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PinkMartini · 08-08-2005, 11:49 AM

Ever heard the stories of a Pit Bull "turning on" its owner when it turns a certain age? That was a myth started years ago by the Humane Societies because they misunderstood the term "to turn on" - turn on, like a light switch, from being puppyish, to being a mature dog. No, Pit Bulls' jaws don't lock, their jaws are built NO differently than any other breed, they're just tenacious dogs. Dogs have strong jaws to begin with and when a dog doesn't want to let go of something it's pretty hard to force it to (ever tried taking a tennis ball away from a dog that didn't want to give it to you?). But Pit Bulls also do not have any more strength in their jaws than any other breed of the same size, so you can forget all of these so called "PSI measurements" that the media quotes all the time and never cites a source for, they can't cite a source or study because there wasn't one, they are numbers pulled out of thin air. Another thing. There are no BREEDS of Pit Bull. Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Boxers, Bulldogs, etc, are not Pit Bulls. American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier are the only true Pit Bulls, in 1936 the AKC wanted to accept the APBT for registration but as it didn't want to use the word PIT in the breed name, they changed it to American Bull Terrier and then to American Staffordshire Terrier. Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers are related but went their seperate ways long ago, AKC AmStaffs can still to this day be registered with the UKC as APBTs (though not the other way around unless the national AST club opens its studbooks again, those closed in the 1970s).. By the way, the media likes to target a new breed of dog every few years, and when the media targets one, every scum on earth goes out to buy one in order to be "cool." German Shepherds were targeted many years ago, coincidentally at the time, the Pit Bull was considered the ultimate family dog. Today it's the other way around, German Shepherds are considered the family dogs and Pit Bulls are the new target. When the movie Cujo came out, all the scum rushed out to get Saint Bernards, when the Omen came out, people rushed out to get Rottweilers, and so on. Dobermans were a HUGE target in the 1980's, and in fact, the first time the "brain gets too big for the head and makes the dog go mad" myth was used, it was attributed to the Doberman. Trust me, if the last breed on earth was the Golden Retriever, responsible owners would still have good dogs, and the scum would still buy Goldens to chain in their yards, not train, abuse, neglect and try to intimidate people with. For example - ONE Presa Canario (a very rare breed, this being the ONLY time a dog of this breed has EVER attacked someone in the United States) attacked and killed a woman in California a couple years ago. In one WEEK, every breeder in the US of this breed had their phones ringing off the hook from people calling them up wanting to buy this breed of dog that was virtually unknown before then, and they only wanted to buy them for one reason (luckily most breeders did NOT sell dogs to these people), bet you can't guess what the reason was? Let me spell it out. Status symbol. Period. The owners are always to blame, not the dogs, and certainly not the breed.

08-08-2005, 11:49 AM	#95
PinkMartini BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California Posts: 1,043	Ever heard the stories of a Pit Bull "turning on" its owner when it turns a certain age? That was a myth started years ago by the Humane Societies because they misunderstood the term "to turn on" - turn on, like a light switch, from being puppyish, to being a mature dog. No, Pit Bulls' jaws don't lock, their jaws are built NO differently than any other breed, they're just tenacious dogs. Dogs have strong jaws to begin with and when a dog doesn't want to let go of something it's pretty hard to force it to (ever tried taking a tennis ball away from a dog that didn't want to give it to you?). But Pit Bulls also do not have any more strength in their jaws than any other breed of the same size, so you can forget all of these so called "PSI measurements" that the media quotes all the time and never cites a source for, they can't cite a source or study because there wasn't one, they are numbers pulled out of thin air. Another thing. There are no BREEDS of Pit Bull. Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Boxers, Bulldogs, etc, are not Pit Bulls. American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier are the only true Pit Bulls, in 1936 the AKC wanted to accept the APBT for registration but as it didn't want to use the word PIT in the breed name, they changed it to American Bull Terrier and then to American Staffordshire Terrier. Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers are related but went their seperate ways long ago, AKC AmStaffs can still to this day be registered with the UKC as APBTs (though not the other way around unless the national AST club opens its studbooks again, those closed in the 1970s).. By the way, the media likes to target a new breed of dog every few years, and when the media targets one, every scum on earth goes out to buy one in order to be "cool." German Shepherds were targeted many years ago, coincidentally at the time, the Pit Bull was considered the ultimate family dog. Today it's the other way around, German Shepherds are considered the family dogs and Pit Bulls are the new target. When the movie Cujo came out, all the scum rushed out to get Saint Bernards, when the Omen came out, people rushed out to get Rottweilers, and so on. Dobermans were a HUGE target in the 1980's, and in fact, the first time the "brain gets too big for the head and makes the dog go mad" myth was used, it was attributed to the Doberman. Trust me, if the last breed on earth was the Golden Retriever, responsible owners would still have good dogs, and the scum would still buy Goldens to chain in their yards, not train, abuse, neglect and try to intimidate people with. For example - ONE Presa Canario (a very rare breed, this being the ONLY time a dog of this breed has EVER attacked someone in the United States) attacked and killed a woman in California a couple years ago. In one WEEK, every breeder in the US of this breed had their phones ringing off the hook from people calling them up wanting to buy this breed of dog that was virtually unknown before then, and they only wanted to buy them for one reason (luckily most breeders did NOT sell dogs to these people), bet you can't guess what the reason was? Let me spell it out. Status symbol. Period. The owners are always to blame, not the dogs, and certainly not the breed.