Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The thing about pits isn't that they bite more than any other breed. It's when they DO bite, they tend to latch on. Most other breeds don't latch. This is a behavioral trait, and not any physiological trait (they don't "lock their jaws" in other words).
There exists no breed that is "known to not ever bite." Every breed has biters. But some of the bites tend to be more painful, or more risky, than others. That's it. That's the only difference between a pit-bull biting someone and any other breed biting someone. And even that can be trained out of them if the trainer starts immediately while the dog is a young puppy (in the first 6 months) and continues throughout their young life. Most pits I've ever encountered were tolerant, if not actually friendly, and the two guard dogs whose actual jobs were to BE guard dogs, were absolutely docile and friendly once I was "formally" introduced to them by their owner. That was a former employer, and his dogs were rescues from a dogfighting operation. One was a bait dog, the other was a stud and the bait dog's best friend. You definitely didn't want to be a burglar in that building. But if you were a "friend" (formally, as part of training) of the owner, you could come and go any time of day or night, with or without the owner present, and they'd treat you like their pals. Chihauhuas on the other hand - totally other story. I've met one, ever, that I could tolerate. The others were a bunch of yapping nippers. Nasty little things, they probably have such sour dispositions because they look like rats. |
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Pit Bulls were once forbidden in The Villages, Developer got lack, should be banned again. Want a animal like that, then maybe live in the country!
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Being neutral on this subject, if I were to get a large dog, Pit's would not be on the list. Just trying to understand what myself and others are missing here regarding how the benefits offset the potential downside. Thank you |
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I mean if you're going to go through all that trouble for a pet, just go all out and adopt a baby. At least with a baby there's a chance it'll grow up and contribute something useful to the world. See - I can come up with a whole diatribe on ANY breed, asking the question "why would anyone want to have..."? I prefer larger dogs. Not great danes though, or dalmations. Never was fond of that shape at all. But give me a german shepard, or a doberman, or husky - and I'm a happy camper. Had a friend with a Great Pyrenees and that gorgeous boy melted me with his love every time I saw him. |
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But, I can kick the chihuahua away. It may clamp down on my leg and break the skin. On the other hand pit will clamp down and shred my leg. I can beat on his head and it will NOT let go. So you comparison is no where close to what could happen.
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The name Pit Bull comes from dog fighting which does not happen in Britain, the Brits do not think it is at all cool. Please do not call all Bull Terriers "Pit Bulls" They are not all bred or mistreated to make them mean enough for fighting in the "pit" |
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While we're at it destroy all cars. They kill around 50,000 people a year and we know it's not the driver. Of course we can use the same logic for guns, alcohol and drugs. Never, ever blame the person who trains the dog, drives the car, uses the gun, etc. After all people are so perfect and responsibility where it belongs is such a silly thing to consider. The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. |
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Our two girls are Australian Shepherd / Great Pyrenees mixes. One favors her Aussie dad more, the other her Great Pyrenees mother but still look and act very similarly. Beautiful loving dogs for sure!!
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The Villages is no place for a Pit Bull IMHO. I see many large dogs that also “seem out of place” in a retirement community like The Villages. Many retirement communities limit dogs to 30 or 35 pounds and that seems reasonable to me. Of course, exceptions are trained certified service dogs. Until we retired and moved to The villages we had dogs and they were part of the family but we also had adequate “space” for them on our properties. We loved our family dogs but if there was any “conflict” always people and neighbors before dogs.
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Statistically, the odds of a pitbull killing someone are the same as a child dying from Covid.
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Plus, IMO the Pit Bull is WAY ugly. The Lab has an intelligent and almost regal look about him. I agree that, early on, the developers were correct - mixing junkyard dogs and fragile old human beings is a bad, illogical mix! Last edited by jimjamuser; 09-21-2021 at 08:03 PM. Reason: clarity |
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I agree with the contents or (DOGtents) of this post.
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Another story about her was that it was impossible almost to walk ANY straight line around her. She would try to HERD all people by rubbing against their knee as they walked. At 1st I thought it was just a friendly dog-thing. Wrong, I was being herded. I finally had to carry a shovel whenever I walked around her. I would pop the shovel against her head with mild force so that I could walk a straight line to somewhere. Some may say that I was being cruel, but that dog breed is SO TOUGH that she barely noticed. It was like I had to accept the dog's nature to herd and the dog knew to accept MY nature to want to walk where I chose to go. We achieved something simpatico. |
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I would prefer that no animals having human interaction be KILLED. Just like the buffalo were sent away from stupid easily injured humans - so would I prefer that no breeds with a reputation and statistics of injuring humans (like topped by the Pit Bull) - be bred in the whole US. There are too many other breed choices! But, I do like and believe your motto about knowledge and ignorance! |
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