Sassygerl said:
Cass, I hate to say it, but with your comment here with a blowkiss blows everything you've said!!!! JMO
, but oh so true!!!!!!
Sorry Cass, but I'm calling you OUT....
ETA: you've spoken so strongly against the dogs, but when a poster who you know posts they have a pit, you say you're glad they are responsible, and aren't saying the dog should be destroyed...please explain!!!!!! You obviously are not against the dogs as your posts state........
I think Cass's position is clear. She would like there to be no pits, but if someone has one, she's happy that they are responsible. She's just being sweet to me.
Sassy,I do think there is a reason why the American Veternairy Association and other large groups that work with dogs on a daily basis refuse to condemn pit bulls. My own city/parish council recently tried to ban pit bulls from the parish, but when they did research on the matter they were astounded to find: 1) pits were not responsible for the larger number of maulings or deaths, ever, in any given year. Other large breeds bounced that "honor" back and forth. 2)the number of attacks per capita--the number of pits who attack compared to the number of pits in the USA is extremely small. Extremely. Almost all other large breeds attack more often than pits do. and 3) the research done by veteranary groups did not back up the perception the public has that pits are dangerous just because of their breed.
The city parish council had to recind its plan, because they would have had to ban ALL dangerous breeds, and that was basically a list containing all large breeds. I think the only big dog not on the list was the greyhound!
Now, I'm not crazy. (believe it or not!) I know that pits do attack and that they are such strong and persistant dogs that they are not easily stopped and the attacks often end in disfigurement or death. I also know that for every pit that attacks, there are over a million more who are living peaceful, submissive, obedient lives. A lot of research was forced on me when my son rescued the little pup he brought home. I started off terrified, cuz I knew that little bundle would grow to be strong and BIG. But the research I did was calming and encouraging. And my doggie has proven the research true.
BTW, pits were not "inbred" to produce dogs that attack PEOPLE. Pits are naturally aggressive toward animals, not toward people. If a dog is consistently aggressive to people, you can bet your booty that he has not been trained. Or that other measures were taken to force him to become aggressive--we know people who do pit bull rescues and you would not believe the abuse that is done to these animals to try to make them aggressive. This ignorant backasswards part of the country is still having problems with idiots fighting their dogs, so I've seen alot of hurt dogs that have been fed iron filings, blood, that are given massive doses of steroids--I've seen enough evidence of animal abuse to last a lifetime.
A good rule to keep in mind when buying any large dog is to know your breeder. In breeding is DANGEROUS in any breed, even yorkies!
Personal attack?!
