Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
You wanna know why??? B/c NO1 reports a Yorkie, Maltese, Chiwawa (sp) attacking. B/c they don't do as much damage. They are the same if not more fierce than a Pit, Rotty, etc.. but do not have the same damage factor.

-Ant.

So you agree that pits and rottys maybe equally aggressive as some smaller breeds, but cause much more damage. So why would someone be wrong for saying that pits are a aggressive and dangerous breed? Thats what i want to know.

And yes, your right, people tend not to report nonserious aggression. Wither its a tea cup chiwawa or some punk kid at the mall, if its a nonthreat then there is no reason to report. Allthough your posts are not much help in the conversation I think we can narrow down the three questions/factors at hand and they are all relative of course.

Are pits?

- Aggressive
- Dangerous (ability to inflict harm)
- Predictable

Now lets assign a scale of 0-10 for these above factors, 10 being the worst/most. 5 being average for the category. Ill assign some numbers and some reasoning.

aggressive - 7 - according to your post they are on par with chiwawas and other small breeds that you seem to deem above average aggression. so a 7 here seems fair.

dangerous - 9 as you and others have mentioned they are very strong and relative to other breeds, well above average

predictable - 8 - not to sure how to grade this one. the report posted earlier states 68% of pit attacks that maimed or killed a human were reported as first attack/sign of danger of the dog. we need more stats for this.

tally that up and you get 24/30. Compare that to a chiwawa, with a danger rating of 2 (we all agree their ability to inflict harm is probably below average), and all else equal. We then get an 18, considerably less threatening. Then compare that to a begal or something and the difference would be even larger.

So again, why is someone that says pits are a more dangerous dog, an idiot?

Maybe the next thing we look into is what estimated percentage of pits have been involved in a serious attack on a human. Then we can compare that to other breeds. Then we could see if they have earned their bad rap, or if its a select few that are making the rest smell bad as you seem to suggest. What do you think?

edit- changed word to "predictable" instead of "unpredictable attacks" because it just makes more sense.