Those damn pitbulls (1 Viewer)

[Super King]

All the pitties I know are big ol' friggin sweethearts.

 

[modogg]

My 7 year-old pitbull may have a torn ACL that is roughly a 4K surgery. is this the right thread to ask what should my next steps be?

 

[Franknbeans]

depends how he/she tore it

 

[modogg]

depends how he/she tore it

no idea. she is a nut and has way too much energy for a 7-year old dog. big concern is that we pay for the surgery and than she re-tears it because there is really no way to get her to sit still and not move for 8 weeks or so

 

[steelerfan1]

My 7 year-old pitbull may have a torn ACL that is roughly a 4K surgery. is this the right thread to ask what should my next steps be?

1 of our cockers tore hers a few weeks back chasing 1 of my pit bulls as the cocker likes to be in the lead during our walks.

I guess we can blame another animal related incident due to those pit bulls.

 

[parasaurolophus]

And you guys wonder why pit bulls have such a bad reputation for biting people....I would too if #### like this keeps happening to me....

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/29215409/prognosis-is-good-for-dog-found-with-muzzle-taped-shut#.VW2ewdJVhBc

All you need to do is read about bull baiting to know that all of these dogs have the potential to be deadly. It is freaky to think that these dogs were bred to grab onto the snout of a bull that had pepper jammed into its face in order to enrage it. If they held on through the thrashing, they were a winner. Think about that for a moment before ever thinking that the breed doesn't at least play a major part in these attacks. Try blaming the owner when reading a story about a pit that locked on and couldn't be taken off of somebody even after rescuers were pounding and prying at it.

Hit it with a baseball bat? Ha, that is nothing compared to the force of an enraged bull smashing it into the ground. Perfectly safe to leave a toddler in the same room as one of these.

It's so odd that you immediately focus on how deadly the dog can be in your first sentence instead of how abused this breed has been for decades now.

It's not odd at all. They are abused so often because so many of the idiots that abuse them are interested in the qualities that they were bred to possess.

A dog that was bred to latch on to bulls (and bears even) is something a person that beats on dogs thinks is cool.