What's your opinion on?

Question

pit bulls? So many people think they should be illegal and everything. I understand that they can be dangerous, but it's not their fault. It's the idiot owners that train their pitbulls to be vicious, then let them loose outside, and they end up hurting someone. What's your opinion?

Answer 1

PEOPLE make dogs bad. Don't let a bunch of irresponsible pet owners cost any more sweet and otherwise perfectly safe dogs their lives! The pit bull ban is nothing more than dog racism. If a pit bull attacks and kills someone, hold the owner responsible. Not the whole breed.


These big, loveable dogs have a bad rep due to irresponsible pet owners.

Pitbulls are the most hated dogs in the world. As a breed, they’re no more aggressive than any others. They beat out most other breeds in temperament tests performed by the American Temperament Test Society, including the Golden Retriever and Poodle, but bad owners create dogs that are unpredictable. These dogs are not properly socialized to people, children and other animals. They are not properly trained, and they’re owned by irresponsible, ignorant people that refuse to take responsibility for their dog’s training. Because of them, Pitbulls have gone from being the all-American breed, prized for their loyalty and intelligence, to the most feared and misunderstood breed ever known.

All breeds bite, but the most feared get plastered all over the news. Also, Pitbulls are often wrongly accused because people incorrectly identify the breed of the dog. People usually wrongly identify a dog as being a Pitbull or Pit mix because it has a big head or a lot of muscle. This makes things even worse.

People also have a lot of misconceptions about the breed because of myths that they have heard their entire lives. Like, “Pitbulls have locking jaws.” False. Researchers found that a Pitbull’s jaw is no different from any other dog’s jaw. It does not lock. “Pitbulls hate kids.” Also false. Pitbulls were once known as “nurse maid dogs” because they were so reliable with small children and very protective. To this day, there are millions of children all over the world living with a Pitbull. People believe these things because they heard them all the time when they were kids and they see reports of Pitbulls killing someone in the media. There are thousands of dog attacks every year that never make the news, including a story about a 6 week old infant that was mauled to death by a Pomeranian.

ANYONE who thinks pit bulls should be exterminated is a coward and a cruel individual. There are MANY MANY powerful dog breeds. After the pit bull is gone, what's next? German shepherds? Bulldogs? Bull Mastiffs? C'mon people! GET REAL! BAD OWNERS = bad dogs. AND -- many attacks have been classified as "pit bull" attacks, but later they found out they were breeds of dogs that only shared a resemblance.

Answer 2

Pit bulls were bred to fight. They have a strong tendency to become aggressive, even with the best of owners.

No, it is not their fault that they are aggressive. It's their nature as a result of hundreds of years of breeding that have caused them to be that way. They can be loving one moment and the next turn extremely vicious. Leave it to man to take what could be a wonderful pet and turn it into an animal that will turn on its owner at any instant. Man is really the problem here.

There is good solid reason why many communities have outlawed them.

Answer 3

Pit bulls need to be trained to counteract the aggression that has been bred into them. They do not need to be trained to be vicious; they have aggressive tendencies to begin with.

I think a pit bull handled and trained properly from birth can be a safe animal to own. But if they don't get the special attention they need, their natural aggression could cause harm.

They are a bit like guns. In untrained hands they are dangerous, but for responsible owners they don't have to be. But we don't regulate guns either, so I don't see any pit bull training requirements coming along soon.

Answer 4

It doesn't always boil down to the owners that train the dogs. There are multitudes of examples in the news mainly in the spring of pitbulls just launching out of their owners' grasp and attacking a child or another dog (animal) with what appears to be no provocation.

When I read the stories, they're heart-breaking when a child will be scarred for life, fingerless, facial damage, and the worst kind where the child is killed.

Get them out of family neighbourhoods or increase their enclosures.

I don't think their brains are fully domesticated yet.

Answer 5

I don't think its the owners always , its that is they way they were bred , they are dangerous and should never be let out when not leashed ever and if they do get out and kill a kid or anyone for that matter then the owner should pay the price because they knew what they had when they got the dog and should have taken all precautions

Answer 6

Every other week or so I hear of someone or some animal getting mauled by dogs. The dogs are invariaby pitbulls. If someone tells me "it's not the breed it's the owner" I know I found someone who is dumb enough to perpetuate this myth. It's instinct. That's what the have been, and continute to be bred for. I have met good ones but bloodlust is in their bones. I think they should be exterminated.

Answer 7

My opinion is that people who own pitbulls do so for only one reason; teach the dog how to be mean.

They are, by nature, a viscious animal and, if they are not trained from puppyhood to become socialized, they are a danger to those around them - including the family who owns them.

I think the breed should be outlawed.

Answer 8

Pitbulls are dogs that were bred for dog fighting, they can be dangerous dogs under the wrong owners. Its almost always the owners fault when something does go wrong.

Answer 9

I think people can feel free to have the opinion that they want. They should be able to express there opinion, and those who listen (which should be lots of people) should have an open mind, and maybe change there opinion. Some opinions may not turn into anything, but it doesnt mean there worthless. Even if nobody treasures your opinion, you should. Its what makes you who you are.

Answer 10

Lots of children and adults alike have been mauled by pit bulls which were never trained to be aggressive, and lived peaceful lives for many years before snapping for no discernible reason.