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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
You can't compare the brains of a dog and a human.
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i wasn't comparing their brain power, infact the mere fact that humans are smarter should tell you something. I was making a comment regarding your comment that pitbulls have an "innate ability to cause more damage than other dogs". I will give you an example that doesnt involve humans. A giraffe has a greater innate ability to cause damage than a ferret yet you are much more likely to get attacked by a ferret and should be more concerned about ferrets than giraffe's
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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Dogs can be trained, but are still simple minded and will resort to instinct at times.
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and thus since every dog killed to eat we must be wary of EVERY dog. or were you trying to say only pitbulls will resort to instinct at times ?
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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
But when I turn on the news and hear about dog attacks, it's not from beagles or border collies. It's 99% of the time from pitbulls. Owners should be responsible for the dog and suffer the consequences.
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and if you turned on the news and they told you to go jump off a bridge would you do so ?
Of course you hear about them more, so they can use their snarly face pitbull graphic. The beagle graphic is lame and cute and wouldnt make the story very interesting
But hey dont trust me , dont trust the news , trust your own friends. I challenge you , go call or ask 10 friends you havent told about the attack about every time they have been attacked by a dog, and find out the truth for yourself.
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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
The pitbulls were working off instinct, something they don't have the brain capacity to control. It's the owners that should be put down, not the dogs.
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most of the time i would agree with you but as you state they were working of instinct that they cannot control, as EVERY dog does not just pitbulls, if they are unleashed and not in control then doesn't it seem silly to take your dog into this situation ?
so now that we have established that all dogs work off instinct and all dogs are capable of injury and that you are more likely to be bitten by a different breed , i think that we can come to the conclusion your dog is not safe in the presence of any unleashed dog. We can also establish that humans are much more likely to injur your dog than a dog is so lets add humans to the list. heh
All i am saying is every dog has the ability to be dangerous , pitbulls certainly no more than other breeds, don't buy into media hype or redneck ignorance. Dont put yourself , your dog or your children in a dangerous situation with any dog and you will be as safe as you can be. remember more people get struck by lightning than die by pitbulls, more people are killed by elephants , mosquito's and bee's than pitbulls.