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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004 You hit the nail right on the head.  That is exactly what worries me! How often have you heard or read in the news that someone had a loving family pit bull, had it since it was 8 weeks old, it was a special family member and was so oh gentle and sweet and loving ... and then one day out of the blue, the owner was taking the dog on it's routine nightly walk and for no reason, it charged a little girl and attacked her? WHAT made that loving, family pet snap and attack someone? And then the owner says, 'This is the first time my dog has ever done this." It's just a little strange to me. WHAT made that dog snap? |
One news report said the pit that attacked the little 5 year old girl and killed her just the other day was frightened by fireworks. You can't control something like that.
I think just about any breed of dog may bite -- the difference comes when one leaves a scratch or tiny puncture and one rips the face up or the jugular out. This is a subject that will always have two sides. People who have always been around them will always extol their virtues and those who know of or have been moved by a child's death or disfigurement will think them too dangerous. I would never be able to live with myself if my choice in a dog wound up costing an innocent child their life. I won't ever take that chance.