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Can't help it. After watching and keeping my mouth shut about it for years. I feel it may have been proven to me yesterday.
Pitbulls are genetically aggressive. I watched a special on them a year ago. It was a smallish pitbull playing with a young girl of about 7 and it started to jump up on her, and she was trying to back off and it kept coming and jumping on her. It looked like it was playing. The girl got a little scared and tried to back up and get behind her mother. The dog jumped around her mother and again jumped up on the girl. The mother pushed between them and pushed the pitbull away; not violently. The pitbull then lunged forward and grabbed the girls leg and held on. It took 3 people to get her released from its grip. She required plastic surgery to repair the damage.
Yesterday at the dog park!!! I am there with Nala and a man is just coming back from his walk with his two adult pitbulls. A woman is heading out with her 5 month old pitbull. The dogs get into a little arguement which errupts into a dog fight. The adult pitbull was trying to put the young 5 MONTH OLD pitbull in its place. Instead the young one attacks and grabs the older one by the neck. The owner of the older one jumps into rescue his dog and the 5 month old pitbull grabs him by the leg and hangs on, teeth fully embedded. He conks the dog on the head with his leash and it calmly lets go and looks for the older dog. Stalks over and grabs him again. I rushed in kicking with my shin, into the young dogs neck, which shocked him into letting go. He stood off from me and decided he didn't want to do that anymore and calmly walked off. THIS FROM A 5 MONTHS OLD PUPPY. However Nala ended up playing with him for awhile after that. Where does that kind of decision making come from in a puppy of that age. My dogs at 5 months were nothing but grinning, slobbering, cringing, kidney beaning babies.
Bottom line; I believe they have suceeded with the pitbull. They have created an animal with little tractability. You might argue with me but, I've seen too much of it. They actually change personalities. Of course all pitbulls aren't like that. But, they were bred to some extent to be like that, and we don't control the triggers.
Some might say that it is the same with all dogs, and that no children should be left with any dog. I agree!! But I know in my heart that they would be safer if my boxer Nala were with them, then if they were alone.
I am very acquainted with pitbulls. Very few days go by without me petting one. I also have two friends with them.
I am not saying all pitbulls are like that. However, it would appear to me and with statistics, that a larger percentage, significant percentage have this characteristic. You could say it is training, upbring, whatever. NO I say, it's in the personality, I have witnessed it too many times. When they get in a fight, or attack, it's to do damage. My Nala has been in at least 15 fights. Damage to other dogs? One puncture wound. Her last fight lasted 15 seconds or more before I could break it up, she was on top and the other owner was screaming, she's killing my dog. Damage to other dog, none. I believe it is Nala's intention to physical pound the other dog with her body, into submission, instead of injuring them. That is the difference. When a pitbull bites there's going to be damage, possibly major.
It POs me, because I see a breed of dog that can and does make a very fine pet. But people are destroying it.
This ought to get a few people riled.
Mike & Nala(Pitbulls lovers)
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