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Doggy Danger

I'd have thought that there is a lot to do with the psychology of the owner. You don't get a pitbull to look pretty and keep you company, you get it to look vicious and scary. I would say that the sort of person who wants a vicious dog is also the sort of person who will train, or at least allow, it to be vicious. In Britain pitbulls are banned because they were almost exclusively used for dogfights, which are illegal, so without the dogs there are no fights.
 
pipelineaudio said:
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Seems there is legisaltion in California to label some types of dogs vicious breeds and force spaying/neutering of them. Also in Colorado, "vicous breeds" can be put to sleep if found I hear.

I am always hearing 6 of one half dozen of the other when it comes to pit bulls and such. Are they really nuts? I know tons and tons of ok ones...but I know from my own household and from a few very close friends, that happy healthy, well cared for pit bulls can just go nuts and hospitalize you. But is that true for ANY dog?
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My county, forbids some dog breeds, such as pit bulls, because we have a problem with illegal dog fights. Lots of people were breeding and training these dogs for the fights, and it became a real problem.
 
Say, is that an American Staffordshire terrier, or a pitbull?
 
Dragonrock said:
Me too, in two years I was bitten three times, 2 by chihuahuas and one from a poodle. I was also snapped at dozens of times, but only once by a large dog and that was a rabies observation that was eventually euthanised after sinking its teeth in a tech's arm and breaking a tooth against one of the bones in her forearm. It turned out to not be rabid.

Now, I'm not against small dogs, just the owners of small dogs. They refuse to disipline the dog so the spoiled little s**thead dog doesn't like it when we (veterinary workers) don't do exactly what it wants.
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My mother was of this ilk. She had a 5.5 kg poodle that was just nucking futs. She would actually encourage his bad behaviour because it was "cute". Tease him with a knotted rope (from which he would hang by his clenched jaws), play tug-of-war and keep-away, etc.

It would bite and snap, and dang, that bastage's teeth were sharp!

If that dog weighed 30 or 40 kgs, it would've torn someone to gooey shreds.
 
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