My little dog >>> pit bull

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This is a perfect example of why pitbulls suck as pets.

They hate other dogs too much. It's in their genetic makeup to want to rip their throats out. What happens when a 12-year-old is walking their dog and this happens?




Let the flaming by apologist pit owners begin...

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Man, ditto with German Shepherds. They are simply attack beasts, nobody should own one.

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The American Pit Bull Terrier has been bred for fighting since their inception as a breed and continues to this day. The German Shepherd was bred as a working dog, ferocity was not a desired and bred for characteristic with this breed as it is with the pit bull.

Ironically, you would have actually made a good point if you had said Rottweiler, that breed along with the Presa canarios are apparently responsible for 3/4's of the serious bites in a major study done from 1982-2006. The author of said study(Merritt Clifton, Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. and Canada, Sept. '82to November 13, '06) has some pointed and rather startling observations about Rotts and Pits:

"If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price."

Clifton continues with an interesting opinion:"Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all."