Reckless breeding got us here, and I’m wondering if DNA testing can help to isolate the Deranged chromosome.
Here in Albuquerque there some 300 pit bulls up for adoption thats about 2/3 of all dogs in the shealters.
Would be hard to eradicate the problem gene now because pits owners often let their dogs out to roam or the pits defy enclosures and leashes and cross breed at will - thats why deaths are often attributed by “pit mix.” Some don’t look much like pits but they have the instinct.
And then pit apologists selectively breed some pits to look like Rotties. There was a news story about a “service dog” rottweiller that went crazy on a bus and maimed some people. A closer look at the story revealed the “rottie” was an adult 40 lb dog. So the rottie coloration was used to pass off the pit bull and of course the “service dog” story was yet another lie.
No, the hunter killer instinct exhibited by pit bulls, was intentionally bred into the breed by English grain farmers, who wanted a dog that would kill off the rat popolations that were devastating their harvested goods.
Mild mannered, non aggressive pit bulls are the exception, not the rule.
Yup!... the same way we screen for muslims ...