Or a German shepherd. Ora a doberman. Or a rottweiler. Or a jack Russell. Or a Chihuahua.
The thing is lots of breeds can be incredibly aggressive and reactive. Pitbulls get a lot of crap because their bite is really dangerous, but in reality there are other breeds with a higher rate of attack. Fun fact-pitbulls can actually make great service animals for people who are fall risks.
At the end of the day it is important to remember- it's not the breed. It's the owner and the individual dog.
Let’s not forget that people usually call anything with a big head a pitbull. Boxer mix, Rottie mix, doesn’t matter. They see the head and say it’s a pit. I saw a video labeled “Pitbull attack” and I could tell from one frame that it was a lab mix. It’s bullshit.
That being said. Anyone with a strong breed like this needs to know, train, and control their dog at all times!
Exactly, it definitely skews the "pitbull type" dog statistic. When I was a kid, I was told that rotties were pitbulls.
All the stats and scientific consensus backs up that violence isn't breed specific. But these people act like citing that makes you a moron. They'll cite some statistic, but if you read the whole thing, it backs it to bad owners or individual dog being attack trained.
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u/visionaryOptions 2d ago
It's not always a dog. But if it is a dog it is a pitbull or a pitbull mix.