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I'm amazed at how many people have the wrong idea...
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: tommy on November 17, 2007, 04:03:44 pm ---They eat, they sleep, they ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, they play, they follow directions just like you and me.
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Q.E.D.
Justin Z:
--- Quote from: tommy on November 17, 2007, 06:39:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: rovingmind on November 17, 2007, 05:37:23 pm ---
Pit bulls are potentially dangerous
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So is just about everything and everyone we come in contact with in our lives.
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It's not a black and white issue. Why is that so difficult to grasp? It's a matter of risk management. You feel safe owning a pit bull, and feel you have put in the requisite time and effort to control its behavior? Congratulations. I don't -- I have neither the time nor the inclination to properly train one.
The problem is that by virtue of the two statements above, you and I are smarter than 80-90% of pit owners, by a wide margin. In fact, most are ---smurfing--- idiots.
Like Chad said earlier, there needs to be a way to ban dumbass owners. The dogs are what they are.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 17, 2007, 06:26:30 am ---A few summers ago, I was a manager of a convenience store my father in law owned. Out back, we had a "watchdog" to protect the back door. He was a German Shepherd, but must of had something else in him. The reason I say that is because he was Jet black, and ---smurfing--- HUGE! I am about 6 feet tall, and he could drape his front legs around my shoulders. I am now thinking he might have been a wolf hybrid. The funny thing though is that he was the friendliest dog I've ever had ( I claimed him and took care of him). When I first met him, I was very leery of him. His bark was pretty intimidating, and of course his size was too.After getting to know him I was sitting out there with him, brushing out his coat and playing fetch.
Still, one time he busted his industrial size chain. He was just loping around dragging about 50 lbs of chain without a care in the world. While I was holding him so my father in law could repair his chain, he did something that spooked me pretty good. After struggling against his collar for a few minutes, he turned and looked me straight in the eye, then jerked right out of his collar and took off. Right then, I saw in his eyes that I didn't mean ---Cleveland steamer---, and he was gonna do whatever he wanted. I didn't realize it at first, but now I realize that if he eventually decided he didn't want me messing with him, all that I had done for him up till then wouldn't mean diddly squat.
I left at the end of the summer, and he bit a woman a few months later after he had gotten loose again.
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This reads like a ghost story for some reason. ;D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Justin Z on November 17, 2007, 08:30:43 pm ---Like Chad said earlier, there needs to be a way to ban dumbass owners. The dogs are what they are.
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I'm also still waiting for a practical solution to that. All I can come up with is ban ning ownership of the dogs - thus banning bad owners.
jbox:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 18, 2007, 12:23:29 am ---
--- Quote from: Justin Z on November 17, 2007, 08:30:43 pm ---Like Chad said earlier, there needs to be a way to ban dumbass owners. The dogs are what they are.
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I'm also still waiting for a practical solution to that. All I can come up with is banning ownership of the dogs - thus banning bad owners.
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Or you make them take an animal course from the same people who train the police dogs every six-ten years. People like tommy who can't bear to live without their snuggly wuggle snuggle-pooch can go and get the training and then be licensed to own a dog of that breed, while most of the moron owners either wont bother or wont pass. Same thing lots of states/countries do with cars, trucks, guns, heavy machinery, or anything else 'extra dangerous' than a cheese knife. :cheers: