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MalabarJag · 06-13-2018, 07:20 PM

(06-13-2018, 12:05 PM)Kane Wrote:
(05-31-2018, 04:23 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: In your link, a mauling from a pit bull is recorded as one incident, the same as a chihuahua barking at a stranger.

While barking, lunging, and snarling are disturbing traits in dogs, they don't send people to the hospital, and one bite is not the same as a mauling. From HandsomeRob86's links, Pit Bulls (and we know what they are even if they aren't considered a real breed by the AKC) were responsible for 100% of the deaths in the study. Death is a lot worse than being barked at.

BTW, have you been to a dog shelter lately? The last time I went almost every dog there was a pit bull. Maybe that's because they're overbred, or because people don't want to adopt them. But it also could be because they are the breed most likely to threaten their former owners. Probably it's a combination of all three.

I get it.. you hate pit bulls for no good reason.

Dog aggression is what stems violence.
But how you raise the animal matters more.
I could raise 100 pit bulls that would never bite or attack anyone, much less cause death.
But another person could raise a Dalmation in the same manner and it would actually be more likely to attack.

The main problem with "pit bulls" is breeding which you allude to. Overbreeding and inbreeding.

My main point is... the problem is with people, not the dog/breed.

Yeah. Only 71% of people killed by dogs are killed by pit bulls. No good reason there. And I don't hate pit bulls. I just think the breed needs to be heavily regulated.

If you could raise 100 pit bulls that would never bite or attack anyone, then you are not the problem. If you raised 100% of the pit bulls in the USA we wouldn't be having this argument. But, except for a few places in the US, anyone can own a pit bull, not just you.

I once believed the same as you, that the problem was 100% with the owners. But the actual statistics and years of seeing no improvement convinced me otherwise. On average the people who raise other breeds are no more capable of correctly raising a dog than the average pit bull owner is. But somehow pit bulls end up responsible for 71% of killings? Just a coincidence? If pit bulls need special training (as you imply) it is not a fact in the breed's favor.

"Why should I give information to you when all you want to do is find something wrong with it?"