Pit Bull bans...WTF?

Again SVTcontour you have your head in the clouds and obviously havent read hardly anything we wrote.
Yes we all know they have the ability to kill somebody easily. We arent argueing that. They dont snap more violently than any other dog they just have more ability than 90% of other breeds, but that isnt their fault, thats just their physical traits.
I suppose you would love to see cougars and bears and moose and hippos wiped of the face of the earth to then? each of these species as individual species kill more people in a year than all dog species combined. And most attacks happen in back yards.
No dog should be banned at all. Having licensing rules is fine but bannign them all together is plain wrong, discriminate and just shows how ignorant people in general reall can be.
 
Ash they dont maul any more than any other breed that is considered aggressive. They simply have tha ability to inflict more damage with a single bite so if there are multiple bites it can be really bad. A Pit Bull can bite once and easily shatter bone, most other dogs dont have that ability, but again that isnt their fault. When a Pit Bull mauls it is a fact that 99% were abused dogs. Where as biting is mostly in protectiveness or fear or the dog has been ordered to bite by its owner.
And a FlyFly said Pit Bull attacks are the only attacks televised. And any dog that even remotely looks liek a pit bull is called a pit bull if it attacks. I have seen the news say a pit bull attack somebody and when they showed the dog it was clearly a bull terrier cross. This is where problem tend to come from. Any dog with staffie or pitty or anything that even looks similar is automatically considered a Pit Bull if it attacks somebody so to read alot of stats about it is mis-leading as many of the attacks that are by Pit Bulls may have actually been a Staffie or a Bull terrier etc.
 
It seems like licensing regulations would be a good thing for breeders to request from legislators. It seems like that woudl give you guys the clout to say ' look we think bad breeders and owners are a problem too, instead of banning let's work on this more reasonable solution.'
edit- we posted atthe same time. When I say maul, I'm probably not using the right term. What I basically meant was what you said, they inflict a lot more damage when they attack.
 
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I also think its unfortunate that the people with these dogs in the newly banned areas are forced to give up their dogs to be euthanized, or if they are lucky give the dog away or move. I would be so angry if I were forced to move in order to keep my dogs, but we would do it in a second :) . However, I know that there are people who would not have that option :sad:
 
ash said:
It seems like licensing regulations would be a good thing for breeders to request from legislators. It seems like that woudl give you guys the clout to say ' look we think bad breeders and owners are a problem too, instead of banning let's work on this more reasonable solution.'
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Exsactly.

Oh and I was thinkin about the Pitty that killed the border collie we were talking about earlier and thought if this too.
If my Pitty is trained to be a guard dog, and another dog comes running at me Aggressively, I would kinda want my Pitty to intercept it before it got to me. and if it tries to attack me or my pitty I would want my dog to take whatever action is necessary to stop it. I would want my dog no matter what breed it is to do that. I dont mean to kill the other dog that is a little extreme but do understand what I mean?
 
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I also think its unfortunate that the people with these dogs in the newly banned areas are forced to give up their dogs to be euthanized, or if they are lucky give the dog away or move. I would be so angry if I were forced to move in order to keep my dogs, but we would do it in a second :) . However, I know that there are people who would not have that option :sad:
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Yeah, and if the governement forces me to give up my dogs(which I would never do) or move I think I should recieve some kind of financial aid or imbursment for the move. Or at least the governement should have to help me find a place to live and a new job, or guarantee me the same income whether they have to fork it out of their pockets or whatever. But that could just be me.
 
Labont- I do to a degree. But at the same time, (and I hope this doesn't offend you) I don't know that I want a dog that is that keenly protective of its owner in the park with me. I don't know that dog- how am I supposed to know what it is going to see as a threat to its owner? I realize that the case with your friend was different but what if that border collie invading his space had been just some hippie trying to catch a frizbee and not watching where he was going? What if I'm jogging past you and he thinks I'm something to chase? I think a dog who sees their entire function as protection is sometimes lacking in discretion.
 
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Labont- I do to a degree. But at the same time, (and I hope this doesn't offend you) I don't know that I want a dog that is that keenly protective of its owner in the park with me. I don't know that dog- how am I supposed to know what it is going to see as a threat to its owner? I realize that the case with your friend was different but what if that border collie invading his space had been just some hippie trying to catch a frizbee and not watching where he was going? What if I'm jogging past you and he thinks I'm something to chase? I think a dog who sees their entire function as protection is sometimes lacking in discretion.
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Ture however I as can my dogs can see the difference in body language in somebody who is aggressive and somebody who isnt aggressive. If I was coming up to you to puch you you would knwo that I wasnt coming to shake your hand becaseu my body language would be different. I dunno about other people dogs but mine can tell the difference. I have my nephews and their friends run around in my yard with my dogs all the time and have never had an issue. I can take people in tolook at pups while the mother is still in the kennel with them and they dont react at all. whereas you would htink they would be really protective and would let strangers near the pups. They have that 6th sence where its almost like they can tell if they can trust you or not. I have full confidence in my dogs that they would make the right decision depending on the situation.

And that is also why leash laws were put into effect. If that person would have kept their dog on its leash it wouldnt have happened. There is only one park in my city where dogs are allowed off their leashes and it wasnt the one this incident happened at.
 
Labont865. We're talking about dogs and you're talking about cougars and bears... and let me put it this way. IF COUGARS AND BEARS COULD BE KEPT AS PETS AND WALKED ON THE STREET, I'D WANT THEM BANNED AS WELL. Does that make it clear how I feel :) Since you brought up the situation..rediculous situation might I add.

How much more clear does it have to be. Pitbulls have been bred by people as fighting dogs. On purpose, they have been bred to be aggressive, not give up (because they are fighting dogs) and to have a higher threshold of pain so they can continue their fighting. This means that IF and WHEN something triggers them to fight, they are more likely to cause damage because they are more likely to continue. Seems very basic to me.
 
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