Pitbulls

How can you say "no one here is saying all pit bulls are bad" when the majority here that are against want a breed ban? Thats where I get pissed off.

Hey, I think all morons should be euthanized. But at least I know there are morons in every culture, every country, every race and economic class. I mean, just look at this thread, right?

"Hitler had the right idea, he was just an under-achiever."
-bill hicks.

He should have killed them all,
people never cease to amaze me....

And no, that is not talking about Jews nor being racist. Bill hicks meant the human race.

Funny you mention that. I have owned two for a short period of time, both pit mixes. I was working as a foster parent. I had only a couple of issues with each, not worth mentioning. Yes, they can be sweet. But they are unpredictable. That is problem. I have been around dogs, many dogs, my whole life. The only ones I have had problems with have been pits or pit mixes and there have been so many instances and scary experiences, but only with that breed. I just don't trust the breed at all anymore.

I am sorry for the people that love them. I understand love for a dog. But if you own a pit, please just be careful and cautious with them. For their sake and yours.

Your emotions are getting in the way of seeing the facts. This is not about dog eugenics or anything of that sort. At least not for me. I just think pit bull owners need to be smarter. I don't like having them in big cities with lots of people and other dogs. But I am not saying we should kill this breed or totally ban it. I just don't think it should be allowed in large cities. Live in the country if you want one. I just don't think they are safe.

And to go with your argument on morons. No one said pitbulls were retarded, they are more psychotic. They are just more unpredictably violent. Should we allow people who are unpredictably violent and/or psychotic to roam the streets? No, we would rather have them out in less densely populated areas.

If you have seen several pitbull attacks, like I have, you might feel differently.

I have been arguing against pitbulls throughout this thread, but I also want to stress that I value all dogs, even pitbulls. I don't want any dog being hurt, including pitbulls. My purpose in arguing against them is not to hurt the breed or supporting euthanizing pitbulls.

I just want people to be smarter about them. Seems so many people just blindly say they are great dogs because their experience has been that their dog or their friend's pitbull has been friendly towards them. Pitbulls have been domesticated and characteristics have been molded by humans. But we have created a monster in the breed that has a thin line of aggression and violence hidden in its genes.

All I am saying is that we need to be careful with these dogs so more people don't get hurt. Dogs are wonderful, amazing creatures, but they are not human and we have to be responsible with them in many ways. They are a gift and we need to treat them well and make sure we don't put them in situations that are dangerous to us or them.

I have a rescue Pit that's a real one. He's also a rescue dog and he's the best dog I ever had. He's also awesome with my son and other kids as well as other dogs and even cats. He looks just like Petey from Lil' Rascals but his right eye is all brown. He's laying right here by me on the couch. He's also awesome to snuggle with!



I got a Pit Bull b/c I lived in a condo and their high energy dogs and I knew it would help keep me active.


Best dogs ever!

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First off there is no such breed as a Pit Bull. There are associations that recognize a particular breed of dogs that over time have become what they are. Second Pit Bulls as so many like to call them were bred not for fighting but for controling wait for it cattle and livestock and protecting the ranch or farm. All dogs can kill and or maim another dog or human. Some people or trash just aren't capable of being in control of animals or themselves for that matter and have no business even reproducing dogs or humans. So some of you will blame the dogs for what happens when you should be looking at the owners. Any dog or animal that is dangerous or exhibits those tendencies should be put down and yes that includes humans maybe even you. WAKE UP AMERICA

Read alot of MSM do we? Go kill yourself now FOX news said so.

I don't know why we already don't have this in place.

and we are laughing at you because you know nothing at all and in a typical libtard fashion don't have any real arguement just calling names. Pull the race card pull the dumb redneck hillbilly card. It is better to be thought a full than open your mouth and remove all doubt. You might learn something if you just kept your mouth shut and left the conversation to adults that actually know something more than what we see on TV. GTFO out of here with your bullshit. WAKE UP AMERICA and don't feed the idiots.

So who would rather own a Jack Russel rather than a pitbull?

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It's the stereotypical, ignorant knee jerkers who instil needless fear into the public, brainwashing them into thinking ALL pitbulls and their descendants are dangerous. Do some research, then post something constructive, unlike these MSM shortsighted stories we always read or hear.

This article is Australian, but it holds its own anywhere in the world.

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"Selective and sensationalistic reporting by the media may also misrepresent the role of breed in dog bite injury, as well as potentially encouraging irresponsible ownership. This frames the issue as a breed problem when, in fact, it isn’t a breed problem but a human problem."

this pitbull story made headline local news about three yrs ago

local guy walks down road with his male adult pure bred american pitbull (oklahoma pink nose , sorrel jeep ) . he's paid a fortune for this particular strain as it is said to be the most aggressive. it's about three yrs old and he's had it from eight weeks old.

car full of his enemies pulls up , three guys get out, beat him to the ground while dog
watches. they decide he's had enough and go to leave. then the dog snaps, savagely attacking its owner on ground. tears off half his face, one eye and one ear then starts on his arms and legs .


guys who beat him drag the dog off and call ambulance, hop back in their car and dog follows them happily.

have talked to the now severely disfigured ex pitbull owner, one of the bites actually pierced his skull and crushed part of it. tore off three fingers, one ear, one eye and very nearly his foot at the ankle, which still may be amputated. took the dog about twenty seconds.


he can't get compensation as it was his own dog, that cost him $3,000.

one of the guys it took off with sold it before it could be located.

wOW, WHAT A PUSSY. yOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE hOME OF THE bRAVE.

Fear will lead to the death of this country.

You don't say, a pit bull turned on its loving owner. I am in shock, I never heard of family being eaten by pit bulls before. Shock.

dog in that attack was only part pitbull .

the reason why banning them wont work is they'll just be called something else.

i live in rural area, many folk have super aggressive guard dogs that never leave their large properties.

have had one purebred american pitbull myself (again oklahoma pink nose male)

what people who claim they aren't a savage breed forget is they were bred

specifically for aggression. hunting wolves in the case of the particular strain of

oklahoma pink nose. terriers hunting humans in warfare is only a few centuries back

in their breeding

the words terror and terrorist both come from terrier, which literally means unleashed

war dog. mastif means mastered or leashed war dog.



of course these purpose bred dogs are aggressive and sometimes attack and kill

humans. it is largely why they were created.

the upside these days is no theif or trespasser will set foot on a property with one

I live inside a 17x19 foot cabin with my fiance and a full grown red nose pit bull named lucy. Lucy was a rescue.

If you can NOT do these things, you shouldn't own a pit bull. In fact, if you do not do these things you shouldn't even own a dog in the first place. But This is of up most importance with pits.

This is what Lucy goes through every day.

She is walked for 1-1.5 hours EVERY DAY before we leave. She is made to wear a back pack that has 2 full water bottles on either side. Pit bulls need to be exercised every day or they will begin to be frustrated an find ways to release the energy. Whether it be chewing, barking and so on. They are a working dog, were bred to be on a farm and hunt pig's and such, and they need to be stimulated. You should be walking your dog EVERY day anyways. Dogs are pack animals that when they wake up in the wild they stretch and go for a long walk together every day. Every dog needs this, but this can never be neglected with a pit. They have a high energy level and if you can't match that you shouldn't own one. Like I said I live in a 17x19 foot cabin that a pit stays in all day by itself. It is so drained after its walks that it has no desire to do anything but sleep all day.

Your dog must be socialized, you must bring it to meet new dogs on a weekly basis if not multiple times a week. They must learn to be socialized to cats, bunnies, squirrel's and so on. They can never be allowed to go into hunting mode. This is done easily with a leash and a command collar. When using a cat, or bunny or squirrels out side, any time an ear goes up, a leg goes up. They are corrected. They are never allow to go further than that. The dog can never chase and the dog can NEVER kill any kind of life.

Your dog must respect you and its boundaries. It must learn that when you have the door open, it means just that, that a door is open and the dog is not allowed to go out side. EVERYTIME the dog goes outside, before the door is opened it has to sit, it has to wait. Once the door is open, it must stay still until its is CALM. No excitement at all. At that point you can lead the dog out of the house, but you must be the first to cross the threshold and the first to come back in. The same when you got for a walk, the dog can never leave the house excited, it has to wait until it is calm before its allowed to leave the door. I can leave my door open, or when I open my door, my dog would NEVER run out. It knows the boundaries. The same with the back yard. You need to walk your dog on leash around its property. Any time it crosses a line that it cant go, the command collar is bulled and corrected. After a month or two of this, the dog understands the boundaries.

You must have complete control over its food and toys. We do this by hand feeding when the dog is new. If you have the bowl in your hand and feeding from the "air" then the dog never takes it as its own, there is nothing to protect. Every so often while feeding, we do it about 3 times a feed. You tell the dog to "wait", the dog must step back from you, sit, and make eye contact with you before allowing it to feed again. After a month or two of this, the dog can have teh bowl it self. But you must still do the "wait" command 3 times every times it eats. This time the dog has to willfully give up the bowl IT has in front of it, step back and sit, and make eye contact before you continue. The dog is never allowed to be possessive of toys in the same way.

You need to clicker train your dog for an hour a day, every day. Never use the same reward method. Do not always use food or the dog will only listen when you have food. We switch up between treats, her ball which is her favorite reward and just praise and petting.

Your dog should be perfect on a leash, it should never be allowed to lead you. The dog must always be at your side or behind you and can never lead. If you take the leadership role on early, this is easy. Always feed yourself first, then the dog. Always enter rooms first, always exist rooms first. Pack order means a lot and it must be followed.

The dog should also be crated at night. Lucy is not furniture privileged, she has a dog bed on the floor and a crate she sleeps in at night. We take the door off the crate, she is never locked in there. She goes in there willfully. They like a small den space of their own.

If you are not willing to do this for your dog, you should not own a pit bull. We call lucy an ambassador of her breed because she changes hearts and minds where ever she does. Like I said, if you do not have tons of experience training dogs, if you are not willing to do this or cant, you should never own a pit and I will go as far as saying you shouldnt own a dog. These are basic needs all dogs need and all dogs should be socialized too. The dogs that have problems come from owners who do not take this responsibility seriously. But that doesnt mean others who do should be banned from owning this beautiful breed.

Also I want to add, when you come home and your dog is excited to see you. You should never give it attention. It should only get attention when it is calm. I have to ignore my dog for the first 10 minutes, it hard. But by petting a dog and giving it affection during an excited mind like that you are telling the dog that it is ok to be excited like this. It is this cycle that will lead to a dog that jumps on people when they enter the house and so on.

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