Dog Kills Pensioner Owners Get 12 Months !!!

[socks 32,253]

 

 

Out of curiosity, how many people here have direct experience owning a 'dangerous breed'?

I have a welsh wife ... Does that count ........

[RemyBolt 420]

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-misconceptions-about-pit-bulls.php

 

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/dog-behavior/truth-about-pit-bulls

Should You Keep a Pit Bull Away from Other Dogs?

Pit bulls were genetically selected for their fighting ability. What does this mean? It doesn’t mean that they can’t be around other dogs, that they’re unpredictably aggressive or that they will always fight to the death. These are all common myths about pit bulls. It does mean that they may be easily encouraged to fight with other dogs.

 

http://www.dontbullymybreed.org/

 

 

 

Pitbulls helped me get over my fear of dogs. I have a hugely open view of them. I was brought up believing they are all deadly killers. I then got to know a few dogs and they were lovely and helped me with my fear of dogs. Turns out they were Pits. So I take everyone's experience and try to learn from that. I have a long way to go, I admit. But my personal experience, that of my friends, and the dominant experiences of history, away from the media hype, seems to suggest that my experiences are more common.

 

I'm not ignorant to the principle that all dogs have the ability to 'snap' and that if a big powerful dog 'snaps' that's much more dangerous than a little weakling (although both would scare the poo out of me still haha), so in that respect, they are much more dangerous. However, pitbull mental stability is much higher than the majority of other dogs.

Edited June 6, 2014 by RemyBolt

[arcticgun 4,548]

RemyBolt... have you ever tried to seperate 2 pitbulls when they are in kill mode ?

 

In the early 1980's when it was the new big thing in the UK to own a PIT my mate had a few terriers,Lurchers and a little staffie plus 2 little kids under the age 0f 5. . his missis wanted this Pitbull puppy bred locally by one of the top dog men etc etc. . .

 

the pup was a stunner and everyone used to comment on how well behaved it was with the kids and other dogs...they would all be pulling it in every direction and the staffie would be rolling around playfighting with it. . . it was a bootifull site my good man... My mate and his wife were no numpties at all when it came to the dogs and he knew what the crack was with training etc etc. . .the dog was as you say " a credit to them ".

 

blah blah blah.. 12 months down the line...for some reason or another they couple split up and my mate left the wife and kids. . .he took the lurchers and terriers and she kept the 2 bulls.

 

2 weeks later I get a phone call in the middle of the night form his wife... She was screaming down the phone for me to please come to the house and help her with the dog, as it was trying to kill them.

 

I kid you not... the dog got a bee in its bonnet over some food with the staffie and next thing it went from this lovely little puppy into a serious lump of teeth and trouble.. the Staffie was half dead when it finally dropped it for a second ( only to get a better grip obviously )..this was all in front of 2 screaming kids in the kitchen of her house...she managed to pick up the staffie,But the Pit was jumping up trying to get it off her..She managed to get it locked in the kitchen and the staffie in the front room.. thats when she phoned me... but as she,s talking to me I can hear this dog chewing it way through the kitchen/front room door..It was screaming with excitiment like nothing I had ever heard before.

 

WHen I got to the house some 10-15 mins later the thing has chewed through the kitchen door and the door at bottom of stairs and was on its way through the bathroom door to where her and the kids and half dead staffie were locked screaming for there lives.

The thing was completely gone in the head and there was no calming it down. . . I mean no chance in hell.

 

what would you have done with that lovely little doggy Remybolt ?

 

Bloody hell!!!!!! You would only be able too do one thing in a situation like that..................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slip the single handed beddy whippet for yet another fine retrieve ......................

[dare 1,103]

Personally don't see why people would want a pitbull unless they plan on working it. Why get a pet which your going to get attached to and run the risk of loosing your loved one to the dda? Get a perfectly legal Stafford.

[RemyBolt 420]

Personally don't see why people would want a pitbull unless they plan on working it. Why get a pet which your going to get attached to and run the risk of loosing your loved one to the dda? Get a perfectly legal Stafford.

I'm not a dog person, and I would never personally want a pet dog, even though the wife has gone and gotten 3. I prefer cats and plants, so I agree about why want a pitbull, or any other dog haha. I'm kidding. I get the benefits of having a dog.

 

However, the experiences I've had with Pits, and the more I learn about them, the more I want to get a pit, if I had to have a dog. Ideally none, but if I had to, from my own choice, a Pit.

 

Having said that, I do recognise that I am not the right person to own a Pit, and neither do I know enough about training ANY dog. I taught one of them to do the 'paw' trick, and he won't stop doing it now, so my wife banned me from trying to train any of them haha. My wife does EVERYTHING with the whippets and Iggy. She would be able to work with a Pit and make it a brilliant house pet, but I am in now way the right person to have one.

 

Would it be good to have a pet Pitbull? I'd love one!

 

Would I ever get one (if they were legal, obviously)? No. I'm not the right person to own a pit.

Edited June 6, 2014 by RemyBolt