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Pit-bull Dogs Are Products Of Their Environment, Not 4-legged Spawns From Hell
With the recent state and federal magnification of pit bull attacks(provoked by their 2legged friends or not), many wonderful family pets are given the bad rap of being uncontrollable. Who should be on the leashes, the pits or the owners?
 masdebater  30 Jul 2008 23:58
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I blame the owners
 
 adambomb82  31 Oct 2008 00:51
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Your mom.
Now all joking aside its more the environment they grow up in. I doubt that without human influence they would be kind to other creatures at all, aka survival and hunting, but the ferocity these dogs reach after they've been tortured by humans is just unnatural. They are fighting to survive they are fighting because they are full of anger. But then again without humans they wouldn't be mans best friend either as they would have to survive and wouldn't have the luxury of "free-survival".
 
 Smito  31 Jul 2008 00:22
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Pit bulls are a tricky breed in the best of circumstances. And all too often they are chosen by owners who relish the worst parts of the pit-bull reputations. But that reputation is by no means entirely undeserved. In my opinion only the most experienced of dog owners should even consider raising a pit bull, particularly when children are involved.
 
 finsch  31 Jul 2008 21:01
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Sorry, still don't agree. There was a New England case just last year of a loved well treated pit bull which literally attacked it's own female owner when she was in her bathroom. She wasn't doing anything to it and hadn't in the past. And I know this is just one case, but it's no coincidence that country wide stories of pit bull attacks keep popping up in the news everywhere. Do you mean to tell me there is a complete epidemic if irresponsible or abusive pit bull owners? How is that possible?

Look there are some animals which have wild or aggressive natures no matter what you do. You could raise a Tiger with loving discipline and even a belief it grew up tame only to have its wild nature come out and have it kill someone.

You know with major domesticated animals like cattle they're usually safe, but there's no guarantee, and breeders for centuries keep crossing and choosing to pick the safest and meatiest cattle. If their breeding produced a maniac cow hell bent on killing they'd stop breeding that kind of cow and choose something else. Same is true for dogs, I'm not saying all dogs are bad, and I'm not saying there is no time or place for pit bulls, I'm saying they have a checkered performance for a reason and there are plenty of other breeds of dogs to pick from for a pet in an urban area.
 
 Grenache  31 Jul 2008 13:51
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 Do you mean to tell me there is a complete epidemic if irresponsible or abusive pit bull owners? How is that possible?
That could be possible. The majority of pit-bull owners probably buy them for their notorious reputation. If you choose to buy a dog that was bred to fight, kill, and be nasty you probably have record / background of violence or have violent intentions yourself. I'm not saying that everyone who owns a pit-bull is like that, but there is a likely possibility that most are. If you are going to raise and train a dog to fight wouldn't you use a pit-bull.
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