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23. Exactly what I was saying!
Sun May 19, 2013, 01:47 PM
May 2013

To a lesser extent, rottweilers sometimes end up with dumbasses who want a tough looking animal and have no idea how to raise a dog.

I had a rottweiller when I lived in a low-rent area in the Bay Area, and occasionally we (the dog and I) got really boneheaded reactions. I was a young woman in college, and I couldn't afford a better neighborhood. Anyway, there are some tough-guy morons who probably spend their lives in-and-out of jail, who deliberately choose pit bulls.

My rottweiller pup got bit randomly by an off-leash pit bull in the neighborhood...for no reason. It was a random attack. The dumbass kid who had the dog didn't apologize. He looked like he was a little proud of his pitbull, in fact.

Some other gangsta idiot said to me as we were walking down the street minding our own business "my dog should fight your dog". The last thing I wanted was for my dog to be forced to be "tough" or have to fight.

Some of the children in the neighborhood had learned different cultural values regarding scary looking dogs. One time a little kid threatened my rottweiler with a stick FOR NO REASON. My dog was the sweetest ever, and this kid acted like he wanted to swordfight my dog with a stick. The kids learned that attitude from their idiot parents. Somebody I'm sure will get offended, but I'm going to just come out and say this was a low-rent, predominantly hispanic neighborhood.

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Dogs are dogs, it's the owners who are the problem. Quantess May 2013 #1
Given the number of homes they are in, I don't believe that they tend to be irresponsible. PeaceNikki May 2013 #6
those are the ones zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #20
Exactly what I was saying! Quantess May 2013 #23
Take away the guns from criminals and, instead of letting them out after short sentences, AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #2
Help people manage them. nt rrneck May 2013 #3
Make sure each has one of the other. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #4
I'm being semi-sarcastic here, but maybe some people shouldn't be allowed to have children. Gregorian May 2013 #5
For what it's worth (not much) I agree with you wholeheartedly. Quantess May 2013 #9
with certain limits I agree zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #21
Maybe we could start with registering/licensing all firearms and pit bulls. Zorra May 2013 #7
Liablity insurance is dirt cheap hack89 May 2013 #8
You have a lot of assumptions going on there, hack. nt Zorra May 2013 #12
No more than you have. hack89 May 2013 #16
Should all dogs need to be registered/licensed, or only 1 type? Again the comparison of "all" to a uppityperson May 2013 #15
Some people shouldn't have children or a car. Rex May 2013 #10
Or, droopy pants. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #11
Egads! NaturalHigh May 2013 #19
And pit bulls should definitely not own guns GiaGiovanni May 2013 #13
you think you're being funny but! zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #22
No! GiaGiovanni May 2013 #24
I find it interesting that you compare a whole group (guns) with a subset (pit bulls). uppityperson May 2013 #14
I don't think I've done that. boston bean May 2013 #17
That's not a good parallel. DirkGently May 2013 #18
Like me marions ghost May 2013 #25
Nobody should own guns! gopiscrap May 2013 #26
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