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I'm amazed at how many people have the wrong idea...
CCM:
Tommy,
Just keep living in your dreamworld. You are completely wrong and have nothing to back up your opinion. Face it, your dog is a ticking time-bomb.
http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/051305/tp5np14.htm?date=051305&story=tp5np14.htm
Quote from link:
Hawkins said he was devastated by Bubba's attack on Merina, whom he admits did nothing to provoke it. He said the dog has never shown aggressive behavior until now.
"He's the best dog I ever had," he said.
Hmmm, that guy sounds alot like you, tommy.
http://www.rosenblog.com/2005/05/24/pit_bull_attacks_raise_questions.html
The term "responsible pit bull owner" is fast becoming an oxymoron....The breed is being ruined by the nuts out there who call themselves breeders, who aren't breeding for good, stable temperments. Anyone who has ever flipped through any of the major dog magazines, like Dog Fancy, cannot with a straight face claim that pit bulls are being bred as loving family pets. I have never met a group of dog owners who know less about their breed, or dogs in general, than pit bull owners. They insist that "it's all how you raise them" and completely ignore the genetic component of dog behavior.
Human affection won't make my bird dog ignore birds; and love and kisses won't make a fighting breed safe to be around other animals....only years and years of constant training and socialization will temper that genetic drive. Animal aggresion in pits is real, and very dangerous, as many people have been mauled trying to save their pet from a neighbor's pit who "just got loose once". Its called re-directed aggression, and it happens.
And the pit who attacks other small animals who has not been socialized with small children may mistake a toddler for an animal...it's called prey drive....the news is full of such accounts.
...When you combine the pit's massive jaw strength, and genetic trait known as "gameness"...the ability to hang on and keep attacking and not back down, that prized trait of fighting dogs.....unless this animal is very carefully bred for temperment you have a very dangerous dog.
No doubt a pit bull carefully bred by a responsible breeder for a non-aggressive temperment, owned by a responsible owner who spends lots of time training and socializing the dog, can make a wonderful pet. Even so, responsible owners of fighting breeds know that they cannot take their animals to dog parks or let them off leash in public EVER.
They don't set their dogs up to fail. The problem with pit bulls is the owners, and you will never solve the problem of forcing the types of people who are attracted to this breed to do the right thing. That's why people want them banned.
Keep fooling yourself, tommy... And don't be surprised when you lovey, snuggly Pit attacks you or someone you love and mauls them.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: CCM on November 09, 2007, 10:35:49 am --- The problem with pit bulls is the owners, and you will never solve the problem of forcing the types of people who are attracted to this breed to do the right thing. That's why people want them banned.
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That has always been my statement on pit bulls... sure, as tommy says, the problem is owners. What no owner ever presents is a way to ban stupid owners. They simply say "don't ban the dogs because of the owners"... okay, fair enough, tell us how to ban the owners.
CCM:
And the problem just compounds when you have these bad owners combined with a dog that is genetically engineered to be aggressive.
Look at all the stories of the 'good owners' and how they are so shocked and surprised when their snuggly pit bull ripped the arm of the neighbors kids. Somehow banning the bad owners won't solve the problem. Pits have been bred for way to long to be aggressive. It would take years, maybe even decades, of proper, careful responsible breeding to get these dogs back to being safe family pets.
tommy:
Why does it seem everyone who does not have a dog like this knows so much more about them the a person who actually has a dog like this? The fact is you don't know a damn thing about these dogs, all you know is what you read online, but somehow that does not include what i say and you only like to hear the bad things that you want to hear. I bet it makes you feel good to hate things for no good reason.
I've told you that my dog has been a perfect dog for many years now and if another 10 years went by and it was still the same, you guys would just come up with another stupid reason why he did not bite anyone and that i am still in danger. It will never end with you people, once you get a bad idea in your head you can never let it go. I feel sorry for you.
tommy:
Read this
http://www.austinlostpets.com/kidskorner/2October/pitbull.htm