Posted on 09/02/2007 9:30:42 AM PDT by meandog
In the 27 years that Al Chille has been with the Niagara County SPCA, many dogs have had their day.
Lately, it’s been the pit bull’s turn to be notorious.
Between local incidents like the July 8 attack on a toddler, and national cases like the Michael Vick dogfighting scandal, pit bulls have been in the headlines a lot lately.
“We’re getting all kinds of negative national publicity (for pit bulls),” Chille, SPCA executive director, said.
Chille said he’s very selective about whom he lets adopt pit bulls — though if someone was looking to adopt a pit bull for dogfighting or for breeding, they wouldn’t go to the SPCA, since all dogs leaving the SPCA must be spayed or neutered.
(Excerpt) Read more at niagara-gazette.com ...
Most pit bulls I’ve seen were *very* hostile, except to the ONE person they identified as their owner.
INCOMING!
[snicker]
It’s the breed of peace. They’re just misunderstood, and that’s what leads them to maul people.
If people didn’t hate pit bulls, they wouldn’t have to resort to mauling.
As you should. I hope you get even more.
Sorry. This breed needs to be eliminated. One grows tired of reading about random unprovoked maulings of innocent people by this “breed of peace.”
notorious a. well-known esp. for unfavorable
reason
Yep, I’d say notorious is the correct word.
Homicidal pit bulls? Nah, the endless (and I do mean endless) news stories of deadly pit bulls are all just simple misunderstandings, I am sure.
Yes, but the dogcatcher is leaving out an unfortunate history of the breed's involvement in many more attacks and injuries in the past few decades that is out of all proportion to their numbers. Any homeowner's insurance underwriter can tell you that, or ER staff, or PD. We ought to get rid of the emotion here on the site and concentrate on the "why." With the progress being made in genetics, perhaps some could be applied to this problem. We know a lot of animal behavior is genetic ... end of story. How we're going to apply the knowledge is the beginning of another.
I own a small pitbull mix, 18#, under knee high, black with white chest and feet, curly tail, definite pit bull head and ears. The vet and I think maybe something small and a lot of Beagle. He's eventually become a lot less aggressive, calm (and a lot smarter) than my Jack Russells were, not to mention being one hell of a natural rabbit dog! He naturally springs in and out of cover and can somehow drive rabbits.
I say "eventually," because no doubt about it, even as a pup, this little character was extremely aggressive and needed a lot more domestication than is usual. Got him at 4-5 months from the dog pound. Neutering helped. At two, he's a warm, fairly quiet, and very friendly pet. However, I wouldn't feel OK with leaving him alone with little kids. Good with them when I'm there.
(New to the site. When I figure out how, I'll post a picture on a pit bull thread.)
Pit bulls were bred for one purpose - to kill. It has taken generations of breeding to get these dogs to this point.
They are and always will be killers instinctively. Sorry pit bulls loves those are the facts. It is not the fault of the dog, its those who wanted them to be such.
Even if you find what appears to be a calm and gentle dog, they can not be trusted, ever.
It will take generations to breed the killer out of them.
Anyone who has a pit bull is taking a huge risk, especially if there are children. These dogs are not stupid, it is the small and weak they attach first.
attack
By merely stating that pitbulls are not notorious diminishes your credibility. Don’t you know what “notorious” means?
We live near Fort Hood, Texas and when there was/is a major deployment we always had/have an increase in our dog population since the soldiers probably felt/feel the dogs had a better chance of finding a home than surviving at a local animal ‘shelter’.
We have had many different breeds over the years and only had to get rid of three due to bad behavior toward people or other dogs.
This ‘Dog Hater’ DOES NOT ACCCEPT PIT BULLS AS RESIDENTS for the safety of my grandkids and other dogs. You do not know when they will snap.
BTW, if you are worrying about the many dogs at one time, we live on 250 acres of wooded land and have a five acre ‘house’ yard. The dogs do not need to be chained or fenced. They are trained to not follow the cars past our front gate. They also have very cozy spots in my 1200 square foot shop to protect them from the weather. They would find it most difficult to adapt to city life.
Sorry... My previous post was menat for ‘Meandog’...
Pit bulls belong in a Korean meat market.
DALLAS — A new Texas law went into effect at midnight Friday that could put dog owners behind bars for up to 20 years if their pet fatally attacks someone.
Just hours before earlier, a six-year-old Dallas boy was mauled to death by his family's dog.
The mother of Scott Warren said the family had had the pit bull since Scott was a baby.
Kressie Warren said Friday's attack was the first time the dog had snapped at anyone.
About half of dog attacks are by pits.
About 95 percent of dog attacks are by unspayed/neutered animals
Obviously, a whole lot of owners aren't neutering their pits, and therin lies the problem.
Rather that banning the breed, I'd ban morons from owning them.
I guess a lot of neutered pugs are out mauling people.
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