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My friend owns a pitbull show dog that has won countless ribbons. Vey well behaved and friendly. My pug went at mia(the pitbulls name)when the pit wanted to play and my much older pug wanted no part of it.The well muscled pit ,Mia , backed off and just looked at my little fat pug like''did you just snap at me ??? '' and walked away.
Sorry, can't make this thread about you, Woz. I know you're crushed.
I'm curious. Do you know why he chose a Pit instead of another dog?
why would anyone want a dog like this?
A dog like what?
Where you feel like you have to take vacation days off of work to make sure the dog gets trained properly?
Oh, you mean like every dog? I took a few days off when I got my dog. It isn't a pitbull but I wanted to get it properly trained asap. Had it been an older rescue I would have probably taken a full week off.
He chose a pit because he loves dogs and he knows that tons of Pits are put down because people dont adopt them. He knows he is capable and he loved his last dog which was a pit.
Pantherclub pretty much summed up exactly why I think there should be legislation with strict ownership requirements for Pits. Most people simply dont understand dog ownership. When you are a lazy owner with a small dog, no big deal. With a Pit there can be big problems. Most people simply dont know any better.
Yup. Pretty sad.
its on the internet, it must be true
Further identification tests revealed the dog to not be a pitbull but actually be....My linkits on the internet, it must be true
its on the internet, it must be true
Looks like it was a stray Pit. So I guess it wasn't the owners fault. Viscous killer breed.Were you there?Are you sure it was a pitbull?The newspaper lied?its on the internet, it must be true
You should take time off to help get any dog acclimated to their new environment. That is just basic dog ownership, I really hope you don't have a pet.
I do and I did the beat them until they learn school of training. Works every time
Because swimming pools just jump out of nowhere and drown 7 year olds on the sidewalks?Horrible analogy.
this has nothing to do with the issue. animal abusers are just as bad as dogs who attack humans
How about bees? They can attack from anywhere and are very deadly. Lets exterminate them! Whose with me!?!?!?!?!!
or any dog period
Good analogy and I'm all for it. So, how many killer bees and hives do you see in the yards on an average block of houses? None. Because they're a danger. Like pitbulls.
What do killer bees have to do with it? Any bee can kill. They are a danger to society. When I was home for lunch, I counted two of these murderers in my backyard. Bees kill up to 1000 people each year in the US alone. Why won't anyone think of the poor anaphylatics???
Let's get rid of all bees then.
And your analogy still helps the side you don't support since very very few people keep bees as pets or move them out of their environment. Heck, most people kill them and their hives upon sight on their property. In the same vein, if someone is wandering the African lands (or wherever pitbulls derive from before we bred them to be even stronger) and gets killed that's a far cry different than a kid on a skateboard killed by someone's pet.
Just because you call it a horrible analogy does not make it so. Isn't all this pitbull hysteria ultimately about preventable causes of death? What difference does it make if that preventable death jumps out and kills you or you fall into it? The answer is "none" it makes no difference. The only true distinction is that the anti pitbull crowd is scared of pitbulls and not scared of swimming pools even though swimming pools are far more dangerous.
Most everyone has flowers in their yards which attract bees. Hmmm.... OUTLAW FLOWERS!Let's get rid of all bees then.
That is a really bad idea. It reinforces my belief that the 'get rid of them' movement is all about fear and not about safety.Let's get rid of all bees then.
No, the only true distinction is that a careful person with no intention of interacting with a potential killing machine could still me killed. For example, say, a person walking down the street with no intention of interacting with a dog vs. a parent not watching her 6 year old kid walk around and accidentally fall into a pool.Pools are predictable. Pitbulls aren't yet are still owned at a high rate.
this makes zero sense. and with that i'm backing away from this thread or i'll be here all dayThat is a really bad idea. It reinforces my belief that the 'get rid of them' movement is all about fear and not about safety.Let's get rid of all bees then.
i dont trust anyone who doesnt like dogs
How about we make it legal to punch pit bull owners in the face. I'd call that a fair tradeoff.
I am not going to look too deeply into this one but apparently there are around 10 million swimming pools in the U.S. and about 4.5 million registered pitbulls (so probably double that with ones that are unregistered or misidentified as pitbulls). Either way it looks like the rates of ownership are close and swimming pools kill far more people every year.And I am fairly certain that plenty of people who drowned had no intention of entering a swimming pool and drowning but still managed to do it. But you're right, they choose to go to a location with a pool (or any body of water) so #### 'em.
Then they would sic the pit on ya in retaliation
Swimming pools don't kill anyone. Their inability to swim kills them.
So long as we make it legal for the pitbull to defend its owner then I am all for it.
Yeah. So #### 'em.
Nah, we just all get a few turns knocking some sense into them.
