Truthmatters
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so when black people speak out about bad treatment they are bad huh?
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so when black people speak out about bad treatment they are bad huh?
As with any animal, you must be careful with the background of it's ancestors.
A true herding dog, with herding ancestors, will nip and attempt to herd kids. A fighting dog, who's ancestors were fighters, will want to fight.
A hunting dog( background) will be inclined to hunt. A race horse (background) will have no desire to gallop or trail ride.
^ This.
Pits can be sweet loving dogs but their background/genetics should never be discounted, dismissed or ignored. Anyone who does this is foolish.
Pitbulls are just dogs like any other dog'
They are wonderful and loyal friends
There is no DNA profile for the pit bull terrier. As a single breed with uniform characteristics and genetic markers, the pit bull terrier does not exist. Like hound, pit bull refers to a group of bulldog/terrier crosses including American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and American Bulldogs....Because of their massive popularity, rampant overbreeding, and the lack of spay/neuter services in certain areas, bull/terrier mixes now include genetic material from 20-30 different species, including but not limited to: Jack Russell Terriers, Fox Terriers, English Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Boston Terriers, English Bulldogs, American Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Argentine Dogos, Walker Hounds, Whippets, Greyhounds, Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, and Boxers.
Dr. Brady Barr, a consultant for the National Geographic Channel, once performed an experiment in which he tested the bite pressure of various animals, including three species of dogs (Rottweilers, German Shepherds, and pit bull terriers), and the results were pretty interesting. Heres the rundown on that:
Humans: 120 pounds (per square inch, the metric used for determining pressure, abbreviated as psi)
Domestic dogs: 320 psi (on average)
Wild dogs: 310 psi
Gray wolf: 400 psi
Lions: 600 psi
Hyenas: 1000 psi
Snapping turtles: 1000 psi
Crocodiles: 2500 psi
These were informal tests performed on a bite sleeve, not the steel plate used in laboratories, so its hard to know if the animals were actually chomping down with full force, but of the three dog breeds, guess which was weakest?
The pit bull terrier.
Which makes sense, because it is much smaller than the other two dogs, each of which can approach or exceed 100 lbs of body weight. But the pit bull also did exhibit the shake-and-tear bite pattern that so many people fear. That, again, is common among terriers. Pit bulls do have the potential to inflict very serious bites, they are just not nearly as strong as most people believe.
According to animal behaviorist Vicki Hearne, who wrote a lengthy article on pit bulls for Harpers Magazine in the 80s, one of the basic rules of professional dog-fighting in the early 20th century was man-eaters die. Unprovoked, idiopathic human aggression indicates a mentally unstable dog, and professional dog-fighters are not breeding for crazy. If dog aggression and human aggression were always one and the same, we wouldnt see a number of former fighting dogs working as therapy dogs, which they do.
Something else to consider: the English Bulldog was originally bred to take on bulls and bearshuge, powerful animalsin a baiting scenario. Akitas were bred to hunt bears in northern Asia. Rhodesian Ridgebacks were bred to help bring down African lions. If the most dangerous thing about pit bulls is that they were once (and some still are) bred to fight other 35-50 lb. dogs, then theyve got some serious competition in the danger
As I mentioned in my original article, the American Temperament Test Society gives pit bulls an unusually high temperament rating, 86.4%, higher than that of beagles and border collies. Of the thousand or so pit bulls theyve tested, only one has been disqualified for showing aggression.
Pitbulls are just dogs like any other dog'
They are wonderful and loyal friends
They are also the worst offenders of dog mauling people and the single most vicious breed animal care and control has to deal with.
There is no DNA profile for the pit bull terrier. As a single breed with uniform characteristics and genetic markers, the pit bull terrier does not exist. Like hound, pit bull refers to a group of bulldog/terrier crosses including American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and American Bulldogs....Because of their massive popularity, rampant overbreeding, and the lack of spay/neuter services in certain areas, bull/terrier mixes now include genetic material from 20-30 different species, including but not limited to: Jack Russell Terriers, Fox Terriers, English Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Boston Terriers, English Bulldogs, American Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Argentine Dogos, Walker Hounds, Whippets, Greyhounds, Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, and Boxers.
Pit bull and pit bull type dogs, including any dog that possesses physical characteristics of pit bull and pit bull-type breeds is a common phrase found in much current legislation. This language is both vague and open to interpretation.
The term pit bull is an unofficial breed group, usually encompasses between 4 and 10 individual, pure breeds of dog, including the American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier among others. Thus, in most previously reported statistics related to dog bites and deaths (Sacks et al., 1989; Sacks et al., 1996a; Sacks et al., 1996b) pit bull-types including dogs of questionable genetic background have been grouped together by the nondescript term pit bull. In these publications, these compiled groups of breeds, termed pit bulls, were compared statistically against individual breeds. In addition, the authors of these studies have noted within the publications that their statistics could not be normalized using the population of dogs in question. These facts invalidate the results of these studies in relation to the noted pit bull group, from any reasonable epidemiological or public health perspective. Ultimately, by creatively grouping many pure breeds of dog under a non-precise term pit bull, such analyses artificially created larger populations of animals promoting bias in the results of these studies (CDC, 1997; CDC, 2003; AVMA, 2001).
From linked source above (original source of data was 2 CDC reports on dog bites):"In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths."
"Dog ownership information for 2011 shows that family dogs comprised 65% (20) of the attacks that resulted in death; 74% (23) of all incidents occurred on the dog owner's property"
In these publications, these compiled groups of breeds, termed “pit bulls”, were compared statistically against individual breeds....These facts invalidate the results of these studies in relation to the noted pit bull group, from any reasonable epidemiological or public health perspective. Ultimately, by creatively grouping many pure breeds of dog under a non-precise term “pit bull”, such analyses artificially created larger populations of animals promoting bias in the results of these studies
Pitbulls are just dogs like any other dog'
They are wonderful and loyal friends
They are also the worst offenders of dog mauling people and the single most vicious breed animal care and control has to deal with.
well, yes...
and no...
if they're raised to fight, they're dangerous.... same as any dog taught to attack indiscriminately.
if they're raised with love, then they're loving. the problem with pits is that they're so strong that if something goes wrong, you really can't stop them.
They are also the worst offenders of dog mauling people and the single most vicious breed animal care and control has to deal with.
well, yes...
and no...
if they're raised to fight, they're dangerous.... same as any dog taught to attack indiscriminately.
if they're raised with love, then they're loving. the problem with pits is that they're so strong that if something goes wrong, you really can't stop them.
Agreed, which is why you can never forget what they CAN do. All it takes is for a good well behaved dog to have a bad day....and instant of irritation....the right smell... and all bets on a lovingly brought up life are off.
"Of the 8 instances this year in which a family dog killed its primary caretaker, 88% (7) involved pet pit bulls."
This is no more true of the dogs classified as pits than it is any dog.