Whats so wrong with Pit bulls?

Question

I have pitbulls older and younger than me!
I have some, and they are my best friends they are nice and loyal, and loving
some ppl have ALL pit bulls, and they need to see it from andother point of view!

Answer 1

I have 2 pits & one Ger Shep mix. The only Pits people see are on the news after attacking people or other animals. I take my one pit to public places where he plays with little children. That doesn't make the news. He sleeps in bed with us.

Just like every other dog, it depends on how you treat them. If you treat them like a house pet, they'll be a house pet.

Answer 2

What you are doing is stereotyping a breed. Yes this breed happened to be a pit bull along with the one that bit you but what would you of said if it had been a lab that attacked your dog? What about a german shepherd or any other breed of dog for that matter. A dog's personality and temperment is shaped by it's owner. The owner's create a bad dog, it's not genetic. If there are loose dogs running around, maybe investing in a fence or take your dog out on a leash only. Contact animal control about the stray issue in your area. You are lucky to of only paid $379. My vet bills usually run way over that and don't include anything more than general health care. I once had to take my gsd mix into the vet due to her being pretty sick and left with $2000 missing from my bank account. All she had done was an x-ray and a stool sample, along with some meds.

Answer 3

I have tried to tell those who have no idea of what a pit bull is really like but they will not hear. There are some who has never been around a pit bull or only arroung those that as been let run on the streets and in all likely hood miss treated, who lets the media make up thier minds. A shame when to stop to think dogs like cockers and poodles bite more often.

Added:
I am so tried of people who say that pit bulls were bred to fight. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were frist bred to help butchers in the killing of cattle and for bull baiting, which was a sport and back then they beleived it made the meat tender. It was frist called the butchers dog or the black and tan hound

Answer 4

Do you know what the AKC is? They have a book on the history of each breed and I highly recommend you look up American Staffordshire Terrier...that's the official name of the Pit Bull. There has been controversy for years because this breed has been genetically mis-managed..you know about inbreeding and breeding for the enhancement of certain personality traits that you may want to be more pronounced? When breeders who were also into dog fighting began breeding to enhance the characteristics of violence, that is what contributed to what we see now with these dogs.

Genetics play a major in the sad evolution of this breed. Read up and you'll know for yourself. I've been a dog owner for years and worked with dog rescue organizations as well, and have several books on genetics and dog breeds. I felt that as a responsible dog owner, I should look up information on dog breeds and get a dog that would match more of what I'm looking for in an animal companion/best friend...because even the littlest dog will defend you to its life's end if needed. thats friendship for you.

Answer 5

Ther is nothing wrong with the pit bull breed. What is wrong is how they are raised if they are raised with love they will be fine if they are raised to be aggressive they are extremely aggressive. Of course dogs are animals and sometimes they can get aggressive without provocation.

I have a Yorkshire terrier that weighs 5lbs and she gets very aggressive at times we are training her and she goes days doing very well and some days she is very bad. I did not get her until she was 4 so I do not know what her early puppyhood was like.

Answer 6

The problem with them is that they have the "tough" reputation. That makes certain people want to own them, even if they have no clue about the breed. Those people are usually people that should not own a goldfish, yet they have this powerful, and frequently dog aggressive dog. They know nothing about teaching it correctly, and it becomes a neighborhood problem. It may bite or kill other dogs or animals in the neighborhood. Then, the others people think it is a breed problem, and not a clueless owner problem.

Facts have to be faced....these are NOT dogs for everyone. They should not be owned by just anyone. If we could control the people that owned them, and control the fact that almost everyone that has one breeds it.....we could save the breed from being banned. But I don't see this happening.

Answer 7

Mainly because they are afraid of them.

Unfortunately, not all Pitt Bulls are sweet tempered, and lovable. Many have been abused and mistreated to make the mean and tough for dog fighting. Given the size, strength, and the power of their jaws, these fighting dog are as dangerous as a loaded and ****** submachine gun in the hands of idiot running through a crowd with their fingers on the trigger. It is just a matter of time before they hurt someone.

Doc

Answer 8

There's really nothing wrong with Pit Bulls, other than they have a rather aggressive personality if mistreated.

The problem with Pit Bulls is owners who do not treat them correctly, with the attention they need to be good pets.

Answer 9

many people train their pit bulls to be vicious and so they have developed a reputation; the breed was originally created to fight bulls (thus the name) and they are built so that when they bite something, it is hard for them to let go (they used to bite onto a bull and just HOLD ON while the bull swung them around), and so for that reason they can be dangerous around people. however, it is certainly true that a person can raise a perfectly nice pit bull that is a good companion and protector. unfortunately, many people don't.

Answer 10

There is nothing wrong with them! They just need to be trained by the right person. People in the past who got them and screwed up on their training have given the world a bad impression of them (same with rottweilers). I wrote this article for the newspaper - hope it helps you understand some things most people dont realise:

Which is meaner:
A Dachshund or a Pitt Bull?
A Beagle or a Rottweiler?
A German Shepherd or a Chihuahua?

According to the American Temperment Test Society, the Dachshund, the Beagle, and the Chihuahua scored lower than their above stated opponents.

Everyone can agree that the desire to protect citizens of all ages against the trauma a dangerous dog can cause is the paramounting drive behind Breed Specific Legislation. BSL has been the result of two underlying factors, fear and insufficient accurate evidentiary support from reputable sources. Vet Med Today ran a special report September 15, 2000, listing the most frequent purebreds involved in 7 or more dog bite related fatalities between 1979 and 1998. These dogs included the Pitbull, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Husky, Malamute, Doberman Pinscher, Chow Chow, Great Dane and Saint Bernard. Over this 20 year span, human dog bite fatalities totaled 180, which averages out to be 9 dog bite related fatalites a year between the 9 breeds. According to statistics from the National Center for Disease Control, Breed Specific Legislation has had little to no impact on the number of human fatalities. Therefore proving that a ban on any specific breed only focuses on the dogs physical attributes, not their individual temperment.

The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Due process claims have two forms: substantive due process and procedural due process. Substantive due process examines the substance of the law, while procedural due process evaluates the manner in which the law is administered. Violations of both have been raised in challenges to breed-specific legislation.
Floyd County, GA automatically deems any pit bull or pit bull mix as "vicious" Canine aggression however, is directly linked to a dog's heredity, sex, early life experiences, quality ownership, reproductive status, socialization and training. In 1982 the Cincinnati Law Review published a five year study with a focus on Rottweilers and Pit Bulls. It concluded that statistics did not support the assertion that any one breed was dangerous. So where is the evidenciary support to justify anti-breed specific legislation? Punish the deed, not the breed.

So what is the answer to dog bite related fatalities?

1.) RESPONSIBLE ownership.
Websters dictionary defines "responsible" as: liable to be called to account as the primary cause, motive, or agent; able to answer for one's conduct and obligations. According to the U.S. ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Resource Center, 84% of all dogs involved in fatal attacks in 2006 were maintained by irresponsible owners who abused, neglected, and did not humanely control or contain them. A chained or tethered dog is 2.8 times more likely to bite than one that is not.

2.) The enforcement of established canine laws (i.e. leash laws, tethering law, dog fighting laws, etc.) Negligent owners typically violate existing laws. This is more efficient, economical, enforcible and much more fair to existing responsible owners and well socialized canine citizens.

3.) SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS!
We've all heard it before and chances are in the near future we will hear it again. But, have you ever stopped to question the motivation behind the emphasis?
An unneutered male is 2.6 times more likely to bite than one that is neutered? In fact, 97% of all dog bite related fatalies
involved a dog that was NOT spayed/neutered.