Update 1:
In the most recent attack, a woman who owned three Pit Bulls who she
claims were good-tempered left a nine-year -old boy alone with them.
Anyone BUT a Pit Bull defender could have predicted what happened next:
they mauled him to death. WHY are repeated vicious attacks NOT ACCEPTED
AS EVIDENCE by Pit Bull supporters? We have been warning you for YEARS,
and this happens TIME AND TIME AGAIN, and each time, you pretend it is
an isolated incident and an aberration, and unforeseeable. BULLSH*T!!!
Update 2:
This REALLY has my blood boiling... if complete a**holes didn't INSIST
on their "right" to own such dogs, many people would be alive today.
What about that kid's right to live, huh? You think your "right" to own a
f**king killer dog is more f**king important than his right to grow up?
F**k you if you do! I hope you bastards burn in Hell...
Answer
Collie:
What
I'd like to know is WHY a 9 year old was left unattended with THREE
large dogs. Regardless of breed, that's a moronic idea.
So based off of that mode of genius thinking on the mother's part there, I'm willing to bet her dogs weren't great specimens genetically or in terms of training.
That said, a well bred Pit Bull that isn't owned by total morons, should not have ANY tendency for human aggression whatsoever. When they were actually bred for a purpose, the ones that showed any form of human aggression were killed on the spot.
IMO the dipshits that spew "pits are like all the sweetest puppies in the entire woooorld" and "it's all in how they are raised" are doing just as much, if not MORE harm to the breed than good. A dog with a sh|t temperament is going to be more likely to bite REGARDLESS of whether or not it had a good upbringing (ie abused or not)
Ignoring genetics isn't going to help.
So based off of that mode of genius thinking on the mother's part there, I'm willing to bet her dogs weren't great specimens genetically or in terms of training.
That said, a well bred Pit Bull that isn't owned by total morons, should not have ANY tendency for human aggression whatsoever. When they were actually bred for a purpose, the ones that showed any form of human aggression were killed on the spot.
IMO the dipshits that spew "pits are like all the sweetest puppies in the entire woooorld" and "it's all in how they are raised" are doing just as much, if not MORE harm to the breed than good. A dog with a sh|t temperament is going to be more likely to bite REGARDLESS of whether or not it had a good upbringing (ie abused or not)
Ignoring genetics isn't going to help.
Angie:
To give a reasonable answer, I always say it is ALWAYS the owners fault, never the dog's.
Take it like this:
A pitbull puppy grew up from a abusive family. The children constantly kicking the dog around thinking it's a toy, the dad doesn't give a hell about the dog occasionally forgetting to feed and give attention, and the mother gets constantly angry at the dog for peeing everywhere and punishes the puppy harshly. Every night the pup goes asleep trembling at every sight and sound incase it were the childrens coming back down stairs to "play with him" or if the mother saw the accident he had just made on the carpet.
The puppy is finally rehomed into a proper family. The family respects all dogs and properly care for the new puppy. The problem is the puppy is now a full sized adult and is scared of everything including his owner. Maybe the dog starts to realize that the owners he has now aren't as bad but he still has doubts. One day the family's child goes up behind him and grabs his tail or pets his back, JUST LIKE how the other family's children did before they yanked the tail back or kicked him over.
That is when the puppy suddenly becomes frightened OUT OF FEAR not out of meaness that the new family's children are going to do the same painful thing that the abusive children did to him. Therefore he bites the child before the nice children could do anything to him.
Later the child dies and the dog is waiting in the euthanasia row behind cages. Above him he is labeled "dangerous for children" or "aggressive."
A pitbull puppy grew up from a abusive family. The children constantly kicking the dog around thinking it's a toy, the dad doesn't give a hell about the dog occasionally forgetting to feed and give attention, and the mother gets constantly angry at the dog for peeing everywhere and punishes the puppy harshly. Every night the pup goes asleep trembling at every sight and sound incase it were the childrens coming back down stairs to "play with him" or if the mother saw the accident he had just made on the carpet.
The puppy is finally rehomed into a proper family. The family respects all dogs and properly care for the new puppy. The problem is the puppy is now a full sized adult and is scared of everything including his owner. Maybe the dog starts to realize that the owners he has now aren't as bad but he still has doubts. One day the family's child goes up behind him and grabs his tail or pets his back, JUST LIKE how the other family's children did before they yanked the tail back or kicked him over.
That is when the puppy suddenly becomes frightened OUT OF FEAR not out of meaness that the new family's children are going to do the same painful thing that the abusive children did to him. Therefore he bites the child before the nice children could do anything to him.
Later the child dies and the dog is waiting in the euthanasia row behind cages. Above him he is labeled "dangerous for children" or "aggressive."
Truth
is the dog wasn't doing it because he saw the child as a chew toy, it
simply was because of his backround when he was little and because how
the child's action looked like he was going to hurt him. So this was all
to protect himself. He was just scared. Children shouldn't be around
abused dogs until they are proven to be safe for little ones.
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Now look into this side of the story.
One day I rescued a pit bull that came from a family (not abused) but couldn't afford to take care of the dog anymore. So I took him in and cared for him. He became the best dog i've ever had and despite the looks I get when I walk him, I still love him because he is a lovebug.
That's my story.
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Last one
A woman takes a pitbull into her house. The dog was also coming from a non abusive home and was very sweet like any other dog. After months, her situations became stressful. She released all her anger at the dog, kicking and screaming at him. Soon the dog became fearful of the woman. One day the pitbull couldn't take it anymore. Right when the angry woman was about the hit him, he jumped up and bit the owner's arm.
He got sent to animal control and was placed next to the cage of the pitbull from story #1.
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See? It all depends on the owners, the backround it came from, if you're not doing dumb stuff with the dog.
Did you know that the most aggresive dog (#1) is a DACHSHUND! The small "weiner" dog bites more owners then any other big dogs.
I give the right attention and care to my pit bull. I don't discipline them by hitting but instead with a firm NO. Hope your mind changes just a bit for all the pit bull owners out there.
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Now look into this side of the story.
One day I rescued a pit bull that came from a family (not abused) but couldn't afford to take care of the dog anymore. So I took him in and cared for him. He became the best dog i've ever had and despite the looks I get when I walk him, I still love him because he is a lovebug.
That's my story.
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Last one
A woman takes a pitbull into her house. The dog was also coming from a non abusive home and was very sweet like any other dog. After months, her situations became stressful. She released all her anger at the dog, kicking and screaming at him. Soon the dog became fearful of the woman. One day the pitbull couldn't take it anymore. Right when the angry woman was about the hit him, he jumped up and bit the owner's arm.
He got sent to animal control and was placed next to the cage of the pitbull from story #1.
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See? It all depends on the owners, the backround it came from, if you're not doing dumb stuff with the dog.
Did you know that the most aggresive dog (#1) is a DACHSHUND! The small "weiner" dog bites more owners then any other big dogs.
I give the right attention and care to my pit bull. I don't discipline them by hitting but instead with a firm NO. Hope your mind changes just a bit for all the pit bull owners out there.
Source(s):
Former pit bull owner
Kent:
I'm
not a Pit Bull owner, and in fact I have been bitten seriously by a Pit
Bull. But, I don't believe that it is allowable to suggest
exterminating a breed of dog or any dog of that breed who has done
nothing wrong - simply because of the action of other dogs.
Although Pit Bulls were originally bred for bear and bull baiting (hence the "aggressive DNA" argument), I find it interesting that there is veritably NO evidence of Pit Bull attacks on people when the breed became quite popular among farming communities in the early 20th century. You can find veterinary literature from that time period warning against Dobermans and even German Shepherds, but nothing about aggression in the bully breeds.
Things changed when Pit Bulls began to be associated with machismo and used as inner city guard dogs and modern day fighting dogs. Products of their environment, these dogs were often abused, poorly trained, and/or rewarded for aggressive, antisocial behavior. The biggest, baddest dogs often bred. An overabundance of big, powerful dogs that are encouraged to be violent is a recipe for disaster. The statistics are alarming, with Pit Bulls accounting for about 45% of serious dog bites in the US.
But does that mean that a Pit Bull puppy is destined to grow up to be a danger? I don't think so. In fact, my limited work with these dogs seems to suggest not that they are unstable, but that they are loyal and eager-to-please to a fault. Teach a Pit Bull that it can please you by being playful and loving, and that is the dog that you get. Teach a Pit Bull that it can please you by being frightening and aggressive, and that is the dog that you get.
All of that aside, I will add that the Pit Bull attack mentioned in this question is a tragic mystery. The boy's 24-year-old sister (owner of the dogs) had traveled extensively with them and lived with them in hotels. Even though the young woman was semi-transient, she had raised the dogs since they were puppies and by all accounts they were gentle and friendly animals. They had no history of reports to animal control. If fact, there are statements from neighbors and the property owner saying that the three dogs were loving and playful with the 9-year-old brother and with their own children. That makes what happened in the trailer surprising. There are no witnesses to give account of the events leading up to the bite.
In my opinion, Pit Bulls belong on a list of dog breeds that should be limited to experienced, stable owners and supervised closely around children and other pets. But, they aren't alone on that list.
Although Pit Bulls were originally bred for bear and bull baiting (hence the "aggressive DNA" argument), I find it interesting that there is veritably NO evidence of Pit Bull attacks on people when the breed became quite popular among farming communities in the early 20th century. You can find veterinary literature from that time period warning against Dobermans and even German Shepherds, but nothing about aggression in the bully breeds.
Things changed when Pit Bulls began to be associated with machismo and used as inner city guard dogs and modern day fighting dogs. Products of their environment, these dogs were often abused, poorly trained, and/or rewarded for aggressive, antisocial behavior. The biggest, baddest dogs often bred. An overabundance of big, powerful dogs that are encouraged to be violent is a recipe for disaster. The statistics are alarming, with Pit Bulls accounting for about 45% of serious dog bites in the US.
But does that mean that a Pit Bull puppy is destined to grow up to be a danger? I don't think so. In fact, my limited work with these dogs seems to suggest not that they are unstable, but that they are loyal and eager-to-please to a fault. Teach a Pit Bull that it can please you by being playful and loving, and that is the dog that you get. Teach a Pit Bull that it can please you by being frightening and aggressive, and that is the dog that you get.
All of that aside, I will add that the Pit Bull attack mentioned in this question is a tragic mystery. The boy's 24-year-old sister (owner of the dogs) had traveled extensively with them and lived with them in hotels. Even though the young woman was semi-transient, she had raised the dogs since they were puppies and by all accounts they were gentle and friendly animals. They had no history of reports to animal control. If fact, there are statements from neighbors and the property owner saying that the three dogs were loving and playful with the 9-year-old brother and with their own children. That makes what happened in the trailer surprising. There are no witnesses to give account of the events leading up to the bite.
In my opinion, Pit Bulls belong on a list of dog breeds that should be limited to experienced, stable owners and supervised closely around children and other pets. But, they aren't alone on that list.
Rowena:
Cue Sheeple running in to spew ITS ALL IN HOW THERE RAISED GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously. Take a freakin course on genetics. GOOD FOR YOU to all those who manage(d) to own dogs of this type without incident. Im happy for ya, really am. You got a good one.
Ive worked with a ton and you know what, there are a ton of good ones. Even more shocking? Most of said good ones were known to have been abused. We had a connection with a pit fighting ring and the ones not suited for fighting ended up in our hands if we could get there in time. So the ones that failed to be fighters, the ones that were pretty well beaten and prodded to diminishment? Yeah, those were the ones we got.
Seriously. Take a freakin course on genetics. GOOD FOR YOU to all those who manage(d) to own dogs of this type without incident. Im happy for ya, really am. You got a good one.
Ive worked with a ton and you know what, there are a ton of good ones. Even more shocking? Most of said good ones were known to have been abused. We had a connection with a pit fighting ring and the ones not suited for fighting ended up in our hands if we could get there in time. So the ones that failed to be fighters, the ones that were pretty well beaten and prodded to diminishment? Yeah, those were the ones we got.
But the funny thing is, if they recovered they were fantastic dogs.
Obviously not ALL of them, because again genetics dont play out that way
all the time. But yeah, these dogs were selectively bred for their
damned people skills on top of dog fighting skills. So even though they
were abused they turned into great dogs - not usually the best with
other dogs, but with people they were fantastic.
Kinda blows all this "all in how there raised" bullcrap out of the water eh?
Kinda blows all this "all in how there raised" bullcrap out of the water eh?
Landshark:
Eaxctly
the same number of times it takes people to get it into their skulls
that too many out of control guns kill too many people. Just not going
to happen. Some people just like to own horrible hair-trigger dogs and
have BYBs ruin what was once a good breed. Some of these dogs still have
wonderful temperaments and are owned by nice people.
Nobby:
Post
a link to the news on this item as people wont be convinced even though
this is the number one type or breed for dog related deaths in the USA.
No dog is an angel or a devil. they are just dogs. People need to get over the whole love or hate bull sheet.
In the UK an epileptic man was killed by his Pit recently and idiots are already starting rumours that he secretly abused his dog.
No dog is an angel or a devil. they are just dogs. People need to get over the whole love or hate bull sheet.
In the UK an epileptic man was killed by his Pit recently and idiots are already starting rumours that he secretly abused his dog.
Jojo:
This breed has not been banned in many countries for no reason and they are NOT dogs that should be bred for the pet market.
I don`t give a damn for anyone who thinks they are nice loving cuddly dogs and gives me the TD.
They look and act what they are bred to be and that is to be aggressive in certain situations and to kill.
There is no reason whatsoever to keep on breeding a dog that is genetically programmed to fight when dog fighting is banned in most civilised countries. To not allow a dog to do what it is bred to do is to instill frustration in a dog and therefore make it an unstable ticking time bomb.
I don`t give a damn for anyone who thinks they are nice loving cuddly dogs and gives me the TD.
They look and act what they are bred to be and that is to be aggressive in certain situations and to kill.
There is no reason whatsoever to keep on breeding a dog that is genetically programmed to fight when dog fighting is banned in most civilised countries. To not allow a dog to do what it is bred to do is to instill frustration in a dog and therefore make it an unstable ticking time bomb.
