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Originally posted by dig420
and why the HELL would anyone breed pits when there hundreds dying in every animal shelter every single day? Dog breeding as a general rule is a corrupt and inhumane business, Pit breeding, unfortunately, attracts the worst kind of depraved hillbillies in existence. Not saying you're one, just stating a fact. Backyard breeders are the Pit's worst enemy.
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Listen, what I said was if someone wants to get a Pit Bull, it is not wise to get one from the shelter. To make sure you are getting a quality Pit, you HAVE to get one with known quality bloodlines. I am not an hillbilly. I am all for adopting animals from shelters, I just adopted my Kuvasz from one 2 weeks ago. What I am saying is that if a Pit Bull is in a shelter, one would have know whay of knowing where it came from or what it has been taught or how it was bred, therefore puting a person in danger if they adopt one. That is strictly speaking of a Pit Bull, not the crosses that some of you call a Pit Bull.
And I was and am positive that a Pit Bull Terrier can be trained as any other dog, with the proper training, we have done it......not talking Shutzund here, I'm talking real personal protection, not the kind where you train the dog to fire on people and then expect them to go to the school to show the kids how nice a dog they really are. I'm talking handler and family are the only ones that are around the dog....when company comes over, the dog gets put away. At the job site, only the handler puts the dog away for the day and lets him out at night. Period.
Pit Bulls can be trained the proper way and they make great guard dogs. The ones that end up having trouble are from the backyard breeders you refer too, the ones that breed Dad and daughter...etc. In the horse world, inbreeding(line breeding) is somewhat acceptable, in Pit Bulls it is a recipe for disaster.
I am not an idiot, I do happen to know what I am talking about. I know that some people on GFY chime up when they don't know what they are talking about, but I'm not one of them. I very rarely post on subjects unless I am comfortable with the subject.
All I would like out of this is for whomever was going to purchace a Pit Bull, do the research and get a quality dog, not from a backyard breeder that SAYS his dog is a pitt, which is is more than likely not. As a matter of fact, a few of the dogs shown here are not actually Pit Bulls....Here is a good page to read about a TRUE Pit Bull,
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/americanpitbull.htm .
