This Is The Attitude I Face......

[wolfsoul]

I love pitties. One time I stcuk my hand in the car with one in it lol I'm a ditz. I have to admit though, that since my neighbors pit bull has repeatedly attacked Timber, they do intimidate me. It's the same with alot of breeds that I find attack my dogs alot though, and/or try to attack me.

[jackiesdaisy1935]

Well I can see most of the people on here either have Pitbulls or love them. I guess if you came home and saw another dog in your yard and your Male Schnauzer, barely breathing, blood everywhere, bites all over him, his neck swelled up and his eyes rolling in his head, laying down ready to die. Your little female after getting her shoulder completely ripped open, blood everywhere, the muscles and tendons ripped up, because of Perry fighting off that Pitbull she got to escape to her dog house., and you were in that position you might feel the way I do.

We had five Pitbulls within close proximity. Let's see next door they chained three of them, the one down the street has been having dog fights, the one across the street goes crazy when someone walks by. We cannot walk our dogs because of this, we cannot put our dogs on our own patio without being there, because of this, even if we take them down to the bottom yard, we have to be with them. We are prisoners and our dogs are because of these Pitbulls.

Are the people who own them at fault? Of course they are, but does this make the Pitbull more lovable, or less likely to attack,
should we say, oh the people are at fault, lets go give the Pitbull a pat on the head?

Pitbulls are a dime a dozen here, why? Because they are bred indiscriminately in the backyards, many are taught to fight,
many use them to protect their drugs, many young men teach them to attack because it makes them feel macho. Look in our shelters and every other dog in there is a Pitbull.

Yes Terriers are noisy little dogs, but they were in their own backyard, they didn't break out, the Pitbull broke in, we have had Schnauzers for over 18 years and although now because of them being attacked we have to closely monitor them, they do not like other dogs, I blame that on the Pitbull, it was not like that before they were attacked.

I'm sure I'm not going to convince you how I feel about Pitbulls, however you will never convince me how sweet and lovable they are. I saw what they can do with my own eyes and we spent a very long time nursing our dogs back to health and we are still prisoners in our own home.
Jackie

[Kfamr]

I feel deeply sorry for what happened to Perry and Daisy, you know I do Jackie. What if that was another schnauzer that did that? Would you feel the same with them? Would you despise the breed such as you do Pit Bulls?

If I had saw what you've seen done to your babies, of course i'd be sad and angry with the dog, but NOT with the breed. One animal isn't going to change my entire outlook on the whole breed. That's just like hating all dogs because one attacked me. Or hating a race of humans, just because one did something to me. It's total racism, or breedism towards dogs.


What if there was a dog who was a mix of every single breed there is [ which probably isn't possible, but still] Which breed would you blame then?

[micki76]

Originally posted by jackiesdaisy1935
Yes Terriers are noisy little dogs, but they were in their own backyard, they didn't break out, the Pitbull broke in, we have had Schnauzers for over 18 years and although now because of them being attacked we have to closely monitor them, they do not like other dogs, I blame that on the Pitbull, it was not like that before they were attacked.

Jackie-
I certainly hope you don't think I was accusing your dogs of causing this to happen. I was talking about my own terriers and how they react to our pitbull rescue.
I'm not trying to convince you that pittys are the best dogs in the world, or right for you. Just please don't close your mind off because of this horrible, awful experience.

Many statistics, whether correct or not, indicate that the majority of crimes in this country are committed by black males. If you were kidnapped, tortured and beaten by a black man would you hate all black people? To me what you're saying about this breed is very similar and equally frightening to me.

I groomed dogs for years, and the dogs that nipped, bit and endangered me the most were cockers( #1 for me personally- 4 bites) , poodles and about any terrier(my favorite dogs-I own 2) that you can name. While I understand that this is not as dangerous obviously as a large dog like a pit, this has still been my experience. And yes, we did bathe and clip toenails on several pittys on a regular basis since were the only shop in the area that would.

[Cheshirekatt]

Obviously we'll have to agree to disagree.

There are several breeds of dogs I don't care for (for various reasons), but that's information I prefer to keep to myself.

[iceyshiver21]

Throught out my life I have met alot of the dog on the list up there....The first and only dogs I ever got chase by was a set of rottys, little did I know you cant out run a dog on a bike, but thats the best part, because I realized that he wasnt chasing to bite me...he was chasing to chase, such as a dog would chase cars. I later found out that The pair was named Bishop and Dutchess. Bishop later was stole and Dutchess I'm proud to say I have owned for 7 years.
I've never met a pitbull, im sad to say. So rotty, Akita and alaskain breed storys are the only I can tell.
I've steped into alot of dog fights trying to save my babies. Dumb I know....I get grounded for a month everytime...but I have insurance and a good doctor and some much more can be done for me, than my poor pup. If at the time of the fight Im near a hose or bucket, I usally think to grave that instead, even once a broom saved my dogs life.
Here's one thing I dont get...I've been around dogs all my life...I've never got bite hard enough to draw blood by a large dog...Notice how most the large dog breeds get the "look" or foul langage....never the little ones...I've been bite by SO MANY little dogs that its not even funny, I have scares on my hands from little dog fights.
I realize alot of people own little dogs but most little dog tend to pefer one or two people and some love the world its all how they got brought up. same with Large dogs but why then are large dogs so discriminated?

[jackiesdaisy1935]

KayAnn, I don't dispise any dog, I consider myself a dog lover, I have had all kinds, Boxer, Bassett, Doxies, and a Rottweiler and three Schnauzers.
I guess you all would have to go through what we did to understand how we feel. Our dogs are like our babies, they are our children in old age. We do not live in a nice quiet 50s neighborhood, we live where the PitBulls take the place of guns at times. There has been many Pitbull attacks in our city against other dogs, children, old women etc. etc.
My belief is years and years ago the Pitbull was born and trained to fight, today that is still in them. Sometimes it never comes out, and other times it does come out and there is nothing one can do., but hope for the best.
I care for all dogs, always have, but I do not want to come in contact with a Pitbull, I see what they are capable of.
Jackie
KayAnn you can be as sympathetic as you want, but you picture Simba laying there, barely able to breathe, both lungs collapsed, blood all around him, his eyes rolling back in his head, and you are so sure he is dying and suffering and you tell me you could forgive and forget. If you can you are a Saint.

[iceyshiver21]

Jackie-I dont mean to but in but...what you said to kay ann in your last paragraph..My dog Lady was killed when I was very young the neighbors dog killed her...that dog was Dutchess. Lady was a pom and a snippy one at that...I know she would have took on dutch anyday. She didnt care that she was smaller than the rotty. The owners tried to hide it from us for years. I SEARCHED FOR YEARS, hoping that one day I would find that she had found a new home somethin....she was my life. Im crying again now and its been 8 Years. I miss that little dog...but I have found another to fill the whole in my heart, well six and one of them is Dutchess, she chased me when she was two, killed my dog, but yet...I love her....

[Kfamr]

First off, I DO NOT want to picture my dog like that. I do not have to go through what you have to understand. The Pit Bull was NOT born to fight, but yes, morons have trained them to. There IS something one can do, and that is to train them properly. Any dog is capable of attacking, even Perry and Daisy. But, since you have not trained them to do so, they won't.
You obviously don't care for all dogs if you're not willing to meet one who was trained properly.
Again, I do not want to picture my dog like that but, if it did happen, I probably would not forgive that certain dog. But, NEVER be so ignorant enough to dislike the whole breed.

Here, Meet Buddy. A full blood American Pit Bull Terrier.
Here he is playing with Nala, a dog who at the time was not even half as large as him.






The only thing he would ever be capable of is drowning you in slobber from all of his kisses.

[micki76]

Jees!! If Nala did this to me, I would've bit her!!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Pitbulls just have a really bad rep....*sighs* I know how you feel jackiesdaisy1935. Im a little nervous whenever I see a person walking a chow, or a chow at the dog park, a while ago a chow attacked and killed my cat when i was 7 years old--i saw it. (thats why my cats are strictly indoors) But, you must remember, bad owners make bad dogs.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by micki76
Jees!! If Nala did this to me, I would've bit her!!

LOL! Me too!! Just goes to show, Pits can be even more gentle than little pups!

[aly]

Originally posted by jackiesdaisy1935

I'm sure I'm not going to convince you how I feel about Pitbulls, however you will never convince me how sweet and lovable they are. I saw what they can do with my own eyes and we spent a very long time nursing our dogs back to health and we are still prisoners in our own home.
Jackie

Jackie -

I really really really understand how you must feel after your dogs were attacked in their own yard. I can't even imagine the horror. I just feel utterly sick when I hear you describe it. I can feel your pain through your words and my heart breaks for you. I am so glad that they both had some guardian angels hard at work that day.. not to mention a great mommy and daddy.

But I just don't understand how you can still say that they can't be sweet dogs. It sounds like there's a lot of fighting rings in your area, therefore probably a lot of nasty people ruining these great dogs. With those statistics, I would expect you to be weary of the ones in your area before you know them. But it sounds like you wouldn't even want to get to know a nice one? If a Chinese man mugged you, would you never want to befriend another Chinese man again?

***edit: Opps, I didn't finish the posts before I replied. I see others have made the same analogy already. Ignore me.

[captain]

Oh CheshireKatt ....... {{{{tears}}}}.

No doubt about it, APBT will always have a special place in your heart ......... as in mine.
I did not go through anything like you did ........ but they are truly amazing, and misunderstood, animals.

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by captain
No doubt about it, APBT will always have a special place in your heart .........

You got that right.