A short time ago this morning my 2 dogs were accosted on a walk by a pitbull, making this the 2nd time in the past 3 weeks. The first time the owner had it tethered to a piece of twine or something in the front yard, this time (different dogs/owners) it was off a leash in these people's garage. Go ahead and own one, but I think you certainly need to exercise a greater amount of care than if you owned say, a poodle. Unfortunately the majority of the people that own these dogs are the exact opposite, they could care less. Fuck these assholes.

A short time ago this morning my 2 dogs were accosted on a walk by a pitbull, making this the 2nd time in the past 3 weeks. The first time the owner had it tethered to a piece of twine or something in the front yard, this time (different dogs/owners) it was off a leash in these people's garage. Go ahead and own one, but I think you certainly need to exercise a greater amount of care than if you owned say, a poodle. Unfortunately the majority of the people that own these dogs are the exact opposite, they could care less. Fuck these assholes.

The problem is, these people don't think it is the breed. They think it is the owner. Growing up, we always had female labs. They were always great, and we had verbal control over them(not that we let them roam free).

I don't understand why there are people who insist on continuing the breed. I'm not talking about eliminating existing dogs. Just let the breed die out.

My favorite is when oversensitive owners flood the comments of any news article about a pitbull attack and whine about the breed of the dog being identified. "That was a a dog attack, not a pitbull attack!" The best is when they treat naming the breed as akin to racism.

I've never had the desire to have a pit dog or many like it but to each there own.

Go ahead and own one, but I think you certainly need to exercise a greater amount of care than if you owned say, a poodle.

That said, the owners in the OP are definitely douchebags. If you're not going to be a responsible owner, you shouldn't own a pitbull or any other medium or larger sized dog. You really shouldn't own a dog at all, but I realize there are more serious consequences owning some than others.

I think you're touching on the truth here. It's not that pitbulls are inherently bad, but that they have a reputation that attracts the biggest assholes as owners and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I think you're touching on the truth here. It's not that pitbulls are inherently bad, but that they have a reputation that attracts the biggest assholes as owners and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I think it's pretty clear it's the animal equivalent of having a nutsack truck hitch

I've seen both sides of it from Pitbull owners I've known. One friend rescued 2 of them and they are not aggressive in any way...but I believe she had to spend a good amount of effort socializing the dogs and working through that.

I've known others that have had pitbulls and their dogs are a different story. By nature, Pittbulls are aggressive, but their not the only breed I've seen like that. By coincidence they're just incredibly strong. I have no desire to have one, but then again....I'd give away all 3 dogs we have if i could.

It's also selection bias. Pit bull attacks make the news. Other dog attacks don't. It's also the name is menacing whereas a golden retriever sounds like a nice little friend.

Any ban on pit bulls should ban any similarly sized dog. Otherwise it is like banning Camel cigarettes because they are dangerous but not banning other brands.

It's also selection bias. Pit bull attacks make the news. Other dog attacks don't. It's also the name is menacing whereas a golden retriever sounds like a nice little friend.

Any ban on pit bulls should ban any similarly sized dog. Otherwise it is like banning Camel cigarettes because they are dangerous but not banning other brands.

All dogs should be shot.

Brother in law has a small female that they rescued. She is a pussy cat and he is about as far from nuts on a truck that you can imagine. I actually think it was his wife that got the dog. Whatever, I do see more than a few of these dogs in yards that have trucks with vert exhaust pipes, confederate flag decals and truck nuts so there is something to it.

I think Sneakers can probably a test to the sheer enormity of the amount of pits in shelters, especially in more urban areas. My wife worked in a shelter in Montana a long, long time ago and they'd have to go to conferences and Pits and BBD's (Big black dogs) were the most common and hardest dogs to get adopted out.Didn't have too many pits in Bozeman however.

I should add the first incident my one dog hurt her leg and I didn't think at the time she was bit bc I never heard a scream or saw any blood...but when I took her into the vet the next day to have her leg looked at, it turns out she did- although it wasn't very bad thankfully. So completely my fault for not calling the cops at the time this happened, but now this asshole won't even pay the vet bill...maybe shakes can weigh in but i'm assuming my chance to sue him in small clamis court is gone since I don't have a police report