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Also any dog regardless of how ‘well’ its been trained can snap and generally be unpredictable. A mini schnauzer isn’t going to tear your face off though

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I’ve been working with them for over a decade, through work and through shelters and through the rescue community. That’s fundamentally not true.

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I’m sorry you’ve been bitten. Genuinely. My sister needed reconstructive surgery from a greyhound bite, fwiw, and I’ll never forget coming home and seeing her clutching her face (and worse, seeing her remove her hands from her face after).

Whether or not you like them and despite your experience with an individual dog (which again, I’m sorry you experienced and do not mean to trivialize at all), there is objectively nothing inherently dangerous or violent about pit bulls. That’s a fact. They are inherently good, just like any other dog. Millions of sweet, innocent dogs don’t deserve to be executed because of stereotypes and misinformation and fear (fear that’s derived from humans’ mistreatment of them, no-less). Just like any other dog, they deserve to be loved and taken care of and protected from the monsters who would abuse them.

I’m going to bow out of this one because I’m getting worked up (I feel more passionately about this than anything, even The Smashing Pumpkins), and all of the information is out there. I love (and trust) my dogs 100%, and the thought of their being ripped out of their loving homes to be executed on account of ignorance is absolutely horrifying to me. It’s more than a little bit jarring seeing anti-pit bull sentiment and misinformation here, since this forum is normally very on-point about combating stereotyping and falsehoods and ignorance.

I don’t buy into this at all. dogs, aren’t inherently anything. There’s a wide spectrum of factors that determines a dog’s character, and id argue the most important factor is how it’s raised and socialised.

However, it’s completely 100% fact that pitbulls have the potential to be one of the more dangerous breeds due to its physiology. I’m not sure the answer is banning them, but I think they should be muzzled in public for the safety of other dogs and humans, because, as you will know, dogs aren’t 100% predictable.

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That’s the point in trying to make. But a dog that isn’t as physically powerful isn’t going to do the same amount of damage if they’re raised in a poor environment

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Like, I think it’s a terrier or something that’s actually involved with the most hospital visits per year, but they’re typically not involved in life changing injuries like bigger breeds

There are definitely breeds that can do a lot of damage in the wrong hands or just randomly, but yeah, the thing is that there aren’t that many poor owners walking around with Iberian mastiffs and fila brasileiros. Pit bulls are smaller and easier to keep in densely populated areas and they’re very popular, which means there is always going to be a higher incident rate.

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totally agree that however friendly pit bulls are in general (don’t know how true this is or not), their strength makes them too much of a risk

the most aggressive dog i’ve ever met was a yorkshire terrier. no hospital visits needed for any of the many times it bit me, despite its best efforts.

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Sorry if I’ve come across heavy handed or anything here. I’m trying to find the middle ground here because like, 99% of pit bulls are probably amazing

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Owls: wise
Elephants: good memory
Weasels: bit shifty
Sheep: easily led
Wolves: cunning and v. evil

Parrots: repetitive

Bees - Rip off merchants

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Ostriches: avoidance

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Sloths: bone fucking idle

Peacocks: vain
Gannetts: greedy
Toads: ugly and (Wind in the Willows canon) reckless
Tortoises: slow, long-lived lads

Dogs - Pool room hustlers, ivory ticklers.

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