Illogical argument against pit bulls

He made some good points.

Once we nail down responsible ownership no one will really care about the breed.

Granted any dog that bites someone and has even the slightest bull dog look becomes a pit bull. But the myths are never ending.

The dog 'dead heading for the throat'. Truth, very few bull dogs throat check, but all pit bulls are bred to go for the jugular.

And what did they use for a breaking stick? Ever tried to get a pit bull off without one? All the park stories interest me. One of the best females I ever owned belonged to a friend of mine. She was suppose to be a pet. At about 6-8 month she decided she was not going to be a 'walk in the park dog'. She grabbed the first thing that went by and without a stick, it ended badly. A shit load of vet bills ended up with a dead dog anyway, plus court costs and replacing the other dog. He gave me the female and she went on to be something to write home about. Unprepared owners, a pit bull in a park seldom ends well.

S

 

Agreed.

My friend who works with man-type dogs has a Belgium Malinois and then crossed the Malinois with something to make a Ban-dog type.

These dogs are off lead only when working and are kenneled when not. I'm no expert in the field (but I enjoy watching them work) but they are on edge, maybe sometimes looking over the edge. They are so high strung that they would not be considered good pets. It may be their breeding or it may be their enviroment, I do not know, but they are never left alone with his kids, never allowed to run free unattended (at work). He has went great lengths with responsible ownership.

At a seminar once they had a 'personal injury lawyer' speak who was also did man work with his dogs. He told us the first thing to say if our dogs bit someone was that, "he never did anything like that before". When in truth 99.9% of all dogs will tell you they are going to bite you or tell you they will bite someone. Part of his lecture was the only time a dog should ever bite a person is when he has been commanded to do so and he better be trained to out on command as well. Anything else is the sole responsibility of the owner. Laws differ from state to state, even town to town but most all general statutes have leash laws and leash laws will be the basis of you being sued when your dog bites someone. He ended his talk with if you have a protection type dog and some guy kicks in your door, it will always be better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.

So the root cause of the made-up story is not to own a big furry dog that can beat up a pit bull, nor is it that a pit bull was bred to throat check other beings, or that pit bulls should be extinct, or even worse, the 12 year old girl allowed it to get away. The root cause was the owner of the dog placed it in a situation where something bad could happen. It was not the dog, nor the little girl nor the pit bull hype, simply the owner did not show true responsibility before the fact. Society and sometimes the courthouse will help him with responsibility after the fact.

S