Pit Bulls/Breed Specific Legislation - TEAR JERKER!
 

I saw this on myspace and I wanted to repost it because it made me soooo sad

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Just thought these were worth sharing

Wow, Having owned Doberman's I can understand the other point of view. It's horrible that these dogs have been exploited by some and now ALL pitbulls are attached to the stigma that they are inheriently(sp) bad. I have a friend who has 3 pitbulls and they are the sweetest dogs. I couldn't imagine them hurting a fly.

Pit Bulls are a wonderful and beautiful breed. It's people who make this breed mean because they know the dog is very powerful. That means put harsher punishments on the people not the dog.

Crystal

YOu all know how i feel about this. It tares me up knowing that because of a few people they are now trying to ban pit bulls. You never hear how the small dog or supposedly family dog bites..just pits, rottis ect..
Don't people realize that ANY dog even a yorkie has the potential to bite and do damage. Even a small chihuahua can hurt someone. Thats the chance we take when we invite an animal into our home. Not to mention adding bad owners to that and you can get one very mean dog. I"ve seen shows on all types of breeds where dogs have gone bad. But no all you hear is about how this pit did this or that..It's all drama. If someone came on here and told a story how a small breed dog bit..everyone would want to know what the owner did to make it bite..but if it's a pit it's all the dogs fault. This makes me sooooo mad..
they are putting pit bulls down left and right and no one cares but the people will stand up if it's a wild animal and fight to save it. Some kind of world isn't it..

I totally agree with you on the breed getting a bum wrap. My family has always kept these dogs with no problems. I really think that there are no bad animals just bad owners. People know the potential of these dogs and exploit it for their own stupid reasons (amusement, sport, just plain stupidity...etc). We have never had a problem with our dogs attacking other people.

I remember a few years back an article was published in response to this that had a list of the doggie offenders and showed who was responsible for the most attacks...it wasn't the pit. It just happens that they can do serious damage if they do and that scares people. It sucks that all of the breed is getting a bad name.

It does suck. How would these same people feel if we were trying to ban a breed they love.

I'm not trying to start an argument on the bad breed or bad owners....but in our area there have been as many as ten recent (maybe more... it's hard to keep count) instances of pit bulls attacking either children, other animals, and in one instance, an elderly lady. The children were brutually attacked, the animals all died as did the lady. ALL of the pit bulls involved were, quoting the owners,..loving, family pets. Two of the pit bulls jumped privacy fences to get to their victims....one of which was a yorkie sitting INSIDE her sun room. That one destroyed a door to get to her....ate his way through it.

I agree mean owners make mean dogs, but I am leary of pit bulls. The only breed in our area that has attacked anything has been pit bulls...having them contained hasn't even stopped 3 of them in this area. One instance was two pits involved in attacking another animal.

Needless to say our area is one that pushing for legislation. And if it were my pet, or family member who'd be attacked, I'd certainly endorse it....it's happened here too, too many times. The legislation that you must keep your pets contained, or restained, just isn't working......

If a bear attacks just that bear is put down..if a pit attacks they want to put all pits down..is that fair? What about sharks..gorillas..alligators..labs..they've killed..spiders...kangaroos..chimps...elephants..p eople..where does it end?

Our legislation doesn't want to kill ALL pit bulls. It will make it a felony to own a vicious dog.

So are only dogs who attack deemed vicious or is a newborn puppy automatically deemed vicious because of its breed? Just trying to understand.

people are trying to ban the breed..that is killing them..and alot of states if they are brought in to the humane society automatically put a pit bull down..that is killing the breed.
There was a story on a lady that had a search and rescue that was a pit bull..she was out walking him..he even had his vest on..and he runs up to greet this man and get some luvins and the man beat this poor dog..he cowered on the ground while a man took a night stick to him..this dog did nothing..did he deserve that..was he being viciuos.

awww... these people are soooooo cruel.... I used to have one ..but he was too hyper & I did not have the time to take him for walks all the time... it makes me soooooo sad to see this.... I hope they don't pass that law...... gosh it made me cry so much just thinking what a horrible mistake they would be making banning this breed!!

** P.S I saw this thread earlier but I wanted to avoid it so bad..... couldn't keep myself away .....***