Pitbulls in the news

[blue]

I had a long day yesterday and missed this thread.

I realise GO has run away tail tucked but lets have a little quiz shall we.

What does this

And Babe (Love I hope you dont mind)

Have in common?



Get it yet?





Have a clue yet?



Hmmmm?






Niether my gun or Love's Babe are any danger to you or anybody!!!!!

GoldenOwner you are the A$$hat of the day.

Also notice I have my loaded weapon pointed in a safe direction, and yes I know GO pulled a pic off the web to make a pathetic and uninformed point.

 

[Renee750il]

Go Blue!

Can I leave you in charge of this one while I'm gone this weekend?

 

[blue]

Ill be here, Im backing out of this weekends trip to make a weeklong trip soon.

 

[Renee750il]

Now THAT sounds like a good trip, Blue.

Tradeja trips . . .

 

[Payge]

Funny, in all my time working at the Veterinary Hospital i've been bitten twice, lunged at once. The biters were 1. a corgi, and 2. a cocker spaniel. The lunger was a german shep. The Pitts and Rotts were usually the sweetest of all my clients. To this day Corgis scare the beejebus outta me, Pitts? You gotta be kidding, theyre all huggable and lovable and....*goes into a fit of smoochyfaces*

 

[Love4Pits]

But that's the thing, why argue a close-minded, ignorant person when you know no one is going to win. I am dissapointed in you guys, because you (in general) are getting angry which is probably her goal. She refuses to be open-minded, and probably made some false facts that she read in some anti pitbull website (I read in a breed that the Pitbull was the 6th most popular breed, not 68th). I don't know why people are thinking I am trying to defend her... I am defending niether GO nor you guys, I am just saying that you should not get mad at her.

Well i don't really care if your dissapointed I will say what I want to say on the matter.

 

[Love4Pits]

You call this protecting a breed? WHAT ARE WE DOING? We are having this pointless arguement! That isn't protecting a breed! You want to protect a breed? How about saving some pitbulls from some abusive owners, that protecting a breed!

hmm if i remember correctly you started this recent argument telling us how dissapointed you are in us all

 

[WazSupDogs]

Yeaaaa
PITBULLS Are strong Dog
My friend got attack by it
I dont think its a good idea 2 use Pitbulls too

 

[Love4Pits]

do you mean own?

 

[blue]

Or even "live with"?

Again Love I hope you dont mind me using the pic of Babe, I felt it would drive the point home better.

 

[Love4Pits]

Oh no no problem!

 

[blue]

Thanks I appreciate it Scar, I am keeping that pic on my harddrive cause it makes me smile. Thanks again.

 

[Ash47]

This is crazy. I think we all know how the regulars here at Chaz feel about Pits. These are just people who have read what we feel about Pits and want to stir something up. Nothing better to do this 4th of July weekend??

 

[CreatureTeacher]

Well done, Blue. Babe is absolutely the poster child for pittie-types. Bless her lil' heart. And hat.

 

[SouthernPit]

I saw this and had to put my 2 cents in! Pit Bulls are not "loaded guns"! They are actually very sweet dogs with the right owner! It is sad that so many unresponsible people get these dogs and create incorrect opinions in people's minds. That is simply lack of education on the breed.

A dog will only do when he or she is taught. When an animal is abused or used to illegal things, it will turn agressive. I mean If you were starved for food or beat, would you be nice to everyone? NO WAY! You would hate everyone around and probally attack everything around you as well. PEOPLE make them agressive and mean! It is not the breed! Dog aggression is nearly always preceded by some kind of warning, and there is always a reason behind the attack.

We have several that play with my children every day, that are sweet, and that are loving! All of our dogs are show dogs....These are family dogs that make great companions!

I am very sorry you feel so strongly about the dogs. I would love to suggest you do some searching for info on the breed other than negitive! There is just as much positive info you can find! Then maybe you will have a different opinion!

Here are some positive facts!

Pit bulls were used in 9-11 as SARs Dogs..

Pit Bulls are heroes! America's first war dog was a Pit Bull named Stubby. He earned several medals during World War I and was honored at the White House. The Ken-L-Ration dog hero of 1993 was a Pit Bull named Weela. She saved 30 people, 29 dogs, 13 horses and a cat during a flood in Southern California. A Pit Bull named Bogart saved a four-year-old child from drowning in a swimming pool in Florida. Dixie, the Pit Bull, was inducted into the Georgia Animal Hall of Fame after she saved some children from a Cottonmouth snake.

Pit Bulls are one of the most stable people-friendly dogs in existence. The National Canine Temperament Testing Association tested 122 breeds, and Pit Bulls placed the 4th highest with a 95% passing rate!

The majority of Pit Bulls are affectionate, intelligent, trainable dogs. In fact, the highest obedience trial record of all time is held by an American Pit Bull Terrier named Maddy!

 

[RD]

As with any breed, there are occasionally "bad eggs". (Usually poorly bred, weak nerved animals.) I would imagine these are the dogs you are hearing about in these articles. I don't doubt that it happened, nor do I doubt that the dog was aggressive.

Pit Bulls are a very common, very popular breed. This is not the entire Pit population that you are reading about in the hundred or so articles out there on pit attacks.

Why are Pits the ones mentioned the most? Because, really, their bites inflict more damage than that of a "soft-mouthed" breed like a Labrador Retriever. I have heard of Labradors attacking, but they do not have the jaw strength, nor the terrier-like determination, to do a ton of damage in a short amount of time. (BTW, any large-ish dog can severely injure or kill a person. It's why you have to be very careful and responsible when owning dogs.)

It is rather painful as well for me to hear people go ON AND ON about how wonderful Pits are, and never mention the flaws of the breed... Honestly, people, do you -want- to attract unexperienced owners to the breed?
They're not dogs for everyone, saying that they are sooo wonderful all the time just so the general public stops fearing them is foolish IMO. Then someone who knows virtually nothing about dogs will just hear of how wonderful Pits are, and run out and get one, most likely from an unscrupulous breeder. How do you think there are so many "bad" pits out there?! It's not always because they are treated poorly, sometimes the person loves their dog to death but they just don't know how to control them!

 

[bubbatd]

I really feel for those who own and love Pitts and do get the blunt of the bad rap. I've personally have never met a Pitt. There are a lot of breeds I personally haven't petted and loved. I'm not anti any of these breeds , but here in Indiana there are too many badly bred dogs for protection and fighting. I was very pleased yesterday to see a man walking his pitty and stopping by to talk to my next dog neighbor. Being a nosy Grammy , I watched the attitude, connection, throughout. This was a very well behaved dog, a seemingly good owner. Yes, the collar seemed too "metal", but he never yanked . What should I do when stray pitts. seem to need help ??? At my age I don't feel I can go out to them and I feel terrible !!

 

[SouthernPit]

Rip's Girl,
It is the responsibility for anyone looking at purchasing a dog to do research on it first. No matter what breed of dog it is. So, if someone does not read up on a breed, temperment, confirmation, ect, that seems that would be their fault if they were to run out and get one without educating themselves on the breed.

Pits are wonderful dogs. They are no different than a Chihuahua or Lab. Saying people should mention the flaws of the breed, is not really fair.

It all boils down to, any dog can bite, every dog breed is not right for everyone. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to find out what dog is for them!

In all fairness, therefore, it must be noted that:
Any dog, treated harshly or trained to attack, may bite a person. Any dog can be turned into a dangerous dog. The owner most often is responsible -- not the breed, and not the dog.

An irresponsible owner or dog handler might create a situation that places another person in danger by a dog, without the dog itself being dangerous, as in the case of the Pomeranian that killed the infant.

Any individual dog may be a good, loving pet, even though its breed is considered to be likely to bite. A responsible owner can win the love and respect of a dog, no matter its breed. One cannot look at an individual dog, recognize its breed, and then state whether or not it is going to attack.

How about this.......The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictibility is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed.

Does these mean people should be told Pomeranian's are bad dogs? Or are killers? No!

It really bothers me to hear people talk badly about this breed, as it is people who really only know what they hear about the breed that have given them such a bad name!!!

 

[Love4Pits]

So true so true SouthernPit

 

[MyDogsLoveMe]

I am a owner of a 20 month old pit bull and would trust the lives of my 2 grandchildren to her in a heart beat. All I have to do is tell Nalla to watch the baby and she will not leave my grand daughters side till I tell her to. Just like any large bred dog it is all in the hands of who owns them and how they are raised. I have had several different breeds, german shep. chows, rotti, pit, now a siberian husky who is the playmate to my pit. They are raised in a loving inviroment, but they also know the change in my voice and what it means. Responsible people will have no problems in life with pits. Yes they do have a bad rep, and for a while people were buying them to be bullies, but they are a gentle breed and given the chance will be the most loyal pets you will ever have