I don’t like them either. Dogs can be such fun in crowds and with other dogs, I always wondered why anyone would want a dog most people hate.
Jesus Christ, get that killer under control!!Miniature Goldendoodles are wonderful critters. I also have a Cockapoo. She has her learner’s permit. You can see how attentive she is.
Look at these killers. Run for the hills!Miniature Goldendoodles are wonderful critters. I also have a Cockapoo. She has her learner’s permit. You can see how attentive she is.
I don't think that it's disingenuous to call them "pit bulls" or "pitbulls". The breeders themselves do that. They specifically sell extra large "pitbull" puppies.
Interesting that you'd single me out. Others are all over you and I'm not.
There's a whole industry that profits from selling the biggest and baddest pitbulls. And you're right, there are a large number of owners that own the biggest and baddest pitbulls as a status symbol. Some of them want to use their dogs for fighting, some just want to lead them around on chain-link leashes, looking like the BSD. Neither of those groups are interested in delineating which specific breed their dogs belong to (I'm guessing they're not a pure breed anything at this point).
Yeah, sometimes people just disagree - that's all right.
This is very true. If rocky were to attack you would have to kill him before he stops. I often half joke that if you walk into my house at night you would be better running into me with my .45 than rocky because there is a chance I might talk you into laying down and giving up, he is going to **** you up and not stop until he is pulled off or killed.
I don't mind telling my insurance what kind of breed my dogs are. Why would i? I honestly couldn't cope with my dogs attacking some 15 year old and damaging her for life. You are absolutely lying to yourself if you don't think your dog is capable of this. It is. All dogs can bite under the right circumstances including yours. I was a meter reader and that is the first thing we were taught in our week of dog training.
Yeah, sometimes people just disagree - that's all right.
I agree that there are different breeds. I don't know what the percentage of pure bred American Staffordshire Terriers or Staffordshire Bull Terriers make up the dog attack fatality statistics - there's no way to know without DNA testing every "pitbull" that kills someone. Guess you could start with the owners, and if they don't know or say pitbull, perhaps we have started to identify where the issue rally lies (which is what I said in the beginning). I'm guessing that number is pretty low though - if only because it seems more likely that someone knowing they own a pure bred dog would also focus on the controllable "environmental" factors that could create a bad dog. And mitigate, yes, likely. Or know because the care enough. Again, those are the dogs and owners that are NOT a problem.
The only problem I have with your position is that you seem to use the lack of ability to differentiate if a dog is a American Staffordshire Terrier, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or some combination of the two, so you shouldn't hold the dogs responsible - despite the characteristics that have been bred into the breeds, and their pitbull variations, for hundreds of years. (yes, I feel like that's a terribly formed sentence) yes it is, but I follow. I only call out the lack of distinction, as it allows the math to make them appear grossly more violent and rampant. And, if a dog even looks like it is, they get the label and the stigma continues.
Yes, it's profiling, and profiling is wrong. Nonetheless, from a risk mitigation standpoint that profiling is an effective way to identify the cause of >50% of dog attack fatalities, and craft an effective mitigation strategy.
Now, if you can find a way to separate out American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers and still allow good breeding (encouraging bloodlines that don't want to eat old people and kids) and dog ownership practices (not fighting them or leashing them to a stake in the ground and leaving them all day), while outlawing the propagation and ownership of bastardized "badass pitbulls", then you'd really have something.
Typically for life insurance, these questions are asked. And many home insurance policies ask about animals, or will have a special animal insurance for exotic / banned animals. Pits can fall in that category.
Update: Rocky has gotten worse with time not better, he turned and went after my wife this weekend when she attempted to pull him away from the front door. Rocky will be taking his final trip to the vet today at 445. It stinks because I feel like I have failed him but I can't put my family in danger because I'm not willing to make a tough decision. This ****ing sucks.
It stinks real bad. If I were a single guy he would be a great pet. I'm the only thing he has ever trusted, the problem with that is I'm the only thing he has ever trusted.
