I own 2 extremely kind and sweet rottweilers. But, everyone I know is super afraid of them and won't get near them. Why do these dogs get such a bad rap?
Why do dogs like rottweilers and pitbulls get such a bad rap?
It's due to the statistics. When you look at the frequency of attacks coming from each breed, the pitbull places first in that category. It doesn't mean that the breed is inherently dangerous (the upbringing matters a lot) but the chances of being attacked by a pitbull is much greater than say, a pomeranian. And that's how they get their bad rep.
"it's due to the statistics" "frequency of attacks coming from each breed, the pitbull places first in that category" "the chances of being attacked by a pitbull is much greater than say, a pomeranian"
Before arguing me you might want to realize that I'm not actually against you instead of blindly copy-pasting the first google search result you found on every opinion.
They get bad publicity purely because some people treat them awfully when they're growing up and that leads to them being afraid of all humans so they attack. I don't believe any breed of dog is dangerous, it's how they're raised that determines their nature.
"The outdated debate, "It's the owner, not the breed," has caused the pit bull problem to grow into a 30-year old problem.1 Designed to protect pit bull breeders and owners, the slogan ignores the genetic history of the breed and blames these horrific maulings -- inflicted by the pit bull's genetic "hold and shake" bite style -- on environmental factors. While environment plays a role in a pit bull's behaviour, it is genetics that leaves pit bull victims with permanent and disfiguring injuries."
"Purveyors of this myth also cannot account for the many instances in which pit bull owners and their family members are victimized by their pet dogs. From 2005 to 2016, pit bulls killed 254 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days. Of these deaths, 52% involved a family member and a household pit bull.4 Notably, in the first 8 months of 2011, nearly half of those killed by a pit bull was its owner. One victim was an "avid supporter" of Bad Rap, a recipient of Michael Vick's dogs."
He offered you a plausible argument and you're just going to ignore it? It's okay to debate and have a discussion once in a while. Those were actually all great points and he articulated that really well.
when you breed the dogs over and over with their own brothers and sisters it causes something in their brain to make them aggressive. its not their fault people breed them like that ):
Because they are bigger and intimidating. Shepherds have a stronger bite force. Tibetan Mastiffs can fight a bear and win. Chihuahuas are pure, shaky evil.
Common sense. These dogs repeatedly bite and are very aggressive. Everyone has their story about their nice Pitbulls and Rottweilers but statistics don't lie.
Every other dog has the same statistics. The only reason the statistics for rotties and pits are different are cause THEYRE the dogs MOST likely to be ABUSED.
What else is a mistreated animal going to do?
Most pits and rotties and such that have bitten were either known to have come from a bad home or were rescues where their background was unknown.
Very rarely does a well brought up dog become aggressive like everyone seems to think dogs like pits and rotties do.
@BaileyisDarcy You can't exclude literally every other variable and say it's all because they are abused. While that might be a contributing factor, you have to consider everything. The more likely scenario is that pitbulls were actually breed back in the day to latch on to large animals killing them for the purpose of hunting. The pit bull is a descendant of the original English bull-baiting dog—a dog that was bred to bite and hold bulls, bears and other large animals around the face and head. Logic tells me that's the more likely scenario.
And if you give the dog that was bred to bite something to bite ON (like a mastiff grade chew toy) then you can quite easily curb that instinct into something that isn't harmful.
If you fail to stimulate your animal it will become destructive and at times aggressive.
With a dog that was originally bred for its teeth you need to use that! You can't expect a herding dog like a border collie to not try to herd your children. They will do that. So you need to exercise them, tire them out, use their energy to curb those behaviours you dont want. Its the same with EVERY dog.
If you dont raise your dog correctly, it won't behave correctly!
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