No matter how tough or mean the dog is…..sometimes you have to teach them to just walk away

[Bob Neimeyer]

This is from man's arrogance resulting in overbreading, there are a lot of "pure breeds" out there that also suffer physically like German Shepards and their hip problems.

 

[Dan Adams]

If you read in the article, that dog attacked the porcupine when it walked up to it's house. Obviously, the dog was protecting it's territory. I don't believe there is a single one of us humans that would not do the same, given a situation with an intruder. Ask any vet what they believe to be the meanest breed out there, and they won't tell you the pit bull. If I remember right, it was the Chiuaua or however you spell it.



But whether you have seen it or not, every member of the breed has the genetic capacity to replicate what is shown in the picture above.



Any dog, as you have said, can be bred to do that. There are however, many other breeds of dogs that will do that to protect their loved ones and the hand that feeds them. It is not just the pit bulls. As far as the genetic capacity to replicate something like that, just turn on the local news and you are bound to hear of a father, mother, or another human killing a small child or a child being raped by their parents. Ask the parents why, and they will say, "my parents did it to me so I felt it was ok to do". So, we as humans have a little genetic capacity that we should try and work on as well.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Dan says

Ask any vet what they believe to be the meanest breed out there, and they won't tell you the pit bull. If I remember right, it was the Chiuaua or however you spell it.

I don't remember seeing any news reports of toddlers or young children mauled and killed by Chiuauas.



The statistics don't lie.



These dogs are dangerous when in the wrong situation. And, it seems that situation is all to often a lower income urban neighborhood where young children tend to run around without adequate supervision, and where pit bull owners get and pen the dogs primarily as a guard dog or as some macho bling-bling and not as a loving pet. Put the two together and you have a disaster waiting to show up on the 6 o'clock news.



I think I paint an acurrate picture of the general problem.



TJR

 

[TomT]

The meanest dog I ever saw was a friends dachshund. Little f..ker was always biting me. But I agree with you TJR. It's not so much the meanness factor as the damage factor they can do to you. Combine meanness with big teeth and you got a problem.

 

[Fer Echegaray]

<STRONG><FONT SIZE="4">We are LEAN, MEAN FACE LICKING MACHINES!!</FONT></STRONG>

:lol:

<img src="http://www.zjstech.net/~library/4358/Pelones3.jpg" height="640" width="480">

 

[Nelson Atwell]

I agree with TJR on the point about Pitbulls being some sort of macho possession. I know a few folks in OKC with them, and they don't really care much about the dogs. They just seem to own them, because it is cool to do so for a certain group of people. What is scary is that the two families I know with pitbulls have little money and small children.



One asked me to pet sit for them a couple of weeks ago, and I said "Heck no!" I have watched that dog bite a three year old (not enough to bruise or break the skin, but enough to make her cry). I don't want the liabiity if that dog decides to go after the guy from ONG when he comes to check my gas meter.

 

[Dan Adams]

TJR,



Reports of mauling/biting by other dog breeds

 

[Dan Adams]

Another

 

[Dan Adams]

An another

 

[Dan Adams]

and so on

 

[Dan Adams]

Here is a Chihuahua story

 

[Dan Adams]

police dog mauls neighbor

 

[Dan Adams]

Another Chihuahua story

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Dan, obviously you are obsessed and I typically don't take obsessed people very seriously.



I was delivering popcorn that my boys Cub Scout troop sold to an elderly couple that live in our neighborhood. As they opened the door, their little "shit on a string" (any little dog with or without leash) jumped down onto the porch. The old lady who answered seemed to wimper because her precious got out, and said "Oh no!"...of course I assumed if I just pick up the little pooch and put it back inside for the lady all would be fine. That little pisser bit my hand and I mean good, and hard. Hurt for several days. The dog was old and luckily it never broke the skin.



Of course, I don't blame anyone but myself.



But, I recognize that I did nothing really threatening to the dog, and that I am lucky that it wasn't a stronger, more capable breed like a bit pull, or I wouldn't have been able to simply pull my hand away...it would have been locked in his jaw, and I would have multiple puncture wounds.



Small dogs do indeed attack...and it isn't an issue of which breed is more ill-tempered...it is an issue of amount of damage that can be done. Furthermore, a pit bull isn't just a snap and run kind of dog...they LOCK ON and shake until the thing being held submits...in the case of a toddler, often to the death.



TJR

 

[Jim Reeves]

That looks like a BULL TERRIER, not a PIT BULL. Two very different breeds. You know, Spuds Mckenzie of the Bud commercials. Pappy Boyington's dog on Black Sheep Squadron. NOt a Pit Bull.

 

[Jim Reeves]

PIT BULL

[Broken External Image]:



BULL TERRIER

[Broken External Image]:

 

[Dindo Perlas]

i sent a link to this page to my wife. she got back to me and said she found it gross that she couldn't eat lunch after viewing it. Yeah... looking at the pic raises the hair in my face, arms and legs... geeeezzzz...

 

[Dan Adams]

TJR,



I am by no means obsessed. I don't even own that kind of dog. I just get tired of people ranting and raving about a certain breed of dog. ANY dog can be bred to be mean and a lot of dogs can bite as hard as that breed can. Just stating the obvious or at least I thought.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Thanks dan, and yes, folks, I know that pit bulls are not bull terriers...one is Spuds McKensie, the other is not.

 

[Josh Langel]

Homeward Bound anyone?



I like the look of a Bull Terrier... cool lookin' pooch!