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Which dog breed attacks?
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bullymommy25 asked:
MY QUESTION: WHY?
Tony A- I agree, PETA *****! Don’t worry so much tho, if we can agree that all dogs are equally able to attack, and the anti-dog crew starts crying about banning breeds of dogs favored by the wealthy and powerful, then BSL will come to a screeching halt. Like the Salem Witch Trials. They went on and on with lies, accusation, and murder until finally a relative of the governor was accused, and BOOM, no more witch trials! Thanx for yr input!
MY QUESTION: WHY?
Tony A- I agree, PETA *****! Don’t worry so much tho, if we can agree that all dogs are equally able to attack, and the anti-dog crew starts crying about banning breeds of dogs favored by the wealthy and powerful, then BSL will come to a screeching halt. Like the Salem Witch Trials. They went on and on with lies, accusation, and murder until finally a relative of the governor was accused, and BOOM, no more witch trials! Thanx for yr input!
25 Comments
November 16th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Well i think that any dog i Capable of attacking
i remember when i was a kid and had to walk to school this little silky would come running out of a house and bite me all the time i was so scaried of this dog. i even tried sneaking but it all ways seemed to know i was coming
November 17th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Because people are mean and ignorant!!!
November 17th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Are you saying that Pitt Bulls NEVER attacks!!
November 19th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Thanks so much for putting this up here. I **** seeing people shy away from my pit as soon as I tell them what he is [even if moments before they were petting him and playing with him].
Answer to your question: It sells. Fear is a weapon, and it sells. The media love hype.
Renee:
Not once in that did the poster say pits don’t attack.
Point is, every dog is capable of attacking.
Blame the deed, not the breed.
There’s only one ‘t’ in pit.
November 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
As pointed out in your very long question, any dog breed can attack. It depends on how they are raised and trained.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Because when any animal is threatened they have a defense. Dogs attack for a reason, instinct or they were taught how to do this. Alot of times the only reason people can now tell a Chihuahua from a GSD is because of Paris Hilton. Its funny, you can ask 100 people if they can pick the pitbull, they can’t. Education is our failure here, everyone. If you are going to own animals, research them. Not only the breed but the species. It can’t hurt.
November 21st, 2009 at 4:50 am
Why what? Why use pit bulls as the scapegoat; that’s easy, they are a powerful, misunderstood breed. Why not cover all dog attacks equally; because that wouldn’t line the pockets of the publisher/reporter/editor. Why pick on any dog; lack of intelligent news to cover. Dog attacks make headlines, dog attacks involving pit bulls make more headlines.
Retarded and unfair as it is, until everyone realizes that their breed may be next and fights against the media nothing will change.
November 21st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
GREAT post. More people need to be aware of the fact that ANY dog of ANY breed can bite/attack. They all have teeth, they all have instincts and any breed can have stupid owners/breeders/trainers.
I blame the media for sensationalizing and spreading BS.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 am
Well the same people who think only Pit Bulls attack and revel in these stores stories are the same ones who think that Britney Spears is the only bad mother in the world . People are drawn to sensationalism, plain and simple.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Keep up the good work! My pittie and me thank you!
I have people shy away from him too AFTER they find out that he’s half pittie.
There is a lady who has been in the news a lot because she had a face transplant in France. She got mauled by her own dog…it was a lab.
It’s because of what the previous poster said..sensationalism. Children get molested all the time and that’s very sad but if a teacher or priest does it, you can bet it’s going to make national news. It’s the same with dog attacks. They happen all the time but if it’s a pitbull..it makes national headlines..
November 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
A dog that is not trained properly, socialized correctly, or given proper leadership throughout his life is very likely to attack.
Dogs attack to protect themselves and/or their people, not just because of their breed or gender.
Pit Bulls were originally bred to FIGHT, so yes, there are still some of these lines in today’s pit bulls. But if you get a Pit Bull puppy and correctly train and socialize him, he will grow to become a well-mannered canine citizen. Those who purchase Pit Bull puppies who still have fighting lines in their genes, and then proceed to NOT properly raise and train it, will most likely subsequently have an unruly dog on their hands who is more likely to bite when provoked, no matter how big or small the prompt is.
If you train your dog to attack, he will attack.
If you train your dog to have manners and act appropriately around ALL situations, he will be a well-behaved dog.
The more a dog is abused, mistreated, ignored, taunted, and so on, the more likely he is to attack.
November 29th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Because blood and drama sell papers and net viewers. People don’t want to hear about all the good and positive things that happen on a daily basis, they want their daily dose of drama.
Pits are also generally associated with society’s “bad” crowd. They are lumped in with the whole gangsta, ghetto tough guy image. People around here have trouble believing that I, a 25yo white middle-class female would even WANT to share my home with one of ‘those’ dogs.
There are no easy answers, I wish there were. I wish that I could come up with that one thing, that one idea that would stop the public vilification of my chosen breed. I do my part by fighting BSL where ever it pops up, by training my girl to be a breed ambassador, by taking her into the public as a true example of what the breed should be. She’s a registered therapy dog, has her CGC, TT and a ton of obedience titles but I still have to worry about waking up tomorrow and losing her to a breed ban. I guess I just have to do the best I can to never give up the fight to keep my girl because I know she would never give up on me.
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Dogs attacking humans has nothing to do with breed. It has to do with poor handling. I’ve seen chichi’s that will attack, but they are so small nobody notices. The problems with pits is they are very dedicated to holding on and have the strongest bites in the canine world. The media has zeroed in on them because so many of the wrong kind of people favor them for their illegal activities. They are what they are, it’s just ashame people abuse their abilities.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Great Post, i feel what you are saying, but it’s just America…
December 4th, 2009 at 4:10 am
Why? … Because those that are anti-dog know they can get the needs of their agenda met (to ban dogs as pets) by having folks like you make the case that all dogs bite, therefore the pitbull terrier should not be singled out.
If we can agree that all breeds of dogs bite, then as a matter of public safety … all breeds should be banned. You just made anti-dog proponents very happy! Good for you.
Tony A-
Edit - No … its not the same as the Salem witch hunts - because there never were any real witches.
Look, THE best response to BSL are discriminately bred dogs in the custody of responsible people. Find a way to achieve that and we will save the breed.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:26 am
If it has teeth, it can bite. So lets see, all dogs have teeth……..
December 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I am assuming you mean ‘why’ do you see so many reports of attacks by pit bull or pit bull mix dogs…. This breed has gained popularity with a number of factions that only want vicious dogs so they are being bred indiscrimanently and ignorantly. They are being owned by irresponsible owners that don’t know how to train their own selves much less an animal that can out think them. So you have many dogs that will attack because they are breed ignorantly and unstable. There are representatives of the breed that are not unstable or ignorantly bred but the vast majority of those being bred and owned at this time are being poorly bred and the temperament goes by the wayside. With the rise of popularity and irresponsible owners will come these attacks. Just the way it is.
add: NO it is not ‘just America’ - these breeds are actually banned in many parts of Europe because ignorance and irresponsibility knows no boundaries. Actually the restrictions on breeds/dogs are much more stringent in other countries than in America right now because of many serious bite incidents. Just another example of how ignorance breeds this sort of stuff.. ‘just America’ hahaha wrongo buddy…
December 9th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Any dog will attack, it is the severity of the attack. A bite is a lot different then being malled and having your own dog killed for trying to stop it.
Pits do go off in my opinion more often and more severe that most other breeds.
I am not trying to say that a pit is a bad dog but it does need more attention and training than most people are willing to give them.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:00 am
cause ‘PIT BULL ATTACK’ is an eye catcher.
miss understood breed with to many poor owners of it. and many other breeds….its a dog problem not just one/a few breeds. It is a training problem. so it is more a HUMAN problem.
belame the deed, not the breed!
and the owner should be held more accountable for what their dog does.
i didn’t see the one where a pit bull puppy and a ferret were left to roam the house and chewed a newborn’s toes off, while the parnets slept?????????? i say it was the ferret.. how could anyone sleep through that? that baby had to screaming!
*EDIT*
I love the salem witch trail example! So true! LOL
December 13th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Thank you for this post. I LOVE it!!! I think the media prematurely headlines ANY dog related case as a “PIT BULL ATTACK!!!” Because it gets attention. They are all just competing for ratings, and ALL pit bulls suffer from this. I am so glad I read this. Thank you again for posting it.
*I still think some people are set in their ways, and will ignore every bit of this. They continue to believe what they want to believe, and ignore the information layed out in front of them.
** I just wanted to add one more thing that just came to my mind. I am a veterinary technician, and I went to a two day seminar about animal behavior. The animal behaviorist that was teaching us gave MANY examples, and showed many videos of dangerously aggressive dogs that they had worked with. You know, Not One of the dogs was a Pit Bull. She does positive reenforcement training, clicker training, desensitization, socialization, and other positive ways of behavior modification. She said that Pit Bulls are actually one of the easiest breeds to work with because of their high drive to please people.
December 13th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Everyone thinks that pits and so bad well in fact those dogs depand on how they are rasised not every pit is mean it just depands.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I think any dog can attack I think it is the way the are raised and treated as puppies. Some breeds are known just for it. Myself I would never own a pit bull.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
your absolutly right
i have a pitbull & he is the friendliest dog , he wil cuddle & he NEVER has snapped , thats because i trained him well
now say when he was a puppy i let him bite & jump on people because ” it was cute” then he would think its okay to bite & attack people now
December 18th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
where were you last year. lol. I did on a project on dog attacks. I am still not entirely sure why pit bulls get the most attention. Truth is they are actually very sweet dogs, it’s just that most people train them to fight other dogs, and just like any animal that has been abused, they will either become aggressive toward people or be afraid of them. There are a lot of stories about dog attacks, and they are not all pit bull ones. It is a shame though that they are categorized in such a way due to some people’s cruelty. Here is a website to a list of which breeds byte the most, or at least in Montgomery.
December 18th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Great Post! Lots of good info . It’s nice to see someone with info to back up their claims. And to answer the “small” part of the question, lol ANY dog can attack!