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Originally posted by Bulldog-Johnnie
I agree 100% with about poorly socialized dogs of any breed being dangerous. However, I keep very large yards of dogs and the safest way to keep them is on chains.
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I would guess you have a lot of land in a rural area?
too much land to fence in?
I still have mixed feelings about breeding dogs this way.
or do you keep them for hunting?
IMHO if you cannot spend the $$$ on proper fencing & kenneling,
I would just keep fewer dogs.
:shrug: assuming you spend a lot of time with the dogs,
putting them on a 50-100ft chain at other times may be ok.
I don't know you; so it's hard to judge the situation.
Regardless, chained up dogs in urban areas don't do so well.
They are usually just chained up on short leads and forgotten;
left to 'gaurd' the masters stash / used car parts lot.
Or worse, multiple dogs are chained up barely out of reach of
eachother and left to build up aggression.
I think all dogs deserve to live inside with their family,
and are less inclined to develop antisocial behavior that way.
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Originally posted by Bulldog-Johnnie
Still we are led to believe that the dog was indeed a Pitbull. A few years ago I requestioned the CDC's report on dog bites and the vast majority of dogs initially identified as Pitbulls were not actually Pitbulls at all. Even if the dog was a Pitbull does that relieve the parents responsibility for keeping an eye on their child. If the dog was a Dalmation, Chow, (both resposnsible for an inordinate number or attcks on children) or some other breed would the story have made the paper? Unfortunately, I would think not.
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agreed.
Most people are not familiar with all the different breeds;
(including police and shelter staff and reporters)
so american bulldogs, bullterriers, staffordshire terriers,
argentino dogos, boxers, mastiffs, bullmastiffs, short haired labs,
and most mutts end up being called "pitbulls" in the event of a bite.
It make a better headline.
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A few years ago a New York Post story told of a man who was attacked and severely bitten on the leg by another breed of dog. He called the local media, but they didn't find it exciting enough to report. So a few days later, out of curiosity, he falsely told the same story to the same media, but this time he said that the dog was a pit bull. Three television news stations and four newspapers sent reporters immediately.
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The myth the media has created of the monsterous "pitbull" gets
people emotional (and encourages ghetto fucktards to pick this breed);
despite the fact that this animal is very medium sized dog and one of the
people-friendlier breeds by nature.
(historically, when they were used to fight eachother, people had to be able
to step into the ring and break it up without the dogs turning on them)
And no, they don't have "locking jaws" either.
They are anatomically like all other dogs. They are not crocodiles.
Do you think tens of thousands of people would keep them as family pets
if they were really evil/dangerous?
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The media's image of the American pit bull terrier as a natural human aggressor is attention grabbing, but false. Pit bulls were never bred to attack people. True, they can be quick to test their mettle with other dogs. But animal aggression is very different from human aggression.. If animal aggression translated into human aggression, authorities would need to outlaw most dog breeds-the gentle Irish wolfhound, bred to kill wolves; the beautiful Scottish deerhound, developed to take down deer; and nearly all of the terriers that were (and are) deadly rodent hunters. In spite of a propensity to challenge other dogs, the typical American pit bull terrier is stable and reliable with people. As a matter of fact, the true ambassador of this breed loves people. Any display of human aggression, whether due to genetic mischance or bad environment, is an aberration.
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Several American pit bull terriers now work with U.S. Customs as drug-sniffing and bomb-sniffing dogs. These include Popsicle. He was originally found wounded, bloody, undernourished and near death, abandoned in a freezer on a drug dealer's back porch. Now Popsicle makes his mark helping federal agents sniff out the kind of bad guy who nearly killed him. Then there is Kris Crawford, whose three search-and-rescue pit bulls save lives as members of the California Rescue Dog Association. Throughout America, hundreds of pit bulls visit nursing homes, hospitals and schools as Certified Therapy Dogs.
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I think your dog shoud legally be considered an extension of its owner.
If it bites someone; charge the owner with assault.
If it kills someone; charge the owner with manslaughter.
Watch those Animal Cops shows; people usually get away with
horrendous abuse, or only get a fine, or
maybe 30 days in jail.
They think they can get away with it; and they usually do.
But even the worst abused dogs are, more often than not,
loving and gentle to the shelter staff who rescued them.
It's really sad the the ghettoization of america is now affecting other species.
Sader still that local governments are being encouraged by an ignorant public
to punish whole breeds instead of the individuals responsible.
A dogs breed/appearance is no indicator of its personality.
People calling for genocide of any breed are just misinformed bigots.