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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.

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Anonymous wrote:We used to have a mini-poodle a while back, could not get near hear whilst he was eating. If he was eating chicken, we' have to double the distance.

Did he kill anybody?

Anonymous wrote:We used to have a mini-poodle a while back, could not get near hear whilst he was eating. If he was eating chicken, we' have to double the distance.

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Anonymous wrote:The PP that said that there is an under-supply of family friendly dogs is spot on. Most people that end up with these dogs didn’t even want a pit but that’s mostly what’s in the shelters.
In the 70s, there were tons of backyard breeders who would advertise in newspapers. That’s how we got our dogs and they were great. I admit there were problems with in-breeding and such, so that’s not the best system, but with the advances in DNA testing, it would actually probably be okay to go back to that now. But we’ve sort of shamed that out of existence and instead guilt-trip people into supporting the very irresponsible practices of a small segment of pet owners who allow pits to breed without any attention to their temperament, health, etc.

Are you the same pp who wrote in about pet stores in the mall? Why are you trying to support puppy mills? I don't think anyone is against family-friendly well-bred dogs but that isn't how to get one. The people who actually buy those dogs end up with problems-temperamentally and health-wise. I have never seen more ill dogs. I have also never seen such insane hip dysplasia that a puppy was already bunny-hopping at 4mo.

If people want to breed, they need to do the genetic tests, etc, and be responsible. Those mall pet store dogs aren't responsibly bred. You support suffering when you buy them. BYB is irresponsible unless they've got the health testing, etc, to prove they are making responsible matches.

I won't do pits. The two people I know with them have well-behaved dogs that are very isolated from everyone else for safety reasons. One is a vet and the other an EMT and both dogs are rescues. I lived with the vet in school and we couldn't have any men in the apartment at all nd he became hyper-possessive of me. People just need to acknowledge they aren't good dogs for the general population and I think they should be restricted and require permits.

DP. Yes, there are lots of people who are against well-bred family dogs. That's why Jeff had to put a notice at the top of this forum.

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Anonymous wrote:All dogs need a safe, sheltered place to eat. Most have some degree of food reactivity, and the dog likely saw the child as competition for his food. If another dog came and started eating from his bowl, would have attacked other dog. Parents need to keep kids away from dogs when they are eating.

No. Family dogs don't kill children. They just don't.

Anonymous wrote:We used to have a mini-poodle a while back, could not get near hear whilst he was eating. If he was eating chicken, we' have to double the distance.