re: Weekly Pit Bull Accident thread

What's awesome is pit bulls are popular because they make good guard dogs.

"I don't know why he mauled someone! He's always been so sweet!"

One week before:

"Check out my dog. Anyone comes on my property he's gonna frick them up!"

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Maybe, I don't know. I do know that of the vets my wife is friends with, all but one own what most would consider a pit bull. It's just silly to me that people have such zeal for banning a breed of dog. So you ban pits, then what? Where does it end? What is an acceptable number of dog related deaths?

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1) most people just look at a scary dog and say its a pitbull, even though its probably a mutt. pitbull is a blanket term for scary looking dog... it could be an American bulldog, dogo, pressa... but they'll still call it a pitbull
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2) then dog attacks by shepherds and rotts will increase and they'll want to ban them too

Just reading the first person opinions in that article tells you it is biased. They compare wanting to own pits to wanting to own assault weapons. They say there is no need for either. If that is your stance fine, it doesn't make it right. They mention need. Besides service dogs, what dog is needed? Do you need a Pom of shitzu? Pits are dangerous when not properly trained and not prepared to handle. Pits can be great dogs when raised properly.

pitbull is not as dangerous as a tiger...
again, a lot of these dogs are mutts, not pits. my homeowners insurance got cancelled because I had a lab/boxer mix that "looked like a pitbull"

And the first doctor mentions at first he usually saw single bites from a single dog. The pitbull attacks he mentioned were mostly from packs, not individual dogs. They compare a single dog attack to a pack attack. Of course there will be a difference. All I am saying is that first DOCTOR is biased and you can see it.

My wife talks pretty openly about her time at fairly large city's animal control facility and how the pitbull attacks that took place almost never involved a pitbull. However, nearly every dog in the shelter was some type of dog that would be called a pit. It's kind of a weird thing that goes on in reporting, not all that different than what goes on when the news reports on firearms or some other scary topic. Dog attack headlines simply don't get enough views but if you throw the term pitbull in there people get these giant angry hard ons.

I realize it's a matter of personal opinion and some people feel very strongly but the fear is baseless for the most part.

If we are going to throw around anecdotal evidence why can't we take a look at what became of the dogs owned by Michael Vick? Or does that story no fit the fear mongering narrative?

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Statistics are your friend.

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That's a pretty bold statement.

My mother-in-law owns a pit that has attacked numerous family members, killed a handful of cats, has eaten my wife's car twice, eaten neighbors cars. This dog has caused so much greif amoung the family that no one will go to her house anymore. She has taken the dog to the pound only to go get it two days later. She has 9 dogs in a little house and this dog has taken the ears off her other dogs, ripped a leg off one. I just wonder how far it will go before something really bad happens. The dog was used as a bait dog when it was a puppy. She lies to her insurance about the the dog. The best part is she is a anti-gun freak that wants to tell you how big of a man you are to have to carry a gun. What's the difference between a gun and a pit bull? Simple, a gun don't snap......
Sorry about the rant but at a loss on what to do besides keep a loaded gun ready at all times to shoot the damn dog the next time I see it in my yard.......