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Originally Posted by roxynfritz  I'm usually not one to be really eye-for-an-eye about it, but to me a pit bull isn't a pet, it is a weapon, and a deadly one at that: to dogs, people, children, etc. There is a pit bull in our neighborhood that caused me to spend a fortune on a gym and now on a fence to prevent it from ever coming near our dog. It jumps its fence and is menacing as all hell...and the family just bought another pit bull puppy. They love to menace people with it, and they get away with it because it is behind a fence.
If people walked around with cocked pistols, it would NOT go over so well...to me "rescue pit bulls" is like "rescue a gun"...no thank you. |
it sounds like you have a very agressive one near you and I'm sorry for that but I have to agree - they all aren't like that -
I'm no pitt expert but my guy neighbors got one that had lived in a cage his whole life and he is the most mellow dog I've seen where I live - I don't trust him it's true
- but I hate feeling like that
I like the dog but due to their reputation I'll never let my girls 'play' with him like my neighbors want them to do
.....but on the other hand - they have him so well trained all they need to do is say his name and he listens. When I say mellow - this dog is MELLOW. My oldest Chanel scares HIM....
Poor Pitts - they have an instinct that most larger breeds don't have - but - ALL larger dogs can hurt a little dog if they have it in their head to do so -
We just had 2 people mauled in Houston just the other day and they put down the dogs. IF pitt owners were MORE responsible - there wouldn't be so many attacks.
I even see teens now walking around with pitts - they think it's like a bad a$$ status thing
- and you know these dogs aren't being treated with kindness -
I guess even a good dog can go bad - Our little dogs can just be too much of a temptation sometimes