The fact that some pitbulls are dangerous and some breeders are stupid doesnt mean all putbill are dangerous and all breeders are stupid. The problem is that a pitbull that doesnt attack people is not news worthy so you are not going to hear about them. My son breeds pit bulls and has never had one of the dogs that he breeds attack anyone. Saying that someone is a menace because they breed pitbulls just seems a bit foolish my:2 cents:

Some dogs must be kept in a cage to
avoid incidents like that.

sorry. All breeders are evil.

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Every pit bull I've personally encountered being walked by its owner or whatever has seemed like a sweet dog. But as someone else pointed out, animals are unpredictable. Even the best trained and most humanely-treated animals can snap or have a bad day. I have a friend whose pit bull turned against her completely unpredictably and out of the blue. Obviously the results from a dog with a monster jaw bred to go for the throat and hold on is going to have pretty severe implications that a chihuahua's bite won't.

Oh well . . . good points all around. I admit, I am pretty scared of dogs. They are animals with teeth that people cannot control 24-7 (hasn't anyone read The Green Mile?). Anyone who thinks, "my dog would never do that" is in denial. I would feel safer hanging around with a dog whose owner admits "my dog has never bitten anyone . . . but hey, someday he might" than someone who brags about how their dog wouldn't hurt a fly.

We have a 1 year old pitbull and a 15 year old rottie lab cross, both dogs are extremely tame. As a matter of fact the cat will chase the pittie around the house if it pisses him off. It is all in how the dog is raised/trained

Wild animals are unpredictable. The dogs we keep as pets today are long since domesticated.

I really don't believe this. A well trained, properly bread, humanely-treated animal does not as a rule just "snap". I'm sure there are some exeptions to this, but for the most part it's true.
When's the last time you've heard about a Police dog, trained as "manstopper" (Term for dogs trained to stop a man) turning on and killing it's handler? It doesn't happen.

How was this pil bull trained? By professionals? Was it kept up?This suggests that the animal did not recognize your friend as the Alpha male (or female as the case may be).

It's not so much the strength of the dog, but the ability to lock it's jaw. Pitbulls were NOT bread to go for human throats and hold on. IN fact, agression towards humans has been bread out by people wishing to fight these dogs. Fact of the matter is, a pittbull is less likely to attack a human than most other breeds.


In 30 years of having dogs, never have I had one bite a person. My dogs have always been well trained (by my parents when I was a child, obviously) and unquestionably obey important commands like "Down". I can say with almost absolute certaintity, these dogs will never "snap" on me, or anyone else.

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you're the reason the search function keeps getting disabled

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I've seen plenty of other dog attack news stories featuring non-Pit Bull breeds. Mostly it's just Pit Bulls though. Newspapers don't ONLY run Pitbull attack stories.