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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
It's the stigma that surrounds the breed that makes them a better candidate for the role of guard dog. People are afraid of them. That's why more are used for that job. Thats why there are more attacks. It's not like there are packs of them running around. There isn't.
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I don't believe I suggested anywhere that there were packs of them out there, but I suppose it's a valid point of sorts.
But that's the bulk of the problem with this breed entirely, that too many redneck, trailortrash, or lowlifes of one sort or another get them as guard dogs, train them minimaly or not at all, and said training is to bring out their agression of course. Like I said, it is these types that are going to get the entire breed banned.
Idiots who leave their pb tied or chained in the yard all day and neglect him/her.
Mullet-wearing morons who get pb's "because they're cool" and they intimidate the neighbors
Idiots who just don't know what they're doing and get a pb as a family pet, not having the least clue how to properly train a dog.
Some say pitbulls get a bad rap in the media. All I can say is that every single dog attack that gets reported and where someone got injured all make the news here, not just those involving pitbulls. ALL. It just so happens that most (as in more than half) do involve pitbulls. Thus people are sick of hearing about them.
I would agree about punishing the owners more rather than an outright banning, but either way something has to be done. I hazard a good guess a lot of goverments are leaning towards going the banning route though.