Author Topic: Another Day..another Pit Bull Attack.. (Read 1144 times)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:20:01 AM »

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Originally posted by Muckmaw1
Face it. Most people do not think about the possible consequences of their actions.

I agree. I see it on this board everyday.

Furball · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:20:39 AM »

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Originally posted by Muckmaw1

You should fear my Dachsund.

Why anyone would want a really big dog is beyond me.

First, the bigger the dog, the bigger the poops.

Second, How often do cute chicks come up and pet your Pit bull.

My Weenie-Dog is a real chick magnet!

do you keep it in your handbag? do you have a pink leash for it?

Only small dog worth having is a Jack Russell

AKIron · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:22:20 AM »

I'm pretty confident that if you hold real still for an hour or so Coco could gnaw through your jugular.

p.s. please don't call her "rat dog", it's hurts her feelings when I do it.

2bighorn · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:27:57 AM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
I'm pretty confident that if you hold real still for an hour or so Coco could gnaw through your jugular.

Huh, sorry for being off-topic, but what is this? Wingless bat?

Zippatuh · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:45:13 AM »

Ok… so I’m a pitbull owner and here to defend it. Not only that but my wife is very involved in the humane society and dog rescue.

To pick a specific breed out is crap. It has nothing to do with breed but everything to do with the individual animal itself.

I’m giving the wife a call now to send me an email with all of the breed ban legislation information, CDC statistics, and anything else she has. She’s done a lot of research on the subject and find that most people, as they are here, are actually clueless about the number and type of dog attacks and breeds that are associated.

Pitbull’s are highly trainable and very intelligent dogs and do pretty much whatever the owner teaches them and/or wants them to do. I’ll be back on a bit later with some statistic information to drown out the misconceptions and ignorance that is displayed here.

Muckmaw1 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:50:16 AM »

No matter how well trained, a dog, like a human, can attack without provocation.

Now, which dog is a bigger threat to me and my kids when we're riding our bikes?

Coco the merciless, or an 80lb Rottie, Pit Bull, Etc.

I think the stat will tell you the most common dog to bite is a cocker spanial.

We're not talking frequency here. We're talking the damage an animal can do.

I'm sure White Tigers are very trainable and intelligent, but there is a reason you do not keep an animal with such power as a pet.

Ask Roy Horn. He'll tell you.

ASTAC · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:52:31 AM »

I have owned a pit bull...it was a gift to me when it was a puppy...It was extrememly well trained and intelligent..I knew that this breed had problems so I shelled out cash to a professional trainer. The trainer was never violent towards the dog during his course of instruction..The dog seemed very docile and friendly..then one day it snapped and attacked me and my son. We have never done anything to this dog to provoke that kind of thing. The breed was bred with the worst aggressive characteristics and you can't ovveride nature/instinct with training. I don't base my opinion of these trash dogs on hearsay or ignorance..I base it on experience. I took the dog out back and shot it on the spot..Some may call that being cruel..I call it being responsible.

Muckmaw1 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2004, 10:55:30 AM »

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Originally posted by ASTAC
I took the dog out back and shot it on the spot..Some may call that being cruel..I call it being responsible.

I could not agree more.

lazs2 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2004, 11:12:30 AM »

it used to be, and for all I know still is, common practice for farmers and ranchers to shoot any dog that killed livestock no matter how attached they were to it.

lazs

ASTAC · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2004, 11:14:47 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
it used to be, and for all I know still is, common practice for farmers and ranchers to shoot any dog that killed livestock no matter how attached they were to it.

lazs

You have to..Once they've tasted blood they are nothing but dangerous.

Cougar68 · « **Reply #25 on:** September 17, 2004, 11:41:24 AM »

I've said it before in these threads and I'll say it again. Go ahead and show me stats about how the neighbors Cocker bit some kid shooting a water gun at his face. Post an article about a golden retriever going off his rocker at the mail man if it makes you feel better. The bottom line is that pit bulls were BRED TO FIGHT. It's their instinct. I would have better luck training my collies to not round things up in tight circles. You may mask the behavior, but it will ALWAYS be there ready to come out.

Call me ignorant if you want, but it just proves you know nothing about me. I'll stay out of a discussion that I'm not qualified for but when it comes to dogs and old cars I'm going to jump right in. I've worked with and trained dogs for the last 15 years, including pit bulls. So I think I have an idea of what i'm talking about.

Cougar

Sikboy · « **Reply #26 on:** September 17, 2004, 12:10:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Zippatuh

To pick a specific breed out is crap. It has nothing to do with breed but everything to do with the individual animal itself.

I don't think that's accurate. I mean, the above pictured rat dog would need a machette and a bear trap to maul a kid.

Now, if you're talking about Pit bulls vs. German Sheaperds/Dobermans, I think it's a closer question. I admit that I really don't know the difference in the destructive capabilities between breeds of large dogs. I would be very curious to see the information that your wife has collected on legislation, and want to reiterate that I'm suggesting a change in the liability standards for large dog owners, not a ban on any dogs.

What I would be most interested in (but am WAY too lazy and dissinterested to look up) would be a comparrison of Pit Bull attacks vs successful negligence claims against the owners. If there was a high % of owners already being found liable for the attacks, it really wouldn't make much sense to decrease the threshold at all.

-Sik

AKIron · « **Reply #27 on:** September 17, 2004, 01:20:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Sikboy
I don't think that's accurate. I mean, the above pictured rat dog would need a machette and a bear trap to maul a kid.

-Sik

Get'm Coco!

bigsky · « **Reply #28 on:** September 17, 2004, 01:27:00 PM »

thats what you get when somebody gets a dog for a pet thats not suposed to be a pet. pitbulls were bred to bite cows. thats not what i would want in a pet dog. blue heeler is a breed that bites but you dont here about them in the news. i dont trust ANY animal 100%. sometimes dogs just flip out and go cujo even little ones.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #29 on:** September 17, 2004, 01:29:48 PM »

Animals can flip out. You are ok Iron as long as you don't bring home Taco Bell(tm).