These dogs should be banned as pets. PIT BULLS

[koda6966]

Oil Patch, there's no nice way to say this so..

SHUT THE F UP.

 

[Dangeranger3]

Oil patch. You are a dumbass. That is all.

 

[Mark_88]

I think they banned them in some cities in Ontario...Kitchener was having a real problem with them from what I recall...but they were trained attack dogs by the same kennel...

Pit Bull Ban

That was from 2004, not sure if it's been challenged or reversed though...

 

[lil red]

idk, iv seen mean pits and nice pits

its all in how you treat them, show them that your not afraid of them and there the nicest dogs ever

my friends dog axel was a fighting dog for a while than was taken by the aspca and than adopted by him, he's a great dog if you learn how to treat him, if you show no fear, he's a big pile of fuzzy love, if you whimper like your scared(or if you mess with his owner) he will eat your face off

great dog

also im talking about a man with 2 rotwilers who, are the worlds sweetest dogs if their owners are home, if they arent there, tha mailman leaves the mail on the porch steps

 

[Nipplechops]

i raise the bullshit flag!

then again, who would expect anything else from oilpatch?

I've usually just ignored most of his threads, but I'll "bite" on this one.

Go work with dogs and then form an opinion, until then STFU.

Oil Patch, there's no nice way to say this so..

SHUT THE F UP.

Oil patch. You are a dumbass. That is all.

ZING!

 

[gatlin04]

Remember a few years back when Rottwilers were the "bad breed"?..... It is just the same damn thing as then.

I used to have a pittbull and she was the GREATEST AND SMARTEST dog that i have ever had.... She listened to every word that i said! Watch out though, she would lick your face raw!

 

[dennis461]

Just the facts ma'am

Dogs between one and five years are involved in more dog bite incidences than dogs older than 6 years. Male dogs are more frequently involved when compared with female dogs.

Mixed breeds and not pure bred dogs are the type of dog most often involved in inflicting bites to people. The pure-bred dogs most often involved are German shepherds and Chow chows.



The list of breeds most involved in both bite injuries and fatalities changes from year to year and from one area of the country to another, depending on the popularity of the breed.



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that a chained dog is 2.8 times more likely to bite than an unchained dog. Click here for a news story about a mauling of a 4 year old child by a chained pit bull



Canines not spayed or neutered are three times more likely to bite than sterilized ones.

We own a "mixed" breed we rescued from a low income east coast city shelter.
It looks kinda like a pitbull or rottweiller.
We have been bitten by it..but we didn't tell anyone.

 

[shadetree]

There are several breeds that fall under the "pit bull" category, but most only see them as pit bulls.

Rottweilers kill and maim almost as many people, and other animals as pits, but they aren't looked on as "dangerous."

Pits are banned in many places, don't know about Rotts.shady

 

[thegoat4]

I like pits. They seem to have the same disposition as boston terriers, but bigger, and less hyper when grown.

I have very rarely met dogs I didn't like, and there is no pattern to those dogs other than obviously being scared of people.

 

[low_five]

My dog is an American Bull Dog, which looks like a pit, except taller and beefier. she weighs about 90 lbs. People always call her a pittbull which pisses me off. She is very sweet and nice to people but she HATES any other dog except my german shepherd. She will charge other dogs if I let her off her leash.

I like to take her to the beach and let her run around so I take her at times I would think nobody else would take a dog to the beach... for instance, when there is snow on the beach up to the water and its raining, I figure nobody else would be dumb enough to take a dog to the beach, but every now and then someone brings a dog off leash and theres a scrap I have to break up. Im pretty scared of lawsuits but the only way she is going to learn is to punish her when she messes up.

the dog across the street is a 200 lb mastiff and it was out in the middle of the road one day when I was loading my dogs up to go to the beach. My girl rushes out like shes going to tear up some ass up and I watch her cause I know theres not too much I could do at that point, cause if I screamed at her it would just get her more wild. she started out all fast when the dog was far away and looked small but as she got closer the other dog kept getting bigger and bigger. she slowed down to a trot by the time she got close enough to realise the other dog was twice her size. she got her ass handed to her that day, but nothing too bad. I laughed at her dumb ass and that has put a big damper on her desire to rush other dogs.

Pits dont make good guard dogs because they were bred for non aggressiveness towards humans. Its amazing how powerful she is. When I get her riled up playing with her, tugging on a rope or something, I cant control her, and Im not a small guy. I wouldnt want to fight her if she was pissed. Its interesting how a man can control an animal that could easily kill him just by friendship and leadership.

 

[razrwild]

I've got Remy, 90 pound pit 3 year old male pit, and Marley, 6 months old dunno the weight. Remy we've had for 2 years now and he is just a big dope. Both of them just want attention and love. We have a 5 year old daughter and she'll yell at the dogs or do whatever to the dogs and neither one will do so much as growl at her, they just stand there and take it. When one of the dogs knocks something over or does something wrong all my wife has to do is say "what did you do" in an accusing tone and both of them lower their heads and cower.

Pitts as a breed are very intelligent, have a desire to please their masters and combined with their physical attributes is what makes them such a desirable fighting dog. Remove the moron owners training them for fighting or not training them at all and you wouldn't see 3/4 of these stories. The neighbors boxer has attacked Remy a few times in the past because he gets out or off the leash but its funny how with Remy not on his leash its never happened that way.

 

[Kona]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/19/bc-victoria-pitbull-attack.html

The problem is with a Rotty or a "Pit" that when one attacks they are hard to for the victim to defend against (most cases). So the breed gets a bad name, but unlike other breeds the damage that these dogs do to there victims is worse and a lot of people are not as willing to jump in to the rescue.

 

[superdave1984]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/19/bc-victoria-pitbull-attack.html

The problem is with a Rotty or a "Pit" that when one attacks they are hard to for the victim to defend against (most cases). So the breed gets a bad name, but unlike other breeds the damage that these dogs do to there victims is worse and a lot of people are not as willing to jump in to the rescue.

This is a big factor right here. The strength a Pit has in its jaws is unreal. Plus their back teeth are like a steak knife. When they do bite, it's almost always a severe injury, I owned one Pit and she was an amazing dog. Smarter by far than any other I have owned. And I've had lots of German Shepherds. The loyalty of the Pit is unquestioned. They typically bond to their owners immediately and are very protective of their family. Mine would get between the kids and the door if we had a visitor until she saw that we were OK with the person. She also kept the kids from getting in the street when outside playing. Never underestimate what an abusive or neglectful owner can do to they psyche of a dog. Any dog can be dangerous given the right set of circumstances.

 

[koda6966]

My friend has a pit. Most gentle dog you could ever know. Even when it was provoked by someone it knows. His father used to come home drunk and kick it, never did a thing. Just tucked it's tail between it's legs and relaxed it's ears a bit until it got a "I'm sorry bud" pet from him.

One day they were all sleeping and someone broke into their house, dog went haywire and attacked the intruder. Literally launched itself off a flight of stairs onto them, biting as soon as it landed. After he had him subdued he instinctively grabbed hold of his arm and wouldn't let go, growling and snarling the entire time until the police arrived. Only problem was getting him to let go. After that he got a steak dinner every third Saturday of every month, and gained the nickname "White Fang" from me. (Read the book, you will know what I'm talking about)

I also had a Dalmatian, very over protective dog. Do you want to ban Fire Dogs as well?

She bit before, ripped my uncles hand open. He shouldn't have burst through the door. About a week after that, she was sitting next to him getting petted every time he came over. They still liked eachother. She also bit me before, and I had her since a pup when I was 3 years old. She didn't puncture the skin, didn't even hurt. Just one of those "Here's my teeth now behave" bites. I'm sure that other dogs, pitbulls, do the same thing. Although they may have alot harder "warning nips" and the people react negatively, either screaming and yelling or hitting the dog. This makes them feel threatened. How would you react when your scared? Even running away could make the dog think your playing, until you start freaking out and they feel threatened. It's all about how it was raised, peoples reactions, and provocations, not about the dogs genetics, that only plays a VERY small part.

 

[chittybangbang]

Any dog will bite.duh