Pitbulls ??Aggression, Fact or Not???

[Jadapit]

You are coming off as a very hateful human being. There are a lot of people that have been members here for a long time that have pits, those pits are loved members of our community. Please don't come here and insult our family members.

Thank you so much for saying this!

Borzoimom's mom how would you like it if a bunch of us were to bash the breed you love like your doing the pit bull?

[luvofallhorses]

You are coming off as a very hateful human being. There are a lot of people that have been members here for a long time that have pits, those pits are loved members of our community. Please don't come here and insult our family members.

I'm with you caseysmom and back you up 100%. Pit bulls are one the best dogs out there and I wish some people could see that.

borzoimom,

I know you wouldn't like us bashing the breed you love so much, not that we would do that. but we all know how you feel about pit bulls now and please there is NO need to go on about it.

[borzoimom]

You are coming off as a very hateful human being. There are a lot of people that have been members here for a long time that have pits, those pits are loved members of our community. Please don't come here and insult our family members.

I understand that- I am just saying to someone that wanted to know facts, when the first few pages were the positive- there is a negative to any breed, and this one is hard to insure. Its not about money= its about your right to have your life- you need on guard with one alllllllllllllllllll the time.. This does bite " like a stinking poodle" ( as someone said) - this breed will maim..
YOu do what you want- I wouldnt have it. I have seen to much and didnt ask to see it to start with... I knew the dog that distroyed my friends life- you didnt, I knew the man that was killed in his house by his 3 pitts- YOU DIDNT... This is not a typcial snappy breed- it can be a killer and strong enough in jaw pressure to do it..
My point is- you need to hear both sides of the story before doing this.... Take it for what it is worth, but when even the miliatary and top police departments in the nation wont use the breed, that tells me an awful lot! Seriously - it does- and I posted as to why....

[luvofallhorses]

[elizabethann]

I understand that- I am just saying to someone that wanted to know facts, when the first few pages were the positive- there is a negative to any breed, and this one is hard to insure. Its not about money= its about your right to have your life- you need on guard with one alllllllllllllllllll the time.. This does bite " like a stinking poodle" ( as someone said) - this breed will maim..
YOu do what you want- I wouldnt have it. I have seen to much and didnt ask to see it to start with... I knew the dog that distroyed my friends life- you didnt, I knew the man that was killed in his house by his 3 pitts- YOU DIDNT... This is not a typcial snappy breed- it can be a killer and strong enough in jaw pressure to do it..
My point is- you need to hear both sides of the story before doing this.... Take it for what it is worth, but when even the miliatary and top police departments in the nation wont use the breed, that tells me an awful lot! Seriously - it does- and I posted as to why....

YOU are entitled to your own opinion and so am I. I like Pit Bulls. I even like STINKING poodles (including the one that bit me).

[caseysmom]

Thank you so much for saying this!

Borzoimom's mom how would you like it if a bunch of us were to bash the breed you love like your doing the pit bull?

Give your girls a big hug for me, I would trust your girls with my life. I need to stay out of this thread it is too upsetting.

[luvofallhorses]

If you like them then why are you being so negative about them?!

[luvofallhorses]

Give your girls a big hug for me, I would trust your girls with my life. I need to stay out of this thread it is too upsetting.

so would I. give them a big hug for me, too, Donna. I do, too caseysmom. I just hate when people bash a breed that we come to know and love. and some people are so blind to see how truly great pit bulls are.

[borzoimom]

Give your girls a big hug for me, I would trust your girls with my life. I need to stay out of this thread it is too upsetting.

I am not bashing anyone- I am telling you all what my experience was, and what you need in order to protect yourself financially etc.. You do what you want.. Its not worth the risk to me.. My friend is in jail, lost her house, her job etc for a wonderful well trained dog...

[Jadapit]

You ladies could trust my fur kids with your life. I will give them all a hug for you two. I'm done with this thread also we aren't going to get anywhere anyway. I'm almost in tears it is very upsetting to have a breed you love with all your heart bashed over and over again....

[elizabethann]

Oy vay....should I just start another thread? Call it an anti-poodle one? If you read my first thread, I called the poodle who bit me, a STINKING poodle. And yes, this poodle stunk...for biting me. My second thread was a JOKE on my first one...using the wood STINKING. Got it? Good. Let's stay on the subject at hand - pit bulls.

Still love Pit Bulls .....and I still love (non-stinking) poodles too.

[borzoimom]

You ladies could trust my fur kids with your life. I will give them all a hug for you two. I'm done with this thread also we aren't going to get anywhere anyway. I'm almost in tears it is very upsetting to have a breed you love with all your heart bashed over and over again....

How do you think I feel? I visit my friend every tuesday IN JAIL..... She is on suicide watch btw.. I am nottttttttt kidding... One afternoon changed her life totally... This is awful. Someone needs to tell the bad side of this- maybe if nothing else for someone to do something. ... And the gentlemen that was killed in his own house when he tried to feed his dogs.. Can you imagine? This wasnt a trailer park type of dog- this was a member of the communittee chewed to shreds... by his own dogs...

[luvofallhorses]

can you please just stop?! we already know how you feel. there's no need to go on about it.

[borzoimom]

do what you want... its very worrisome to me... Too much has happened in this little one area in a matter of a year.. Its terrifying. ...

[Freedom]

Hi. I don't normally come over to the dog side too much; right now I am owned by 7 cats and that keeps me busy. I have owned dogs, in the past, just not currently. I owned dogs in the 50 to 60 pounds range.

I was a bit surprised to see so many of you refering to pitbulls as a breed? I thought it is / was a use or purpose, like sight hounds, scent hounds, shepherds and so forth. I thought 'pitbull' could refer to any number of breeds or mixes of those breeds. Including, but not limited, to boxer, bulldogs, mastiffs (American and English, bull mastiff) and so on. If the dog came from a line which, at one time, had been bred to fight in the pits, then it could inherit those tendencies. Over time, those become more diluted from responsible breeders who are following AKC guidelines, and getting the breed back to a friendly - or friendlier - personality. So if you get a breed of dog that was once used in that line (legal or illegal, that is not my point here), and if the breeder has history on file, you have a better idea of the chances of that particular dog having those tendencies, right?

At least, that is what I thought. I don't think the AKC recognizes a breed as "pitbull," but I am not sure. Of course, there are plenty of rare breeds not recognized by AKC. But I am not sure pitbull is one of those, either.

I have known rotties that were big mushy droolers all their lives, and I have known a rottie that I wouldn't turn my back on. Part of it is the way the owner trains the dog, some of it is in the genes.

Well, as I said at the start, I don't have a lot of dog knowledge. Maybe someone here has more and /or different ideas.