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Owning pitbulls is irresponsible. They're very close to wild animals. The characteristics of the breed make them excellent attack dogs. Pitbulls are natural

Owning pitbulls is irresponsible. They're very close to wild animals. The characteristics of the breed make them excellent attack dogs. Pitbulls are natural born killers. Once something triggers their instincts, they kill. Training and abuse has nothing to do with it. With pitbulls, you don't train violence in, you have to train it out. The average person is more or less incompetent, especially at owning killer animals.

jqpabc123 4y ago
The average person is more or less incompetent at owning *anything* meant to kill. As a result, statistics show they are a danger to themselves and anyone around them.
dtagames 4y ago
There is nothing scientific in your answer. All of the pit bull's violent "nature" was trained and bred-in by people, on purpose. The breed's name comes from a violent game involving pits and bulls which you can investigate. As long as we continue to breed-in, train for, and encourage this behavior, it's what we will get. Modern dog behavior science now understands that dogs communicate with sophisticated body language and react to each others' communications by releasing hormones that affect the entire body. When the dose reaches a high enough level, the dog is left with few choices as to its reactions. THAT part is built-in. But humans can and must manage the situations where we place these dogs and the behaviors that we model for them. We've done a terrible job of that and it shows in the breed behavior.
- linuxftw 4y ago
  > All of the pit bull's violent "nature" was trained and bred-in by people, on purpose. That's entirely my point. The breed is violent. Wolves are violent. It seems to me the violence was bred out of other breeds rather than into pitbulls. > But humans can and must manage the situations where we place these dogs and the behaviors that we model for them. We've done a terrible job of that and it shows in the breed behavior. The breed should be eliminated from domestic breeds, considered exotic, and require a license and mandatory liability insurance.

jqpabc123 4y ago

The average person is more or less incompetent at owning *anything* meant to kill. As a result, statistics show they are a danger to themselves and anyone around them.

dtagames 4y ago

There is nothing scientific in your answer. All of the pit bull's violent "nature" was trained and bred-in by people, on purpose. The breed's name comes from a violent game involving pits and bulls which you can investigate. As long as we continue to breed-in, train for, and encourage this behavior, it's what we will get. Modern dog behavior science now understands that dogs communicate with sophisticated body language and react to each others' communications by releasing hormones that affect the entire body. When the dose reaches a high enough level, the dog is left with few choices as to its reactions. THAT part is built-in. But humans can and must manage the situations where we place these dogs and the behaviors that we model for them. We've done a terrible job of that and it shows in the breed behavior.

linuxftw 4y ago
> All of the pit bull's violent "nature" was trained and bred-in by people, on purpose. That's entirely my point. The breed is violent. Wolves are violent. It seems to me the violence was bred out of other breeds rather than into pitbulls. > But humans can and must manage the situations where we place these dogs and the behaviors that we model for them. We've done a terrible job of that and it shows in the breed behavior. The breed should be eliminated from domestic breeds, considered exotic, and require a license and mandatory liability insurance.