Ask a vet or a hospital...a poodle is more likely to put a kid in the hospital than a pit. Statistically speaking. Just another sterotype.
I can treat ANY dog the way a game dog is treated and make it a killer.
I can treat a pitbull like a member of my family and never have a problem. The dogs are more loyal than any other dog I've owned. Mine is 70 lbs and sleeps in the bed with my child. He won't let bad guys in ...
I just don't have to worry about my wife and daughter forgetting to lock the doors when I'm gone and they are alone. He's like ADT to the tenth power.
Next time you're at a vet's office ask him what he thinks the 3 most vicious breeds of dogs are...you'll be suprised who REALLY accounts for the majority dog bites.
"Studies indicate that pit bull-type dogs were involved in approximately a third of human DBRF (i.e., dog bite related fatalities) reported during the 12-year period from 1981 through1992, and Rottweilers were responsible for about half of human DBRF reported during the 4 years from 1993 through 1996....[T]he data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF in the United States between 1997 and 1998. It is extremely unlikely that they accounted for anywhere near 60% of dogs in the United States during that same period and, thus, there appears to be a breed-specific problem with fatalities." (Sacks JJ, Sinclair L, Gilchrist J, Golab GC, Lockwood R. Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998. JAVMA 2000;217:836-840.)
The Clifton study of attacks from 1982 through 2006 produced similar results. According to Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes were responsible for 65% of the canine homicides that occurred during a period of 24 years in the USA. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to November 13, 2006)"
"Dog bite deaths and maimings US and Canada (1982-2007)
By compiling US and Canadian press accounts between 1982 and 2007, Animal People News determined the types of breeds most responsible for death and serious injury.
The combination of pit bulls, rottweilers and wolf hybrids:
* 77% of attacks that induce bodily harm
* 73% of attacks to children
* 83% of attack to adults
* 70% of attacks that result in fatalities
* 77% that result in maiming
Interesting fact about pit bulls:
* Pit bulls attack adults nearly as often as they attack children, a characteristic not found in any other breed."
You're living in dreamland if you think pit-bulls aren't a dangerous breed.
There is a mountain of data which spells out the same things I've clipped above. Do a google search.
Animals aren't people, they operate on instincts bred into them. Obviously there is a bell curve for breeds of dog from docile to aggressive and it's clear from the data that pit-bull's curve is to the right of average.
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) coming from that place...
