It stands to reason someone who gets a dog will love the dog, but if people simply stopped buying these breeds they would eventually go extinct an the world would be a safer place
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Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
In an online context, it’s almost impossible to have a real conversation about pitbulls. The people that don’t like them are earnestly scared of them, for themselves, or for others. The people who love pitbulls love them like anyone else would their dogs. For the owners, they are part of the family.
For what it’s worth, I thought the rhetoric was overblown until I adopted a pit bull myself. He’s a great dog and I love him, but the power and aggression he displayed when he is trying to chase a critter is far above any breed I’ve owned. I don’t know if it rises to the level of needing to be regulated, but if I were running a shelter, I would not adopt a pit bull to a first time dog owner.
Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 14 hours ago
jeffw@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Any terrier does that though. The thing is a jack Russell doing it is a joke that a suburban mom can yank to hell and back. A pitbull is 10x the weight and muscle mass of that tiny dog.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You can’t control a pitbull once they are set off. I grew up with a pitbull and seeing it attack and a bunch of strong grown men unable to control it is scary as shit.
naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Friend of mine had an adult American Stafford shire and a new red nose Pitbull puppy
Puppy wanted to play, Stafford tried to hide behind me.
Puppy started to bite him from behind to initiate play time, Stafford had enough and wanted to scare him away
Half my upper torso was inside Stafford’s mouth.
He immediately recognised his mistake and I wasn’t hurt in any way, but yeah, they do have quite some ability.Still, both of them were one of the nicest dogs I’ve ever met.
They’re really family dogs, but with that, they want to defend their family with all their might as well.
And being jealous over a human baby surely is a problemStill, pretty much all dogs can hurt you and it’s about their owners, who fuck up and those poor dogs need to take the shit for it, when their owner trained them wrong
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 11 hours ago
It does. That’s the whole point. There’s nothing emotional about this opinion. You don’t have to be scared to think dogs that regularly kill people should be banned. It’s common sense.