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So then why the media coverage on pits? I'm sure there have been labs that have bitten children. Why does the media not blow it out of proportion?
So then why the media coverage on pits? I'm sure there have been labs that have bitten children. Why does the media not blow it out of proportion?
Labs don't bite kids. That's one of the many reasons why they are the most popular breed of dog in the world. More people own labs than any other breed, worldwide. They are also the number one working breed in the world, by far.
I don't think you will get any negs for that. That was a well thought out, educated post.
The last dog my in-laws had was an American Bulldog.
They took her to obedience class as a pup, and she attacked the broom stick(their aggression test....)
The instructor said they needed to put her down, as she was a ticking time bomb.
She lived a nice 12 years, incident free. Just a big cuddle bug.
I took my dog to obedience class when she was a puppy, and there was a lady with a pit there. He was 8 weeks old at the start. By the time class was over he had attacked almost every dog there and bit 2 kids. The owner took him to a dog psychologist and they recommended she put the dog down, that he was a danger to society. This was a 16 week old puppy.
Like I said before, the dogs are popular with white trash and thugs, and they have ruined the breed.
My point was; do you believe that a large number of maulings come from pits? Or, do you think the media is just after the breed?there was a story in the local paper here about a pittbull tearing a woman's arm off when she was out walking. our paper had the class to go back and correct the story. it was not a pitbull, it was an American Bulldog which is substantially larger and not a pitt at all. most papers would not bother to correct the story and a lot of people assume any muscle headed dog is a pittbull.
I agree.Labs don't bite kids. That's one of the many reasons why they are the most popular breed of dog in the world. More people own labs than any other breed, worldwide. They are also the number one working breed in the world, by far.
i know but i also think you're too smart to perpetuate myths like they have locking jaws. they don't. if i had a small child i would take every precaution no matter how much i thought i knew my dog. when my son was very small we adopted a 2 year old rottie that had been beaten nearly to death. he was massive,strong, and a total love bug even with my cats. he loved other dogs etc. capable of great damage but never would have done it. i said know your dog and be vigilant.
pollie is dog aggressive but is very sweet and careful with babies. would we leave her alone with one, no.
I stand corrected, I did not know that the "lock jaw" was a myth, either way this breed of dog latches on and will NOT let go until death (or near death) unlike any other breed. There is a reason they are used for fighting, whether or not they have the strongest bite I guess is debatable and not really the main point here. But the fact that once they get into attack mode they are impervious to pain and relentless, that is a fact, they do not stop! I grew up with German Sheppards and Dobermans and I owned a Pit, they do not compare to Pitbulls. I have nothing against the Pitbull breed, if they are rasied well and loved they will be great dogs, however I still would not trust a Pitbull, or any other larger dog around a small child unless the child was raised with the dog from when it was a puppy.
Its only if they were trained as fighting dogs or are scared that they will stay latched on through any amount of pain. Like I said, I've broken up close to 100 dog fights some of them with pits some with other dogs. In my whole time of breeding I've only had to put one pit down. I bought him from a respectable, or at least I heard he was respectable, breeder for my own breeding purposes. The pit latched onto the back of a Shepard and I tries ever trick I knew to get him off. I finally had to put a bullet in his head (killed me to do it). The dog had never showed aggression before, had him for 2 yrs. I was curious so my dads friend who was a vet did an autopsy and we found a build up of scar tissue between the shoulder blades and hind quarters from repeated injections. I'm not arguing with you Prince, just speaking from personal experience.
don't be afraid to argue with me, if I am wrong I like to be corrected, well I may not exactly like it, but I can admit when I am wrong and accept it.![]()
Mastiffs haven't been a fighting breed since the romans dominated Europe.
English Mastiffs we're actually picked to do certain jobs in England because they don't like to bite. They typically will use there size to restrain until help can come.
I appreciate that, but I am pretty lenient and don't get offended very easily.
The point I was trying to make is that there are other fighting breeds out there, they just don't receive a bad rep.
Because the others aren't shit breeds?