re: Lovable Pit Bulls at it again.

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Aside from the breed argument, NO dog should be around a baby or toddler unattended.

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I think you are preaching to the choir...but that's not what happened here:

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Police said a preliminary investigation indicates the child was playing in the kitchen with her father nearby when the family's pit bull terrier attacked the child and bit her in the face, which caused major trauma.

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I have 2 pits, I'm not trashy and they are the most lovable dogs ever.

Of course there's plenty of trashy people who have them and I hate it, bc they are some of the smartest dogs around. Mine have been around my nieces often and have never even attempted to get aggressive. They have actually snuggled with them and given them rides like the were horses.

Although, mine were raised fairly tough by me, as far as discipline, and they are both neutered (male and female), which I'm sure has something to do with it.

I know it's hard for people to comprehend, especially with the herd mentality of the OT.

My dogs play nice with kids and other dogs. I can say I've had an aggressive one before, but it was just when defending his house. He passed away, but he never bit anyone or never went after kids or other animals. However, he wasn't neutered and as I said, he was a bit more aggressive. The 2 I have now are rescues, so they had to be neutered and people who meet them are actually shocked at how sweet they are because of how people view all pits.

I'm not trying to say pits don't have their problems, but most of the time it's the owners. And, sadly, it's usually trashy POS who own them.

The people I know who have them who are good people, their dogs turn out the same way.

almost every post in this thread equates anecdotes and instances with "evidence" or actual data

but but but a pit bull tried to kill me

but but but my pit bull is a sweetheart



gotta love the internet

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know it's hard for people to comprehend, especially with the herd mentality of the OT.

My dogs play nice with kids and other dogs. I can say I've had an aggressive one before, but it was just when defending his house. He passed away, but he never bit anyone or never went after kids or other animals. However, he wasn't neutered and as I said, he was a bit more aggressive. The 2 I have now are rescues, so they had to be neutered and people who meet them are actually shocked at how sweet they are because of how people view all pits.

I'm not trying to say pits don't have their problems, but most of the time it's the owners. And, sadly, it's usually trashy POS who own them.

The people I know who have them who are good people, their dogs turn out the same way.

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No offense. But are you a fricking idiot? Stop with this horseshite about how you know this or that Pit that’s “kind, gentile, and never aggressive”. We have Story after story of Pits who are “kind, gentile, and never aggressive” right up until the moment they suddenly try rips a child’s face off for no reason.

It has nothing to do with if the owner is “trashy” or Bill fricking Gates. It’s the fricking breed and it needs to be wiped out.

He better show up to work on time today. The boss isn't gonna buy the old "My dog bit my daughter's face off, so I had to stab it to death" line.

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Where is this evidence you speak of? There are many educated, wealthy people in Boulder with pitbulls and they seem to never make the news. I wonder if there is a correlation there

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It's really not that hard. Google "dog bites by breed" and you'll have lots of information that supports that pit bulls, by far, account for more bites than almost every other breed combined.



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Some zany people try to say that "oh pitbull bite statistics are skewed because lots of dogs get mis-identified as pits." This is a load of crap. Even if it were true, that would mean that the majority of these bites and attacks had the dog grossly misidentified (identifying a lab, mastiff, bulldog, etc as a pit). Most people know a pit or a pit mix when they see one. The stats show that pits, or dogs that look like pits are overwhelmingly responsible for serious bites and fatalities, yet idiots want to ignore the facts. These same people probably shame climate change deniers and flat earth supporters, yet ignore all the facts and studies done on this topic, because they have anecdotal evidence or support some conspiracy against pits.

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My pits would never. They'd try to lick the face off of someone though.

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Again. That’s what that man though until he was having to stab his pit to death to keep it from killing his child.

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The OT is full of idiots who like throwing out blanket statements. Just like y'all do with New Orleans. "Don't go to New Orleans, you'll die." "Don't ever go around pits, you'll get bit."

Try to think for yourself sometimes man.

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Listen to yourself a moment. This isn’t some knee-jerk emotional overreacting based on anecdotal evidence. The stats don’t lie. Pit bulls attack on a regular basis. The breed is hyper aggressive and also prone to attacking without warning even when there is no history of aggression in the dog’s past. And when they attack the results are nothing short of devestating and oftentimes fatal.