An American Hero-The Pit Bull

[moosmom]

Vela is right. Pitbulls have gotten a bad rap, thanks to the many jerks that train them to fight. It only takes 1 bad apple to spoil the whole barrel. These ARE sweet dogs. Aggression is not bred, it's trained!!

I couldn't watch the video. I've seen too many of them and believe me, it's truly sickening.

[captain]

OMG - I tried, I tried ..... but I cannot watch it ...... I

I need to pick a "brave" day to watch it, one day when I am feeling like I can, and remember ............... people SAVE them, and I THANK THEM SO much for that ....

[zoomer]

I'm starting to releize that they aren't that vicious...

[king2005]

I've been bitten by a lot of dogs, including a pit bull. I'd have to say the pit bull did the least amount of damage & if he could talk, I know he would have said sorry a million times. The worst I've had was when I was 6 & was bitten by a border Collie, I had to get 7 stitches.

No complaints were ever filled out, as I was not attacked by the dogs. It was a single bite & nothing more.

I cannot wait until I move into my new apt. as there is a pitty in the house & hes a big suck! All he wants is to be patted, scratched, kissed & near you.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I've been bitten by a lot of dogs, including a pit bull. I'd have to say the pit bull did the least amount of damage & if he could talk, I know he would have said sorry a million times. The worst I've had was when I was 6 & was bitten by a border Collie, I had to get 7 stitches.

No complaints were ever filled out, as I was not attacked by the dogs. It was a single bite & nothing more.

I cannot wait until I move into my new apt. as there is a pitty in the house & hes a big suck! All he wants is to be patted, scratched, kissed & near you.

Yay!
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How many actual pitbull deaths have you ever heard of? I've heard of other dogs killing people, but in all honesty never a Pit. There's been a rottie(not too far from me actually) and then I heard of a Pomeranian killing a 6month old infant...

[king2005]

Yay!
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How many actual pitbull deaths have you ever heard of? I've heard of other dogs killing people, but in all honesty never a Pit. There's been a rottie(not too far from me actually) and then I heard of a Pomeranian killing a 6month old infant...

The way I was raised, is that dogs cannot push you out of their way or put their paws infront of them to stop a person from doing something they don't want (in my case petting), so the dogs only clear warning is a snap.

In my eyes a snap or single bite, is = to a person pushing you away to hitting your hands to stop you from doing something they don't like (like a hug).

Its when the dog bites many times, claws, snarls & continues to bite you as your trying to get away is when its a BAD dog.. Most cases a person turned it into a bad dog, but regardless, it is what someone made it & saddly I agree those ones need to be destroyed as they are mentally broken



I remember doing my paper route when I was 12yrs old. I always was excited to go to this one house, cause Boots was always tied at the front door 7 he loved to be patted & every now & then Tiny was outside aswell & she got scratches too.

One day I went to pet Boots (I had known him for a year) & he bit me 3 times really fast on my hand.. He broke the first layer of skin all over my hand & my hand turned red & had swelled a wee bit where hit teeth touched.

I freaked & ran to the truck a block away & hid in there until dad came back (the route had 200 papers & dad helped me).. I told dad what happened & said something is wrong with Boots, its not like him to be like that.

So dad knocked on the door & some 20-30 something guy came out. I knew that wasn't Boots' owner & I'd never seen him before. Months later I saw Boots' owner walking Boots & Tiny in the park, Boots barked at me (not aggressivly), but I panicked & ran into the lake draging Max with me. Boot's owner said whats wrong, he's harmless. So I told them what happened as they knew I was the papergirl. They were shocked & said they had suspected their son was hurting him, but never saw it happen. Saddly Boots was put down, as he was turning & his owners feared he'd accidently bite the wrong person.

To this day I don't blame Boots & kinda feel guilty.

[Roxyluvsme13]

The way I was raised, is that dogs cannot push you out of their way or put their paws infront of them to stop a person from doing something they don't want (in my case petting), so the dogs only clear warning is a snap.

In my eyes a snap or single bite, is = to a person pushing you away to hitting your hands to stop you from doing something they don't like (like a hug).

Its when the dog bites many times, claws, snarls & continues to bite you as your trying to get away is when its a BAD dog.. Most cases a person turned it into a bad dog, but regardless, it is what someone made it & saddly I agree those ones need to be destroyed as they are mentally broken



I remember doing my paper route when I was 12yrs old. I always was excited to go to this one house, cause Boots was always tied at the front door 7 he loved to be patted & every now & then Tiny was outside aswell & she got scratches too.

One day I went to pet Boots (I had known him for a year) & he bit me 3 times really fast on my hand.. He broke the first layer of skin all over my hand & my hand turned red & had swelled a wee bit where hit teeth touched.

I freaked & ran to the truck a block away & hid in there until dad came back (the route had 200 papers & dad helped me).. I told dad what happened & said something is wrong with Boots, its not like him to be like that.

So dad knocked on the door & some 20-30 something guy came out. I knew that wasn't Boots' owner & I'd never seen him before. Months later I saw Boots' owner walking Boots & Tiny in the park, Boots barked at me (not aggressivly), but I panicked & ran into the lake draging Max with me. Boot's owner said whats wrong, he's harmless. So I told them what happened as they knew I was the papergirl. They were shocked & said they had suspected their son was hurting him, but never saw it happen. Saddly Boots was put down, as he was turning & his owners feared he'd accidently bite the wrong person.

To this day I don't blame Boots & kinda feel guilty.

That's terrible. But don't be guilty. It wasn't your fault at all Boots was being abused. It's the stupid son who abused him, and caused him to be mean.