So by this same reasoning, people that grow up in inner-city America are more inclined to be involved in gang activities and other misc random violence/etc...so those people shouldn't be allowed to procreate, right? They're raised in an environment and taught by their parents/peers that what they're doing is the way to live life, much like SOME pit bull owners raise them in ways that make them aggressive. k.

Wow that logic is so tortured I don't even know where to begin. So I won't.

On further thought, strict licensing would probably be the best bet. These dogs can be used as weapons. I know all dogs can, but strong breeds like Rotties, Pitbulls, Staffie's can be trained to **** a person up worse than a highland terrier ever will. Obviously not everyone should be allowed own/train these dogs and those who defend the "freedom" to own whatever dog is ******ed. Same with regards to guns but everyone with an iota of common sense knows that the availability of guns in the US is beyond ******ed. Pistol for defending your house - cool. Guns from the battlefield - no, just no. But hey, there's just no arguing with hicks some times.

Clearly pitbulls, rotties and the like aren't suitable for people with children and people who've never owned a dog. I believe that should be clear for all to recognise. If you've never owned and trained a dog of your own, no ****ing way should you be given access to such a dog.

Similarly anyone with a criminal record for aggressive behavior shouldn't be allowed possess one.

There's lots of people who'd give a pitbull a good home, but there's so many who currently own them and for all the wrong reasons that something should be done about the availability of them.

A eugenics program is the next logical step.

Sick Glenn Beck impression.

You know who else hated pit bulls? The Nazis.

k, nothin new to add besides

dis mine, she's a shelter dog, apparently now i'll be one of the people saying "but mine is so nice." She hates cats, but loves all people so far including random strangers and 2 children sub 6 years old. Has a tendency to want to tear after groundhogs, squirrels, cats, basically any small game. I'll be working on this obv.

She was found after running into a beauty salon with a leash on, nobody came to get her. 90 days in the shelter then we took her home. She had pups at some point cause her tits are way pronounced.

Shelter puts her at 3 years old, but that's basically like putting an age on a dominican baseball player- i'll let the vet give me a better guess in the near future.



can't quite figure her mix, definitely some american bull i think....her hunting and smelling ablity is really high. I can be walking her and see the direct route that animals took from their burrows x hours before. pretty cool.

How about other dogs? That's usually a problem.

only real interaction so far was with a lab that was off it's leash in my neighborhood when i had her outside on a run.

she tensed up, i looked to see what had her attention, lab saw me, came running towards both of us. I kinda snap panicked trying to get the lab to go away....they got nose to nose then she kinda snarled at the lab. Pretty sure she was freaked out by my energy though as well as being tethered at the time.


defintely will be watching closely and correcting her till i get what i want from her.

Might not be a bad idea to find a good trainer for a few sessions. I know a few people who have gotten rescues with slight behavioral issues and it really helped them.

Chihuahuas are delusional. They think they're big. Even if you put a mirror in front of them theys still think they're big because they go into denial that that dog in the mirror is not them.

People that have children under 8 with a pitbull in the house should have their kids taken into protective custody by the gov.

sorry but this is one of the sillyest things that gets repeated. I like dogs more than just about anybody but these things can wreak some major damage if let loose. You have to take into account magnitude. Sure it's legal to own a rifle, but you can't own rifle designed/modified to mow down hundreds of people in seconds.

My friend a super strong probably top 1% in strength and reflexes said the same about his pitbull, till one day it snapped. If he wasn't so quick and strong things would have been real bad, I can't imagine how a regular person would fair against these things.

what?

i take it english is not your first language?

hah I've got no excuse. It's not my first language but it is my main language now. I wrote it and don't even understand it, some of it is because my phone changes words automatically.

i have a pit mix w/ boston terrier. she is a small dog only 30lbs but has the face of a pit and the jaw strength and activeness/muscle strength. and she is very nice friendly dog but when i take her to my parents house she is there w/ a golden retriever and this golden sometimes will just start barking at my dog for no apparent reason at all and my dog does get agrressive by just barking and stuff and until i get the golden to shut up.



my parents also have a labrador mixed with chow and my dog is very active. both females. well once i got to my parents house let my dog out and it just goes crazy running around the yard in circles and accidently hits the chow/lab dog and the chow/lab dog immediatley attacked my dog and they fought.

other than that she is very controllable i just have to keep her distance from the cho dog b/c it has a short temper. and the golden is a jealous dog that will bark if another dog gets attention over him which makes my dog irritated.

but she loves the dog park and gets along well with every breed male and female. there are a lot of pits there as well and she does very well with them and seeks them out the most as companions.


just my experience with the dog even if it is full bred.

i do want to get a purebred staffordshire but i want a house with a yard first.

to all the life nits ITT pits will never be banned so you might as well stay in the house all day where nothing could ever possibly hurt you....LOL

FYP

They said that in England too.

One famous person being bit by a Pit (or worse their child being bit by one) and going on Oprah pretty soon will snowball into a ban.

i was sitting down on the floor in someone's house when a girl came in with a MASSIVE pit/doberman cross. it took one look at me and charged my face. i started lmao (don't know why) and it pulled up short and looked at me all confused. i ended up playing with it for a while and it left all sorts of bite marks on me. those things are seriously rough animals.

I would rather leave a well trained wolf (raised from a puppy by humans) alone with my children than a well trained pit bull.

Wolves are MUCH worse for genetic aggression than Pits. Pits arent great, but lets not go overboard here.

wolves are wild animals and not trainable to any real degree. even wolf hybrids are extremely wild.

No Phill. Dogs are generally much more aggressive than wolves. And wolfs CAN be trained.

Wolf hybrids are dangerous because they are extremely unpredictable. In hybrid you lose behavior patterns of both the wolf and the dog.