why does every1 blame pit bulls?

Question

look at this website. there are more attacks from other dogs than pits. peopel make me so mad when the blame JUST pits. when other dogs bite just as much or more. like little yappers.
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm

my pit has never biten anyone or anythign and i can trut him. but my chow i caint trust as much

Answer 1

Answer to your question:
Why does every1 blame pit bulls?
The media.
Do you want to hear about a Dachshund that ran out and bit you on the knee? Or would the media rather report that a Pit Bull bit someone on the arm.
How can a dog that was the greatest dog in America become so bad now?
Do any of the Pit haters know what the most popular family dog was in the '20s and '30 was? It was the Pit Bull. Do you remember the "Our Gang" movies, Little Rascals? Petey was a Pit Bull. Buster Brown shoes, "My dog Tige", yes, another Pit Bull.
STUBBY, Bull Terrier mix, WWI. The most decorated war dog in U.S. history
I guess all of these people that are against Pit Bulls have it a bit wrong.

Answer 2

So much for this being an answer column. Looks more like a breed-biased opinion soundboard to me...

Why does everyone blame pits? Simple-

Newspapers and News shows aren't interested in ALL the facts, such as what the cause was for the attack, they just use public ignorance, fear, and the natural morbid curiosity that is ingrained in all human beings (Don't laugh... you know you've driven or rode by more than one car accident and rubber-necked all the way down the road.) to grab your attention and get ratings or readers.

Uneducated owners and backyard breeders are most of the reason for the bad press that Bullies get.
Proper socialization and training is essential to ANY dog, no matter the breed. Typically, the 'offenders' in such cases have not had either. Also intact males (not neutered) are more likely to bite than neutered males. Children should be supervised and taught how to handle the animal regardless what breed you own.

THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that any breed has a higher proportion of vicious dogs than any other breed. Vicious is different than aggressive. A vicious dog is one that can't be trained and can't control its dangerous tendencies. All dogs are aggressive, to one degree or another. Aggression isn't abnormal. Aggression plays a major role in all aspects of behavior, in humans, wolves, dogs, horses, fish, etc. If the law requires the insurance, but the insurers refuse to issue the insurance, then it’s a breed ban all the same.

Christopher refered to the funloving and playful nature of the breed which I can attest to having been around many properly bred and socialzed pits and owning one myself. They can be quite the silly characters and actually do adore people.

Brett S, Contrary to popular pit-bashing belief... While the breed does have a powerful bite, an APBT's jaws DO NOT LOCK!!!! It is pure mythological BS. There have been no studies to show that this is in any way true. If I am mistaken, please direct me to the person or persons who have done this study so that I can read their results.
http://www.dogwatch.net/myths/lock_jaw.html
http://www.pitbulllovers.com/american-pit-bull-terrier-myths.html
http://www.austinlostpets.com/kidskorner/2October/pitbull.htm
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm


Imamom... Pits are still great dogs, provided the owners are aware and the dog themselves have been trained and socialized.

FEAR, IGNORANCE, IMPROPER HANDLING, INBREEDING, AND MISINFORMATION ARE GOING TO BE THE DOWNFALL OF THIS AMAZING BREED!!!!
That really sucks...

Answer 3

As a veterinary technician for 2 years, I never treated a vicious pit. The problem with vicious dogs now is failure on part of their owners or even on the breeder before them. Pit Bulls are a very popular dog for their agility and jaw strength. For that reason, not-so-honorable people train them to be tough with the idea that they will serve as protectors. They don't realize how wrong they are, and in many cases wind up with an unstable dog. Another reason why pit bulls have been brought into the spotlight for mauling people is excessive breeding and even inbreeding. Both can cause psychological problems in dogs and with the pit being as popular as they are, there are no shortages of backyard breeders who look to make a business out of farming pitbulls, while overlooking genetic no-no's.

Chow Chow's on the other hand are known for tempermental problems as a breed. I did come across many vicious Chows.

Answer 4

Other dogs bite, but in recent years, no breed is more directly responsible for the death of human beings than pit bulls.

When not supervised, pit bulls tend to quickly rely on instinct. They like to attack smaller, helpless prey, and even if the prey goes limp, they do not relent. They were originally bred from Bull Mastiffs to do exactly this (well, to hunt down rats, anyways), so they're just doing what ancestral instinct tells them is correct, with no clear authority to tell them no.

If they are well trained-- and I mean, obedience school, with someone able to give them the benefit of a lot of time and conditioning-- they can be safer than otherwise. And I know for a fact that they are a loving, playful breed, having spent a summer with one.

But at the end of the day, pit bulls still have jaws that were once strong enough to bite and force an adult bull into submission. That's no small thing. They are dangerous by creation, and should be regulated, because most pet owners fail to do the proper research into raising an animal properly.

If you passed up Brett S.'s response, go back and read again, he makes an excellent point about the physical characteristics of pit bull jaws.

Answer 5

Pits used to be great dogs. But now they are largely breed for fighting by backyard breeders. I'm not talking about people working to perfect the breed and breeding responsibly to improve Pits. Just all the yahoos that think owning (and beating) a Pit makes them tough. Many, many many of the Pit owners are irresponsible and don't know about training or raising ANY dog, much less a breed like Pits.

I agree with your comment on Chows. Also Dalmatians SharPe's are surprisingly bad biters. Fortunately people haven't decided they are macho and fight them. Once you start breeding a dog for his fighting qualities, that line is no longer safe as pets. Even by good owners.

Answer 6

The Media Irresponsible vendors undesirable breeding Irresponsible breeders Stereotyping of the final public.. picked up from the media the clarification BSL is fairly the main to blame isn't basically with the aid of fact it bans particular breeds and punishes to blame vendors yet American Pit Bull Terriers was noted as Pit Bulls each and all of the time and now if somebody says Pit Bull or Pit Bulls maximum folk think of they're touching on 3 or 4 breeds. maximum folk do not even comprehend what a Pit Bull is now.... as quickly as I say Pit Bull I propose APBT i do unlike this label overlaying some breeds with the aid of fact i don't see the be conscious Pit Bull in Staffordshire Bull Terrier nor do I see it in American Staffordshire Terrier and (English) Bull Terrier.... it somewhat is faulty and it is been stated earlier that those breeds are not Pit Bull in variety... in variety they're Bull and Terriers and that's the way it is going to be if all of us is going to bypass by potential of variety. The Pit Bull variety label became into theory-approximately by potential of BSL legislators and is now even utilized by potential of Anti-BSL supporter AKA (to blame) Bull breed vendors... how tousled is that? while this label is the middle of the confusion of Bull breeds.

Answer 7

In the 1960's it was German Shepherds
In the 1970's it was Doberman Pincers
In the 1980's and 1990's it was Rottweilers
In the 1990's and today - it's Pit Bulls.

Used to be Pit Bulls were THE number 1 dog in America - Helen Keller owned pit bulls. Laura Ingles Wilder (little house on the prairie) owned a pit bull.

But sadly, violence sells advertising and the press loves a good story - don't let the facts get in the way of a good story now...

Answer 8

People are seriously misinformed, and in my opinion it's largely the media's fault. How many times do you read headlines about the working pit bull saving its owner's life, helping the elderly, or findings drugs leading to big arrests, compared to how many times you read about some vicious pit bull attack, in which the pit bull might have simply been protecting someone but the details are spun out of proportion? Sure, there have been legitimate pit bull attacks. But people who can't think for themselves and believe everything they read don't ask themselves a) why did the dog attack, b) what other dog attacks were there involving other breeds that didn't make headlines, and c) how was the dog raised. Breed makes a dog big or small, hairy or bald, muscular or flimsy. But breed does not determine a dog's personality or disposition--THAT is up to its upbringing. The breed is not to blame. People are to blame. People are to blame for abusing their pit bulls when raising them, and people are to blame for incorrectly (and irresponsibly) reporting negative and often times misleading stories about pit bulls while conveniently leaving out the positive pit bull stories.

Answer 9

Well, you also need to take into account pound-for-pound, pit bulls are also much bigger dogs, and have the most muscular and powerful jaw structure of any dog out there. So, they may not bite as much, but when they do, they can cause a lot more damage than say a little jack russ terrier would nipping you in the face. It's even been reported going as far as pit bulls breaking bones in peoples' arms.

Also, pit bulls have jaws that can lock in place if they get a firm hold of something, and at times, the jaw of the dog needs to be broken in order to get whoever has been bitten free.

Answer 10

Amen to that one!!! I don't understand why people are blaming the dog and not looking at the people that are making them do this. I Have 3 pits, my mom has one, and my sister has one. They are great dogs when they are in the right hands. Always look at the breeder and the line the dog comes from before buying a puppy. And socialize it at an early age!!! FIGHT BLS!!!!