Yes they probably would. Unfortunately in the 80s it was Dobermans and the 90s it was Rottweilers, now as the most exploited dog in history, its the American Pitbull Terrier. The flaw in the "fact" is that every dog that is crossbred with a larger more people aggressive mastiff breed is falsely classified as a "pitbull". Any gangster type with a "tough guy" attitude gets a bully and teaches it to attack. This also adds to the hype of the "vicious pitbull". Bottom line is anybody who has spent anytime around a true Pitbull knows that they are amazing family dogs.
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The reality of what Pits are is different from pretty much every other dog out there. For over 150 years the breed has been refined in american dog fighting, the most viscous dog fighting format in the world. Bred to kill and not back down the breed is one of the few in the world that is relatively devoid of pack instincts that other dogs have. Pits don't care about dominance, they don't really perceive it. They are on or off, that is what they were bread to do only in the last 15-20 years have they become such a prevalent home animal.
I'm speaking about the Breed and what was intended for the animal when the breed was established. There is no way to account for individual animals. I live with a blue pit from the am staf line and she's a sweety but can't deal with other dogs very well. Not respecting the animal and its heritage is how normal well to do people experience those house hold tragedies. End of the days pits are what they are because WE made them that way, so its our responsibility to be responsible for it.
All guard dog breeds I'm familiar with were bread to attack and pin, not kill trespassers. While I'm sure they have accidents and or bad owners, but it is not the intent of the breeding practices to produce killers.
I work in an animal hospital and see more vicious labs and goldens than pitbulls. People need to learn that 1. People don't know how to breed ( which there's so many animals that need homes it should slow down) that they're inbred which can make them tempermental. 2. People feeding them raw foods and gun powder don't help AT ALL.
It's really horrible how people assume. Really is. I would have a pit in a heartbeat if I didn't have 2 dogs already. Spay and neuter!!!
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I'm not sure if you understand how line breeding works to produce the best in breed but basically inbreeding is a tenant of this.
Pits are less than 5 percent of the population, what are labs, probably the most prevalent dog out there? Lets say they are 15-20 percentI'd expect you to have more bad experiences with labs simply by virtue of volume. If 1/4 of labs were bad you'd still have more negative exposure than if half of pits were bad. At that see my above comment as to why their behavior deviates from that of other dogs.
The worst is little dogs they will bite you out of the blue
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Yes, I can't take most little dog demeanors. Their aggression is allowed because of their size but really it speaks to the rather poor breeding practices that have become so prevalent in the last couple decades.
k, I just found it amusing that someone with an alcohol problem would pass out on RAILROAD TRACKS!!
That part is funny.
It is not funny that a loyal dog was injured because of his dumb $@& owner.
Self inflicted conditions are something most people really struggle to have sympathy for. I'm of the same mind set in that its horrible that the dog had to get hurt like that. Where is the old lady in this story? I would assume somewhere drinking or sleeping.
