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TANKS,Chet,,,

Blame the puppy-mills for more of these damned things on the street,,,

Gunna be a bloody year...

[familyop]

With so many accidental discharges, you’d think they’d all be recalled and recycled (e.g., made into fertilizer). ;-)

[pandoraou812]

It isn't the puppy mills. Puppy mills breed easy dogs & don't need the problems pits cause. Maybe some breed them but not up here by me. I have worked with dogs & in animal control & shelters many times over the last 30 yrs. What I saw the most were stupid people that interbred pits to make them mean to defend their drug houses. I used to traq pits for the police before they decided to just shoot them. Now my favorite breed of dogs is a Doberman. When they were the rage all kinds of stories were out there how bad they were. Two of mine saved my life in 1982.

People do not take the time to see if a certain breed will fit their lifestyle. If they did & if they bought less on the spur of the moment we would have less unwanted dogs. I don't care for pits myself. I've bred Akita too & I don't trust them that much. If people would realize working dogs are happy working & not sitting around in a small apartment or house & be able to do their job we would have more happy dogs. But no, people need the dog of the moment & don't care it doesn't fit into their lifestyle and they are too selfish to get up & do some work with the dog.

I blame people more then I do dogs for what the people do to these dogs. They don't check to see if it is inbred. They buy the cheapest dog & then they don't take care of it. They don't educate themselves on the breed & worse they let it around their children knowing it could be a time bomb. I never let children alone with any of my dogs & I have tiny Shih tzu now. Children can be mean to animals & in return the animals has enough & bites. Not every pit is bad. We are seeing more stories because the owners were stupid & lazy.