Sam was attacked by a dog

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atistically this may be true but it is also true that theses Breeds outnumber the Pitty by Hundreds to one and there is a differents between a bite and a mauling.

Umm what, go look in a shelter...pitties are by far more over populated than other breeds.

According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks

Putting 3 very different breeds in one category doesnt help. Out of those 3 I can guarantee pits have the least percent. Presas are very aggressive thats what they are bred for I'd go as far as saying 50% of those attacks were Presas.
Rottis also bred as a gaurd dog and they are a very dominant breed .
Pitties are the only ones in that list that arent bred to be human aggressive in any way.

First of all I am really sorry Sam got attacked and hope he will be OK.

The American Pit Bull Terrier was not to bred to kill rats, they were originally bred to bait bulls but in later years bred to fight other dogs. The APBT is naturally dog aggressive as they were bred to fight other dogs. Just like Labs were bred to retrieive and Border Collies were bred to herd sheep. You cannot train or love it out of them, it's what they are supposed to do.

I don't agree that they are more "inherently" likely to be aggressive. They certainly may have dominant behavior, because they are terrriers! It does not make them automatically aggressive. Heck I have met Jack Russells that are more pushy than an APBT. An APBT just wants to love you and please you.

These dogs should never be human aggressive, period. They should welcome all people who are strangers with licks and tail wags. Other dogs, not so much as they were bred to fight. They pass temperament tests a lot more than today's popular breeds according to the ATTS.org. Every APBT and mix I have met has been wonderful with people, but not so great with other dogs and other animals which is common.

I am not trying to ruin your thread as I feel for you and Sam, I really do; but I don't think it's fair to say they are more likely to be aggressive when they never should be with people.

From atts.org
American Pit Bull Terrier - 86.0% in passing temperament tests.

I sincerely hope Sam will be OK.

great post

The fight to you might have looked un provoked but there are tons and tons of little things that can send dogs off. It could have been a noise that freaked the dog out and he took it out on the nearest thing (sam).

I'm glad hes doing so much better though, I can't imagine my dog getting in a fight let alone my little poodle cause she wouldnt have a chance (like molli)

[dab_20]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I ended up just putting child socks on his back paws and it worked pretty well. He get his stitches out yesterday and is doing great. Here's a picture from yesterday.


IRescue, that certainly could've been it. I know dogs go a bit nuts when another one is in heat.

I really haven't seen the owner since he paid us. Hopefully he's not hiding out in shame of what happened or anything, and I do hope his dogs are getting the exercise they need despite what happened.