Re: always remember it's the owner not the breed great story Archived Message
Posted by Wyld_Roze on February 3, 2011, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Re: always remember it's the owner not the breed great story"
Norad, The problem with that, is that there are alot of dog attacks where people "claim" to not know what happened, but the spotlight is on Pit bulls. Does a dog "snap" every once in awhile, without a good reason, yes. But more often, it's the irresponsible pet owner. The ones who yelled at Fido for growling enough times that Fido stopped. It does not mean however, that Fido didn't stop feeling threatened. So that day he "snapped" he would have shown signs, had he not been trained NOT to. Again though, this is every breed, NOT just the breed the media loves to focus on. In fact, the #1 family dog, the Lab often has the highest bite statistics. (Just one source) It doesn't mean they are vicious either, it's called not watching your kid around the dog while he's pulling the ears, tails, etc. It's called telling everybody the dog is "fine" when it's shown signs of aggression, but you don't want to believe it. Add in that most dog attacks come from strays who have been neglected or abused, are often hungry and intact (meaning they get territorial), and it's easy to say it's all the pit bulls fault. Of course, lets not take into account that they are status symbols in low income areas, where people end up not having enough food to care for them. They aren't spayed/neutered so the territorial instincts are still there. That they are overbred for the dog fighting scene or because they are strays, and then abused and neglected if they don't perform well. Or hell, just from people who see them on the street and have decided they are "vicious." Most dog attacks can be prevented, and it's societies' fault when they still do happen. Not the dog, Not the breed.
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