Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
Not a bad paper. I didn't read it's entirety, but did skim over it and read your viewpoint.
wish you would have so that you could see some fact about Misidentification of atacks.

Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
What you are failing to acknowledge is something you mentioned in your own paper. The breeds GENETIC traits put it at risk from birth to have the perpensity to be a dangerous animal, even if it's only to other animals (even by the admission of most pit owners).
That is a trait that is charateristic of most TERRRIERS.


Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
In other words, the breed has a genetic disposition to be very viscious towards other animals. So unfortunately for the breed, there is not a far leap from another animals to humans. And in the Pit's defense, there are many many "biting" breeds that are more notorious for biting than others, BUT when a Pit does bite......it causes a heck of a lot more damage than even those breeds that are also notorious biters. This is where the breed's bad reputation and subsequent bad press comes in.
vicious is the wrong word to use, that is a media word. they tend to be tenacious. as most TERRIERS are.

Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
You are right, pits do get more "press time" than other dogs which bite. Reason is two fold: 1. it sells and 2. it happens. When it does happen, it's usually not a pretty outcome and thereby helps #1. If a German Shepperd or a Rott bites someone and it doesn't mame them, it doesn't sell. Doesn't mean it didn't happen, just that it wasn't as sensational as when a Pit chews on a small child.
yes it does happen, so does 14,000 other cases a day in the US alone (according to the CDC). Oh and take in mind that there is not one breed of dog that is not responsible for a human death. NOT ONE.

Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
The problem for Pits is that those bite incidents DO OCCUR and when they DO occur they cause a lot of damage due to the physical traits of the dog. They are super strong and powerful dogs. Yes, media hype does inflate the perception that a pitbull attack happens daily, but were it not for irresponsible pit owners the attacks would happen less frequently and therefore wouldn't be so juicy front page material for media outlets.
Physical traits such as what? their anotomy is the exact same as anyother dog. they do have a pronounced jaw muslce but nothing else can be formed from that difference. even bitting force CANNOT BE MEASURED in any dog, only assumed.
now if you comment on their will not to let go of what they have bitten that is different form dog to dog.



there are no BAD DOGS. Period,
just Bad owners.