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It's ridiculous they keep saying **** like this but you never see a story that says "he was such a gentle mutt until one day he killed my kids". But you hear it all the time with pits. When are people going to wise up that a dog still acts on instinct and breeding and these dogs are bred to fight and kill. Yes, not trained to do so by the current owner but eventually a century of in-bred aggression comes to the forefront.I'll give you one guess which breed did this...
2 children die, mother critically injured after family’s pet pit bulls attack, sheriff says
Two young children died and their mother was hospitalized after two family dogs attacked them at their home in Tennessee, officials said.
This. It's shocking how many of these stories start with some version of "this was the best dog we ever had, friendly, loved kids, never barked, so much fun, for 10 years the sweetest most faithful dog we ever had... Until he snapped and killed the neighbor kid who was just sitting in his front yard." The unpredictability alone is bad enough, but coupled with what a dog like this can do it's nearly criminal.
) another pitbull attacked my dog (a healer/cattle dog mix) and left him pretty bloodied up (he had no chance in hell of standing a chance in the fight) while we were on a walk. It came flying down the street after having got out of the house and attacked my dog with no warning.
Agreed. And the fact that dog breeds are completely arbitrary and man-made means if we let one die out it isn't like we lost part of nature or anything. They are prime examples of humans messing with other organisms' genetics. Not one of these "breeds" exists in nature, they are all man-made. So if one goes sideways, then let it go, stop breeding it, and focus on the others. That was done already to even get us where we are now for breeds. Plenty of in-between versions were purposely bred out of the lineage to get whatever breed they were going for in the first place. So just let it go.I want to start by saying that i really think that im the biggest dog lover on the planet. I always have to pet every dog I see. Pitbulls included (though I have bit of trepidation when i pet them). Most pitbulls will be great dogs just like every breed of dog. They are almost all great.
The big difference is that if a dog attacks, at that point the breed makes a huge difference. Labs are pretty big dogs. Generally bigger than pitbulls. Yet if a lab attacks me im not in any real trouble. I will probably need a few stitches and have some bruising but will be ok. If a pitbull attacks me then im in serious danger. Probably still wont die but a decent chance that I will be maimed and have life long injuries.
Plus, everyone has a story of a pitbull attack. For myself, a pitbull jumped our back fence and killed our kitten (I have had 5 cats in my life and that one was my favorite
A different pitbull attacked my dog on a camping trip and left him bloodied up once again. Lucky in both cases the owners came and got hold of their dog or my dog would be dead.
They are just different enough to be way more dangerous. And again, im a HUGE dog lover and I love pitbulls too but with so many amazing breeds out there available I cant understand why people would choose a pitbull.
