Indiana Man Mauled to Death by Pet Dog on Christmas

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56. I see it exempted the Staffordshire Bull Terrier which is what I consider a "pit bull".

It specifically says American pit bull which is just one subset of the pit bull identified dogs.

In excluding the father of the American Pit Bull, it is really not an effective law.

I own a dog that was classified by the shelter as a vicious dog and I find her very gentle. Her owner dropped her off for biting. The owner lied. The dog has a soft mouth, can't eat hard food because she was bred to not bite down on anything so that she could bring small animals back without damaging them. She kills by breaking their necks - I know this by watching her kill mice and by having her angry and grabbing my hand in her mouth and holding it, ha ha. She could nibble but never tear skin. Now she has lost most of her teeth because I could never give her chew bones and had to brush her teeth every day, something she fights like hell, so little brushing. I don't think she could survive in the wild because of these traits. Which shows that shelters and all people believe what they hear, not necessarily the facts. I will say she can get "crazy eyes" and look scary, but if you can't bite down (and pit bulls do bite down as they are reputed to do) you can only do so much damage. This dog has gotten into a dogfight with another dog, that bit her and tore skin (dog park) but there was never a mark on the other dog. Can not bite down. She actually tried to hide behind my legs, but the otehr dog ( a vicious 20 pound cocker spaniel) chased her, I had to pick up all 50 pounds to protect her.

Now she could scratch me to death with her quick growing extra sharp nails (also bred to climb trees), but never bite me to do serious damage just because it is physically impossible.