My Pitbull Perspective...
I love dogs with a passsion, however I will say one thing about the Pitbull breed, which seems to be a majority in the spotlight here. You can also call them Staffordshire Terriers, mixes called Kerr Dogs, or whatever to be technical.
I've been watching the news lately here in the Bay area, and I've never seen so many of these dogs chewing up people lately!!
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A couple resulted in death, (one attacked a woman a couple weeks ago and ripped the whole top of her head off) and a few resulted with children having their faces ripped off like the dog pictured above. It seems that every week there's a serious attack of these dogs on kids, someone else dog, or an adult- continously!
I love dogs dont get me wrong. I own an English Bulldog. But I will say though, that I wouldn't ever buy an American Pit Bull or any dog that goes into a childs room while he's sleeping and mauls them in their sleep!!! This happened a couple times recently. Or attacks a kid for no apparent reason, just overly aggressive or territorial or just flips out, because he's along with a couple of them in the backyard and they freakout into a ripping frenzy.
I think people that own Pit Bulls and Staffordshires should be required to have a license to own these dogs. They should get complete background checks, along with other key criteria for owning them. They're truly a strong, loyal, fighting ANIMAL. Family Pet?? I hate to say it, but from what I've seen, they're very hard to socialize animals. Majority of them love their owners and immediate family.
This post isn't to offend Pitbull owners in the forum who own these animals, but personally, I wouldn't put them near my kids age 6 and 3. Screw that. I'd rather have a German Sheperd, English Bulldog, or even a Rottweiler for that matter. Pitbulls are very hard to read animals. They have eyes that seem vacant in my opinion. Hard to read animals.
I know it's totally inhumane and disgusting to take any breed of animal and torture them or put them through a nasty hell of a fight till the death or maiming. Pretty disgusting and barbaric. Not nice at all, and sad for any Pitbull, Staffordshire owners who take care of an breed these animals in respect, love and socialization. Again, not saying all of these dogs are evil or trying to attack the breed. I just think a majority are flipping out just a little too much lately on humans as well, so it's hard for me to feel too much compassion for this Breed. Sorry.