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Originally Posted by nana911

This is a debate that will never be resolved peacefully. It has gotten to the point that some cities have banned pitbulls from their borders. I don't know the answer.

A lot of people forget that the sweet little dog on "Our Gang" in the movies and on TV, so many years ago was, in fact, a pitbull. That being said. While the pitbull is not the most agressive or the most prolific biter, it does seem to cause the most damage and deaths.

The problem is their physiology. They are built to kill/destroy. That is just the way it is. Their head, teeth, jaws were genetically, over time bred especially to lock on and kill. There is no way for pitbull lovers to get past that fact.

Three yorkies would have nipped that child until it bled and hurt, but anyone around would have been able to stop it immediately. Yorkies would not have been 'locked on'. GSDs who would have done an enormous amount of damage, the child could possibly have been saved because they do not 'lock on'.

Most bully breeds, and pitbulls especially, lock on and it is extremely difficult to get them off before it is too late. Not their fault. Sometimes the owner's are morons and raise them to enhance their natural ''talent''. Sometimes the owner's are good people who have raised a loving pet who for one brief instant went into ''predatory drift'' and the consequences are unimaginable.

An 80something woman was walking her poodle in a small town in our state. Walked past this particular residence frequently. It was apparently a friendly, loving pet pitbull, that had never displayed aggression. Evidently, this poodle did something that set the pitbull off, for a split second, it saw prey and it went. It attacked the poodle and in the process of trying to save her poodle, the pitbull killed the woman. She got in the way of its prey.

All dogs have momentary 'predator drift'. All mine have done it one time or another. It isn't pretty. It is always shocking to see that they really are animals. It lasts a split second and is gone. They've never hurt anything. Never got near anything, thank god. There was a thread on here where a yorkie attacked a little bird and the owner saved it. Her little yorkie saw prey. Kind of like a pitbull looking a 2yr old, and for just a second, seeing it move the wrong way and seeing prey instead of a child.

So sad, No answer.

May I add . The first dog in world war one was a pitbull .He had the backs of many men . People will argue about this breed for ever . Fact is The owners of the dog is to blame . My daughter has a pit bull now although the dog is sweet and never hurt anyone in her 6 years . Still she is a big girl and you don't leave a small chaild alone with any dog regardless the breed . Now I will probaly get yelled at lol