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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Sounds like pit bulls need a publicity campaign manager, because I think that many people really don't believe that they are as harmless as other breeds.
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Other breeds aren't "harmless." ALL dog breeds have the capacity and potential to be dangerous. Some are bred to be stronger than others. Some are bred to be more agile, more attentive, more focused. And some of -those- that have been specifically bred to be stronger, more agile, more attentive, and more focused, have also been -trained- to be aggressive. You put that combination together in a salad bowl and you have a victim just waiting to be bit.
The statistics in a subsequent post don't account for what the victim was doing at the time of the attack against him/her. If a dog is killing its owner, then its owner did something wrong. Either through bad training, bad treatment, their own bad behavior, or just flat out lack of respect for the animal's power.
Some people will take a rescue pit home, thinking they can change them and be the next Caesar Milan. Some of those people realize that they aren't, and will never be the next Caesar Milan. And some, sadly, don't realize that til the damage is already done. That is the fault of the person, not the dog.
Just like - it's a bad idea to have a staring contest with a rottweiler (bet a lot of you didn't know that) - it's also a bad idea to behave in a way that an animal trained to kill might misunderstand or misinterpret.