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Don’t know much about dogs, but aren’t we humans larger and can probably take a dog out easily in hand to hand combat?
Coulda been worse. She could have been invited to have lunch with Trump at the White House.
Don’t know much about dogs, but aren’t we humans larger and can probably take a dog out easily in hand to hand combat?Satoshi_Nakamoto says
Dangerous misconception.I have new neighbors with whom I've become friends, a retired teacher and her husband who worked security for Harrah's in Las Vegas and is now employed in security at Baylor. They have a large female pit bull, Coco, who is sweet as she can be. As is typical today, she is a rescue so they presumably have no real information about her earlier life. They have me over for dinner periodically and she is relegated to the back part of the house. They're going on a five or six day trip right after the first of the year and leave her in charge of a house-sitter. From what I've read, pits are very high energy dogs which need a lot of interaction with people or other dogs to dispel the pent-up energy. They don't do well when caged or in solitary circumstances for long periods of time. My fear is that on a day, even as sweet as she seems most of the time, she may turn on either of her owners or a sitter, neither of whom will be able to defend themselves against such a large animal. Whatever happened to people owning cocker spaniels or collies whose natures seem so much more docile? I think having a rescue dog today has become kind of a virtue signal as they call it.
I think having a rescue dog today has become kind of a virtue signal as they call it
A 4-year-old boy was mauled to death by the family dogThat's why I continue to worry about my neighbors who bought a big Pit Bull as a rescue a couple of years ago. She weighs about 75-100 lbs. and is as sweet as she can be. They boarded her for a day while they took a day trip to Dallas. When they came back the kennel owner told them another dog had tried to play with her and she bit back, wouldn't let go until they forced her to--she's now banned from that kennel and they had to find another, more expensive facility. Her husband works at night and she's alone with the dog and if she ever got a notion, Lisa would never be able to defend herself. I don't understand the mania for rescues or why they can't rescue a Cocker Spaniel or Dachund or some other kind of normal dog, why a big Pit Bull. This should put them on notice.
I don't want to say bad things about dogs because so many people love them, but some dogs are really dangerous, essentially weapons. They were bred that way.
So many eugenicists on patnet these days.
For the umpteens time: the term "eugenics" is only applicable to humans. With animals it's "selective breeding".
selective breeding.
DASKAA saysFor the umpteens time: the term "eugenics" is only applicable to humans. With animals it's "selective breeding".
Thanks, because clearly the gist of the belief is VASTLY different when you say selective breeding.
NuttBoxer saysHitler.... you espouse eugenics....
Your bizarre exercise in projection, including invoking Hitler three times in one thread, shows cognitive dissonance on your part. You are the only one who defends a product of eugenics in this thread. You are the only one who invokes Hitler in this thread. You call yourself a "nuttboxer", but it is your own progeny who are endangered by your embrace of eugenics, and your efforts at trolling with your Hitler comments (three so far) only make you look worse. Your feeble attempt to point your eugenicist's finger at me shows only poor reasoning skills on your part, when the evidence is clear: you are the only one practicing eugenics, which you have literally bought and brought into your home.
NuttBoxer saysI guess you only need arguments that are skin deep.
The wounds on the hundreds of people mauled to death by pit bulls were much deeper than the skin. You espouse a product of eugenics that kills children and adults. The blood is on your hands, not mine. Your "arguments" are merely trolling, crying "Hitler" over and over again, and appealing to anecdotes and conjecture as if they could refute peer reviewed empirical data.
Patrick saysI don't want to say bad things about dogs because so many people love them, but some dogs are really dangerous, essentially weapons. They were bred that way.
As a former owner of a large terrier (not the "bull & terrier" type though) I must say these beasts are awesome when properly trained, controlled by an experienced handler and used for intended purposes. Which is personal defense/attack kind of work (basically your typical "K9 officer") or hunting dangerous animals like European boar. Their fearlesness and high pain tolerance allow them to excel where even German Shepards can fail. But giving them out like candy to old ladies and families with small children is irresponsible to say it mildly.
DASKAA saysPatrick saysI don't want to say bad things about dogs because so many people love them, but some dogs are really dangerous, essentially weapons. They were bred that way.
As a former owner of a large terrier (not the "bull & terrier" type though) I must say these beasts are awesome when properly trained, controlled by an experienced handler and used for intended purposes. Which is personal defense/attack kind of work (basically your typical "K9 officer") or hunting dangerous animals like European boar. Their fearlesness and high pain tolerance allow them to excel where even German Shepards can fail. But giving them out like candy to old ladies and families with small children is irresponsible to say it mildly.
In Great Britain, 4 breeds are banned. Pit Bulls are one of them. "Dangerous Dogs...
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"Virginia woman killed by her pit bulls in ‘grisly mauling’"
"Couple Guilty of All Charges In Fatal Attack by Their [Presa Canario] Dog" (see also "San Francisco fatal dog mauling conviction upheld")
"Mother shut boy in basement to protect him from pit bull / 12-year-old was killed by family dog"
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