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In reply to the discussion: Owner Attacked by Dog and Loses Arms: Was it Provoked or Out of the Blue? [View all]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)Pit bulls are more likely to be dog aggressive than human aggressive, if you want to talk about what they were bred for. They weren't bred for generations to tear people apart, but other dogs. The people who fight dogs, they'll kill a human aggressive dog because they don't want the dog to turn on them, they admit to that. Pit bulls were bred for other things too, but we never talk about those.
Not all dogs are the same, whole breeds of dog are not the same because each dog has it's own personality based on a myriad of factors, more so their upbringing and training than anything.
ANY dog can become aggressive under the right circumstances, even the popular Labrador, even the smallest teacup dog. You don't help them by pretending you can solve the problem by getting rid of an entire breed. All that will happen is another breed of dog will have it's reputation damaged beyond recognition, then you still have a damn problem with aggressive dogs. It happens in countries that have banned pit bulls, some other breed took it's place. This is an abusive and psychotic PEOPLE problem, not a breed problem.