Pit Bull attacks

[Betonov]

It's not the breed, it's the owner. Always

This was not a routine house call, this was a raid, something the owner eventualy expected and ''trained'' the dog for that day. Plus, local scumbags have a habit of owning strong breeds that are trained to attack strangers

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Betonov

It's not the breed, it's the owner.

There may have been a time when that was true, but too many owners have breed them for fighting. Said phrase no longer applies to Pit Bulls in my opinon. I've seen a damn 6-8 month old pup try and attack my 5 year old border collie without any provocation.

edit: and accross the pond from the UK, in todays news here in the US, two Pit bull's, that mauled an 88 year old woman. The owner, not the breed? Bovine Scats i say.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

The owner, not the breed? Bovine Scats i say.

Duci, you know I respect you, but on this one, I gotta ask - based on what? Your one encounter with a "pit bull" and reading media hype? Anecdotal evidence is not evidence. I can provide 100 instances where my friends have loving, docile and sweet dogs (lumped into the "pit bull" classification) who wouldn't harm a flea. Well, unless they were scratching at it, but the owners I know would be mortified if their dog had a flea.

I blame the parents of the owner.

[Ducimus]

With only ONE exception, every time ive seen a pitt bull, they're always aggressive.

I note, that all the sweet loving photos that August posted are OLD... several decades old. 1920's perhaps? ALOT has happened with dog breeding since then. Pit bulls today are bred for as their name implies, pit fighting.

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

With only ONE exception, every time ive seen a pitt bull, they're always aggressive.

I note, that all the sweet loving photos that August posted are OLD... several decades old. 1920's perhaps? ALOT has happened with dog breeding since then. Pit bulls today are bred for as their name implies, pit fighting.

Maybe some are bred for that but not the whole breed and even then pit fighting is against other dogs, not humans. I'd think aggressiveness toward humans would be a detracting trait for a fighting dog, at least for their handlers it would be.

[CaptainMattJ.]

If anything should be wiped off the face of the earth, its parasitic (or otherwise useless) insects like mosquitos, tapeworms, ants (especially red ants), termites, wasps, fleas, mites, and bedbugs.

[Skybird]

Statistics in Germany show since years that German shepards are the most "dangerous" dogs. There are more incidents with them than with any other race, also, in a list that was done in 2006 where dog race was calculated (and standardized) versus prevalence, German shepards have the highest risk-index for a bitign attack, followed bei Doberman, Spitz and Pekinese. The two latter are extremely neurotic, I would say. German shepards are over-bred, like several other arces as well, in German shepards it shows in their psyche as well as in certain orthopedic problems.

Although being seen as a typically German dog race, shepards have become rare in Germany, like the other "typically German" dog, too - the Dachshound. We had Dachshounds, amongst others. Very strong and individual characters, I tell you!

Hybrid dogs and Maltheser dogs rated lowest in the risk index list.

[Ducimus]

As far as im concerned, Pitt bulls are exactly what people made them to be, because people breed them for specific traits. Those traits just happen to be the most accomidating for Dog fighting rings.