Lately I have noticed dog owners whilst walking their dogs either picking up their own dogs (if it is small enough) when a pit bull is in the vicinity (whether it is on a leash or not) or giving the pit bull a very wide berth (crossing the street if possible).

Personally this article hit really close to home, my mom’s friend’s chihuahua was recently killed by a stray pit bull and that was the second attack! By the very same pit bull, and all she was doing was taking a walk around the block.

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Watching that video made me really angry and I sincerely hope the pit bull involved was destroyed (actually I believe it was a Pit Bull mix since it looked rather sizable for a pit)!

You can find hundreds more videos of pit bull attacks some of those attacks on the dogs’ owners themselves out of the blue!

Many pit bull attacks tend to be unprovoked on innocent dogs minding their own business and enjoying what was up to that point nothing but a pleasant walk. So word to the wise…if you are walking your dog and see a pit bull (even on a leash) give it an extremely wide berth or if possible cross the street. When a pit bull attacks even their owners find it very difficult to halt the attack even when the attempt to stop the attack involves kicking or hitting their vicious dog with heavy objects!

Bottom line…it is time to stop pretending the pit bull is not a dangerous dog breed. It’s not the dog’s fault it was genetically selected and bred to be that way!

AND the majority of the so-called wolf hybrid attacks actually were from mixed breed dogs with no recent wolf heritage. Misrepresentation is RAMPANT in breeding hybrids.
The “average” REAL Wolf Hybrid would rather run and hide then attack – these are very shy animals by nature.

“Wolves” without wolf
http://www.wolfpark.org/wolfdogs/Poster_section3.html

Misrepresentation and Responsible Breeding
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/wolfdogs/a/wolfhybridstorm_2.htm

I’d like to attack…ahem…I mean address the salient points of the comment by Pat Gray:

POINT 1. “There are NO dangerous breeds, only dangerous owners and potentially dangerous “individual” dogs.”

Arrrghhh! I really do find this comment ever so irksome! It seems to be the mantra of well-meaning but msiguided dog lovers.

It is almost as irritating as that of the modern day urban gunslinger who shamelessly preaches “guns don’t kill…people kill” in justification of his ever growing home arsenal of weapons!

Anyway back to Gray’s ambitious statement that there are no dangerous dog breeds; with this in mind let us take a careful look at the genetic heritage of the Pit Bull:

• Bred and developed to be the ultimate dog pit fighter!
• Selectively bred for extreme dog-on-dog aggression!
• Selectively bred for enormous jaw strength!
• Carefully bred to display exaggerated “touch insensitivity”!
• Selectively bred for extreme excitability!
• Bred to be completely fearless with huge resilience and tenacity!

All in all the above ingredients made/make for a highly volatile and explosive dog breed.

Okay let’s go ahead and look at some of those selectively bred traits in a little more detail:

1. Dog-On-Dog Aggression. This sounded good in theory (at least for a fighting dog) because it wouldn’t have done the dog’s handlers much good to have their wards projecting their aggression onto them as well!

But that is almost precisely what has been happening. The Pit Bull’s so-called dog-on-dog aggression may have worked in theory but in real life…well let’s just say way too much of that aggression has leaked over to involve people; often with fatal results!

A lot of Pit Bull fatalities, maulings and attacks on people are a result of good Samaritans trying to save some hapless canine victim from the unleashed savagery of an unprovoked attack by a Pit Bull.

2. Enormous Jaw Strength. Well this is pretty self-explanatory…the ultimate dog fighter needs huge jaw-crushing strength to quickly dispatch its victims!

3. Extreme Touch Insensitivity. Okay this trait is not quite so well known or obvious as the rest so let me flesh it out a little more. A decreased sensitivity to touch or in other words an exaggerated touch insensitivity trait ensures that the dog is extra impervious to pain. Possessing this trait explains why pit bulls are able to continue fighting under extreme duress and when they have sustained impossible wounds that would stay most any other dog breed!

Pit bulls are relentless in their attack which is why it is so hard even for their owners to call of the dog once it’s fury is unleashed!

4. Aggravated Excitability. The pit bull was bred to be super-excitable, a trait that is extremely useful in a gladiator (ever notice how wrestlers, boxers and other ring-fighters pump themselves up before a fight…it’s all to do with that adrenaline rush thing!)

Unfortunately this excitability trait so characteristic of the pitbull also predisposes it to sudden and unprovoked outbursts of aggression.

5. Bred And Developed To Fight. Oh and while other dog breeds were bred to look after livestock, pull sleighs, protect property, guide the blind (naming but just a few doggie professions) the Pit Bull was…well bred to fight!

Is it really necessary to say more about what constitutes a dangerous dog breed or not?

On a parting note let me ask you this: Ever wonder why professional big cat trainers never work with leopards? I mean the tiger and lion are much bigger and more powerful cats but both are commonly trained by people in the profession.

Truth is there’s a good reason why nobody ever trains and works with leopards.

It all boils down to the animal’s nature and temperament…which in a word is explosive and unpredicatable! Put simply it is far too dangerous to work with leopards.

That said, dangerous as a leopard is, it is tsill not as strong as a male lion or tiger; even the female of both species is stronger than the leopard yet they are safer animals around people!

Murder caused by Humans upon other Humans………………….16000
info provided by the FBI

Pat You have covered in your posting the point re what some rate as
Racist it is an anology I like using although on many sites it is not liked but it is so true.All Muslims are Terrorists,All blacks are Rapists and all Pitbulls are serial -killers–All Garbage.

My view is that BSL is a Law that failing politicos like bringing in as they can show results,just send the cops and animal-control out collecting Family-Pets from the Law-Abiding,mostly they do not have to search for anyone just go through municipal records under dog licences.”Look Voters I have saved you from those Marauding packs of Pitbulls that are Killing our little children and little old ladies” What a Crock!!!!!!!!
Finally another little stat Bee-Stings kill more humans in the USA than the dogs.PowerBees.

There are NO dangerous breeds, only dangerous owners and potentially dangerous “individual” dogs.

“But for purposes of this article we are going to assume that the dogs were raised in a loving environment and treated well!” unless you can show that those 1110 Pit Bull attacks came from loving homes, or at least a mix of environments/histories, you aren’t playing fair.

Your article refuses to take into account an INDIVIDUAL DOG’S owner, home environment or history (chained, trained, roaming, abused, socialized). Nor does it take into account different bloodlines within breeds, bad breeding, poor socialization or physical condition.

Grouping wolf-hybrids in statistics with domesticated dogs is specious – wolves are wild animals. Please don’t confuse the issue further.

Like most bashing articles, you’ve built your argument against entire breeds based on the behavior/actions/history of a few. Others have used similar tactics – all Blacks are ignorant, all Irish are drunks, all Jews are usurers….

There are as many stupid whites (if not more) as blacks, Germans love their beer too and there a lot of WASP bankers and stock brokers who will rip you off as soon as look at you.

I agree dangerous INDIVIDUAL dogs are a problem, but dangerous dogs are in truth a symptom of greater problems that breed-bashing and BSL will NOT solve.

Finally, working with and living with a mixed group of dogs on a daily basis, I can only say: Give me a kennel full of Pit Bulls, Mastiffs and Rottweilers any day – you can keep your little dogs and Labradors!