Pit bulls have two problems. First, it seems as though many who
are the type of person that should not own any dog, is the type that buy
pit bulls. They are trying to present a certain type of image, and the pit bull
goes along with that. Second problem, all the overbreeding and breeding by
people just trying to make a few bucks breeding their dog. I have seen many
pit bulls that do not even look like bulls, and I have noticed (in my opinion)
that this poor type of pit is the one that is usually shown on the news after it
has attacked some one.
I have owned a pit. When I was a child, my father bought him as a
guard dog for our business. Flash's sire was a UKC purple ribbon champion, and
he was very well bred. Yes, he did like to fight our other dogs, but no injuries
ever resulted from either side, more like a rough game of wrestling. When
we closed the business a year later, we gave him to my grandfather, since we
lived in a sub division and didn't want any problems with the neighbors. Flash
had the run of his land, and soon figured out that the copperheads rattlesnakes
and water mochasins were dangerous. He "hunted" them. You would wake up to find
several dead on the back porch. He never harmed any livestock, if you went
walking in the woods, his nose was too the ground, making sure you would never
walk up on a snake. You could point to any child and tell him "flash!, go
babysit" He would endure ear and tail pulling, tail wagging the whole time, if
the child tried to go near the road or the lake, he would step in between and
block their way. He only went after a person once, when my uncle was
kicking at him while flash was stretched out sleeping in the shade, but flash
didn't move. He them pulled back his foot to kick at my grandpa. Bad move! My
grandpa caught Flash in the middle of his jump, he wasn't jumping with his mouth
open, more like he was going to hit him square in the chest and knock him flat
on his back. If I could find another pit like Flash, would I own one??? In a
minute I would.
They can
be a truly amazing breed with the right owner and the right genetics.
I believe we could breed the fight out of them with very selective breeding
and I sure wish the breeders would do that. Unfortunately, they attract a
bad crowd full of idiot owners and breeders (lots of good ones too, but...)
who just don't get it. Gonna be even scarier when presas and breeds
like that which have been bred for human aggression, become the new dog of
choice.
Amy
----- Original Message ----- From: "LaFollett,
Megan" <meganl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent:
Friday, April 14, 2006 5:17 PM Subject: RE: [RC] dog
attacks
I'm compelled to say (in memory of "Rosie"), not all
Pit Bulls are mean. Admittedly, there's a high proportion of mean/dangerous
Pit Bulls compared to other breeds, but they are not "guaranteed real
mean fighting
dogs".
