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EDIT- Please note, I do not think that Pit Bulls, as a breed, are dangerous. I believe that with the right upbringing and training, they are wonderful dogs, and the majority dog attacks are actually due to carelessness on the human's part. Sorry but I thought I needed to make that clear in case some people think I made this thread with the intent on giving pits a bad reputation.

The term 'pit bull' is used to describe various breeds including the American Staffordshire terrier, the American Pit bull and the Staffordshire Bull terrier. All three of these breeds were bred by crossing bulldogs with terriers. They were mainly used for bull baiting and dog fighting. Today, pit bulls are now usually loyal and affectionate pets but a lot of people still think them dangerous breeds. What is your opinion?

1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?

2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?

3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?

4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?

5.) Why do you think someone might disagree with you?

6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?

7.) Anything else?


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Re: Pit Bulls: A dangerous breed?

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PIT BULLS ARE NOT DANGEROUS!
It depends how it was raised.Pit bulls require lots of attention,love,and care.If they are raised in a poor environment and abused and never fed it will most likely want to attack anything in it's path,but if it was raised in a happy home and fed and loved it will most likely want to jump on everyone and give them nice slobbery kisses.Take my pit bull as an example,she was beaten and abused as a puppy,and we rescued her in the middle of it.She bites people sometimes,if you mess with her,but if you pet her and scratch behind her ears she is the sweetest dog you have ever met.Pit bulls are really protective,they make good guard dogs.
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Re: Pit Bulls: A dangerous breed?

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I agree. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.
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Thanks.No breed is really dangerous,unless you have been mean to them.
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1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?
No.
2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?
N/A
3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?
There are perfectly valid reasons for banning breeds and those reasons are to protect the dogs, not the people.
4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?
No more than any other breed.
5.) Why do you think someone might diagree with you?
People are generally aware that pitbulls have bad reputations and don't look much farther than that. Someone may have personal experience that has coloured their perception of the breed.
6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?
Yes. My aunt had Golden Retriever that bit the neighbor boy, almost took off his ear. After the dog lunged at the groomer the following week it was put down as simply being too dangerous and no longer trustworthy to be around people.
7.) Anything else?
In the U.S. dog fighting is a serious problem. The favored breed for this "sport" is the pitbull. These dogs lead painful, desperate, frightening lives. If banning these breed from cities that have a dog fighting problem helps the dogs, then I'm all for it. Pitbulls have the hardest time. They have an undeservedly bad reputation. They are bred excessively because people enjoy the borrowing that reputation by having that kind of dog. A great many of them end up in shelters and are then, the least adoptable breed in shelters due to their reputations. The hardest pitbull to find a home for is a brindle coated pitbull. It is perceived as "aggressive". It may not be fair the breed to be banned in some places, but it is not the only breed to receive a ban. It would be better to find a middle ground, of course. I would be willing to go for a licensing process. If you don't have the right license, you can't own a dog of certain breeds. This would remove bans on ownership, but it would increase the work load for everyone else.

Everything becomes a matter of where you draw the line, for yourself and others. What works best for everyone, rather than a few individuals. That is for each person to decide for themselves.
truffles123 wrote:PIT BULLS ARE NOT DANGEROUS!
my pit bull as an example,she was beaten and abused as a puppy,and we rescued her in the middle of it.She bites people sometimes,if you mess with her,
Any living thing can be dangerous when not treated properly. Abuse is never a good excuse for harming others. A dog that is willing to bite people, will likely continue to do so. If it should ever bite someone badly enough, the family could be sued for the damages and required by law to put the dog down.
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Re: Pit Bulls: A dangerous breed?

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I have never owned a pit bull, I prefer larger dogs, but my daughter has a pit mix puppy. I don't think certain breeds of any animal should be banned. I do think some people need to be banned from owning animals. While there are personality traits common in breeds, proper training and socialization for any animal makes it a more pleasant animal to live around. There will always be people who have differing opinions. I have never been seriously attacked by a dog, though I have been snapped at when I unwittingly annoyed some.
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1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?
No. They're not type of dogs I enjoy owning. I'd happy sit for one, or play with one.
2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?
Not applicable.
3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?
I'm on the fence on this one. As one said, having Licence for those that are known to be called agressive dogs, will probably certial those that used them in dog fights. But I also knows, putting labels on the whole breed itself makes it harder to even obtain one. (Where I live, it's hard to get certain things up here.)
4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?
No, I met (neighbor's dog) who had a bull dog, or pit bull mix, and she was scardiest thing ever. I mean, I only needed to look, and she runs off. I only chase her out of my property. (didn't want her messing with our yard). I have also met some more sweet pitbulls by their responsable owners.

I also been doing some shows, One I liked is Pitbulls and Parolees. I never saw such sweetest pit bulls ever. (Not to mention cute puppies!) Other show, which I haven't liked as much, is Pit Boss.
5.) Why do you think someone might diagree with you?
Yes.
6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?
I never been attacked by a dog. I knew one that was, and killed the dog with one punch. He did it to defend himself, and called local authority for it.

I always present back of my hand to any dog I meet. It allows me to retract hand, if attempt to bite, or allow to greet me, getting to know personality. If owner doesn't allow petting, I'll just do smell greet, and comment dogs, it's one of things I do to prevent me getting bit at close range.
7.) Anything else?
Just like anyone said, anything can be dangerous. On subject of dogs, all depends on who has them, how they were raised, or lived by. I even heard of a dangerous male horse that got so bad, because he wasn't trained at all.

I always approach dogs of any breeds as subject that may not like strangers. Those dogs that is protective of owner, I keep my distance. I have trained one, maybe two of the dogs I've owned, they were friendly to people, and always being watched for first few meets.
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1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?
No, but my inlaws do and I have in the past.

2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?
Yes, the one I owned was trained by me.

3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?
I don't agree with banning breeds. There are certain breeds that are more challenging to own, certainly, but to outright ban them is keeping them out of the hands of loving families and in some cases, ripping them out of the only homes they've known to be put down like in Denver. Ban a breed and the only people who will own it are the ones who are doing the illegal activities with it. Do you think someone who cares so little about animal cruelty laws as to fight dogs wouldn't own one even with a ban? Wouldn't they just move on to another breed.

4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?
Any breed can be dangerous. Terriers are a hard breed to own (as most of the "pit bull" breeds are terriers) but so are herding breeds. Anything with teeth can bite. It would surprise most to know that Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers are usually higher on the annual bite list than this breed.

5.) Why do you think someone might diagree with you?
A difference of opinion.

6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?
I've been bitten by a Chow and a Chihuahua.

In the interest of full disclosure, a good friend of mine was killed in Georgia a little over a year ago by a Presa Canario she was fostering and had had in her house less than a week. No one but her knows what happened that night and I would ask and appreciate future posters not using her death as a springboard for their opinions. All of her friends and family, myself included, were already portrayed as villains by anti-pit bull groups for "allowing" a 23 year old woman to "own a ticking time bomb."

7.) Anything else?
As I said, anything with teeth can bite and anything big enough can kill. I make my living training half ton + animals and even they, gentle herbivores that they are, could kill or maim someone. Know what you're doing with any animal or seek advice from someone who does know.
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1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?
One of my dogs are possibly part pit bull, but I have a few friends with pure-breds.

2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?
No, we always get our dogs from the animal shelter, and are always at least two years old.

3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?
No. It all depends on how the dog is raised, not what breed it is. Those they may have different temperaments and such, the entire breed shouldn't' be banned just because of a stereotype.

4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?
No. Again, it all depends on how they've been handled. All of the pit bulls that I have known are sweet, happy dogs.

5.) Why do you think someone might disagree with you?
They might jump to conclusions based off of the stereotypes, or have previously been attacked by a dog.

6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?
I've been attacked by a cat several times, but a dog? Not really. It is much easier to tell when a dog is feeling aggressive.

7.) Anything else?
I really hate the stereotypes against pit bulls.
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1.) Do you own a pit bull or a pit bull-type of dog?
No. Don't own any type of dog at the moment. :t-:(

2.) If yes, then did you train them from a puppy?
N/A

3.) How do you feel about certain breeds being banned?
I disagree with it. While it is true that some dog breeds are bred to be more aggressive than others, it is also something that can be handled, given that the owner has adequate time and patience for the animal.

4.) Do you think pit bulls are dangerous breeds?
No more than any other dog. To quote an old saying, "There is no much thing as bad dogs, only bad owners."

5.) Why do you think someone might disagree with you?
Most people who don't have personal experience with something will often base their opinions off of stereotypes and what they have heard on the news or from others.

6.) Have you ever been attacked by a dog or know someone who has?
Three times I have been attacked by a dog in my lifetime. All three times, it was a labrador. While I do not blame the breed for my bad experiences, suffice to say, I doubt I will ever own a labrador of any kind.

7.) Anything else?
While I have little experience with pit bulls, I grew up with a group of canines that are far more controversial: wolf-dogs. I often come across people on the internet and in RL going on and on about how vicious wolf-dogs are, how they are no different from their wild counterparts, that they are not pets, and people who think otherwise will get themselves hurt, even killed. I find this ironic, because when I think back to my childhood and how I would sneak into the kennel at 7 years old and roll around in the dirt with 10 wolf-dogs, the most hurt I ever got by them was a sticky tongue bath. I take note that many of the people who do have problems with wolf-dogs tend to treat them like zoo animals, locking them in a cage and maintaining a more wild-like habitat for them, as opposed to treating them more like dogs (walking them on leases, letting them in the house, etc.). The thing to remember with wolf-dogs, as well as all other dog breeds, is that they are pack animals, living in a hierarchy, so as owner, you need to establish that you are the alpha, not them.
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