Comments on: Do Savage Dog Breeds Really Exist?

By: meghann

meghann — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:49:10 +0000

I wouldn’t even read most this junk about how pit bulls being so dangerous its hog wash. I’ve had every dog you can imagine. And I don’t care what breed it is if you have male dogs they are going to fight. I have a re heeler that is the worst about picking fights no matter the size of the dog b/c they are male. Oh and guess what the bull dog I have is the nicest dog here. And the black mouth curr tries to starts fight with the bull dog. But the heeler and bull dog get along. Either keep your male dogs separated or have them neutered. And as for attacking humans they had to have done something to them if you seen it or not. There jaws are strong and cause more damage then other dogs. The meanest dogs I have ever seen are little and my best friend 25 yrs ago was attacked by a poodle and had to have plastic surgery on her face. Over a hundred stitches in her face so let’s post all over how horrible a poodle is most people don’t even keep records of how many attacks other dogs do. If you don’t like or are scared of a breed or going to make them mean don’t own a dog.

By: Dog Breeds

Dog Breeds — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:43:36 +0000

Sigh…sigh sigh! I really could write a dissertation in reply your comment. But honestly I have neither the energy or the desire. That said however let me rebutt on the bit about biting labs and toothy chihuahuas.

There are 1000s more Labs than Pit Bulls as pets so it really isn’t too surprising if there are more Lab bites. However when we break it down into ratio we find that Pit Bulls have a much much higher bite frequency…not to mention FATAL BITE INCIDENTS! How many times have we heard of a Labrador mauling someone to death?

As for the Chihuahua observation…sure they are aggressive lil suckers but seriously? One teeny weeny kick with my toe and that Chihuahua will fly like a well executed drop kick…so let’s be a lil bit serious here. When was the last time you heard of a deadly Chihuahua bite (unless the dog has rabies of course).

Another point…you really have to be ignorant of dogs to think that a Lab can possibly resemble a Pit Bull.

On a closing note here’s another recent fatal Pit Bull attack for you to mull over and perhaps reassess your unwavering love for the breed!

By: Hogwash

Hogwash — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:36:23 +0000

Your article is pure hogwash. Reports show pit bull in the media. They show “family” dog. Truth is if a person saw a Labrador running at them they would likely call it a pit bull. Big head and big mouth, combined with a muscular body. Automatically called a pit bull. You want to know what the most dangerous dog is, ask a veterinarian. Which dog has bitten them the most? My vet said of all dogs, chihuahua. Of larger dogs, Labradors. I don’t see people calling to ban Labs from cities. The CDC has done back and verified the breed of the dogs in question on fatalities. Despite people claiming it was the pit bull, 11 other breeds were confused with pit bulls. Some people even claimed their own dog was a pit bull and it wasn’t.

“Family” dog is often confused with “Resident” dog. A family dog is loved and cared for. A “Resident” dog happens to reside at the same location. More times than any other breed, the pit is abused and outside on a chain malnourished and suffering. It’s beaten and hurt, and people tend to take joy in hurting them because of articles like yours. They are tortured and beaten, and even shot simply because they are pit bulls. YOU are contributing indirectly to the continued abuse of pit bulls through your dissemination of false information.

YOU are causing otherwise loving and kind dogs to be slaughtered in shelters because people are afraid of the pit bull. Pit bulls now make up the largest percentage of dogs put to sleep in shelters. Anyone who calls themselves an animal lover and tells people to stay away from pit bulls is a hypocrite. I used to be afraid of them. Then I owned one. I was sad when I lost her, and someone kept her as her own(though I was happy that they took her as a family pet as it gave me a reason to get another from a shelter, so two dogs were saved from death). I now own 3 very loving pits. The only damage you could get from them is if you were allergic to dog licks.

By: Ashlei

Ashlei — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:45:05 +0000

MANATEEE COUNTY (Bay
News 9) — Pitbull stories
don’t usually end with the dog
as a hero but don’t tell James
Kimon of Bradenton that.
Kimon is calling his pit bull,
Hennessey, a hero.
Kimon said someone broke
into his Bradenton home
Friday night when he and his
children were sleeping.
He said he woke up when he
heard his dog attacking the intruder. The suspect fired shots at, but
did not hit, the dog.
“It was just too hectic, all I could do is hear the dog she was just
attacking,” Kimon said. “That’s how I knew someone was in here is
because I could hear the guy say ‘hey get off me,’ so she did her
job.”
The suspect broke through the
bedroom of the house, where the
family had hidden in a closet. They
say they heard the dog attacking him
again.
The intruder took off running, and neither the dog nor the family
members were injured.
Kimon said that nothing was taken from his home. The suspect
remains at large

By: Ashlei

Ashlei — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:39:09 +0000

peter,
to answer you question about a pit bull facing a bear if it was protecting it’s owner/ family no it more then likely would not walk away.

By: Ashlei

Ashlei — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:47:11 +0000

I would just like to say that i think it is insane the way you people have nothing better to do with your lives than make negative judgments against certain dog breeds. The Pit Bull in particular. I used to own a pit bull and i have to say that she was the best dog that i have ever met. Not just owned but met. She was extremely loving and sweet. never once did I have a problem with her being aggressive. When my daughter was learning how to crawl my pit bull was her play ground. the dog was very gentle and aware that she had to be especially careful when my baby was crawling all over her. This is because of the way i raised her. Dogs are not the problem no matter what the breed it is all in the way they are raised and treated. Pit Bulls used to be known as the #1 family dog in america but because of cruel irresponsible people they got a bad name. i think if you are going to research a dog breed (especially the pit bull) then you need to do so with an open mind! there are hundreds of good positive stories in which the pit bull breed is very loyal and heroic even. I have to wonder when i read articles like these if the people that are writting them have ever met a pit bull raised in a good home where it was loved and taken care of instead of trained to fight. are you also for racism? Because there really isn’t much of a difference when you think about it.

By: justin

justin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:01:18 +0000

Here’s the deal, good dogs – bad owners. Dogs are pack animals, unless the owner is seen as the owner then the dog is going to be a leader, not a good deal. I’ve met tons of dogs of the dangerous breeds mentioned that were sweethearts, but they also had good owners. Dogs are all trainable but the owners of these dogs need to lead their pets, if you can’t lead then get a soft dog. Just like the way a kid turns out is the responsibility of the parent so is the behavior of the dog the responsibility of the owner. I’ve raised quite a few breeds, and seen the difference between the dogs I’ve raised and the dogs other people raised. My dogs don’t take no shit from other dogs and only attack when threatened by those dogs, as for people they attack on command when there is a threat to the safety of me and my family, other than that they are playful and harmless. I have a friend with 3 huskies and the male is retarded an it is highly likely that he would be a threat to a person, the dog will bark at me but he stays out of my space because he knows ill smash him if I feel threatened and the sad part is it has to be that way because my friend is completely oblivious to his dogs behavior being his fault, but he is that way because my friend half ass trained the dog. I have another friend who has a sheperd mix who is great with people but doesn’t play well with other dogs, this dog is actually responsible for the death of my beagle, I house sat for a month for this friend, the dog doesn’t attack other dogs anymore. Look up the dog whisperer, and you will find that anybody that knows anything about dogs knows that you can take the worse dog in the world and as long as the dog knows who the boss is the dog can be trained to be a good dog. Its just a matter of the owner and how much time you spend with the dog. Once the ownership is developed I have found the military approach with the good old break them down phsyically through exercise and build them up while training them with commands and praise for doing the right thing generally works well for me, but I’m not like regular people dogs can feel your emotions and mental state so they will test you and undermine your authority if they feel they can just like kids. Especially the bigger breeds.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:24:05 +0000

Thanks for replying, I knew they were ranked as n5 smartest dog, but I had never really thought about the impact that Hollywood had on the Doberman´s reputation. Thanks for pointing that out. The dog does look scary, doesn´t mean it´s a vicious beast like the Pit.

After reading this article again, and taking a look at some of your other articles, a question poped to my mind. The pitbull, and other breeds too, but particularly the Pit, are fearless. So my question is: this fearless thing is it kinda like when those tiny little dogs are so brave and don´t realize they are gonna get killed if don´t backed down or does the Pit actually know when he is putting himself in danger? What I mean is ( and take the wolf as the prime example ), some creatures know that sometimes the best thing to do is to just walk away. Would a Pitbull know when to walk away? For example, if a Pitbull was to find itself facing a bear. Would it attack the bear? Would it wisely walk away? Or if it was a wolf, or a couple of wolfs?
What does fearless mean exactly, when refering to the Pit?

Thanks in advance, loving this website

Sincerely,
Peter

By: Dog Breeds

Dog Breeds — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:33:09 +0000

Just FYI Andrew, the PitBull leads all dog breeds for turning on its owners even when raised in a loving and caring environment. The question you need to ask yourself are you willing to take that chance with your kids?

As an aside when I was a kid we grew up with Labradors and German Shepherds. The Sire of the group was a large (120 lb) GSD who was given to my Dad by a friend returning to Germany. This dog was from German stock GSD and had been attack trained as a guard dog before he became our family pet. Now the only person he ever really responded to and trusted was my dad but everybody was comfortable enough to leave us young kids (5 yrs old and upwards) unattended with him.

One of the games we used to play with this GSD and the other dogs was to bait them with their tails…in other words have a quick grab and snatch of their tails. The dogs of course hated this and would warn us with a low growl when they noticed our lil hands sneaking towards their tails. But that was the fun and danger in it — oh and by the way most of our dogs were more guards than pets — being able to pull the tail without being bitten.

Well every now and then someone wasn’t fast enough and inevitably got a tooth mark as a reminder…then we’d go off crying to the parents that so-and-so had bitten us. The wound was tended to and we were told –again — not to bait the dogs and it pretty much served us right.

So what’s the point of this tale of tails?

Well even when we baited our dogs they only inflicted minimal damage to us as a warning to desist from such behavior. Thus despite being provoked they never really attacked us and after a few brief moments of cooling off we’d be outside playing hide and seek with the very same dogs.

In stark contrast there are many stories of PitBulls turning on their loving families for no reason. Now imagine what such a Pit would have done had we provoked it the way we frequently provoked and baited our dogs!!

By: Dog Breeds

Dog Breeds — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:03:16 +0000

The Doberman Pinscher in my book does not classify as a dangerous breed. It’s reputation far precedes it and miscorrectly as far as the modern dog is concerned. Much like the Great Dane, the Doberman of yesteryear used to be a ferocious breed.

The Great Dane of today is a lovable creature because strenuous efforts were undertaken to breed out its ferocity because there evidently was no place for such a formidable (and large) dog in today’s society. So to retain the breed it had to be pacified.

To a lesser extent the same steps were underatken for the Doberman breed. However the Doberman was hampered with a certain psychological barrier that the Great Dane never had to contend with and that was that THE DOBERMAN WAS HOLLYWOOD’S POSTERDOG OF EVIL AND BAD!

Many people still see the Doberman that way even though that is no longer true of the breed today. Oh and by the way I think the Doberman ranks number five as the smartest dog breed.

For more about the “Gentle” Doberman breed and accompanying video check out this post of mine: http://dog-breeds-spot.com/dog-breeds/featured/doberman-pinscher.php