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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Small dogs nip at your ankle. Large dogs that are bred to help hunters kill bears will go for your head and throat. I know which one I would prefer to attack me!
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A small dog's bite can sever an artery and cause you to bleed to death. A small dog can also jump on you, causing you to fall and break your neck and die. A small dog can also jump at you, causing you to step back and get run over by a car and die.
A small dog can also yap and yip every moment of every day that its owner isn't at home, causing you to become miserable, because there's no rule against dogs barking during the daytime. A medium-sized dog can knock over someone who has problems with their balance. A small dog can become aggressive toward a large dog, causing the large dog to defend itself. A small dog can become aggressive toward a person who has a large dog as a companion animal, causing the large dog to defend its human.
As has already been said - MANY of these so-called pitbull attacks weren't even pitbulls. People tend to confuse a number of different breeds with each other. Does it mean pitbulls aren't dangerous and even deadly when they bite? No, it doesn't mean that.
But this isn't about whether or not one breed or another is dangerous when it bites, is it? It's about singling out and vilifying one breed of dog, and completely dismissing the fact that EVERY dog has the potential to kill a person - if its owner is not responsible.
The threat of harm is exclusively within the dog-owner's control. If he has control over his pet, his pet will not cause harm. If he loses that control, the pet might cause harm. The same can be said for someone with a bottle of scotch and a gun.