Addressing The Popular Idea that Pitbulls are Naturally Mean Dogs (Page 2)

[Mi2mi2a]

the dog is a reflection of its owner. and the sad part is that media never talks about that german shepherd dog that attacked its owners. As you said these pitbulls were raised for fighting reasons.

I've owned a pitbull, when I was young. It was the sweetest dog ever. What I find amazing about dogs is the fact that those that look scarier are usually the sweetest.

[CHARismatic110]

I have a fear of dogs so it dorskt matter what breed they are, I keep my distance from them all. Though whenever I have nightmares about them, it's never a pitbull. Usually a rottweiler or doberman. But yeah, put pitbulls are usually the dogs that are walking their owners down the street.

[M-ikaela]

For me pitbulls will always be sweet, loving and loyal dogs.
What they need is to have proper owners who will spend plenty of time with them and give them proper training but sadly a lot of people buy pitbulls because they wanna look ''tough'' or ''cool'' and then end up having problematic dog who gets all the blame

[Dargil]

Pit bulls are naturally aggressive, as are Rottweilers and Dobermans, and your Chihuahua would kill an intruder if he were big enough. Careful upbringing can regulate that. You can even raise a timber wolf to be a gentle companion. Just keep it away from cats, small dogs and chickens.

[JustAnEdiaGuy]

Media makes (as example) Pitbulls look bad, because that is everywhere we begin to think that. at least the less smarters. Thats the problem with media it "infects" some (or most of) people and "changes" opinions. Which is bad. Some pitbulls are bad, yes. But there also are other dog races that are normally "peaceful" that also can be "bad" sometimes.

[Anonymous]

"pitbull's medical structure also plays a key in violence"
i dunno how true this is... but... doesn't that kinda undo all your other arguments? You're saying that these dogs often suffer from a genetic medical problem that makes them full of pain and thus mean. Sounds like a reason I should fear one of these dogs that I haven't gotten to know!

Also, it sounds like another reason that we shouldn't be too keen on rescuing their group from extinction right? We bred them, we should unbreed them.

[zagor]

Yet pit bulls are responsible for 60% of the dog bite deaths in the US each year. Even if you eliminate dogs under 30 lbs, they are no more than 15% of the non-small dogs in the US. So their reputation is in fact deserved.

Plus among dog owners, the owners of pit bulls are much more likely to be assholes, which makes the problem worse.

[Anonymous]

A dog is a reflection of its owner and its upbringing-- much like children. In my opinion any dog can be aggressive, some of the nicest dog I've come across were pit bulls. It's terrible the reputation they have, when it's the sick individuals who abused them that are to blame.

[Blueeyes81]

I have an American Bulldog and he's the sweetest thing ever. My godson rides him like a horse, he's never shown an ounce of aggression, he's never met a person or dog/ cat he doesn't like. He looks scary as hell and that's part of the problem people have with the breed. I'm a firm believer in it's the owner, not the breed, that makes or brakes the dog.

[ronaldo75]

there's nothing wrong with being afraid of pits or ANY large dog. Pits are very loving gentle dogs BUT they just too strong and too many have been raised as killers for anyone not to be on alert around them. This is a society where we fucking justify being afraid of black men more than a wiold killing machine with a 500lb bite force and an IQ of 30.

[1nittol3arn]

They were originally bread to be fighting dogs... but in actuality they're one of the best loyal and protective dogs.

They make great family dogs and love to protect families. Love them pit bulls. 😍

My favorite dogs are labs though. Great hunting and swimming buddies. 😄

[Natalie11299]

Pitbulls can be either mean or nice. I’ve always experienced nice pitbulls, so I like them.

[wildkid360]

I tell you what pitbulls are more loving and more caring than most dogs i know with retrievers next in line. They are smart and intelligent and i tell you what when it comes to their owners they will protect them with german shepherds after that i think.

[JimRSmith]

Pitbulls make me nervous, I'll admit.

Why do dog attacks so frequently involve this breed, if they're not part of the problem?

[Annie_Mosity]

Because there is sadly a culture surrounding them and lots of people train them to be aggressive... in the UK the dog that gets into the most fights is a labrador!

There is also the issue that they are strong animals, built to grab on and thrash until the prey is dead. My friend has a pit bull and all though it isn't an aggressive or nasty dog, when it plays its very scary. She hasn't trained it well at all so it sees everything as a toy, but there's no malice. I think the reputation of being dogs that attack often has been hyped by the media following some unfortunate attacks... and also because people do use them for fighting and other horrid things. From my experience though the animals themselves are not vicious by nature whatsoever... Not with humans.

[JimRSmith]

@Annie_Mosity Interesting, and I can see the logic...

[Bandit74]

It's not like the stereotype is completely unwarrented. They are responsible for the majority of dog related attacks and fatalities against humans.

[Annie_Mosity]

Have you double checked that? I was quite surprised when I was looking into dog attack stats last year (when I got a big dog and was worried about it eating my nephew!)

[Kayla45]

I had a pitbull when I was about 11 years old.

Most friendly and family loving dog there was... until a drunk driver ran her over. :(

[Pineapple_Boy]

damn thats sad.

[Rissyanne]

I dated a guy who had a Pitbull. He had the biggest head I’ve ever seen on a dog. But he was just a big loving baby.

[Logorithim]

I've never known one, so it's a breed I don't think about it, so thanks for bringing it to our attention in this excellent Take.

[4465loveyou5577]

The sweetest pit on YT <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je72IZHdbH8

[rsstanford]

So cute 😍

[loveslongnails]

My experience with pit bulls is simple... they are fine, until they snap. And a percentage of them snap for no apparent reason. Other than that, I don't know much about them.