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Originally posted by dig420
they're better tempered than MANY other big dogs, but you hear of this happening all the time with Pits for a reason. How many Dobies or German Shephards do you ever see off-leash? How many other breeds have ignorant-ass backyard breeders in every trailer park and housing project? Go to any ghetto or skinhead neighborhood and you can see Pits everywhere, either running loose or being used as 'guard dogs' by thugs. If these people were attracted to a different breed, it would be that breed that you hear about all the time. It's not the Pit, it's the people.
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The funny thing is, you're not wrong..... there are a veritable wealth of retards owning pitbulls out there, no question. But I somewhat disagree at the same time, because I can think of numerous articles in the local news over the last 20 years where a dog of a seemingly nice, otherwise normal family, tore up or killed some kid, and invariably it is ALWAYS the same breed coming up over and over again. As well, I know I have read comments from pitbull owners in past articles where they say they had trained the dog to the best of their ability and can't understand how it could have happened. "Always been a family dog" etc
There have been many articles, and the opinion that part of the problem is intrinsic to the breed is quite widespread. That said, I honestly don't know what the answer is. A community will let these attacks go on and on or else they put a complete ban on the breed and heavy fines on owners who violate the ban. I don't see a third choice.