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What's the deal with all the pit bulls?
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: CCM on July 16, 2010, 12:28:00 pm ---Where's Tommy!
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Tommy, can you hear me?
LLUncoolJ:
Yeah, my boy got bit by a golden when he was 3.5 (the last kid he ever bit incidentally). Took 38 stitches in the face...hence the reason I am very particular and cautious. It's been 4+ years since we've had a dog. I am also considering a bassett, those and the english bulldog are the 2 most docile and lazy breeds I have found (exactly what we are looking for).
I'm not poo-pooing the pit breed per se, but I know a lot of insurance companies will drop your policy if you have one. I got dropped several years back in my single days when the insurance company somehow found out I had a chow (which I raised from a pup and was about 10 years old at the time). Once you get dropped, it is tough to get a policy at a decent rate from somewhere else.
eds1275:
I'd say it's the owners that make a dog good or bad. It's more than there just being an "alpha" situation. If the owners are loners and the dog never has a chance to interact with other people you can't expect it to know what to do.
Pure bred dogs have a higher chance of being inbred than your average needs-a-home mutt from the shelter. Pure bred dogs [& cats] have more health issues in general.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on July 16, 2010, 12:47:34 pm ---Pure bred dogs have a higher chance of being inbred than your average needs-a-home mutt from the shelter.
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We had a cocker spaniel that was the result of his uncle also being his father.....man, that was one dumb frickin' dog. I miss him, though.
massive88:
--- Quote from: LLUncoolJ on July 16, 2010, 12:34:23 pm --- I am also considering a bassett, those and the english bulldog are the 2 most docile and lazy breeds I have found (exactly what we are looking for).
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When the concern is that they may make kids think all dogs are docile, you know its a lazy breed.
Even my bassets though (both rescues) you don't want to mess with their food once its "theirs". Food aggression has to be trained against early though, and both my dogs we got later in life.
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