I hate to be the voice of dissent here but I feel the need to add my two cents. Please don't pelt me with rotten fruit *g*
I do not care for pit bulls. This opinion is not based on misconceptions but on personal experience. I have come into contact with these dogs three times in my life and all three times were disastrous. In one case, I witnessed a pit go after my neighbor's 14 year old cat, jump several feet off the ground to grab the cat off a ledge and proceed to rip the cat to shreds all over her front lawn. This happened while my sister and the neighbor's son, who were both four years old and playing in the yard, watched. This same dog also attacked 2 other animals, injuring one and killing the other(a black lab puppy). This is only one of my experiences with pits. I won't bore you with the details of the other two.
I do agree that there is no such things as a "vicious" breed and that any dog can be dangerous. Unfortunately, the illiterate morons of the world are not training poodles or chihuahuas as attack or fighting dogs. They are training pitt bulls and rottweilers because these dogs have the genetic nature and build to be truly dangerous. These dogs don't just bite. They attack to kill, as they trained to do. We have had four children mauled to death in the last five years here in the Central valley. Three of them by pitts and one by a rottweiler. This is why I don't like them and why my daughter will never be allowed around them. All of this aside, I do realize that there are people who have raised these dogs as pets and feel very protective of them.But I have to base my opinion on my own experiences, just as you do.
I do understand your point of view on this subject. I hope you can also understand mine.
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I do not care for pit bulls. This opinion is not based on misconceptions but on personal experience. I have come into contact with these dogs three times in my life and all three times were disastrous. In one case, I witnessed a pit go after my neighbor's 14 year old cat, jump several feet off the ground to grab the cat off a ledge and proceed to rip the cat to shreds all over her front lawn. This happened while my sister and the neighbor's son, who were both four years old and playing in the yard, watched. This same dog also attacked 2 other animals, injuring one and killing the other(a black lab puppy). This is only one of my experiences with pits. I won't bore you with the details of the other two.
I do agree that there is no such things as a "vicious" breed and that any dog can be dangerous. Unfortunately, the illiterate morons of the world are not training poodles or chihuahuas as attack or fighting dogs. They are training pitt bulls and rottweilers because these dogs have the genetic nature and build to be truly dangerous. These dogs don't just bite. They attack to kill, as they trained to do. We have had four children mauled to death in the last five years here in the Central valley. Three of them by pitts and one by a rottweiler. This is why I don't like them and why my daughter will never be allowed around them. All of this aside, I do realize that there are people who have raised these dogs as pets and feel very protective of them.But I have to base my opinion on my own experiences, just as you do.
I do understand your point of view on this subject. I hope you can also understand mine.