2007-09-09 20:44:15 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
actually larry, pit bulls are only accountable for 1.6% of dog bites given. Unfortunately, they do carry about a 50% fatality rate with that 1.6%.
They are one of the least lilkely breeds to bite, but when driven to that point, they WILL jack you up.
2007-09-09 20:57:15 · update #1
That's why I'm wanted in three states.
2007-09-09 20:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on how the dog was acting, and how old the child was in comparison with the dog. Some pit bulls do play rough, but if they're well-trained, like my sister's pit bulls have all been, they're extremely gentle.
I don't understand why people have such a prejudice against pit bulls. They're good dogs. Fiercely loyal.
R.I.P Maggie the pit bull, 1994-2006 :-( Sweetest dog I ever knew. Worse she'd ever do to a person was lick them to death, lol.
2007-09-09 20:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the dogs behavior and if I was acquainted with the animal or not.
A close family friend has two pit bulls who are great with kids, wouldn't worry me at all if either of them were playing with a child.
2007-09-09 20:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by Karma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was a pit bull I knew, I'd be OK with it. (I'd be irritated at myself that my child came to be playing unsupervised with a dog without me being a good enough parent to notice)
If the dog was a chiwawa on the other hand...I'd be worried. Those things are the most tempremental, unpredicable dogs I have ever seen. A friend of mine had on...one day it'd be licking you all over and begging for tummy scratches - the next day it'd rip your hand open.
I think large dogs are more predictable.
2007-09-09 21:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would just keep an eye on them. Doesn't matter what kind of dog it was.
You would have got a much different answer if you had asked, "If you found your child being eaten by a large pit bull, how would you react?"
2007-09-09 20:51:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would tell my child to be sure to tell my child to give the dog some water when she was done.. My daughter plays with a pit bull quite often she and the dog seem to enjoy fetch the most, it wears the dog out (he is getting old)...
2007-09-09 20:56:10 · answer #6 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the same as i did when i saw my 2 year old playing with a pit bull/staff cross.. my heart was in my throat and all the stories of dog mauls child stories flew in my head ..then i saw the dog licking my son to death lol and as someone else said its not the breed of the dog but the owners training.. but it happened 18 years ago and i still remember that feeling i had,,today
2007-09-09 21:18:11 · answer #7 · answered by jo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ermmmm try to get the child away from the large puitbull (if there is such a thing as LARGE pitbull) & tell the owner of the pitbull to take care of its dog.
2007-09-09 20:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd tell my child to stop playing with said large pit bull.
2007-09-09 20:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd first think that the dog (based on stereotypes or reputation) is trying to harm my child. But after seeing them playing together, I'd approach the dog casually and help find its owner or get it somewhere safe.
2007-09-09 20:50:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a pic. It's just a dog.
They are the most beautiful loving nice dogs in the world if you tredat them good. They love kids and are protective of kids and their owners.
It's the sickos that train them to fight and abuse them that makes people think they're bad dogs.
2007-09-09 20:51:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋