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Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Josh
The American Temperament Test Society seeks to evaluate the temperaments of dogs using a standardized test. They have a description of the test that details the situations that they put dogs in. Now, there are obviously some issues with the tests, such as judgment of the judges, the relative excitability of each dog when undergoing a test (they know something is going on), and the type of person to submit their dog to such a test probably thinks that their dog is fairly well-behaved.
They also list the percentage of dogs that pass and fail the tests based on breed. Well, your friendly neighborhood SayUncle compiled the data (available by clicking the more link below) and discovered that based on relative temperament as percentage of pass or fail, pit bulls came in 116th out 202 breeds for having bad temperaments. A Dachshund has a worse temperament according to ATTS than a pit bull. In fact, a pit bull is comparable (scoring slightly better) in temperament to a golden retriever.
http://www.atts.org/statistics.html
Here's the difference: When a Golden Retriever DOES go crazy, it might bark loudly and or make some aggressive moves in extreme cases. A pitbull will maul someone. I'm not saying they are prone to flipping out, but when they do it's dangerous.
O rly?
Max The Dog Put Down After Mauling Another Child
'"On arrival, we had a 7-year-old male suffering from severe facial and skull lacerations as a result of the bite to the left side of his head and skull," said police Sgt. David Schepis. "He was talking, he was responsive but it appeared that the child was in great pain."
Police said the boy was rushed by ambulance to Waterbury Hospital. He was badly mauled and will need extensive cosmetic surgery'
Uhh, you find one article of a Golden Retriever attacking from 2005, and you think that proves that they are as dangerous?
Wake up.
POSTED: 12:19 am EST March 11, 2005
Edit:
All you did here was help prove everyones point: You can raise a dog to be a good or bad dog, but in the end, you never really have *full* control over any animal. Because of that, they will sometimes have their instincts kick in--with pitbulls, that can be a very gruesome event.