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Shouldn’t this be in Breaking News?
Ive read about and seen too many cases of that sweet family pet going berserk and ripping somebody apart.
Meh. Ridgebacks are just so much more awesome.
“I am a Trump/Cruz leaning conservative, but don’t understand the hatred against this breed.”
Not even a guess?
But they kill more people than any other breed.
I have a friend who has a pit female, and she is very friendly. Greets people by snorting, stomping her feet, licking you, and wagging her tail
Bad press......had a biker friend in Laud owned one..thing was a lap dog,played with a bowling ball but I wouldn’t go in that house if the owners weren’t home,,,,,Armageddon
Where’s Chet when we need him?
They’re misunderstood? I don’t know anyone who understands Charles Manson, but I wouldn’t want to adopt him.
I like my neighbors pittie much more than the other neighbors yappy little bastard that I’d love to kick into the middle of next week.
Yeah, well... I prefer a racing greyhound. If we hadn’t moved to an apartment/townhouse when I retired I would have one now.
The bias is due to the fact that at first glance, you have no way of knowing how the dog was raised. The dog you see may be a teddy bear or may be mean and vicious. How do know for sure?
Put another way, if I placed a revolver in your hands and asked you to put it to your head and pull the trigger and then said, "don't worry, it's unloaded", would you do it? Of course not, because "my word" is not good enough when your life is on the line.
Given the capacity for causing horrible and often time lethal injury that the breed is known for, and given that we are talking about a living creature that can decide on it's own when and whom to attack, I would say that those who are prejudiced against the breed are merely showing prudence and good judgment.
When vicious, they have the ability to do a lot of damage. They are not always vicious, however. Some are sweet, lovable pets.
I’m sorry, my lifestyle is such that I prefer other breeds.
I strongly believe that no breed is for everyone. Man developed different breeds for different purposes. I choose to live with the breed or breeds that suit me.
I have nothing against people who have the intelligence and dedication to own your breed of choice, but they MUST be owned responsibly, which takes more than the average pet owner’s capability.
No thanks. Their recent breeding is for fighting and they all too often revert to it.
So, they got this reputation for no reason? And, the dog bite/fatalities numbers are all wrong?
Why get a pit? There’s so many other nice, adoptable dogs out there that don’t come with the danger that a pit represents.
A pit bull started barking at me from the neighbors roof (from upstairs balcony) while I was gardening. It jumped down almost 15 feet into my yard and while it didn’t attack (maybe stunned), it sure wanted to. Soooo, I’m supposed to love pit bulls?