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10-05-2005, 07:14 AM | #1 |
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| Your Opinion on Pit Bulls I don't want this to turn into a heated discussion, just want your opinions. Do you believe all pit bulls are bad? IMO I don't believe that. For example Nala my little 9lbs yorkie is more agressive than my boyfriends 65lbs pit bull. His dog minds better than any dog I've ever seen. Of course it took a lot of training. Yes, some do attack but not all. And I think it is wrong for pit bulls to be classified as "dangerous" when other dogs, big and small can be called the same thing. |
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10-05-2005, 07:21 AM | #2 |
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| My little peanut.... My Hubby and I have a 55 lb. pit bull he is barely 1yr. old last month. He is the SWEETEST doggie ever. When he was small and even now, he would love to sleep on the bed with me and hubby but in the middle and would try to hold me like my hubby was supposed to, (you know, spoon me)..... he is very sweet and non violent, just hyper.. I believe it has alot to do with the way you bring them up. Some people for some reason love fighting animals I believe it is cruel and unusual punishment for them, but that's my opinion. I love and hate to see the animal channel when they do those rescues.. some people just don't deserve to have animals much less kids.. but just my opinion. Here is my little peanut!! |
10-05-2005, 07:21 AM | #3 |
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| I believe that they are as dangerous as thier human parents teach them to be.... we had 2 rotts, and I was more afraid of my yorkie biting someone than them... rotts are very smart dogs, they can be taught to be vicious or nice. Our dogs thought they were lap dogs (one we still have the other is at rainbow bridge) and our yorkie is alpha dog around here, the rotts listened to her, and did as they were told by her.... (she is the youngest also, well now her pup is) It is all in the upbringing I think.... |
10-05-2005, 07:22 AM | #4 |
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| my girlfriend has a female pit bull.. let me tell you, this dog is the most loving dog ever... never heard her growl , hardly barks. just want to be loved, loved, and more love.... so, not all of them are bad...just labeled
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10-05-2005, 07:23 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | I Think Pitbulls Are A Great Breed I Think The People That Make The Dogs Do Bad Things Should Be Punished Not The Poor Dogs |
10-05-2005, 07:25 AM | #6 |
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| I don't think any breed is bad. You get out of your babies, what you put in to them. If you don't train & work with your puppies they have no idea how to act. If you leave them outside all day with nothing to do. What can one expect. Rotti's are called dangerous too. Well I have one who thinks she's a Yorkie. She wants to sit on your lap, just like Princess. So like I said, it's what you put in to them.
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10-05-2005, 07:27 AM | #7 | |
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10-05-2005, 07:28 AM | #8 | |
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It's the same way around here! Princess is the alpha baby, But Mandy out weighs her by 100 pounds!!! Mandy is our big lap pup!!!
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10-05-2005, 07:29 AM | #9 | |
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10-05-2005, 07:31 AM | #10 |
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| I don't think ANY dog breed is bad. I think it's the OWNERS who are bad! If you raise your dog to be violent, then it will be. I have seen a violent 2 lb Chihuahua and a sweet, loving and meek 65 lb Rotti. I think all dogs need to be trained, socialized and of course LOVED.
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10-05-2005, 07:34 AM | #11 |
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| I don't believe Pit Bulls are bad dogs. My parents have one and Hailey gets along better with her than my sister's 8 pound Min Pin.
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10-05-2005, 07:38 AM | #12 |
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| I dont think all pit bulls are bad at all. I think pit bull are just more prone to have basic animal instincts and act upon them. But most of all I think they end up in the wrong hands. It is my opinion that probobly 70% of people who own them shouldnt and they own them for the wrong reason- they want a bad ass tough scary dog(I apologize if I am offending anyone but I am basing my opinion off what I see inthe news and mostly all the shows I see on animal planet). These people use them in fighting rings, etc and just leave them chained up outside with llittle regard to them. It always seems that people with little money to properly care for them own them, and also pitbulls seem big with gangs so of course they get bad reps. I used to watch animal cops detroit and pit bulls were a huge problem there because basically poverty stricken neighborrhoods were full of them and either questionable characters/gang type people or little kids were owning the dogs and it is "cool" to have pitbull fighting rings there. It pisses me off because everytime the animal cops captured a pitbull(which was ALOT) they had to put them to sleep becasue the dogs are raised to be aggressive and this behavior can not be easily reveresed. Just sad.
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10-05-2005, 07:41 AM | #13 | |
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10-05-2005, 07:52 AM | #14 |
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| I do not trust PIT BULLS with my YORKIES but thats just me
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10-05-2005, 07:54 AM | #15 | |
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