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Originally Posted by txshopper73 This is a cross post from another site...
"I'm not sure if anyone seen this or not but a 1 year old boy was killed by 4 pit bulls. The pits were not raised to fight in any way.. the father stepped out of the trailer for a few minutes and when he came back the baby was dead on the kitchen floor..."
While I think that pits are beautiful creatures, I do not trust them as far as I can throw them. True, in the above case, any pack of dogs could have killed that little boy and it was the father's neglegence that resulted in the death of his son. However, don't say that it all depends on how they are raised.
Another story...I worked with a lady that had a female pit that was home raised. She had her since she was a pup and the dog lived in the house. Always spoiled and shown love yet this dog turned on her son one day and bit his hand (broke skin). He had to have stiches and his hand was bandaged up.
These dogs have more of a history of being unpredictable than other breeds of dogs. Beautiful, yes. Trustworthy, not in my opinion. |
I couldn't have said it better myself. I am a lover of all animals. I have also known people that owned pits that were very nice dogs. I do agree that tempermant has alot to do with the way they are raised however, they were bred for fighting and some still are to this day. I agree they have gotten a bad rap but it is the "humans" that made them that way. I realize that ANY dog can attack and kill but pits are known fighters and when they bite they are biting to kill..this is the scary part. I watched a documentary many years ago on pits...the dog actually ran 10feet UP the tree then lunged out another 10ft and grabbed onto a peice of leather that was hanging from a rope and was viciously tearing at it. And when pits bite don't their jaws lock? I saw this on an animal planet once...bit the MSPCA officer and she was screaming for someone to get the dog off of her they had to pry the dogs mouth open with a board to release his jaws from her arm. Most insurances will not insure you if you have a pit...and alot of places make you muzzle them when you are walking them...some towns have banned them..I really feel bad for these animals as it's because of peoples stupidity that made them this way....