(05-25-2018, 09:39 PM)lastonealive Wrote: Pitbulls are banned here. Wish the same was true of rottweilers too. It only needs a young kid to go near one while they are eating and it could lead to disaster.

So apparently something like the pitbull breed has increased its population 10x in the last decade in the US (due to breeders and the dogs popularity for what I believe is all the wrong reasons- the bad image). The funny thing is every time a pitbull mauls someone 2 things will happen: A. The owner will claim that the dog never did anything in its life and the dog is the sweetest you ever saw prior to this plus it was trained, and B. other pitbull owners/defenders will claim that the dog wasn't 'well trained.' 

As someone who worked in a trauma unit and got to interact with Shiners hospital for children, let me be clear: Pitbulls are, by far, the most dangerous breed to have around kids (even "trained"). They may or may not bite humans more often than other breeds, but they definitely kill way more often than other breeds when they do attack. Also they definitely attack other dogs more than other breeds tho, as that is literally what they were breed for 'gameness'. There is literally no reason for this breed to exist as dog fighting is illegal. And yet people still try to breed them for 'gameness.' And yes you can tell what an American Staffordshire Terrier is, and the lay person can id a pit bull as proven in prior court cases.

Just highlighting a couple of many studies:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication...nstitution
"Pit bull bites were implicated in half of all surgeries performed and over 2.5 times as likely to bite in multiple anatomic locations as compared to other breeds."

Characteristics of 1616 Consecutive Dog Bite Injuries at a Single... (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication...nstitution [accessed May 28 2018].

"Our Trauma and Emergency Surgery Services treated 228 patients with dog bite injuries; for 82 of those patients, the breed of dog involved was recorded (29 were injured by pit bulls). Compared with attacks by other breeds of dogs, attacks by pit bulls were associated with a higher median Injury Severity Scale score (4 vs. 1; P = 0.002), a higher risk of an admission Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or lower (17.2% vs. 0%; P = 0.006), higher median hospital charges ($10,500 vs. $7200; P = 0.003), and a higher risk of death (10.3% vs. 0%; P = 0.041). Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. Strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduce the US mortality rates related to dog bites."

Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication...cious_Dogs [accessed May 28 2018].
https://www.researchgate.net/publication...cious_Dogs
https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3...3/abstract 
"Pit bulls were most frequently responsible, accounting for 39% (83/213) of incidents in which dog breed was documented. Fifty-three percent (150/282) of dogs belonged to the patient's immediate or extended family."


I don't hate pit bulls, any more than I hate bears, sharks or any other dangerous animals. But people don't usually try to have alligators/sharks/tigers as pets. They do with pitbulls. Denying that the breed is more dangerous than others doesn't make a pitbull less dangerous. They are a terrible dog to have around children and I feel personally obligated to make sure that anyone who reads this understands that even if its unpopular. 

For additional studies: https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statis...tudies.php

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