If your dog is a psychopath or exhibits warning sign behaviors....
Is eating a bathroom a warning sign?
If your dog is a psychopath or exhibits warning sign behaviors....
I think it is what they are capable of that’s the issue. Folks like to throw out numbers about other breeds and how many people were bitten by this breed of dog or that type dog but the problem still is what these dogs were breaded for, blood sports in the United Kingdom in the 1800 to fight and kill. They have a high tolerance to pain and the pounds for pressure that they can exert with their jaws. Just ask Michael Vick how nice these dogs can be. I’m sure he has some stories to tell.
As Chris rock famously said "...The Tiger went Tiger".
Than I guess that pit bull did what pit bulls do. (blood sport)
I have a large lab that has been with my family since it was a pup. My kids have always played with it and it is well trained and well mannered. My neighbor has a dog in a pen across the street that was in heat and my dog could sense it from our backyard. My well mannered lab was a different animal trying to get to that female. He never tried to bite anyone but howled all night for several days and continuously dug out of our fenced in yard. I have never seen him act like that but it was a reminder that he is still an animal.
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Kids sometimes get bitten by dogs from doing things like stepping on a sleeping dog's foot. This can happen even with a gentle dog. I'm just in the "the bigger the dog, the bigger the wound" corner, I guess- and it's my believe that large dogs- even nice ones- are a potential threat to the well being of a kid. Pitbulls & similar breeds certainly meet that criteria.
But that's just my opinion.
In this case, there was another PB removed from the apartment, and if I'm not mistaken- it was a female....Anyone know more about that? The female could have been in heat. We were talking about that around the office, yesterday....
Experts say Niko may have been especially territorial because he was not neutered, and a six-month-old female dog in the home was starting to go into heat.
Houma Police Chief said they are investigating the possibility of the dog being used for fighting and was being tested not only for rabies, but steroids as well.
live as dogs whom are susceptible to environmental influences on their behavior.
"He had a mental issue"
So this means only violent people own pit bulls that attack other dogs or people or people who act violently have violent acting dog???
you are exactly correct- all I add is that is the owners responsibility to consider. If you can't alleviate the potential for harm, then you neglectfully purchased an animal that you had no business raising.
I don't raise venomous snakes. I don't know the first dang thing about them and wouldn't allow one in my house. Many people raise them, and I'm not against them having one. Just because I don't know how to do it safely doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to... now if I ignore this and buy one anyway, I should be charged with manslaughter when it bites and kills my child. Feel free to substitute "snake" with animal or breed of your choosing; the argument is intact.