WOAH... back the truck up a bit....
So this research is saying that there are an estimated 5,256,000 pitbulls in the US, but ALL OTHER DOG BREEDS LISTED only add up to 1,920,000. There are 3 times as many pit bulls in the US than all of the Rottweilers, Chows and German Shepards combined? I REALLY find that hard to believe. I'm betting someone added a zero somewhere in the math.
Again, as stated, all dogs have the capacity to bite. All dogs with teeth have the capacity to inflict harm to a person. Some breeds (and the pit bull is one) have a naturally stronger jaw and are designed to clamp down and tear instead of bite and release. This is what turns a bite into a maul and typically a maul into a death. Whether it was a pit bull or a Rottweiler or a chow, the result is the same in this case - a child died at the hands of a dog that was owned by the family. It's tragic. I think we can all agree on that. This may have been the only time in the dog's life that it ever expressed any aggression. It will almost definitely be it's last action as well. This is also no different if it were a pit bull, a Boston Terrier or a toy schnoodle. This adds to the tragedy as well.
No matter what, there are two parents somewhere in High Point that were wishing that things didn't go this way. They have lost their daughter, their pet and are being slammed as vicious and cruel for having a "ticking time bomb" around their child by people that don't know them and couldn't pick them out of a crowd of 3. It's easy to sit back and Monday morning quarterback this to death. I hope nobody ever has to go through this. No matter what side of the argument you are on, I think we can all agree on that.[/quote
As I said in my initial post, the family involved in this recent event is a good friend of mines aunt/uncle and her baby cousin was the victim. This hits home for me.
The posts they are making on their personal pages are very sweet but completely leave out that it was the family dog, and that they left their child unattended with the dog.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely hate it for the family and can't imagine the pain they are in. However there is NO EXCUSE to leave your 3 year old child unattended with any kind of animal.
Ok let me tone it down a bit. Sorry for my hostility. pitbulls are a passion of mine and I hate when people don't speak from facts. They take urban myths and run with them. The sole reason why people consider this breed "dangerous" or "horrible". My apologies to everyone that got offended. My advice is to actually research from an unbiased source the history of properly bred APBT
Shawn is one of the most stubborn, argumentative pricks I have ever met. (Get him started on the Treyvon/Zimmerman issue, its hilarious) But he is a pretty good guy, and hes quite obsessed with his dogs. Having met his dogs I can't say I have noticed any hostility.
That being said, the AR15 comparison was retarded and I already burned Shawn for it on Facebook. You cannot compare a gun, which has no mind of its own, and will never harm anyone unless the owner chooses. An animal will be slightly aggressive SOMETIME. Running late and forgot to feed your dog in the morning, come home and he is hungry, hes gonna be a little more aggressive... forgot to clean your AR15 and it might jam... but its not gonna bite your hand. Lol
Everyone gets their facts somewhere, the problem is all the information you are getting is tainted by someone either for or against the breed.
I'm sorry but you are not going to find a site that posts true facts, but maybe read your facts first shawn, because that shit was pretty funny about 3x more pits than any other breed haha.
