Why do people say that the pit bull reputation is unfair?

Question

I saw a blog that pointed out that in Denver a 54 year old man was mauled, an 82 year old lady was killed in her front hard, and a 5 year old child was killed all by pit bulls. Then at the end of this blog it said (The reputation of pit bulls being dangerous is so unfair). Hello! The proof is in the pudding!!!

Answer 1

You know i so agree with you . I am so sick of people singing the praises of pit bulls . hello ,they have human and animal agressive genes in their blood they were bred for fighting not for being pets so naturally those genes were bred into them . Yes they may be reccesive genes but they can pop up at any time in the dogs life . How many more attacks do we have to have before people will learn that these dogs dont belong as pets !!!!
Too many people have died from the attacks !!! I say rah rah to the united kingdom for taking a stand against these dogs. also to miami fla and wherever else they are banned . I have personally witnessed an unprovoked attack on an animal control officer . the monster (a pitt bull) would not let go it had to be shot by a deputy . something i would not wish to witness ever again . wise up people these pitts were not bred to be pets !!!! they were bred for fighting.

Answer 2

The problem is the media does not report attacks/deaths by other breeds like it does for pitbulls. This is, in part, because people want to believe that pitbulls are evil, so they will read the "pit bull gone bad" stories.

What about the lab that ate the ladie's face of in France? Why aren't people freaking about that? Or the pomeranian that killed an infant?

There are many other breeds that cause death and major injury..they just don't make the national news.

The truth is, no matter what breed, it is the owner's responsibility to keep the public, and their dog, safe.

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Answer 3

I own a pit bull. Have for almost 6 years. I have raised him since he was 2 weeks old. He is the best dog. Loving and loyal. We we are on a walk, and come across another dog, he just lifts his head and ignores them. He lives in the house with my family. The pits that do this terrible things have been raised by bad owners. Any person that owns a dog takes resposibilty for that animal. If someone doesn't have the time or energy it takes to be a resposible dog owner, they shouldn't have a dog. I have seen many pits in my area in backyards, that have no human interaction what so ever. That is so unfair.

Answer 4

Actually, Pit Bulls were originally bred to fight bulls. The dog should not be held responsible for how the owner has raised it. Pit Bulls can be very loving family dogs. Dogs of any breed can be dangerous if the owner has trained it to be that way. It all depends on the owner, NOT the dog. I think the reputation given to the Pit Bull is very unfair.

Answer 5

It is my experience from raising dogs (not pit bulls) that 50% of a dogs "attitude" is what is bred into them, the other 50% is what people make of them. Any aggressive breeds of dogs have good bloodlines bred by reputable breeders. If those good bloodlines go to 'good' homes then that is an excellent represenation of that breed. But 'bad' begets bad and bad reputations. That is why reputable breeders try to throughly screen potential buyers. Especially the 'aggressive' breeds. And, of course, the bad stories make the press. Ever read a story of the pit bull that was therapy trained for the sick and elderly? and you probably won't either. Non-dog owners especially, tend to remember the bad they read and immediately stero-type the breed as a whole.
If all these stories happened in Denver, then I would say there is a breeder that needs to be stopped! and yes, put down any dog that cannot be rehabilitated AND all dogs from that direct bloodline should be spayed/neutered.
Thats my 2 cents - hope it helped!

Answer 6

I agree ask the dog whisperer. he knows what he is talking about. I met a really sweet pit bull. All she did was give hugs and lots and lots of wet slopppy kisses.one day some @$$hole broke in and stole her from th house. the person then tried to throw in the fighting ring. Needless to say she got her *** handed to her because she had no idea what to do. People never want to blame people. Bad stories sell. So that is why pit bull reps are unfair. It's unfair to those that are the sweetest natured dog out there and one day they may all have to be eunthenized because of one bad owner. People make the dogs dogs don't make dogs.

Answer 7

interior the 60s & 70s, it grew to become into the German Shepherd, interior the 80s, Rottweilers and now it is the turn of the SBT. Any badly bred, badly reared canine would be risky. the variety of shame that this dazzling family individuals canine has been taken on via the brainless as a macho breed - a great number of those you spot on any intense highway are no longer to any extent further organic bred Staffordshire Bull Terriers than any rescued crossbreed is. how lots of the general public could know a sixteen inch intense Staffie as a appropriate type of this breed while their theory is of a 22 inch Pit Bull type?

Answer 8

Someone asked a similar question several days ago, and many people responded with links discussing serious attacks by other breeds of dogs. Here is the link http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhbaQjfsqZe0ZRyt4PM.eQbsy6IX?qid=20070103071039AAEDyYC&show=7#profile-info-AA12399056

I agree with the notion that pitbulls can be sweet dogs if their owners were to treat them right. However, all dogs can get spooked, and the pitbull, being such a large size, may possibly be able to do more damage than a smaller breed like a Jack Russell, which may be where this "dangerous" reputation comes from. That doesn't mean a Jack Russell couldn't attack someone if they felt threatened. Any type of dog can be a mean dog.

Answer 9

Hello - the proof is in the the owners! THUGS latch onto a breed, mistreat it & teach it to be aggresive, then when the media focuses on them & the breed-specific ban comes, thugs simply move on to another breed. You can read the same hysterical "All ----------- are viscious & should be banned!" starting from the 70's with: German Shepherds, Doberman Pinschers, & Rottweilers.


Most of these breeds live out peaceful lives with their loving families. The small percentage that make for exciting news owned by the Thugs get all the attention. The dogs suffer the consequences when they all get lumped together as 'dangerous' & have to be put to death under senseless, useless 'breed bans'. Until laws deal with the THUGS, not the dogs, they will always move on to the next breed - which is already happening. Google Cane Corso, Presa Canario & Dogo Argentino & see.

Expect to see THOSE breeds in the media spotlight as the next 'dangerous breed that should be banned'.

Answer 10

That's not really proof. Those just happen to be a few dogs who were raised poorly by their owners. My sister has a pit bull and 6 kids..and her dog Eve is the biggest baby in the house..She won't even eat her food if the cat is near her bowl because she is scared of the cat. These dogs just seam to get the short end of the stick because of bad owners if you ask me.. All dogs can maul a person, they just make a bigger deal out of it when it comes to certain breeds.

Answer 11

OK, Now my two cents. There are literally millions of Pittbulls in the US. That is not including all of the other "dangerous" breeds out there. There are approximately 36 deaths associated will dog attacks in the US (not just Pittbulls). So, if these dogs were so dangerous as a breed, wouldn't it stand to reason that there would be significantly more deaths each year?