Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 19:34     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor friend who wants to get a pit bull. If they do, my daughter will not go their home again. And I have no problem telling them that. My brother's next door neighbor's daughter was hospitalized after being attacked by a neighbor's pit bull, and my husband's best friend's wife was bitten in the leg and got stitches when she was attacked on an evening walk and a couple was walking their pit bull. Not risking it.


Focusing on breed makes you less safe, because it stops you from paying attention to the factors that actually lead to dog attacks.

If your friend has a poorly socialized dog, that's bad news. Male dogs should be neutered. Young kids should not be left unsupervised around dogs, especially dogs they don't know.

Make sure your kid learns how to behave around dogs, too. How to approach them, how to act around them, how to tell if a dog wants attention or not.

A dog being a pit bull or a Rottie or a Chihuahua - it truly doesn't make your kid more or less safe. Other than big dogs are of course stronger than small dogs.


I'd rather be bitten by a chihuahua then mauled and dead via a pit bull.



presumably there's all kinds of things you'd rather be, than dead.

but that dog in your picture is just standing there looking calm and alert. nothing alarming. try to learn something about dogs before letting fear rule your life.



That dog looks like a monster. I'll let fear over pit bulls rule my life all I want. As you said rather that than dead.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 19:29     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:I realize that even more important than asking my child's friends if they have a gun at home, I need to ask them if they have a dog and what kind. I have heard far too many stories of children getting bit by dogs they know. And pits kill.


No, you need to ask where the dog hangs out when visitors are over. I have a friend at work who has a mean dog. She puts it in their garage (which has a comfortable kennel for the dog), and I've never met it. She would always keep the dog put away if my son was there without me, and I trust her.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 19:26     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
I have gotten twice by yappy tiny dogs twice in my life. I am more annoyed by and scared of these tiny, worked up yippers.. People need to TRAIN THEIR DOGS, no matter what their size or breed. Too often, I think little dogs get a pass because they are "so cute." Ugh.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 19:19     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor friend who wants to get a pit bull. If they do, my daughter will not go their home again. And I have no problem telling them that. My brother's next door neighbor's daughter was hospitalized after being attacked by a neighbor's pit bull, and my husband's best friend's wife was bitten in the leg and got stitches when she was attacked on an evening walk and a couple was walking their pit bull. Not risking it.


Focusing on breed makes you less safe, because it stops you from paying attention to the factors that actually lead to dog attacks.

If your friend has a poorly socialized dog, that's bad news. Male dogs should be neutered. Young kids should not be left unsupervised around dogs, especially dogs they don't know.

Make sure your kid learns how to behave around dogs, too. How to approach them, how to act around them, how to tell if a dog wants attention or not.

A dog being a pit bull or a Rottie or a Chihuahua - it truly doesn't make your kid more or less safe. Other than big dogs are of course stronger than small dogs.


I'd rather be bitten by a chihuahua then mauled and dead via a pit bull.



presumably there's all kinds of things you'd rather be, than dead.

but that dog in your picture is just standing there looking calm and alert. nothing alarming. try to learn something about dogs before letting fear rule your life.

Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 19:04     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor friend who wants to get a pit bull. If they do, my daughter will not go their home again. And I have no problem telling them that. My brother's next door neighbor's daughter was hospitalized after being attacked by a neighbor's pit bull, and my husband's best friend's wife was bitten in the leg and got stitches when she was attacked on an evening walk and a couple was walking their pit bull. Not risking it.


Focusing on breed makes you less safe, because it stops you from paying attention to the factors that actually lead to dog attacks.

If your friend has a poorly socialized dog, that's bad news. Male dogs should be neutered. Young kids should not be left unsupervised around dogs, especially dogs they don't know.

Make sure your kid learns how to behave around dogs, too. How to approach them, how to act around them, how to tell if a dog wants attention or not.

A dog being a pit bull or a Rottie or a Chihuahua - it truly doesn't make your kid more or less safe. Other than big dogs are of course stronger than small dogs.


I'd rather be bitten by a chihuahua then mauled and dead via a pit bull.

Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 18:59     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor friend who wants to get a pit bull. If they do, my daughter will not go their home again. And I have no problem telling them that. My brother's next door neighbor's daughter was hospitalized after being attacked by a neighbor's pit bull, and my husband's best friend's wife was bitten in the leg and got stitches when she was attacked on an evening walk and a couple was walking their pit bull. Not risking it.


Focusing on breed makes you less safe, because it stops you from paying attention to the factors that actually lead to dog attacks.

If your friend has a poorly socialized dog, that's bad news. Male dogs should be neutered. Young kids should not be left unsupervised around dogs, especially dogs they don't know.

Make sure your kid learns how to behave around dogs, too. How to approach them, how to act around them, how to tell if a dog wants attention or not.

A dog being a pit bull or a Rottie or a Chihuahua - it truly doesn't make your kid more or less safe. Other than big dogs are of course stronger than small dogs.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 18:54     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.


Yes, that newborn really should have been taught manners.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 18:53     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
NP here. Growing up I had a mini poodle. Three times in its 12 years it got into the garbage and freaked out and bit me when I tried to clean it up. Otherwise it was perfectly fine. Then we got a hound that was amazing and everyone loved, but freaked out and growled twice when he got some rawhide. This is why I don't let my kids near pits. You never know when a perfectly fine dog is going to freak out, and if it has jaws of steel meant to crush bone, that's a problem for me.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 18:27     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.

I'll bet it's the same two pearl clutchers posting on today's pitbull threads.


It's the same person that started both threads. Ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 18:12     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.


Ah, the "pitty" defenders. It's never your dear sweet Kujo, it's that the damn kids were running back and forth on the sidewalk or that lady was having her period. Totally not your dog's fault!

I do not understand why there is this need among pit bull owners to deny that the breed was bred for strength and aggression. Most other dedicated breed lovers admit their breed's flaws.


Because if you don't like pit bulls or dog fighting you are a racist because ... culture...

People did this to pit bulls. They fucking suck for destroying a dog that used to be a loyal family breed.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 17:37     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.


Ah, the "pitty" defenders. It's never your dear sweet Kujo, it's that the damn kids were running back and forth on the sidewalk or that lady was having her period. Totally not your dog's fault!

I do not understand why there is this need among pit bull owners to deny that the breed was bred for strength and aggression. Most other dedicated breed lovers admit their breed's flaws.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 15:41     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.


You mean walk on eggshells and not make any sudden move around dogs that have been bred to be aggressive and have an abnormally high prey instinct?
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 09:01     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
Anonymous wrote:You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.

I'll bet it's the same two pearl clutchers posting on today's pitbull threads.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 07:09     Subject: Re:PIT BULLS - not so nice
Some of them are 100% sweet.

Others have issues. Some are only sweet with the family or of one person and very nervous around others.

I don't think that they are typically good family dogs where you have kids and different people parading in and out of a house or yard a lot.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2016 06:47     Subject: PIT BULLS - not so nice
You people all need to get a life. Maybe if you teach your kids how to respect and act around ANY animal, their chances of being bit will drop dramatically.