Owner Attacked by Dog and Loses Arms: Was it Provoked or Out of the Blue?

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148. I totally agree with you

There are so called pit bull advocates that don't do them any good by acting as though pit bulls have no differences, saying it's ALWAYS the owner without knowing the facts because as much as I love pit bulls and every other breed out there, I know that sometimes it's not the owner, as much as I hate to see it. Dogs can be troubled without having a horrible owner. I say a lot of times it's the owner, but I usually can't get enough facts out of the media to make even a partial judgement on these cases we hear about. In the case of this woman, I don't know what happened there so I don't like to pretend I do know. I just get tired of the "all pit bulls are born vicious" narrative that's going around, people advocating to wipe out whole breeds of dog when they don't even know what they're talking about. Between those people, irresponsible owners and those who advocate for them that are not being completely honest or just ignorant, this breed has suffered and will continue to do so unless things change. Killing all of them is not the answer, but I know you're in agreement on that. I love all animals and hate with a red hot passion any kind of animal abuse or neglect, so you could say I'm pretty passionate! So I do always take the person into account when they ask me what kind of dog they should have. There is no size fits all, IMO.

And wow, your husband got unlucky yesterday! It boggles my mind how someone can allow their dog to bite and growl at someone in their house like that when they should have kept that dog away from him! That's crazy! Clearly they are the kind of people who should not have a pit bull (or even a min Schnauzer by the sounds of it!). Thank you for your good response!