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Where is that pit bull thread when I need it?

Stoked said:
My daughter was playing with a beautiful bluenose pit yesterday. Of all the shocking developments...the dog loved her and they both went their seperate ways unharmed.
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99.9% of the time that is the result. But theres always that 0.1% where the dog rips her face off. Not worth it to me, but to each his own.
 
Stoked said:
My daughter was playing with a beautiful bluenose pit yesterday. Of all the shocking developments...the dog loved her and they both went their seperate ways unharmed.
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i have seen dudes swimming with sharks and not get bit.
I have seen dude playing with alligators and crocodiles and come away just fine.

Same with tigers and lions etc.

Doesnt mean i would want a bunch of people in my neighborhood with those animals for pets.

Are all pits bad? No definately not.

Im a huge dog lover. But i think something should be done about pitbulls (i dont know what)
Like dutch said, alot of it has to do with the owners..... but as long as bad owners and pitbulls are drawn to one another we are gonna have problems.

Even pits with good owners have dogs that are better equipped to kill and injury other living things and even good owners sometimes lose control of thier dogs at times and cant always predict what thier dog is gonna do
 
Also in regards to the bad owners thing..... give a bad dog owner a ****zu and i doubt anybody gets seriously injured.

Give a bad owner a pit and we may have a problem..... so it isnt JUST about tue owners
 
John Crotty said:
99.9% of the time that is the result. But theres always that 0.1% where the dog rips her face off. Not worth it to me, but to each his own.
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She is more likely to be in a car crash. Guess we should stay out of our car.
 
fishonjazz said:
i have seen dudes swimming with sharks and not get bit.
I have seen dude playing with alligators and crocodiles and come away just fine.

Same with tigers and lions etc.

Doesnt mean i would want a bunch of people in my neighborhood with those animals for pets.

Are all pits bad? No definately not.

Im a huge dog lover. But i think something should be done about pitbulls (i dont know what)
Like dutch said, alot of it has to do with the owners..... but as long as bad owners and pitbulls are drawn to one another we are gonna have problems.

Even pits with good owners have dogs that are better equipped to kill and injury other living things and even good owners sometimes lose control of thier dogs at times and cant always predict what thier dog is gonna do
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Are you seriosuly comparing pits to sharks, tigers and alligators...?

I have seen people seriosuly injured by rotweilers, german shepards, great danes and dobermans. Should we ban them to?

About the ****zu comment: Sure the capability of the dog is clearly superior to that of, i'd say, 90% of other breeds. Simple genetics.
 
Stoked said:
My daughter was playing with a beautiful bluenose pit yesterday. Of all the shocking developments...the dog loved her and they both went their seperate ways unharmed.
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That is called dodging a bullet my friend. Consider yourself blessed.
 
Stoked said:
Are you seriosuly comparing pits to sharks, tigers and alligators...?

I have seen people seriosuly injured by rotweilers, german shepards, great danes and dobermans. Should we ban them to?

About the ****zu comment: Sure the capability of the dog is clearly superior to that of, i'd say, 90% of other breeds. Simple genetics.
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Will you respond to my comment about bad owners and pits being drawn to one another?
do you see this as a problem?
 
Chris-L said:
1 out of every 1,000 girls who play with a pitbull gets her face ripped off?
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Hyperbole.

But it begs the question, how many girls with faces ripped off is acceptable? 1 in 10,000 is just fine? 1 in a hundred thousand?
 
Stoked said:
Are you seriosuly comparing pits to sharks, tigers and alligators...?

I have seen people seriosuly injured by rotweilers, german shepards, great danes and dobermans. Should we ban them to?

About the ****zu comment: Sure the capability of the dog is clearly superior to that of, i'd say, 90% of other breeds. Simple genetics.
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I don't hate pit bulls, I think they are one of the most beautiful breeds there are. If I didn't have 2 kids I would probably have one to be honest. I get that it is very unlikely that a pit will harm anyone, but when they do it seems to be more than a bite, its an attack, an attack to kill. Rotts, German Shepards, and Dobermans have less than stellar reputations also so I'm not sure why you would bring them to your defense?

I don't think pits should be outlawed, that being said I'd rather live in a neighborhood where there weren't any if I had the choice. My parents neighbor had 2, they just put one down actually because it attacked their kid, left a pretty big wound on his calf, not just a puncture wound but a bite and tear wound. For some reason they still defend the dog and kept their other one that looks like its going to jump the fence and rip whomever to shreds when anyone walks by the house. I'd rather not have that in my neighborhood.

As far as the car crash argument, would you want your daughter to be in the safest car with the safest driver? Or would you be cool pushing your luck just because?
 
Stoked said:
Are you seriosuly comparing pits to sharks, tigers and alligators...?

I have seen people seriosuly injured by rotweilers, german shepards, great danes and dobermans. Should we ban them to?

About the ****zu comment: Sure the capability of the dog is clearly superior to that of, i'd say, 90% of other breeds. Simple genetics.
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You always know someone who something when you have a point to defend at all costs.
 
fishonjazz said:
i have seen dudes swimming with sharks and not get bit.
I have seen dude playing with alligators and crocodiles and come away just fine.

Same with tigers and lions etc.

Doesnt mean i would want a bunch of people in my neighborhood with those animals for pets.

Are all pits bad? No definately not.

Im a huge dog lover. But i think something should be done about pitbulls (i dont know what)
Like dutch said, alot of it has to do with the owners..... but as long as bad owners and pitbulls are drawn to one another we are gonna have problems.

Even pits with good owners have dogs that are better equipped to kill and injury other living things and even good owners sometimes lose control of thier dogs at times and cant always predict what thier dog is gonna do
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If anyone does even a little research you can easily see a trend in the news articles. I have seen very few where they state "the owner of the pitbull was operating an illegal dog fighting ring and trained his dogs to eat children". Most often the phrases are "I don't know why Pooksie tried to eat that child, she is the most loving of my 8 pitbulls. She would never hurt a fly." I don't know how that jibes with the whole "only bad owners" thing when most of the reports are of a loving family pet gone rogue.
 
fishonjazz said:
Will you respond to my comment about bad owners and pits being drawn to one another?
do you see this as a problem?
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Oh sure, sorry. I do see it as a problem. Part of the appeal of the pitbull is its look and very muscular frame. The dog just feels cool. So certain elements of society that are all about the thug life are drawn to them and raise them as such. But that is hardly all owners.

Can pitbulls be dangerous? They clearly can as shown on the newsevery time there is an attack. Not every attack by other breeds is reported though. some of the breeds I just listed can do as much damage as a pitbull to a person.

But I do not see that as justification to ban them? If so then where do we draw the line at what dangerous things to ban?
 
LogGrad98 said:
Hyperbole.

But it begs the question, how many girls with faces ripped off is acceptable? 1 in 10,000 is just fine? 1 in a hundred thousand?
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Not a single one is acceptable. But my issue is where is that line drawn? This same argument is used on gun control.
 
Stoked said:
I have seen people seriosuly injured by rotweilers, german shepards, great danes and dobermans. Should we ban them to?
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You are rare then.

Almost everyone knows of or has seen an incident involving a pitbull.

I have never seen, nor do i know anyone in my personal life to have been involved in an incident with a breed thats not a pitbull.

I take my dog to dogparks all the time and see rotts, german shephards, dobermans and all other breeds playing and having fun together.

I rarely see pits at the dog park because thier owners know better than to take thier dogs to a place where other dogs will be..... but one of the few times that there was a pit at my local dog park, there was an attack.

i take my dog for walks often..... twice he has been attacked by pits, never by another dog.

my cat was killed by a pit that had gotten out of thier owners yard and jumped my fence into my back yard.
It got ahold of my cat and killed it. (My wife was bit while trying to stop the attack. I was at work at the time. the dog later died from blood infection that my cat cause from scratching its face. My neighbors had to pay us 1800 dollars in vet fees from the vet trying to save our cat. The pits name was Karma lol)

Best cast that ever lived too. :-( she was my dogs best friend
 
Stoked said:
some of the breeds I just listed can do as much damage as a pitbull to a person.
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Can do as much damage but are much less likely to.
 
Stoked said:
Not a single one is acceptable. But my issue is where is that line drawn? This same argument is used on gun control.
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The difference is a gun left alone with no one provoking it will not walk up to a baby carrier and kill the baby.

https://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19759778/mother-speaks-out-after-baby-killed-by-pit-bull

Maricella and the dog's owner say the attack came without warning and the dog never targeted any of the owner's children.

Read more: https://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/...t-after-baby-killed-by-pit-bull#ixzz2zvMeLsCx
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And that sounds like anything but a bad owner.
 
fishonjazz said:
You are rare then.

Almost everyone knows of or has seen an incident involving a pitbull.

I have never seen, nor do i know anyone in my personal life to have been involved in an incident with a breed thats not a pitbull.

I take my dog to dogparks all the time and see rotts, german shephards, dobermans and all other breeds playing and having fun together.

I rarely see pits at the dog park because thier owners know better than to take their dogs to a place where other dogs will be..... but one of the few times that there was a pit at my local dog park, there was an attack.

i take my dog for walks often..... twice he has been attacked by pits, never by another dog.

my cat was killed by a pit that had gotten out of thier owners yard and jumped my fence into my back yard.
It got ahold of my cat and killed it. (My wife was bit while trying to stop the attack. I was at work at the time. the dog later died from blood infection that my cat cause from scratching its face. My neighbors had to pay us 1800 dollars in vet fees from the vet trying to save our cat. The pits name was Karma lol)

Best cast that ever lived too. :-( she was my dogs best friend
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Perhaps "seen" was not the appropriate word or phrase. My mistake. I should have said "seen reports". I myself was attacked by a german sheppard.

I do not deny that pits have an increased ability to be violent. Just at what point do we draw the line on what we do and do not allow people to own? I am not sure that banning a breed of animal that is a common pet is something I want to support.

For me it is more about controling, or not controling, what others can and cannot do or own more than it is about pitbulls.
 
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