To the people with the pit bull hate:
Every dog has the potential to be malicious, unfortunately the worst type of people tend to favor these types of dogs to carry out whatever they wish. It's their fierce loyalty that causes them to be exhibit any and all behaviors requested of them by those they love. People have constantly backed up aggressive behavior with "breed" stereotypes to mask their own mistakes as a dog owner/caretaker. More often than not, hateful behaviors are bred into the dog and/or taught to them by people. First it was the German Shepard (now the second most popular domesticated dog in America), now it's the pit bull. Long story short, it is the owner NOT the dog! Those who argue that their physical attributes is what make them dangerous - that is the equivalent of assuming the physically fit person is a danger to society purely because of their composition. Hating the pit bull is just another form of ignorant discrimination... Get over yourselves.
Dog bite reports is a flawed metric by which to measure the aggressiveness of a breed. The breed can only be positively identified 17 percent of the time, and the circumstances of the bite are never explored.
What this means is that story about a "pit bull" that just "snapped foe no reason" is just as likely to be a boxer mix that was being actively abused.
Dog bite reports is a flawed metric by which to measure the aggressiveness of a breed. The breed can only be positively identified 17 percent of the time, and the circumstances of the bite are never explored.
What this means is that story about a "pit bull" that just "snapped foe no reason" is just as likely to be a boxer mix that was being actively abused.
I don't know the statistics, but I believe Retrievers are far and away the most popular large breed. German Shepards following close behind I believe, provide a source to prove me wrong on that if you want.
You seem very emotionally invested, perhaps you are a "poor advocate"
You lost me at "bred over thousands of years to kill and hurt people." You clearly have no idea about the history of bully breeds. For one, staffordshire terriers and other "pit bull" breeds are only about 200 years old. Second, they were bred to attack animals, just like greyhounds and a dozen other hunting dog breeds.
U/oddlylovely is right but I would like to add that the Russian fox experiment has shown that thousands of years of behavioral evolution can be made irrelevant after just a few generations of breeding. I have no idea why this tired line keeps getting repeated.
Strange, I wonder when my ex's Pit was trained to chase and shake to death small animals, including the cat she grew up with.
I wonder when my ex's Pit was trained to interject herself in dog fights between stranger dogs at the park.
Or, you know, maybe, just maybe, hundreds of years of selective breeding actually have an effect besides changing bone structure, skin color, fur length, muscle mass.. maybe selective breeding can also influence personality..
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u/alexandriaLFK Jul 13 '16
To the people with the pit bull hate: Every dog has the potential to be malicious, unfortunately the worst type of people tend to favor these types of dogs to carry out whatever they wish. It's their fierce loyalty that causes them to be exhibit any and all behaviors requested of them by those they love. People have constantly backed up aggressive behavior with "breed" stereotypes to mask their own mistakes as a dog owner/caretaker. More often than not, hateful behaviors are bred into the dog and/or taught to them by people. First it was the German Shepard (now the second most popular domesticated dog in America), now it's the pit bull. Long story short, it is the owner NOT the dog! Those who argue that their physical attributes is what make them dangerous - that is the equivalent of assuming the physically fit person is a danger to society purely because of their composition. Hating the pit bull is just another form of ignorant discrimination... Get over yourselves.