5 year old mauled to death by two pit bulls

[Stop Pretending]

http://news.yahoo.com/5-old-boy-days...172740628.html

Not really sure who to blame in this story, part of me blames the mom of the kid who was mauled for not making sure the owner of the dogs were home, or the state for not putting these dogs down sooner when just last December these two dogs dug their way out of the yard and attacked a woman and her daughter. Either way this breed keeps living up to the social stigma of what this breed is, unstable, unpredictable, and there needs to be regulations in place when owning this breed.

[Deleted]

There's nothing wrong with the breed, a friend of mine has a pair of pit bulls, and there soft as anything, he lets them play with his kids all the time. If a dog goes rabid, the fault is with the owner.

[Stop Pretending]

There's nothing wrong with the breed, a friend of mine has a pair of pit bulls, and there soft as anything, he lets them play with his kids all the time. If a dog goes rabid, the fault is with the owner.

Oh so your friend has a " good one ", so that must mean that all are like his right? My brother-in-law had a good pit bull as well, until it attacked his neighbor. Also statistics tend to disagree with your statement, these dogs account for most fatalities by gigantic margin.

[Trassk]

Oh so your friend has a " good one ", so that must mean that all are like his right? My brother-in-law had a good pit bull as well, until it attacked his neighbor. Also statistics tend to disagree with your statement, these dogs account for most fatalities by gigantic margin.

Guess we should exterminate the entire breed then.

[Stop Pretending]

Guess we should exterminate the entire breed then.

That's not what I said, I said there needs to be regulations in the OP. Guess you should read better?

[caninepawprints]

Statistically speaking, Pitbulls are at the bottom of the dog bite list. The breeds found at the top are Chihuahuas, Chow Chows, German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, to name a few.

If a dog is bad, it's the owner's fault, not the dog's. Pitbulls are a friendly, happy breed. If they're anything but that, they were taught to be a different way by their owner.

Also, I know a LOT of people with Pitbulls and all of them are friendly, social butterflies that wouldn't hurt a fly.

[Stop Pretending]

I honestly don't think we should be allowed to own pitbulls anymore. I've said this before in here, but we've proven that we just can't be responsible for such a breed. While the breed used to be quite great back in the day, poor breeding and shitty owners have just made this breed dangerous.

Exactly, the breed is so inbred that AKC is starting to take notice and refusing to issue certifications.

[Gheld]

Stricter dog licensing and moar oversight ftw.
People just need to stop treating dogs like fucking decorative ornaments without knowing jack shit about what dogs actually need in their lives.

[Stop Pretending]

Statistically speaking, Pitbulls are at the bottom of the dog bite list. The breeds found at the top are Chihuahuas, Chow Chows, German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, to name a few.

We're talking about fatalities, not little nips from a 5lb dog.

http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-sta...ities-2014.php

Pit bulls account for 62% of all dog fatalities last year, the next breed is at 13%

[Deleted]

If you use your dogs as guard dogs you probably shouldnt leave them unatended when people are around. Dogs seemed unstable because breaking out and attacking a random girl doesn't seem like normal behaviour.
If they're not guard dogs then they should have been put down last year when they escaped. Owner should have had a better fence or make sure they're locked up.
One year later not improving their social skills around people i would say pretty much owners fault.

Breed doesnt really matter could have been any type of guarding sheep dog and the results would probably been the safe if not trained and socialised properly.

[Jtbrig7390]

Oh so your friend has a " good one ", so that must mean that all are like his right? My brother-in-law had a good pit bull as well, until it attacked his neighbor. Also statistics tend to disagree with your statement, these dogs account for most fatalities by gigantic margin.

The news in my area's reports more black crime then any other so by ur logic all black people are bad.

Its not a bad breed its bad owners. They are the most one of the most breed dogs even more so in poor naborhoods. As I said its not the breed its the owners not knowing how to take care of there dog.

Hell most people don't even know what the breed was originally breed for...

[Stop Pretending]

Breeding aggressive lines is what's the problem. I know people want to blame just the owners, but bad breeding is the also a BIG issue.

Exactly.

http://www.bluepitbulls.org/inbreedi...-pitbulls.html

A highly sought out color is the " blue " pit bull, which actually happens from inbreeding. So in order to get the trait people want, they are inbreeding the shit out of the breed.

[Tradewind]

dog gonnit, not again.

[Stop Pretending]

The news in my area's reports more black crime then any other so by ur logic all black people are bad.

Its not a bad breed its bad owners. They are the most one of the most bread dogs even more so in poor naborhoods. As I said its not the breed its the owners not knowing how to take care of there dog.

Hell most people don't even know what the breed was originally bread for...

Your analogy is almost as bad as your spelling. It's BREED, not BREAD.

Infracted

[Gheld]

dog gonnit, not again.

Post #16? You really fucked the dog on that one.

[Jtbrig7390]

Your analogy is almost as bad as your spelling. It's BREED, not BREAD.

My point still stands and sorry no its the perfect analogy for it.

Don't like my spelling then block me but if your counter arguement is to insult me then clearly I won. To add I only misspelled once and I love how you decided to insult me and not prove me wrong.

People like you who have no fucken clue what your talking about is priceless.

[caninepawprints]

We're talking about fatalities, not little nips from a 5lb dog.

http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-sta...ities-2014.php

Pit bulls account for 62% of all dog fatalities last year, the next breed is at 13%

I'm sorry, you must've misunderstood me. I wasn't talking about "little nips" from a 5-pound dog. These are dog bites that cause serious injury or even death.

Pomeranian kills child: http://amarillo.com/stories/100900/u...l#.VibEP_mrTcs

Do you know why Pitbulls are so high on that list? Because a lot of people can't identify what a Pitbull really is. I have read news articles where people were calling a dog that was clearly a Labrador a Pitbull! And this isn't an isolated incident. People will call any dog with short fur and a big blocky head a Pitbull even if the dog doesn't have any Pit in it.

Also, dogbites.org is VERY prejudiced against Pitbulls, so the information can't be trusted.

You also have to count for the sheer number that are a part of the dog breed population. Pitbulls outnumber most other breeds because they're so popular. It takes a lot to make them bite (when they haven't been trained for it specifically), but when they do, the bite is more likely to be fatal compared to all other dog breeds simply because of the construction of their jaw.

Here is an unbiased report from AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association):

Owners of dogs that are identified by the community as ‘pit bull type’ may experience a strong breed stigma, however controlled studies have not identified this breed group as disproportionately dangerous. The pit bull type is particularly ambiguous as a “breed” encompassing a range of pedigree breeds, informal types and appearances that cannot be reliably identified. Visual determination of dog breed is known to be unreliable. As discussed, witnesses may be predisposed to assume that a dog that bites is a ‘pit bull’.

The incidence of ‘pit bull-type’ dogs’ involvement in severe or fatal attacks may be associated with prevalence of at-risk dogs in neighborhoods with lots of young children. Owners of stigmatized breeds are more likely to have involvement in criminal and/or violent acts47, so apparent ‘breed correlations’ may be due to patterns in owner behavior.

Source: AVMA

[Gheld]

Your analogy is almost as bad as your spelling. It's BREED, not BREAD.

Are you sure about that?

[Stop Pretending]

My point still stands and sorry no its the perfect analogy for it.

Don't like my spelling then block me but if your counter arguement is to insult me then clearly I won.

Your " counter argument " doesn't even apply. Last I checked the people you referenced have the ability to decipher what is right and wrong, dogs do not. Now learn from your mistake and move along.

[Underverse]

There's nothing wrong with the breed, a friend of mine has a pair of pit bulls, and there soft as anything, he lets them play with his kids all the time. If a dog goes rabid, the fault is with the owner.

'My tarantula has never bitten me, so all tarantulas must be safe around infants!'