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In reply to the discussion: And people wonder why I hate pit bulls? [View all]LexVegas
(6,091 posts)21. Ban the breed. nt
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The problem is that many animal care and control shelters are not well-run either because they
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#32
there is behavioral training available at multiple levels, from basic to PhD-level
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#86
"small breeds also are capable of the same thing as ANY other breed. "
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#4
"It is hard to be "inaccurate" when you have personally worked with dogs most of your life."
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#9
Your reality involves the possibility of two Bichon's killing twenty-nine cats.
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#14
I appreciate that you are changing your wording to more accurately reflect reality.
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#16
Small breeds are capable of inflicting damage when they bite and can, as larger breeds, be
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#40
..but with small breeds you can basically pick them up by the scruff of the neck to seperate them..
samnsara
Jul 2019
#52
The only times I have ever been bitten, other then by my own dog, was by smaller dogs.
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#55
That isn't in line with reality. Small dogs are capable of biting, but their bites
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#7
don't think these are pit bulls, but another horror story about dogs killing other animals.....
a kennedy
Jul 2019
#5
Put your hate where it belongs....on people. I don't hate any animal...I feel bad for you. nt
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#6
Most dogs do not like cats unless they have been socialized to be around them
standingtall
Jul 2019
#17
A friend called me and asked if he could put his two pits in my fenced in yard.
zackymilly
Jul 2019
#23
If insurance agencies reject them, it's because they've got solid data....
lindysalsagal
Jul 2019
#27
I was stalked by a neighbor's pit bull once, in my own yard. I called the police.
lindysalsagal
Jul 2019
#26
Again their equipment is outdated of course there was not an incident like that there before
standingtall
Jul 2019
#48
Even if cats got out of their cages in a shelter and killed some birds, you wouldn't have to worry
LisaL
Jul 2019
#46
And yet most healthy dogs wouldn't have entertained themselves by killing 29 cats,
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#109
A high percentage of dogs in rescues are pit bull mixes because they are the ones
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#113
It condemns itself. Just read the website. Any researcher could tell you that a self-selected
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#119
They are unpredictable. Insurance companies covering rentals will cancel your insurance for pits.
58Sunliner
Jul 2019
#51
That's sad. My Grandson and his wife have a Pit. He's the sweetest loving dog I have seen.
Autumn
Jul 2019
#74
Dogsbite.org is not an objectice source that site is propaganda and has been debunked many times
standingtall
Jul 2019
#89
The pit bulls knew that the cats were zero danger to them, but they killed them anyway
Polybius
Jul 2019
#88
Cue the, "but muh sweet pittie wouldn't hurt a fly. I leave him alone with my babies," people
Politicub
Jul 2019
#93
Our thirty pound dog was attacked from behind by a pit-bull mix and a German Shepard.
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#101
It's not the breed, it is the owners who train them to be vicious. Mankind is its own enemy!
akbacchus_BC
Jul 2019
#116