Ugly
I don't play with dogs... especially ugly ones.You're ugly.
May I suggest a pork chop, tie it around your neck and dogs will play with you.
I don't play with dogs... especially ugly ones.
Pitbulls are still ugly
all it has 2 do is open its mouthDid you page through those photos?
If you did, and you still say "ugly," I don't think you have a heart -- or at least, not one for dogs.
I mean, come on.
Did you page through those photos?
If you did, and you still say "ugly," I don't think you have a heart -- or at least, not one for dogs.
I mean, come on.
You can clearly tell when people have never had a Pit as apart of their family, and have no idea in how they are truely like
Too bad for you guys, and too bad for a Pit that would change your views very easily... It's like none of you watch The Dog Whisperer, and/or Pit Bulls & Parolees
The truth is... to not blame the dog is obvious, yet people want to hate instead of understand. Fear leads to ignorance
I've had experience with them, I don't blame the dog I blame the people who have bred them to be what many of them are. I have known a few very sweet pits but most of the ones I've come across have been very aggressive and I wouldn't trust them. People who say they are just like any other breed are doing their cause a disservice. They are powerful dogs who have a more aggressive nature than most other breeds. Yeah some people say "oh well they aren't even really a breed, there are a ton of different mixes" and the fact is even with that distinction they are a still a small percentage of the overall dog population in the US and are by far the breed most involved in fatal attacks.
Again it's not the dogs fault, different dogs were bred for different things, some were bred to guard livestock, some to retrieve things and some for fighting and hunting etc. I would never try to tell you how to feel about them, I know you love your dogs (as we all do our dogs) and when you look at them you don't see what other people do and I wouldn't expect you to.
The main problem I see with your post is that they were never bred to be aggressive towards humans... Now that doesn't mean stupid humans don't abuse them/train them to attack humans while fearing their master
Also, even if you think they are the small % of all the dogs, they are one of the most popular dogs in America, & the most popular among stupid humans who want to look tough with a tough mean looking dog... It's the ignorant human who is at fault, not the dog. Hell, all of Michael Vick's dogs (Except one that was too far abused) were rehabilitated to become the dogs they were meant to be.
Most of these people who's dogs attack and kill someone didn't train them to do it, they just didn't train them at all and left them to basically do what they wanted and that's the problem. I don't hold it against the dog, people who do get them need to know though that they can't just treat them like a lab or a samoyed and that they need to work hard with them to make sure they don't end up being overly aggressive.
That's wrong... You can train by being ignorant to the importance of socialization, and not leaving them alone without much contact
You should realize it's almost always the human's fault, not the dog's, and you really can't say they were not trained poorly before the attack.
When a dog fears, they can attack, and that can be any dog... Funny and a very sad thing, when a Lab kills a kid, the news doesn't say much.
I don't hear of many other kinds of dogs doing this either http://abcnews.go.com/US/pit-bull-rescues-unconscious-owner-oncoming-train/story?id=16311409
Lets not be silly now, there are thousands of stories of dozens of breeds saving lives and doing incredible things.
I agree that there are endless horrible people, and its sad that many pitbulls have been badly abused but that doesn't change my opinion that the breed is FAR more likely than others to have an episode of extreme aggression despite being raised in a loving home.
I think you would have to prove that they were raised properly first... Your opinion of something you have no real hands on experience in, is a very shallow opinion IMO
Funny that prior to the 90s, there were very little incidents about Pit Bulls causing problems... Maybe, you need to know that humans are just about always to blame.
Cesar Millan has proven this time & time again, & he has worked with 100s of Pit Bulls
Tia Torres has saved thousands of Pit Bulls, & has never had any kill her... Actually, they have given her more love than you, or I will ever know.
Yes, they were bred to have aggression towards other dogs, or animals, but never towards humans... Nope, they have to be trained by humans to be that way, or improperly trained. Either way, the HUMAN is at fault.
Time to stop blaiming the dog when there are hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of Pit Bulls in the World, yet only a very small % kill humans each year, and it's not something they were bred to do... they were improperly trained to do.
Btw, very few dogs have the strength to pull a full sized woman off the Train tracks and putting itself in harms way to lose a leg while having that kind of awareness... Tell me, or show me what other dog has done that?
Thats fine. I find the fact that many people have to fear for their children and pets at dogparks and public areas just so owners like you can have a dog with a tough reputation to be incredibly selfish.
Because its based on statistics. Something you dont seem to have any problem ignoring by blame shifting.That's a sad outlook... When has fear been a good reason why to completely kill off anything just so you, or anyone else can feel safe?
Because its based on statistics. Something you dont seem to have any problem ignoring by blame shifting.