I guess you would be terrified of our 160 lb Anatolian Pyrenees mix. He is a hell of a cuddler! only weights about 10 lbs less than i do, and loves a good hug, bread to fight off a bear or a pack of wolves from harming a flock.
never bought a lotto ticket in my life. you are also more likely to die getting in your car at any point in time or getting shot by a random stranger on the street than winning the loto or getting mauled by a dog. do you drive? do you walk down the street? I did get attacked by a German when I was on a Search and Rescue Mission doing door to doors. Still love our pups, and am not afraid of a dog.
never bought a lotto ticket in my life. you are also more likely to die getting in your car at any point in time or getting shot by a random stranger on the street than winning the loto or getting mauled by a dog.
I don't know anyone who has won the lotto or have been shot by random strangers, but I know a lot of people and dogs who have gotten mauled by large breed dogs.
And you know lots of people and dogs who have gotten mauled by large breed dogs. Do you live in an inbred redneck area filled with morons?
Funny I live in a very urban area filled with pitbulls and I haven't heard of anyone getting mauled by a pit except in the news very very rarely. Like as in almost never.
Last attack was a large breed dog vs corgi/chihuaha mix, dog ran out of someone's yard and mauled the chorgi. Attack didn't stop until the cops came and beat the shit out of the dog. This was in a neighborhood where median home prices exceed 700k.
Just because you don't hear them doesn't mean they don't happen. The media didn't report the above incident, but the end result was 2 dead dogs - one mauled to death by the other, and the other put to sleep by animal control.
The city I live in is urban and we are a few min away from NYC. I am in a couple local Facebook dog groups for our locale. If anything happened in town I'd hear about it.
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http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2015/06/12/animal-bites/71117490/
But please, tell me more about all the front line information you have regarding dog bites in your neighborhood via local facebook groups.
I still feel pretty fucking safe with all these pitties around me daily.
everyone does, until they don't.
I've made it 42 years in Northern NJ with 7 of those years living in an urban area where pitties are the predominant breed. I must be a survivorman.
A woman I used to work with in Maine almost died when her own pitt latched onto her hand and wouldn't let go. She was having an argument in the kitchen with her husband, and in an effort to end it whirled away and went to exit the room. The dog, without any direction from the husband, attacked her as she walked away. Despite repeated commands by both people to release it would not. The husband eventually got it to let go by breaking a bottle over the dog's head, then he kicked it down the basement steps when it was dazed and slammed the door shut. She almost died from an infection. Came out of the hospital several days later with a mangled hand and forearm with a catheter still in it. They had to put her on some serious meds in order to save her hand.
Divorced the guy within a few months of that too IIRC.
I think pit owners need to face reality and accept that what they adore just happens to have augmented aggression by virtue of genetics. The terrier in them makes for stubbornness that can, as in the example I just gave, overrule directions from alpha. There's part of the problem right there. Look at those massive, extremely aggressive working dogs from the East, those Asian molosser and mastiffs breeds that guard both livestock and land. Dogs like Kangals, Caucasian Mountain dogs, Tibetan Mastiffs, etc are every bit as dangerous as pitbulls (moreso with the right setting) but they don't turn on their alpha (without abuse being involved anyway). When you factor in that pit bulls often seem to lack the trigger of a threat in order to attack, horrible things can and do happen.
The same reason you should be afraid of chimpanzees. A Chimp can rip your face off.
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http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2015/06/12/animal-bites/71117490/
But please, tell me more about all the front line information you have regarding dog bites in your neighborhood via local facebook groups.
Good looking pup.Chillin with my pittie mix on the couch this afternoon. Look at those big floppy ears. The cuteness is undeniable. What a handsome motherfucker! And a sweetie
quoted for truth! i've lost count of how many times i was at risk of enraged chimp attack. Dammit!!I'd be more worried about an enraged chimp than a pit.