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rip raster · 07-11-2007, 11:01 AM

I really can't believe the ignorance of some of the people in here, how in the hell can you group all pit bulls into one category and call them monsters? I have owned many dogs in my life and I can honestly say that the pit bull that I have now is probably the smartest most affectionate and easiest to train of all the dogs that I have had. He totally loves being around people and loves to play with all other dogs. He has actually been snapped at quite a few times by smaller dogs and he just backs up with kind of a confused look on his face as if to say what's your problem I just want to play. Now if he was the vicious monster that a lot of you are making pit bulls out to be I suppose he would have ripped those other dogs to pieces, but he never shows any sign of retaliation or aggression.
The reason you hear or seam to hear more incidents of pit bull attacks is for one that they are a popular at the moment and you will tend to find more publicized attacks of the most popular breeds at the time. In the 70's it was dobermans and German Shepard's, then into the 80's it was rotties, and now pit bulls. It only makes sense that say out of a population of 1000 dogs of which 800 of those are pit bulls and the other 200 are other breeds you will probably have more reported attacks from pit bulls. Also a lot of times the dog in question is misidentified. I don't know haw many times I will be out with my dog and people will come up to me and comment on what a nice looking dog he is, then I get him to do a few tricks and they see how well behaved and obedient he is. They will be petting him and his tail will be wagging so hard in a circular motion (sometimes I think he may get airborne helicopter style), then they ask what type of dog he is and suddenly he's not cute anymore or well behaved and they usually will stop petting him and take a few steps back. It's just a shame that these dogs are made out to be such monsters when they clearly are not, and even when people see that for themselves they still buy into all the media hype that the dog will suddenly snap and start killing everything in sight. These people don't seem to understand that any dog if not trained properly, socialized or mistreated can be dangerous, some bigger breeds just have the potential to do more damage than others.

07-11-2007, 11:01 AM
rip raster Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Everville Posts: 2,851	I really can't believe the ignorance of some of the people in here, how in the hell can you group all pit bulls into one category and call them monsters? I have owned many dogs in my life and I can honestly say that the pit bull that I have now is probably the smartest most affectionate and easiest to train of all the dogs that I have had. He totally loves being around people and loves to play with all other dogs. He has actually been snapped at quite a few times by smaller dogs and he just backs up with kind of a confused look on his face as if to say what's your problem I just want to play. Now if he was the vicious monster that a lot of you are making pit bulls out to be I suppose he would have ripped those other dogs to pieces, but he never shows any sign of retaliation or aggression. The reason you hear or seam to hear more incidents of pit bull attacks is for one that they are a popular at the moment and you will tend to find more publicized attacks of the most popular breeds at the time. In the 70's it was dobermans and German Shepard's, then into the 80's it was rotties, and now pit bulls. It only makes sense that say out of a population of 1000 dogs of which 800 of those are pit bulls and the other 200 are other breeds you will probably have more reported attacks from pit bulls. Also a lot of times the dog in question is misidentified. I don't know haw many times I will be out with my dog and people will come up to me and comment on what a nice looking dog he is, then I get him to do a few tricks and they see how well behaved and obedient he is. They will be petting him and his tail will be wagging so hard in a circular motion (sometimes I think he may get airborne helicopter style), then they ask what type of dog he is and suddenly he's not cute anymore or well behaved and they usually will stop petting him and take a few steps back. It's just a shame that these dogs are made out to be such monsters when they clearly are not, and even when people see that for themselves they still buy into all the media hype that the dog will suddenly snap and start killing everything in sight. These people don't seem to understand that any dog if not trained properly, socialized or mistreated can be dangerous, some bigger breeds just have the potential to do more damage than others.