I’m a strong proponent that it’s the owner, not the dog that is ultimately the reason pitty’s get a bad rap. I’ve rarely come across a pit bull that isn’t a big lovable goofball that just wants belly rubs and to play tug. But the one’s that haven’t been seem to have irresponsible owners that either don’t know, or don’t care about how to properly train their dog.
That said, it’s hard not to look at the data and agree that a breed ban would be best.
See i don’t know. There was a lady in the news a couple years ago walking her dog and then her dog attacked her. Was she a bad owner, was the dog not trained or did the dog just snap for 30 seconds and kill her.
Don’t people say the same thing about guns?
Wanna go around deciding who should have them and who shouldn’t? We can’t keep criminals out of public office or innocent people out of prison. YOU figure out how to judge people where everyone else has failed. Until then, let everyone keep their claws.
They’re dogs, not people.
Guns. Pay attention.
You can’t train a gun.
But you can train a gun on a target! Checkmate Santa Clause and the Easter bunny!
But guns aren’t naturally predisposed to attack people either
System attacks on owners are almost always by aging pitbulls. They probably start developing some kind of dimensia.
In 2009, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia released a five-year review of dog-bite injuries. The review states that 51 percent of attacks were made by pit bulls.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19644273/
In 2009, another study was published by the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. The study ran for 15 years and it has concluded that pit bulls, German Shepherds, and Rottweilers are among the most common breeds that cause fatal dog attacks in Kentucky State.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19696575/
In 2011, the Annals of Surgery published a study, which concluded that Pitbull attacks lead to more expensive hospital bills, higher risk of death, and higher morbidity rates compared to other breeds of dogs.
I love dogs, work with them and know a dogs behaviour like the back of my hand.
Pitbulls are bad but so are most of the bull breeds. The problem is all dog attacks come from working dogs and 95% of the time, people who have no fucking idea about dogs personify them and are completely naive about their capabilities are the problem.
But yeah, they probably need to be banned.
Or maybe it’s just the type of people who are drawn to this violent record are being terrible dog owners.
I’d just like to see a sensible discussion that doesn’t involve the falsified statistics presented by the Dogsbite blog and its offshoots.
The so-called academic behind their “statistics” was outed for multiple frauds, the blogs are all set up by shadowy anonymous individuals with opaque funding.
It’s all just so janky, like there’s a big movement intent on muddying the water of actual useful conversation.
Large terriers are undoubtedly a potential problem in the hands of inexperienced or irresponsible owners, but to over simplify the argument to “pitbull dogs bad” is irresponsible.
Any dog over ~15kg can do great harm, and when you take into account the breed traits of terriers, it’s easy to understand the importance of proper debate.
But the crusaders need to be ranked out in favour of proper discussion.
Who wants to talk about why it’s 90% black people in city jails and see how well your pitbull argument holds water against rational thinkers with larger scale ethics to consider.
The first linked thread was just one user getting pissy in the comments.
The second thread was flamebait, plain and simple. Has no business being in Lemmy Be Wholesome. On Shitpost I could give it a pass, maybe.
It’s already too late, but I would suggest in this case not using this thread as an extension to continue back and forth the argument highlighted in this drama.
People started arguing about it here
Indeed. Apparently lemmings have strong feelings on this topic. I myself do not feel informed enough to have a strong opinion.
Hey, don’t let a simple lack of knowledge get in the way of having an opinion - this is the internet.
Wow, those posts got nasty fast
Yeah. Some people aren’t happy unless they’re telling others how to live and what to own. I thought it’d be different here from Reddit, it the hive is the hive.
Like all the fuck cars and urbanism boards? Society is looking to change.
Edit Imo You should need a license for a dog, same as anything else potentially dangerous
Ironic you brought up the fuck cars kids. They’re equally as obnoxious.
My point in bringing them up was that it’s not new news that Lemmy has lots of folks looking to discuss society’s choices (and therefore the choices of those in it).
This is no opinion on the quality of the topic or the societal need to address the given topic.
Whats ironic about that?
Edit my second statement was my own opinion and I’ll move it for clarity.
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If people hated poodles, this would cause them to go around ripping people apart.
Meanwhile, I just want to play tugs of war with those two goofballs
I see two cleaned out threads. Must have been nasty in there.
Let me guess, pitbulls? Racists have been using them as a dogwhistle for awhile now.
Those posts, holy fuck Fediverse, be better…
Somehow you posting a picture of your dogs in a wholesome sub REQUIRES them to comment something shitty when they could, idk, mind their own fucking business?
OP was there to start shit. It wasn’t “just posting” pics of dogs. It was literally “pitbulls are a great dog that is 100% safe fuck the haters”.
It wasn’t a neutral post though was it? The title is “In retaliation to the Pit bull haters,”. That’s not a “wholesome” post to begin with, and if you call someone out, don’t be surprised when they answer back
When you post, you name a topic someone else’s business. This site is for browsing content, and commenting on it
Huh? Naw just downvote and move on that’s what’s it’s there for.
The comment section exists, and everyone is free to use it
The person posting the picture explicitly said in their post they were doing so “in response to pit bull haters”. They were already stirring up shit.
These things need to be absolutely destroyed. There’s no good reason to own one.
I agree. Breeding them should have strict criminal penalties.
There’s two types of people: those who hate pitbulls, and those who’s pitbull hasn’t mauled someone yet.
Pets are family, so people have a knee-jerk reaction to anyone badmouthing their pets even if the other person has a point.
My sister has a rescue pit. He’s the sweetest dog ever - he was afraid of men for a while due to his previous owner, but gradually warmed up and now runs up to everyone he sees for cuddles.
However, when they took him to visit someone in a nursing home he ran off and bit one of the staff unprovoked. It turns out how a dog behaves around family versus around strangers are two completely different things, and dog owners rarely see the latter so judge their pet’s personality based on the former.
A dog can be an absolute angel around people introduced to them by someone they love and trust, but if their little doggy brain registers someone as a threat (or even just an intruder in their space) things can go very wrong, very quickly.
This so much. I’ve had dogs snarling at me, and the owner is like “Oh, don’t worry, he’s friendly.” Like no, he’s friendly towards people he knows, not random strangers!
This got severely exacerbated by the pandemic too. A lot of people who had zero business having a dog found themselves with a bit too much free time and decided a new dog was the solution.
I’m going to go out on a limb here, but if you get a dog as a quick fix to your own problems without putting a LOT of thought into it first, you might not be the best person to have a dog.
That’s why these discussions generally come down to understanding/misunderstanding ‘instincts’. Certain breeds have at least broadly understood instincts when it comes to offensive/defensive postures, and those instincts may never be triggered in their day to day, even year to year, routine…but extrapolating that to mean ‘my little Cuddles would never X if Y happened’ is dangerous and selfish.
Lots of dogs are like that too, but most don’t have tools to kill like a pit. You basically have all the aggression of a Yorkie and the bite of a bear. It doesn’t help that are pack motivated too. God help anything that looks like food or a toy when 2 of them are out.
The third type is idiots like you.
Says the guy who probably tortures animals.
That’s the argument. On one side it’s “Here’s a heap of statistics, and testimonials from Vets about how this breed was bred for fighting and is extremely dangerous to humans” and on the other side:
“Says the guy who probably tortures animals”.
So, of course it’s nasty. People who have actually been attacked by pitbulls, mauled and disabled by them, are fighting fucking morons. Really, really stupid people that care more about dogs than humans.
While I agree that pits have the capability to fuck your shit up 6 ways before you can blink, and along with breeds like the Pug should just be allowed to die off with the current generation, you are using a common tactic of “I’ll use the best argument to represent my side, and the worst argument to represent their side so it’s clear my side is superior” as a generalization for the entire opposing viewpoint.
Straw men blow away in strong winds. Build better arguments, you’ll make better points.
Is it a strawman if someone came and specifically argued that?
It’s a strawman if it’s presented as “the argument of that side”, yes.
Let’s try arguing fair then. I’ll start with one fact. There is no such breed as a pit bull. Now you go 😉.
Ok, then the pit bull type dogs should be banned since their attacks are more vicious than any other type of dog.
Well ok lol. Then my argument is, I disagree with you, I don’t even know if you understand what a logical argument is.
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According to who the United Kennel club and the American Breeders association all recognize the breed. The American Kennel association does not. Or is it because the full name is not being used sorry the American Pit Bull Terrier.
I always look at these posts of people writing about pit bulls out of a place of fear. And just shake my head. But the post I replied to talked about logic, and research. So let’s logic.
Top Google search,Wikipedia "Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers.
“Pit bulls” are the most abundant dogs in the United states. The most common mutt is called a “Pit Bull”. Everyone who is afraid of dogs these days think Pit Bulls. I remember when it used to be German Shepards. People afraid of dogs would say German Shepards are evil dogs bred to hunt people.
Don’t be ruled by fear. Dogs are dogs. They are domesticated carnivores, and unknown dogs need to be treated with caution. You never know if they’ve been abused or have behavioral issues.
Two happy mutts!
