Quote"The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed. Note, however, that they were bred to be watchdogs! The baby's uncle left the infant and the dog on a bed while the uncle prepared her bottle in the kitchen. Upon his return, the dog was mauling the baby, who died shortly afterwards. ("Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog," Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000, Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.)Quote
I agree that pits are not the only dogs responsible for for killing, however, I have yet to read a story where a small dog killed a 5 year old child. I can however post many stories of pits that have killed children and adults. The above quoted story is tragic, but is as much a story of the adult being neglectful as the dog being responsible. I have raised 3 children and have always owned dogs and cats. I NEVER left one of my babies unattended with any pet of mine.
As for the comment about this being a yorkie site, I agree. However, my family has been the victim of pitbull attacks (lost 2 yorkies), and I am not the only YT member that has had run-ins with pits. This is the section on YT for posting "everything else", so I chose to post my vent here.
Lastly I would like to say that pitbulls do "lock" when they bite in attack mode. Dog fighting breeders breed their pits to win fights. In order to win, they must be tenacious enough to "fight to the death". They purposely breed the dogs that show the most determination to never give up in a fight. This involves the dog grabbing hold of it's opponent and not letting go unless they are literally "pried" off of the other dog with a bite stick. Dogs that do not meet these requirements are generally killed and not contributing to the next generation of pit puppies. I promise there are many more pits loose on the street that were bred by this kind of person than pits that were bred by good breeders.
While some may own pits that were purchased from good breeders that loved the breed, it does NOT mean that all pits are sweet dogs that would make great family pets.
When yorkies, pomeranians, chihuahuas, and poodles start killing children and adults and become the sidekicks for drug dealers and street thugs, then I'll start posting stories about that. Right now I post it like I read it. |