re: Boy Attacked and killed by a pit bull

I know when I left Nola last year, come didn't seem to be going down. A lot of random, violent attacks were occurring regularly in what were very expensive areas. It was so bad, my friends used to call Marigny "the hunting grounds"

I really hope it is getting better, and not have so much gentrification, the city becomes as boring as the rest of America.

How did this thread get off topic in the first place? I thought this was supposed to be a fight between knowledgeable dog lovers, and sheep that allow the media to manipulate them with fear for the sake of ratings (except for the poor guy whose great aunt was killed. I'm really sorry to hear that. You have every right to feel the way you do. I just believe that the person who owned those dogs was at fault. I think the same thing would've happened if that owner had any one of hundreds of breeds of large dogs or a large mutt. The owner might have even been a good person. But unfortunately, they were a bad dog owner and/or trainer.)

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How did this thread get off topic in the first place?

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hard to stay on topic when some posters were in here arguing for 5+ hours straight. thats pretty sad in itself

That's when I make 95% of my posts. To kill time at work. And with has been slow as hell lately.

But yeah, I'd have lost interest his ago too.

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That's when I make 95% of my posts. To kill time at work. And with has been slow as hell lately.

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Tell me about it, been sitting in my truck watching brush we cleared from a R.O.W. so we can demo this bridge burn. Gotta do something to make the time pass.

It's cool Jones. I'm really not concerned with you. At all.

I get what you are saying, crime is down across the US, It's not where I live. So we can all agree, or agree to disagree. In my particular situation, I believe my child is less safe outside by himself than I was at that age, That's really all I was going for.

In reality....the kid likely fell while he was going over and it triggered the dogs instinct to pounce on wounded/vulnerable prey. Even though the dog probably recognized the child, it was not entering accompanied under supervision of the dogs owner. Big territorial trigger there for an overly aggressive breed like a pit. Dog flipped its shite like that breed is known to do when triggered. The kid is probably alive today if that was any other popular breed than a pit.

Funny thing-- I was searching for pit bull iq's and didn't find anything but I did find statistics on income and iq's or pit bull OWNERS and that shite looks like Lenny from of mice and men.

Just get a beagle.

Ok now this thread is getting right. We have a few numbers on pit bull attacks above, and we need more but it's a good start.

Here is the real deal tho, and holy shite:

Dog iq's by breed-- pitbulls last out of all, essentially zombie dogs.

Yall study that and lets find a few more numbers on the pitbull attacks and I think we will know the answer about whether this is a viable breed or deserves the ashbin.

What's with getting a lab? Or even a doxen? Actully doxens should probably also be illegal but for other reasons related to their similarity to ferrets. But they won't kill anyone. Just make u loose friends. Lol.

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We don't need McDonalds either and have the highest percentage of obesity in this country. So should they ban McDonalds and other fast food restaurants? Aren't you sick of rights being taken away from us? With freedoms comes responsibility. These accidents are happening b/c of the humans involved. They are t being responsible. Punish everyone b/c of the small group who can't get it together is no Bueno.

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Good point. Think I'm going to go out and get myself a pet tiger.





(ETA: I love how the dude has it on a leash as though he could stop it from doing anydamnthing it wants)