The second sentence in your post is a clear indicator that the dog would only know how to behave if it was raised properly. Come on people we should know better than to blame the dog, but because of irresponsible people we blame the dogs. Is it because the dogs can't defend themselves or are we too afraid to confront the owner. In reality the dog doesn't know better because it wasn't raised to know better. If my pit bull attacked another dog I would kill her right there on the spot because she knows better than to attack anything without my say so. Those of you who blame the dog should really be ashamed of yourselves and I mean that.
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Originally Posted by Laur While I agree that the owner should be held responsible, the dog is at fault too. Even if the dog is off the leash and the owner is not nearby, he/she should still behave without the owner. I know pit bulls are aggressive but that doesn't give them the right to injure other dogs. I know a lot of people who have pit bulls as pets and they would never attack another dog because I have seen them off the leash plenty of times. That dog deserves to be kept until they can come to a decision as to what they are going to do. He could easily hurt another dog.
This really hits home because I am right near VA Beach and while it could happen anywhere, it's scary to think that it happened not even 30 minutes from me. I can't even imagine what the owner is feeling right now.  |