re: So my son was a victim of a Pit Bull bite

Most common statement made when someone comes in to the ER with an animal-related injury: "That sumbitch never did that before."

I don't get it either. A dog with a spiked collar, chain link leash, cropped ears, comes from a kennel called "Bad arse Bullies" or some shite, and is immortalized as a sticker on the back glass of a truck is not a wholesome pet. Nothing about that package says the dog was purchased because of a good disposition.

Worthless animals.

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tell me they didn't think pits could be so sweet.

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i'm about 101% positive this family said the same thing about their dog.

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Yeah, I don't understand why people insist on having these dogs.

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I'll tell you my reason..I didn't insist. I started checking out dogs in shelters around New Orleans, and nearly every dog was a pitbull, or had strong pit features. I'm morally opposed to getting a dog from a breeder, so I adopted what was available.

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I have a relative (one that you don't like to claim, but) whose son had a pitbull & he left it at his moms house... Tied up in the back yard.

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Your relative is a fricking moron. Idiocracy level dumbass. Leaving a dog in the backyard all day isn't good in its own, unless it's only when people aren't home. It needs to live with the family. But tying it up on a tether all day in the yard is just begging for him to become vicious. I bet it wasn't fixed either. A vast majority of dogs that attack are were treated this way.

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Look, I have a dog thats half dachshund and half chihuahua and that little sucka is protective. He will let me do anything to him, but when someone comes over he stays by me and growls and sometimes he will go after people's feet. If he was a pitbull he would be dangerous...

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It would be. But little dogs are rarely trained correctly. Because of their size, these aggressive tendencies aren't corrected early because they are so small and look cute. It's one thing to be protective, but biting should never happen if you do your job as an owner.

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i was not with him, he was at the end of our circle of park, he was maybe not even 50ft down the street in front of us.

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You shouldn't let a 5 year old get that far away from you, or out of your sight.

I've taken my kids to the park many of times. I don't play on my phone while my kids play, like the vast majority of parents do. I watch them and i'm usually pretty close to them. And that's two of them. I watch them even more carefully when someone else is around them, and if there was a dog around, especially one that looked like a pit bull, i'd probably leave, or at least always stay inbetween the dog and my children.
I also don't let my almost 5 year old go across the street, where there's a pond for them to go feed some ducks, without me or my wife, and they know that.

I don't expect my children to notice where potential dangers can come from all the time. That's my job, and i can't do it if i'm not watching them.
The day a dog tries to bite one of my young children, is the day i likely get bit and a dog dies when i slam his head on the concrete.

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i'm about 101% positive this family said the same thing about their dog.

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It's possible, but I seriously doubt they've put their dog into the situations I've exposed mine. She off-leash trained and regularly goes hiking on popular trails around town. She been in the French Quarter more than most of the posters on this board. She went to several music festivals and parades. I'm also a drummer, and played regularly around her to let her adjust to the noise.


There's an festival in LaRose called T-Bois, that allows Doug's to go off-leash. I took her there at about 8 months. She hung out at the stage, and worked it like an insurance salesmen at a cocktail party. When I did have her on a leash with me, people constantly came up and introduced themselves, since they had already meet Frankie. A few people nicknamed her Miss Congeniality.



What I'm getting at is, if you have any breed of a larger dog, and you intend to bring it out in public or travel with them, you better bust your arse the first year. It's your responsibility, and can be dangerous if you do it wrong.

If you do it correctly, you'll have a well tempered dog that you can enjoy nearly and bring into nearly any situation. It'll make the next decade with your dog a much more enjoyable experience.



I won't say all dogs are good, it's about the owner. I fricking hate Chows. Pits are a victim if their own popularity. They've been breed by some truly shitty people, that breed them for dangerous traits. But it's not the breed itself. If Golden Retrievers were covered by rednecks and hoodrats, we'd be having these same conversations about them.


Pitbull used to be the all-American dog breed. There's a reason the U.S. government used them in World War I propaganda ads.

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Exactly

I just recently moved out here full time from Denver and we are having a house warming crawfish boil in a couple weeks if you are interested. Email me at hippietiger420 @ the gmail if you want details

ETA - your pit bull is welcome as well

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Cool, sounds good. I'm guessing by that email, and welcome to bring more than just booze to the party. I'll hit you up

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Yeah, I don't understand why people insist on having these dogs. I have a relative (one that you don't like to claim, but) whose son had a pitbull & he left it at his moms house... Tied up in the back yard. One of my uncles was over there and told them "you need to be careful with that dog especially when your grandkids are over" the response was "that dog is friendly, it wouldn't hurt a fly". My uncle walked near it and the dog went insane, it wanted to go after him. They claimed "it was his fault, he provoked the dog".

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Scruffy has a neighbor who has a boyfriend that breeds pure pitbulls as guard dogs.

If you have never seen a purebred pitbull, those animals are fricking scary looking.

They are built like tanks. They should be banned.

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all the pitbulls in Boulder don't cause any trouble

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Wrong. In Frisco a couple weeks ago some douche hipster was walking his pit, dog looked happy as could be then i pass them and he barks and lunges at me. Owner kept him away.

Sweet dogs though.