Pit bull attacked 81-year-old man in Millcreek
A Millcreek man, 81, is recovering after a pit bull attacked him, sending him to the hospital.
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Where is that pit bull thread when I need it?
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Miggs
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I agree that arguments against pit bull has been largely anecdotal, but as someone else mentioned, we all seem to have an anecdote or two specifically about pit bulls.
I hope you continue to participate as I do appreciate your point of view on this.
However, there are some stats on this
11. 46+ Breeds Associated with Fatal Attacks
Over 46 breeds are associated with fatal attacks since 2016, including Akita, Boxer, Chow Chow, Doberman Pinscher, German Shepherd, Giant Schnauzer, Husky, Labrador Retriever, Mastiff, Pitbull-Type, Rottweiler, and many other breeds and mixes. (10)
Top 10 Most Fatal Dog Breeds Table
Breed Deaths % of Total Pit bull 284 65.6% Rottweiler 45 10.4% German shepherd 20 4.6% Mixed-breed 17 3.9% American bulldog 15 3.5% Mastiff/Bullmastiff 14 3.2% Husky 13 3.0% Unknown/unreleased 11 2.5% Labrador retriever 9 2.1% Boxer 7 1.6%
25+ Dog Bite Statistics 2024 | Top Dog Bites by Breed | Cities & States Ranked
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And I’ll go out on a ducking ledge here and say a large portion of those mixed breeds and unknown were pits too. **** them. Kill ‘em all off.
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Interesting. Kind of heavy handed and their "acceptable" breeds list is kind of lacking (like what about dachshunds or shih tzus, or many other small breeds). But I do like the idea of heavy fees for, and the need to, register big dangerous breeds at the very least. You can have your pitbull if you are willing to pay an annual fee of $1500 per dog and show evidence of registration in annual training for dangerous breeds, at the very least. But I'm still with @Keefe on this, we need to just stop breeding pitbulls.
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Egypt just banned every dog breed except for 10, with German shepherds and huskies considered ‘dangerous animals’ | Fortune
The new law was imposed after a man was attacked and killed by a pit bull.
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Interesting. Kind of heavy handed and their "acceptable" breeds list is kind of lacking (like what about dachshunds or shih tzus, or many other small breeds). But I do like the idea of heavy fees for, and the need to, register big dangerous breeds at the very least. You can have your pitbull if you are willing to pay an annual fee of $1500 per dog and show evidence of registration in annual training for dangerous breeds, at the very least. But I'm still with @Keefe on this, we need to just stop breeding pitbulls.
Egypt just banned every dog breed except for 10, with German shepherds and huskies considered ‘dangerous animals’ | Fortune
The new law was imposed after a man was attacked and killed by a pit bull.
This is a more fair approach. I don’t think a dog should be banned based off his breed when he perhaps has the best personality, no signs of aggression or otherwise.
Seems closely related to racism. Preemptive notions based off one’s own experiences. I for one, haven’t met an aggressive pit bull yet.
However, I’ve also always had a relationship with the owners.
I do think it is smart to have a safety precaution, obedience check, things of this nature because of why pit bulls were originally bred for. But those fees are a bit too high for what one person considers dangerous and another person considers a nanny dog.
Obviously. If you had you'd be dead.
Is the problem the dog or is it the people who buy the dog for its reputation for being vicious? Animals respond to how they're trained and looked after, funnily enough the people I've known who've all had aggressive dogs have generally been arseholes themselves.
I think it is some of both. But there have been so many accounts of a nice family with a nice pit bull who was just the biggest love dog ever who was just happy and friendly... then it killed the 3 year old.
Yes, any dog can bite. Not any dog goes from snapping at someone to ripping them into pieces. Not any dog can. Pit bulls do and pit bulls can and they have done it for no identifiable reason enough times to say that maybe this breed needs special attention.
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This. Well said.
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This has been discussed a lot in this entire thread. Scroll back through to see some entries. Here's one of mine. A bit long though. For the TL;DR see what @Gameface said.
Where is that pit bull thread when I need it?
Is the problem the dog or is it the people who buy the dog for its reputation for being vicious? Animals respond to how they're trained and looked after, funnily enough the people I've known who've all had aggressive dogs have generally been arseholes themselves.