If bully breed owners were more responsible, I wouldn't have such a problem with them. But they're not. They think their mauling machine is a sweet puppy who wouldn't hurt a fly ever, so they don't properly train it or socialize it or even keep it under control. Not only do I not trust the dog but I absolutely do not trust you, Mr or Ms Bully Owner, because of Pete's 7 out of 10 Rule.
I mostly agree with this statement. But that should be with EVERY dog owner. If you think that just because you own a certain dog, it will be just fine without proper training and socialization, you're kidding yourself.
I am plenty responsible when it comes to my dog, and THAT is why she's never onece hurt, or shown signs of agression towards anyone, or anything. I won't tolerate that.
The thugs down the street that just want a pit for social status, the backyard breeders who keep their female crated all day, everyday, just so she can have litter, after litter, while over 100,000 pits die a day in shelters are the people I have a problem with. The people who will keep ANY dog chained up in the backyard with no socialization don't deserve to have a dog.
I think rather than rehome the dog, OP should have it put down. When it was Goomba, our Shepherd/Boxer mix with fear aggression issues, it broke my heart to have him put down but it would have absolutely destroyed me to find that someone else had been injured or killed because of my irresponsibility. I would like to smack the #### out of the people on here who are suggesting that she take it to a trainer, work with it, yadda yadda, because what they're basically telling her is that she should let her and her children play with a loaded gun and it is not a matter of if but *when* the dog hurts someone.
You may think that, but I just think about the Michael Vick dogs. The dogs that get rescued from fighting operations all the time. The dogs who have lived their entire lives in a crate. The dogs that have lived their entire lives tied to a tree in the backyard with a 3' chain, yet still find love in people. After living their entire lives in horrible conditions, many still look past all that.
Believe it or not, many, many pitbulls seem to forget that PEOPLE did that to them.
I know this is all falling on deaf ears, but let's look at the Mike Vick case. Originally 53 dogs. Police found 49 terrorized pit bulls, many malnourished and nursing injuries while chained to old car axles scattered in the woods. Investigators uncovered the buried remains of dozens of dogs that had been drowned or hanged, simply for being unwilling fighters.
Did you know that after all that, only ONE dog was deemed so dangerous it had to be put down? 17 have been rehabed, and deemed good for adoption, others are still in training. Then you've got dogs that now do agility competitions, they are passing AKC Good Canine Tests, ATTS Temperament Tests, they visit nursing homes, hospitals, they are reading assistant dogs, and more.
It's been 5 years now. To be able to go from the conditions they were found in, to living in shelters for months, to now being service dogs, therapy dogs, etc. should be nothing but an example of what Pit Bulls truely are.
Luckily, despite the ugly side of humankind, there are people who refuse to give up on even the most broken of dogs. You don't know about these dogs, if all you know are headlines.
i getcha...
