seems like they're banning everything that has zero business being in a crowded urban setting
I know a tall Asian. Therefore all Asians are tall.Well as someone who owns two Pit mixes (half pit, half boxer, mom was pit and died in childbirth. They were both bottle fed by humans. But that's another story) and a Rott mix, I guess I'm a dead man walking. heh
And to fill in more about the stereotypes, I will attest that all three are completely lovable dogs. Although the pit/boxers are definitely high energy dogs. My rott was when she was younger, but has chilled WAY the F out now that she's over 5.
I would not use DogsBite.org as a reliable source. I would advise to do a quick google search on that website and you'll even find some nice news articles about the site/owner. None-the-less, the "stats" do overwhelmingly show Pits do a lot of injury, but you also need to look at how these stats are done and how it is unfair to dogs that are just large-sized in general.
The small breed dogs have always been the most "aggressive" in my experience. Can't count how many times friend's little house-rats (generally Shih Tzu's and Yorkies) have bitten me (either out of "nowhere" or with the smallest amount of play). They get a "pass" in a lot of these studies, research, and publications because a lot of them measure breeds based on injury/hospital reports. Can't say a little Yorkie is going to inflict much injury (aka: someone is very unlikely to go to a hospital/medical treatment which will NOT be documented) in comparison to breeds like Pits. I've been plenty rough with a lot of these "dangerous" breeds and not once have gotten any sign of what I would call "aggression." Hell, some of these "dangerous" breeds are the house-bitches to these small/cute breeds in some of my friend's households, it is pretty funny. Nothing like a 80lb Pit unable to be in the same room as a 6-7lb Pomeranian out of fear.
you gotta stop thinking so negative and skittish, everytime you're walking your dogs, cuz you're expecting a fucking crazed monster to bolt out the door and rip off an eyeball.Props to my neighbor but they just got rid of their pit after he slipped out the door, bolted towards me while walking my dogs and jumped all over them. It's really fucking hard to try and protect 2 dogs on leashes at the same time. Wasn't the neighbors fault, it was an accident but every time they had that dog out on a leash it was aggressive and trying to get at us. The dog is against restrictions here anyway, but I suggested they get a security gate to make sure it doesn't get out off a leash. Kind of glad they took it to a friends house to stay.
Since then, one of my dogs started having issues this weekend. She's a Dachshund so I'm hoping it's not a disc issue. I'm taking her over to the vet in the morning. Last thing I need right now is more vet bills. She's had these symptoms in the past and needed muscle relaxers, maybe it just flared up when this happened.
Deleted a long rambling post. The problem is not (just) pit bulls, the problem is the entire terrier group. Only time I've been bitten by a pit was my own dog and it was shortly after a seizure so his brains were more than a little scrambled. Been bitten or attacked multiple times by fucking westies and yorkies though. Obviously pit bulls get all the negative attention because they're one of the only terrier breeds big enough for their aggressive behavior to be truly dangerous.
So yeah, pit bulls are inherently more dangerous than other dog breeds, but nine times out of ten the fault in a 'bad' pit bull lies in a shitty owner, not hte dog itself.
Aggression is incredibly easy to breed into, or out of animals;What's the problem? People have safely maintained tigers as pets without incident-- it's obvious that tiger owners are to blame, not the tiger.
I have known people who have well trained, ultra affectionate pitbulls. But as people have pointed out, a bad owner turns a pitbull into a lethal weapon, and unfortunately there are lots of bad owners out there. There are also cases of a well trained pitbull getting scared or acting instinctively to defend itself, and unfortunately unlike a poorly trained chihuahua, it actually has serious capacity to do real damage.
There are probably a hundred breeds out there to choose from-- try choosing one that doesn't have the jaw strength to snap a femur like a twig.