I can give you a very good reason why Pit Bulls are singled out. There bite is so much worse than other dogs…1000 lbs of pressure is a reason to single them out. Just ask my Sheltie that lost 14 teeth and has deep punture wounds in her throat and leg. She was in her own back yard when a neighbors pit got out and attacked her. The only person that could get the dog to release his hold was the owner. Fortunately he was near and able to get to them. These dogs will attack when unprovoked and lock their jaws making it impossible to get your pet or your arm or whatever they latch on to out of their mouths.
I own a pit and you really have not idea what you are talking about till you own one. It all depends on how you bring them up. Look for yourself at http://www.atts.org and look at breed statistics. My pit would never harm anyone and it shows how shallow people can be by saying all pitbulls are bad because of their bad rep.
I have owned, bred and shown American Pit Bull Terriers (AKC registered American Staffordhsire Terriers) for nearly 20 years. And I won’t take your time trying to defend the breed I so much love. We must admit that it is very unfortunate that our breed is getting out of control. Then we must ask ourselves: “Who is supposed to control our dogs?” The answer is evident: We Must.
It is we the owners of APBT/AST who are allowing the situation to get out of hand. We know our breed needs specially constructed confinements, we know our breed needs to be kept on leash anywhere other dogs are present. And I am speaking of socialized show dogs. Whenever an APBT/AST owner lets his dog loose in a public area with other dogs, he is ignoring the breed’s inner essence, he is wanting and maybe wishing to think his dog will surely not injure the other dogs in the surroundings. This is just tempting the devil. And even if I must admit, our APBT/AST will not necessarrily attack another playful wanting dog, he definitely will not hesitate to attack any dog wanting to impose on him or exhibit before him a dominant behavior pattern.
Finally, there are those APBT/AST who are poorly socialized and have had little opportunity to deal with children. A well socialized APBT/AST will be a child’s best friend and personal guardian, but an APBT/AST with little or no socialization, or one that has only been around adults, may easily see a child as “competition” and that’s when accidents occur.
We have such a wonderful, magnificent breed, but it is our resposnibility as owners, to thoroughly understand our APBT/AST historically, genetically, physically and psychologically.
I strongly feel APBT/AST ownership should be limited to people who can demostrate to be psychologically and physically prepared to handle our dogs and that have the necessary minimal infrastructure to maintain them safely.
Fast tempered and aggressive owners seem to have affinity for what they think their pit bull should be. It is the reflection of their own personality, in their dogs, what creates the fundamental problem.
Petey, mascot of the Little Rascals, came to represent the super-socialized canine hero, feerless, but everloving to each and every member of the clubhouse. That is the APBT/AST we must all respect and seek to have. Still such a dog, should not be left off-leas in the presence of another unknown dog.
let’s work, pro our breed, and against irresponsible ownership of an APBT/AST.
I invite all responsible breeder’s to exert their best effort in screening prospective puppy buyer’s, helping new owners to better know the breed and teaching them how to socialize the APBT/AST.
Susie’s Sheltie suffered, more tan an attack from a pit bull, the lack of alertness and awareness of the pit bull’s owner. That dog, MUST NOT HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED.
I have two pits, and they are my kids. I have raised them as part of my family. they sleep in the same bed with me at night. they are my only friends. they are the ones I can trust not to betray me as a human would. I would be lost without my babies, my kids, my family.
i have my pit bull back in my country boliva in sud america i take my dog to open areas where people and others dog are . squares ave. and my dog is lovely other people can touch him he plays with other dog he is really obedient he play a lot and we she that he is not dangerous but we still we keep eye in him i thik our pets is ours friend they will respond in the way that we treit them
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I can give you a very good reason why Pit Bulls are singled out. There bite is so much worse than other dogs…1000 lbs of pressure is a reason to single them out. Just ask my Sheltie that lost 14 teeth and has deep punture wounds in her throat and leg. She was in her own back yard when a neighbors pit got out and attacked her. The only person that could get the dog to release his hold was the owner. Fortunately he was near and able to get to them. These dogs will attack when unprovoked and lock their jaws making it impossible to get your pet or your arm or whatever they latch on to out of their mouths.
I own a pit and you really have not idea what you are talking about till you own one. It all depends on how you bring them up. Look for yourself at http://www.atts.org and look at breed statistics. My pit would never harm anyone and it shows how shallow people can be by saying all pitbulls are bad because of their bad rep.
I have owned, bred and shown American Pit Bull Terriers (AKC registered American Staffordhsire Terriers) for nearly 20 years. And I won’t take your time trying to defend the breed I so much love. We must admit that it is very unfortunate that our breed is getting out of control. Then we must ask ourselves: “Who is supposed to control our dogs?” The answer is evident: We Must.
It is we the owners of APBT/AST who are allowing the situation to get out of hand. We know our breed needs specially constructed confinements, we know our breed needs to be kept on leash anywhere other dogs are present. And I am speaking of socialized show dogs. Whenever an APBT/AST owner lets his dog loose in a public area with other dogs, he is ignoring the breed’s inner essence, he is wanting and maybe wishing to think his dog will surely not injure the other dogs in the surroundings. This is just tempting the devil. And even if I must admit, our APBT/AST will not necessarrily attack another playful wanting dog, he definitely will not hesitate to attack any dog wanting to impose on him or exhibit before him a dominant behavior pattern.
Finally, there are those APBT/AST who are poorly socialized and have had little opportunity to deal with children. A well socialized APBT/AST will be a child’s best friend and personal guardian, but an APBT/AST with little or no socialization, or one that has only been around adults, may easily see a child as “competition” and that’s when accidents occur.
We have such a wonderful, magnificent breed, but it is our resposnibility as owners, to thoroughly understand our APBT/AST historically, genetically, physically and psychologically.
I strongly feel APBT/AST ownership should be limited to people who can demostrate to be psychologically and physically prepared to handle our dogs and that have the necessary minimal infrastructure to maintain them safely.
Fast tempered and aggressive owners seem to have affinity for what they think their pit bull should be. It is the reflection of their own personality, in their dogs, what creates the fundamental problem.
Petey, mascot of the Little Rascals, came to represent the super-socialized canine hero, feerless, but everloving to each and every member of the clubhouse. That is the APBT/AST we must all respect and seek to have. Still such a dog, should not be left off-leas in the presence of another unknown dog.
let’s work, pro our breed, and against irresponsible ownership of an APBT/AST.
I invite all responsible breeder’s to exert their best effort in screening prospective puppy buyer’s, helping new owners to better know the breed and teaching them how to socialize the APBT/AST.
Susie’s Sheltie suffered, more tan an attack from a pit bull, the lack of alertness and awareness of the pit bull’s owner. That dog, MUST NOT HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED.
Ed
I have two pits, and they are my kids. I have raised them as part of my family. they sleep in the same bed with me at night. they are my only friends. they are the ones I can trust not to betray me as a human would. I would be lost without my babies, my kids, my family.
i have my pit bull back in my country boliva in sud america i take my dog to open areas where people and others dog are . squares ave. and my dog is lovely other people can touch him he plays with other dog he is really obedient he play a lot and we she that he is not dangerous but we still we keep eye in him i thik our pets is ours friend they will respond in the way that we treit them