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OT discussion topic for Sunday - Why are there so many pitbulls in shelters
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:02 am
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:02 am
https://barkpost.com/answers/pit-bulls-shelters-question
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I talked a little bit about how costly and ineffective BSL is, but it bears repeating. Study after study has shown that banning Pit Bulls does not decrease dog bites, and in fact merely increases dog bites from non-Pit Bull breeds like Labradors and Boxers. This proves that whatever statistics you can find about Pit Bulls attacking people more often than other dogs are an example of correlation, not causation. All things being equal, Pit Bulls rate incredibly high in temperament tests. Higher, even, than Golden Retrievers and many other breeds.
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Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:03 am to DarthRebel
Because no one wants them
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:05 am to DarthRebel
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:06 am to DarthRebel
They’re waiting to be incinerated
Kinda like being on death row
Kinda like being on death row
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:07 am to DarthRebel
Because trash people get them thinking it will make them look cool. Then they dont want to put in the vast amount of time it take to train and care for an animal. Either that or it bites them or someone they love and off to the shelter they go.
I've had friends that tried pits and every last one of them said they're a bitch to try and train. I guess they have a reputation for being stubborn. And they have almost unlimited amounts of energy. Once they start growing big, all that energy has to be run out of them. If not they resort to chewing your house down.
I've had friends that tried pits and every last one of them said they're a bitch to try and train. I guess they have a reputation for being stubborn. And they have almost unlimited amounts of energy. Once they start growing big, all that energy has to be run out of them. If not they resort to chewing your house down.
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:07 am to tgrbaitn08
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They’re waiting to be incinerated
Kinda like being on death row
I was coming here to say something very similar.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:08 am to DarthRebel
This would be a large reason why though
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:10 am to DarthRebel
Again, it’s not that all pitbulls are mean all of the time, it’s that if they ever snap they can rip you apart. I’d rather have a dog that I have a chance against if it snaps.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:12 am to IAmNERD
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Once they start growing big, all that energy has to be run out of them. If not they resort to chewing your house down.
Or eating babies
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:16 am to DarthRebel
quote:I have a golden retriever. I bet their "stats"change significantly when they switch out that human for another dog.
All things being equal, Pit Bulls rate incredibly high in temperament tests. Higher, even, than Golden Retrievers
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:18 am to DarthRebel
Because their owners get picked up on their various arrest warrants and wind up in jail.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:18 am to DarthRebel
This cat was raised by pitbulls.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:18 am to DarthRebel
I only pray that most of those fatalities were the POS owners and not innocent victims
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:20 am to DarthRebel
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 9:23 am
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:29 am to DarthRebel
This blog exposes the flaws with the ATTS study and the myths about pitbulls. It’s labeled “junk science.”
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The ATTS temperament test is scientifically invalid and unreliable. The test can not reliably predict how a dog will behave in the real world.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:38 am to DarthRebel
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Why are there so many pitbulls in shelters
Awaiting punishment for their crimes.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:04 am to PhilipMarlowe
High rate of birth out of wedlock
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:37 am to DarthRebel
Because poor and trashy people get pit bulls thinking they’ll be cool. Then they decide they don’t want the dog anymore after some combination of being too lazy to train it, tired of cleaning up after it, too broke to afford vet bills and food, or its shown aggression/bit someone.
Then its off to the shelter, where most non-trashy people don’t want to adopt a pit bull because of the breed’s reputation. They don’t want to end up getting sued because a dog bit someone or worse, having it severely injure a family member. Easier to get breeds that aren’t frequently on the news for mauling children
Then its off to the shelter, where most non-trashy people don’t want to adopt a pit bull because of the breed’s reputation. They don’t want to end up getting sued because a dog bit someone or worse, having it severely injure a family member. Easier to get breeds that aren’t frequently on the news for mauling children
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:55 am to DarthRebel
Cocker Spaniels would be 11.8% on that temperament scale.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:59 am to DarthRebel
When I worked for a local government building & inspection department in college and over a year after college.. The parish started this clean up campaign and our department was responsible for finding owners of abandoned homes, property in which no one kept up..
In some cases there was evidence of dog fighting. We let the police know, they would then know where to target them. Bust it up. It usually ended up with Animal Control having to go to someone who was breeding these dogs for fighting purposes.
The guy from Animal Control told us at the time (this was 15 or so years ago) that the majority of dogs they got were pitbulls. It was the only breed people bred for illegal activity. All the other dogs were strays or someone dropping them off to them, but they had to euthanize most of the pitbull pups.. There were too many and the fact that they were bred to fight they were not dogs they wanted to put up for adoption.
In some cases there was evidence of dog fighting. We let the police know, they would then know where to target them. Bust it up. It usually ended up with Animal Control having to go to someone who was breeding these dogs for fighting purposes.
The guy from Animal Control told us at the time (this was 15 or so years ago) that the majority of dogs they got were pitbulls. It was the only breed people bred for illegal activity. All the other dogs were strays or someone dropping them off to them, but they had to euthanize most of the pitbull pups.. There were too many and the fact that they were bred to fight they were not dogs they wanted to put up for adoption.
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