" the owner was good to him…" I don’t think so. Pets reflect their owners behavior. Pit Bulls are a strong breed but sociable if raised by sociable owners. i helped rescue a hurt Piton the street. The Pit didn’t know me but let me help without complaint. “It’s the owners, Stupid!” should be on street signs.
Pit Bulls, like Dobermans and German Shepherds and Rottweilers have all gotten unfair press because there are bad dog owners who have no clue how to understand dog. Just because someone is “good” to a dog on the outside doesn’t mean that they aren’t creating a dog problem. Most of the time when a dog attacks “out of nowhere” there are lots of signs from the dog that people are uneducated and don’t understand. The dog is telling you to back off – and you don’t. Then he attacks and folks make that dog a statistic.
Great comments about pit bulls. I have known several. The only one that was vicious had been trained to be that way. She was rescued and has been rehabilitated. She is sweet but still distrustful of men. Support your local shelter. They need your help.
One more thing about pit bulls – a lot of those “vicious pit bulls” aren’t pit bulls, they’re just vicious dogs misidentified by people who think any stocky mean dog in various colors are pitties. E.g., my daughter’s chocolate Labrador growled at a trespasser – so he’s supposedly a pit bull. I have little experience with pitties, aside from a neighbor’s that will bark fiercely and then run up to be petted. As long as I don’t do anything that could look like an attack on the owner or his family, that dog is not dangerous at all, but if I was a criminal or an idiot, it could do a lot of damage…
However, from the statistics I’ve seen, Labs are more likely to bite than pitties – but what wasn’t in those stats was how serious the bites were. Pitties have a reputation for biting hard and holding on when they do bite. I have a lot of experience with Labs, and they don’t seem likely to do a lot of damage. I suspect most Lab bites were from play that got these excitable dogs too excited. A Lab will like to roughhouse but might nip when too excited, or simply try to get a hold on your arm with their mouth – they can hold a terrified-to-paralysis duck in their mouth without hurting it, but if you start wiggling and try to pull the arm out, you’ll drag unprotected skin across their teeth…
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-grain-of-sand/ By Robert William Service:
If starry space no limit knowsAnd sun succeeds to sun,There is no reason to supposeOur earth the only one.’Mid countless constellations castA million worlds may be,With each a God to bless or blastAnd steer to destiny.
Just think! A million gods or soTo guide each vital stream,With over all to boss the showA Deity supreme.Such magnitudes oppress my mind;From cosmic space it swings;So ultimately glad to findRelief in little things.
For look! Within my hollow hand,While round the earth careens,I hold a single grain of sandAnd wonder what it means.Ah! If I had the eyes to see,And brain to understand,I think Life’s mystery might beSolved in this grain of sand.
What? Me worried ? almost 10 years ago
Don’t worry guys ,you have your own star and constellation !
Are you Sirius ? Yup !
ejcapron almost 10 years ago
That’s an unfair stereotype. Pitbulls are generally very docile.
dzw3030 almost 10 years ago
" the owner was good to him…" I don’t think so. Pets reflect their owners behavior. Pit Bulls are a strong breed but sociable if raised by sociable owners. i helped rescue a hurt Piton the street. The Pit didn’t know me but let me help without complaint. “It’s the owners, Stupid!” should be on street signs.
johovey almost 10 years ago
Pit Bulls, like Dobermans and German Shepherds and Rottweilers have all gotten unfair press because there are bad dog owners who have no clue how to understand dog. Just because someone is “good” to a dog on the outside doesn’t mean that they aren’t creating a dog problem. Most of the time when a dog attacks “out of nowhere” there are lots of signs from the dog that people are uneducated and don’t understand. The dog is telling you to back off – and you don’t. Then he attacks and folks make that dog a statistic.
Starman1948 almost 10 years ago
Great comments about pit bulls. I have known several. The only one that was vicious had been trained to be that way. She was rescued and has been rehabilitated. She is sweet but still distrustful of men. Support your local shelter. They need your help.
markmoss1 over 9 years ago
One more thing about pit bulls – a lot of those “vicious pit bulls” aren’t pit bulls, they’re just vicious dogs misidentified by people who think any stocky mean dog in various colors are pitties. E.g., my daughter’s chocolate Labrador growled at a trespasser – so he’s supposedly a pit bull. I have little experience with pitties, aside from a neighbor’s that will bark fiercely and then run up to be petted. As long as I don’t do anything that could look like an attack on the owner or his family, that dog is not dangerous at all, but if I was a criminal or an idiot, it could do a lot of damage…
However, from the statistics I’ve seen, Labs are more likely to bite than pitties – but what wasn’t in those stats was how serious the bites were. Pitties have a reputation for biting hard and holding on when they do bite. I have a lot of experience with Labs, and they don’t seem likely to do a lot of damage. I suspect most Lab bites were from play that got these excitable dogs too excited. A Lab will like to roughhouse but might nip when too excited, or simply try to get a hold on your arm with their mouth – they can hold a terrified-to-paralysis duck in their mouth without hurting it, but if you start wiggling and try to pull the arm out, you’ll drag unprotected skin across their teeth…
wbtthefrog over 9 years ago
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-grain-of-sand/ By Robert William Service:
If starry space no limit knowsAnd sun succeeds to sun,There is no reason to supposeOur earth the only one.’Mid countless constellations castA million worlds may be,With each a God to bless or blastAnd steer to destiny.
Just think! A million gods or soTo guide each vital stream,With over all to boss the showA Deity supreme.Such magnitudes oppress my mind;From cosmic space it swings;So ultimately glad to findRelief in little things.
For look! Within my hollow hand,While round the earth careens,I hold a single grain of sandAnd wonder what it means.Ah! If I had the eyes to see,And brain to understand,I think Life’s mystery might beSolved in this grain of sand.