To piggyback, there’s a reason these animals are referred to as “the nursery dog” too. Pit bulls are incredibly sweet and protective. They will take care of your children as long as you treat them right
True but also not true. Pitbulls are a very deceiving risk. With a properly trained pitbull and owner the pitbull is unlikely to cause an injury, however if it does the injury is critical or lethal. Low chance, high impact. There are tons of stories about children being killed by their pitbull because today was the unlucky day that part of the pitbulls brain triggered and they went for the kill. It’s irresponsible to own a pitbull if you have small children. Pitbulls are great, although they’re a very challan dog to own which requires a diligent owner.
Ah, yes, the same chart from DogsBite.org that all the anti-pit-bull types pass around like highschoolers passing around a particularly juicy note. The website with an incredibly obvious and documented bias against pit bulls. Surely I can trust their spin on things over the multitude of studies that conclude that breed isn’t a reliable predictor of aggression.
I have no real comment on the aggressiveness of pitbulls. I have a dog we think is a dalmatian/pitbull mix and she’s terrified of pretty much any humans other than us and a handful of others (she is especially afraid of men), which might look like aggression from a distance, but she would run away the second they got closer to her.
On the other hand, she’s a serial killer of small animals and she recently got in a fight with our other dog (she’s 11 and grumpy and in pain from bad arthritis) and tore his ear. So she certainly can be aggressive.
On the other other hand, we used to have a roommate with a purebred dalmation and she was super aggressive.
So is the aggression she does show because of the pitbull part of the mix? The dalmatian part? Is it just her? I have no idea.
I do know I found a dog at the shelter who needed a loving home and I gave it to her. Which is the only way anyone should get a dog at this point.
Dalmatian are usually way more aggressive than pits.They’re a lot more rare than pits, so the statistics wouldn’t show that, but I’ve been in the dog grooming industry for almost 4 years and Dalmatian are WAY more likely to be crazy.
It’s never been about the breed, some people just shouldn’t have dogs.
Is it scarier when a pitbull snaps, than when a Chihuahua snaps? Absolutely! But if your dog snaps at people and other dogs, it doesn’t matter what breed it is, if you aren’t willing to train them to not snap, you’re a bad dog owner!
This thread is full of racist people who think it’s okay to be openly racist when it’s not about humans. If your dog was killed by a pit and you blame the dog instead of the owner, guess what? You’re an idiot and you were probably a bad dog owner too. Some people get lucky and don’t have to do anything for their dog to behave, but that doesn’t mean they’re good owners.
Do you think those people who feel the need to have a certain type of dog to look tough might also treat that dog a certain way to make it aggressive?
To piggyback, there’s a reason these animals are referred to as “the nursery dog” too. Pit bulls are incredibly sweet and protective. They will take care of your children as long as you treat them right
True but also not true. Pitbulls are a very deceiving risk. With a properly trained pitbull and owner the pitbull is unlikely to cause an injury, however if it does the injury is critical or lethal. Low chance, high impact. There are tons of stories about children being killed by their pitbull because today was the unlucky day that part of the pitbulls brain triggered and they went for the kill. It’s irresponsible to own a pitbull if you have small children. Pitbulls are great, although they’re a very challan dog to own which requires a diligent owner.
Until they snap and will attack your children out of the blue. So many stories of good owners with well behaving pit bulls that attack their owners.
No one is going to admit they regularly beat their dog after the dog snaps. Blame it on the dog, put the dog down and the responsibilty dies with it.
So many? Like, a statistically significant amount that would show in an unbiased study, or just anecdotal accounts from social media?
Someone already posted this: https://lemmy.world/comment/15228347
Ah, yes, the same chart from DogsBite.org that all the anti-pit-bull types pass around like highschoolers passing around a particularly juicy note. The website with an incredibly obvious and documented bias against pit bulls. Surely I can trust their spin on things over the multitude of studies that conclude that breed isn’t a reliable predictor of aggression.
https://programming.dev/comment/15126036
I have no real comment on the aggressiveness of pitbulls. I have a dog we think is a dalmatian/pitbull mix and she’s terrified of pretty much any humans other than us and a handful of others (she is especially afraid of men), which might look like aggression from a distance, but she would run away the second they got closer to her.
On the other hand, she’s a serial killer of small animals and she recently got in a fight with our other dog (she’s 11 and grumpy and in pain from bad arthritis) and tore his ear. So she certainly can be aggressive.
On the other other hand, we used to have a roommate with a purebred dalmation and she was super aggressive.
So is the aggression she does show because of the pitbull part of the mix? The dalmatian part? Is it just her? I have no idea.
I do know I found a dog at the shelter who needed a loving home and I gave it to her. Which is the only way anyone should get a dog at this point.
Dalmatian are usually way more aggressive than pits.They’re a lot more rare than pits, so the statistics wouldn’t show that, but I’ve been in the dog grooming industry for almost 4 years and Dalmatian are WAY more likely to be crazy.
It’s never been about the breed, some people just shouldn’t have dogs.
Is it scarier when a pitbull snaps, than when a Chihuahua snaps? Absolutely! But if your dog snaps at people and other dogs, it doesn’t matter what breed it is, if you aren’t willing to train them to not snap, you’re a bad dog owner!
This thread is full of racist people who think it’s okay to be openly racist when it’s not about humans. If your dog was killed by a pit and you blame the dog instead of the owner, guess what? You’re an idiot and you were probably a bad dog owner too. Some people get lucky and don’t have to do anything for their dog to behave, but that doesn’t mean they’re good owners.