The Academic Impostor Behind the Pit Bull Hysteria

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206. There is a direct connection.

It goes back to shitty owners who do not train their dogs or even so much as care if they get hit by a car or go kill someone else and/or their dogs and/or cats. People who bother to take the time to train their dogs correctly, assuming they are not training their dogs for nefarious purposes (see Michael Vick), are not the problem. It is those who do not bother to train their dogs, or train them to behave shitty to begin with. Those dogs would not behave that way if they were properly trained and properly cared for.

By not bothering to train their dogs, their dogs just model their mentality, which is to be an uncaring asshole toward everyone else around. Even pit bulls can be trained to behave and be NON-aggressive. Even Michael Vick's dogs were later retrained to be NON-aggressive. That's the key. Training. Taking the time up with the dog to train it makes a lot of difference in the dog's behavior. It is not rocket science, but try telling that to the asshole who swears up and down their dog is not aggressive when they have no control over their dog because they never bothered to train it. Some people should not be allowed to have any breed of dog. Instead of breed specific legislation, there should be owner specific legislation. If a dog Owner has had a dog attack another person or pet, they should not be allowed to own any Breed of dog again. It really should be Owners Specific Legislation, to put the punishment where it belongs, with shitty owners.