Wow.

I was on Lewes beach one day and a guy with a small pit bull approached another family with another small dog sitting on the beach on a towel and the pit bull reached it's head over and grabbed the little dog's neck, bit it, and shook it, and that was the end of that little dog. Its owner was horrified. She thought the dogs were going to say hi to one another. Nope, just a little casual murder at the beach.

Police were called and there was some question of whether the pit bull would be put down. I don't know what happened.

This thread cannot stay off the front page of the forum for a week, these attacks keep happening. And these are "just" the ones that are fatal/physically devastating towards people. How many more, less damaging bites go unreported? How many stories such as these:

http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/string-of-dog-attacks-prompts-concern/article_67fdf46e-a6bc-11eb-a1c6-33d5fe49c362.html - family in Indiana attacked (while walking their dogs) 3 times in the past two months

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/sutton-place-slash-lenox-hill/sections/law-and-justice/articles/harlem-couple-s-dog-fatally-attacked-by-pit-bull -pitbulls attack and kill a pom-chi in Harlem

https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/yorkville-police-respond-to-three-dog-attacks/article_eff23488-a74e-11eb-9107-bf90f5031311.html -police respond to 3 different pitbull attacks in Yorkville, over one weekend

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/child-woman-seriously-injured-in-dog-attack-in-garner-police-say/

7 year old child killed by two pit bulls. They are the neighbors dog and her mom was watching them. Mom is in critical condition.

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/04/22/3-year-old-girl-medevaced-after-dog-attack-in-chevak/

3 loose pitbulls maul a three year old girl, in Alaska while she plays in her own yard with her older siblings. The child needed surgery to repair the injury to her face, as well as stitches on her back.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/boy-3-attacked-dogs-playground-204105

A pitbull mauled a 3 year old boy's arm, while the child was playing at the park next to his dad. This was in the UK