Reasons I cant trust Pitbulls

[Bronn]

My aunt has a pit bull that is out of control.

They have a grandson that visits from time to time, and the dog is fine with him, but if anyone she doesn't immediately recognize enters the back yard or come around the house the dog loses her mind.

They inherited the dog when my cousin moved away, and it is indoors/outdoors whenever it wants. My aunt and uncle have had her for years.

I borrowed a canopy from them once. When I picked it up, my uncle was able to keep the dog inside. When I went to return it, the dog came flying out of the house and starts lunging at me, despite my aunt being right there trying to get her to back down. I thought, at one point, that I was going to have to kill this thing out of self defense because it kept lunging. I was able to keep the canopy between me an her until my aunt got her to back off enough for me to just drop it and back out of the gate.

There was absolutely no reason for a dog to be that vicious, especially towards someone it recognizes, is calling it by name, and is showing no threatening behavior.

I just keep waiting to hear that the dog flips it's poo and goes off on my aunt, uncle, or little cousin when he is visiting. It is a ticking time bomb.

[Bronn]

7 minutes ago, YourMomsLover said:

Just saying....pits aren't the most badass of the breeds by any stretch. Pits are wonderful dogs if you don't punch them in the face constantly. 

this is bullshit...

Any dog would be better if you treat them better, but pits, for good reason, have a reputation for snapping without notice or previous incident.
 

[Bronn]

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Pit bulls make up only 6% of the dog population, but they’re responsible for 68% of dog attacks and 52% of dog-related deaths since 1982, according to research compiled by Merritt Clifton, editor of Animals 24-7, an animal-news organization that focuses on humane work and animal-cruelty prevention.

http://time.com/2891180/kfc-and-the-pit-bull-attack-of-a-little-girl/

[YourMomsLover]

18 minutes ago, Bronn said:

this is bullshit...

Any dog would be better if you treat them better, but pits, for good reason, have a reputation for snapping without notice or previous incident.
 

Whatever you say man, but I've had a blue/brendle pit bull and a chihuahua in the same house and the chihuahua ran that bitch so. 

Its all in how they are raised. 

[Bronn]

You say that until your pit snaps and mauls the chihuahua, any nearby children, and ends up having to be put down.

[Bronn]

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Another report published in the April 2011 issue of Annals of Surgery found that one person is killed by a pit bull every 14 days, two people are injured by a pit bull every day, and young children are especially at risk. The report concludes that “these breeds should be regulated in the same way in which other dangerous species, such as leopards, are regulated.” That report was shared with TIME by PETA, the world’s largest animal-rights organization.

If PETA comes out and says this is a dangerous animal, then I would probably go ahead and believe it, despite whatever attachments or nostalgia you have towards this breed.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Pits require early training, put in the lowest position of dominance in the house, and need to be socialized if you plan on having them around other people. I have to deal with dogs a lot at work and I've had 1 pit charge me because the owner let it out while i was working in the back yard, which was it's territory, and I've been bitten a couple times by small dogs. 

The pits that I have dealt with that have been trained well have been absolute babies around me. I had one that I couldn't get out of my lap because he thought he was 15lbs instead of 90. 

These dogs can't just be left alone or go untrained. Just because you are bigger does not mean you are the alpha, and too many ignorant fools don't understand this. They get the dogs, do absolutely nothing with them, then act shocked when they don't behave. I will say there are way too much breeding of them without any regard to bloodlines, but that isn't the dogs fault. 

[Bronn]

No dog attack is really the dog's fault tbqh. I mean, humans shouldn't have really domesticated animals to be pets/companions in my opinion. Also, we should have never started bringing "pets" indoors if you ask me. Don't even get me started.

[pantherclaw]

Small dog syndrome, sucks.

[ladypanther]

So sorry for the woman. Horrible way to die.

 

I have a pit.  She is a big baby.

[pantherclaw]

I'll trust a dog i don't know, over a human I don't  know. 

[PandaPancake]

While were on it, don't trust this guy either:

[thefuzz]

All dogs are fine, until they aren't.

 

Problem is, when a "pit" isn't fine, they can/will kill.  Anytime a certain breed kills and maims more than every other breed, we have a problem.

[Cuttinedge]

On March 29, 2016 at 10:23 PM, pantherclaw said:

 

Any breed can technically go off, and attack a person. 

I raise AKC beagles and I've yet to see 1 of them  ever "go off"