I know why people are scared. I'm suggesting that the fear should be put on bad owners. People who purposely use pit bulls to protect their drug business or use them for breeding and fighting, are the problem. They use the breed because they don't give up on whatever they are doing. So they make good fighting dogs. But the breed, away from idiots and assholes, is a great breed of dog and typically NOT violent, but rather very loving and loyal. Like any animal that is inbred, they have issues too. I would not get a pure blue-nose pit. I never said they maul people. I said they start shit.....and in my daily experience, they do. Whenever a fight or skirmish breaks out at the dog park, 90% of the time, a golden has started it. ANY breed can be problematic and provoked depending on the situation. On a daily walk, I used to pass this one guy walking his chocolate lab. Friendliest dog....always friendly with my dog and me. Then dude starts strollering his grandson around and the first time we pass, the dog goes apeshit, and attacks my dog who is on my far side, just minding her own bidness and then nips at my heel. So now, we cross the street before passing them. No different than I've already said. Bad owners, not bad dogs. If a dog is mistreated, abused, traumatized, it may react badly. The press covers pitbull maulings because they can be gruesome. People who don't care for their dogs properly, don't feed them regularly, keep them heavily chained, or who dump them like they are trash, hours after having a litter are the problem. I'm surprised at the number of people who don't teach their kids the safe way to approach a dog they don't know. I'm stunned when parents let their small children run around the dog park, KNOWING that kind of thing can set a dog's impulses off. I'm disappointed at how many people think the leash laws don't apply to THEIR dog. I've seen fights and injuries from all of those and it wasn't breed-specific.
The last one is an Akita. Similar in looks to a chow but bigger. Akitas are Japanese and chows are Chinese. I don't much like either of them. Chows bite frequently like a spaniel but the bite isn't deadly. Lol. In high school, one of my best friends had an Irish named Red, of all things. What an awesome dog he was. Would fetch his own leash when he wanted to go for a walk. He'd get it in his mouth and take it to whomever he wanted to walk him. Always in the middle of every fun activity, loved swimming in the pool. He lived a damn long time. Exactly.
Agree and EVEN their own dogs. Like when they're eating, especially if there is more than one eating and moreso if it's tablescraps. And yes, I DO,and always have, fed my dogs table scraps including chicken bones) @jvalhenson What you think about that practice? Seriously. No one here believes this, it's just not your style to walk around an encounter. haha
Best dogs ever!! So much personality. I have #4, 5 and 6 now. Just got the pup this year. He's a rascal, Dang, now I am going to have to start liking you more. LOL
I would think Austrian Shephards would be more aggressive than the Australians. I mean just going off Hitler.
The one recent attack that comes to mind is the young woman they found in the woods who had been mauled by her own Pits. I bet she was a responsible owner. Things like that make me think some of their behavior is not just how they were raised.
I think there are variables in that instance that are unknown to conclude correctly. She could have been an irresponsible owner, she could have been abusive, the dog could have been a rescue.... I'm not defending the breed as a whole, but I have been around enough of the great pit bulls to know that with proper/ loving ownership, they are in fact, some of the sweetest dogs ever. They just get a bad rap that is more of a byproduct of bad owners.
They're bred for fighting, that says a lot. Pits are also used as "catch" dogs for wild hogs. When they latch on to them a breakstick is needed to get them off. If anyone doesn't know what a breakstick is, it's is a device inserted into the mouth of a pit bull (behind the molars) to facilitate the release of its grip.
