how many of you have been put in bad situations or attacked by a pitbull?

Question

i hear a lot of negative about this breed every day from families neighbors, to police, and my own family. i deal with it every day because i have a young baby and a pitbull. Thats the only dog i've ever had tho, n i've never had problems. its the only breed i would have because of where i live. i beleive its all in how they axre raised because my son and dog are best friends. and my son is eight months old. i cried when my first pit died n went into an actual depression. so why is there so much hatred for this breed of dog and not other breeds?

Answer 1

This breed has got such a bad reputation because there are a lot of mix breeds that are being seen as pit bulls.
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html
90% of Animal Control officers couldn't pick out the real pit bull in this test.
The media has a field day when a "pit bull" bites someone. There are so many other breeds of dogs that bite or maul someone and you rarely hear about them, but they happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmwaHMzgrKk
My parents are not comfortable with me having a pit bull and they see first hand what a big lover he is. They see all the crap on TV and they are just scared for my daughter. The only dogs I have ever been bit by where my parents dogs and they were a jack russell and a australian shepherd and it also bit by daughter. They ended up having to get rid of her.
So many young guys get them because they are so tough looking and they think thats cool, then you got the dog fighters. So many irresponsible people have them,they get loose, bite somebody and they want to punish the entire breed for a few morons actions.
That's like punishing every white man because 99% of serial killers are white men.
Stand your ground, prove them wrong. Give them a BSL press pack if you have to.
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/Research/BSLPacket/lawsbsl_presspack_low.pdf
I'm shocked your local cops think the way they do when pit bulls are making waves in drug and bomb sniffing. The #1 drug dog in the U.S. is a rescued pit bull. Tell the local cops to check this web site out and get them a real dog,lol.
http://www.lawdogsusa.org/home.html
I read yesturday on the ASPCA website that the pit bulls that were taken from Michael Vick are currently undergoing behavioral assessment testing and some of them will be sent for training to be drug dogs. That is great news, they deserve a chance.
I have 4 different breeds of dogs and the only one people watch their back over is my 5lb. chihuahua. He is definitely the protector around here. My bully is the sweetest of them all. he has actually changed a few peoples minds. Like the elderly lady down the street. We were walking him past her house and she said, "bring that dog over here to me so I can pet him". He jumped up on her fence so she could reach him. She asked what kind of dog he was. When we told her it was a pit bull. She looked shocked and said, "this is the dog they are always talking about on TV" ? And that is just one of many people that he has touched.
My boyfriend had one that saved his elderly next door neighbors life. She was having a heart attack and before she could reach the door to knock she colapsed in the yard. His pit bull raised hell and scratched on the front door until they got up and opened it and found her. She bought him the most expensive dog treats and meats money could buy and fed him everyday until they moved. Where are these stories in the media???????

Answer 2

I hate how people always talk bad about Pitts!!! I own a Pitt Bull and she is the sweetest dog!! I also have a Chihweenie (dachsund/chihuahua mix) which is very small and my Pitt is very gentle with her...and since my Chihweenie was around first and is older you can tell the Pitt Bull respects her and cowards to her when she gets snippy. My Pitt has only bit someone's shoe once but I think it was b/c she thought the guy was an intruder. I think Pitts get bad raps b/c of all the people out there who fight them. I mean look at Michael Vick and all this hype about him fighting Pitts and killing them if they didn't act like their breed. Honestly, Pitts are kind at nature...but since they were fought for entertainment they grew a teritotial side to them..and thats really the only time they get mean. I prefer that though because if i'm home alone and someone I don't know comes around...I feel safe knowing I got my Pitt :) Did you also hear that a law is about to be past that everyone who owns a Pitt has to take out a $1 million insurance policy...soooo gay! I def. wont do that! All in all I think Pitts are GREAT dogs to have!

Answer 3

I have an APBT that loves everyone, even strangers. She just want to jump on them for attention. She does not jump on children. I agree they are wonderful with babies. When my daughter brought over my one month old grandson for the first she sat him on the floor in his carrier. The Pit went over to check him out then laid down next to him and stayed there for the next hour. Now my grandson is a year old and she will put her head in his lap and lets him pull and play with her ears as she licks his toes.
We have two other dogs, a little Chi/Rattie mix and a Beagle. She gets along with them great and they play all the time. They are older so she grew up with them as a pup.
The only time I though were in a bad situations was a few weeks ago when my grandson brought home another APBT puppy. The older Pit would growl at her. When my grandson got the puppy close she snapped at it. My grandson caught an episode of the Dog Whisper where he was training a dog not to be mean to a rabbit. So my grandson did what hes saw on the show. By the next the two Pits were playing like two pups, running through the house biting at each other. It is really funny to see two of them holding onto each end of the same bone.

Answer 4

Well, most of the negativity comes as a direct result from actual events which have sprung from the severe over-breeding of this wonderful breed. Due to the extraordinary demand for "guard dogs", the market is simply flooded with them... So many people buy them from "breeders" who know nothing about how to properly raise these dogs and the buyer gets damaged goods as a result. The fact that these dogs have been raised improperly means that their temperment and personality traits will be more difficult to predict and put them in situation they are not prepared to handle. Dog attacks are the most common byproduct of this. The point is that there are simply too many of them on the market and too many people breeding and owning them to make each pit bull's personality sufficiently predictable unless you buy from a truly reputable breeder. This problem will only grow worse the bigger the market becomes for this dog since "breeders" will then have even less incentive to shut down their destructive enterprise.

Answer 5

I think the media just hyped people up to go against the breed. People hear a few things and then they become fearful, causing them to turn every situation into something it is not.

I rescued a PitBull and I have to agree that it completely depends on the owner. But my dog is the sweetest thing I have ever met in my life, even though she was being beaten by previous owner and trained with bad intentions.

People are just mindless drones, that is all.

**I don't understand why people are taking their small dogs around pitbulls and other powerful dogs to begin with... if you see another dog that you are unfamiliar with use common sense and take a different route. If you have half a brain, you would know that taking your pet near strange animals is a BAD idea!

Answer 6

Most of you with negstive comments here cant even tell the difference between a pit and other breeds. There are over 20 diff breeds that look similar to pits. I can stand you idiots that say it looked like a pit so thats what it was. The truth is that german shephards, collies, chihuhas, mini pinchers and lots of other breeds are 5 times more likely to bite than a pit.

Answer 7

I have seen Pit Bulls in bad situation with bad owners but have never been or seen someone attacked. I have read stories or heard them on the news. I do not believe everything I hear or read.
But I know the power and drive of this type of dog, they should be handled by people with experience in such breeds.(and not a 90 lb person that can be dragged around.)
We take great care when our dog is out in public, we watch her with children as we do our other dogs. She is a sweet girl that loves everyone but dogs sense things that we can not so we watch her. Most people in general are afraid of them because of what they hear, they get a bad rep no matter what. You should socialize and train them but socializing them can present a problem when other people are afraid.
Classes and socializing them as puppies is the best way.
Pit Bulls take a lot of effort to take care of properly. People need to be more responsible with their dogs.
They are worth it all!!

Answer 8

Any dog can be raised to be vicious. This breed just carries the distinction of being at the top of dangerous. I was attacked by a german shephard as a child and I stilll have a very vivid memory of it bc it happened so fast and furious that my parents got there just in the nick of time to save my little @ss from bad damage and they were just a few feet away.

Answer 9

To a point i agree its how their raised. However there use to be a pitbull that lived upstairs and as far as i could tell it was raised in a good home. When it did something wrong they disciplined it and all but never abused it. But this same pitbull attacked my pug two times. Grabbing her by the neck and trying to swing her. Luckily both me and the pit owner was around so we were able to hold on to both of them so he couldnt kill her. So for me personally that was enough for me to not want to be around them really. Im not saying the breed as a whole is bad but this one was and im not going to go out of my way to be around one.

Answer 10

I was determined to be open-minded about pit-bulls ... until one lunged at my dog last year, teeth-bared and snarling. Luckily, I was paying attention, and managed to pull my dog out of the way before the pit could inflict any damage. Didn't help that the pit's owner looked at me and laughed ... haha ... as if it was MY dog that had the problem.

I avoid answering questions about pit-bulls for just that reason. I, personally, do NOT like the breed.

I don't really care whether you like my answer or you don't. I would never have a pit-bull in my home, nor would I recommend one to anyone considering getting a dog.

I guess I should feign surprise or dismay at the thumbs-down responses... but I won't. I do apologize if I've offended anyone, but I stand by my answer. There are lots of good dogs out there, but I've yet to see convincing evidence that APBTs are among them. If this wasn't the answer you were looking or hoping for ... oh, well.