tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post6988553597202041660..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: The Denial and Broken Excuses of the Pit Bull CrowdPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-18304224806616600562020-02-11T22:32:32.624-05:002020-02-11T22:32:32.624-05:00Attacks are far from uncommon. Count the victim...Attacks are far from uncommon. Count the victims who are only living because of critical care. It's happening every day. Pits killed another child yesterday. A 25 y.o. man who was attacked this past week along with 3 other adults by one dog passed also. The five year old boy who lost one ear, part of the other, upper lip gone, and eyelid removed, the last report didn't mention his eye injury but stated he couldn't see???? The number of attacks and fatalities from Pits are escalating and the damage is horrific and likened to victims of war injuries. More savage attacks are coming, and there's nothing that I can do, nothing you can do, nothing any of us can do to stop them. Is there a death any more savage than death by Pit Bull? A Kangal dog or a Rott would make short order of the job and it would be over. Not so with Pits. Pits eat their victims alive. Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444778206979265240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-13275022050062435812017-08-18T21:58:00.684-04:002017-08-18T21:58:00.684-04:00I just want to say that the newspapers sometimes c...I just want to say that the newspapers sometimes call aggressive dogs pit bulls even wnen they are not. Pit bull means "aggessive dog" in our language.concretenprimroseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615278788874155439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-11204393503445515152017-08-14T14:38:53.680-04:002017-08-14T14:38:53.680-04:00I feel this way about many, many, many breeds. I h...I feel this way about many, many, many breeds. I have a GSD mix (very high drive, very protective often confused for Malinois/GSD cross for his looks and behavior. And own his behavior completely--it is completely my responsiblity). I also have a Siberian husky, yet another "adorable cute/harmless" dog that can completely destroy your life. I don't believe in Breed Legislation or mandatory spay/neuter laws, however, it astounds me that laws are not made to punish the handler/owner financially for the behavior of their animal. It's always the animal that gets put down, (even in cases where they do nothing wrong, just look like a scary dog). Why aren't laws mandating that the handler is as responsible for his animal's behavior toward other people and their property (kids, the pets, livestock) as he is for driving a car that hurts someone? In other countries, this is expected and shamed if you don't handle your animals and farmers or homeowners are within their right to shoot your dog if it is destructive on their property. Many who care about their animals take that very seriously others who don't, well, their dog can get killed by a farmer. Most dogs with horrible behavior are the consequence of uneducated people or people who don't care about the welfare of their neighbor/other people/other's property. Put a price tag on their destructive behavior and you may see people get educated very quickly and maybe even think twice before adopting an animal doesn't fit their lifestyle (like a sweet husky who isn't exercised enough). I do think some legislation is required but not breed bans for sure. And btw: I'm a huge JRT fan but that comes from owning a "cracker" dog like my high-drive GSD. I had a dingo/shep mix before that who prepared me for him but he was still a HUGE learning curve and I still manage his behavior at 10 years old whereas many people stop working their dog at a certain age. I will never go back to anything but a drivey dog. LOL. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-8921973242620945432017-08-13T08:31:51.719-04:002017-08-13T08:31:51.719-04:00I have worked in Animal Welfare for about 10 years...I have worked in Animal Welfare for about 10 years and work specifically with dogs from gamebred situations and I am also the owner of a 10 year old pitbull mix as well as a five year old golden retriever and a five-year-old shitzu Foster dog. While I agree with many of the things you have said including more laws for mandatory spay neuter I do have to add the fact that dog aggression is very different and completely separate than human aggression... which is a proven fact. I know that my pit bull is far more picky with dogs that she needs then my golden retriever and it will always be that way however when it comes to people I don't question my pitbulls temperament. Any and all dogs have the ability to bite if they choose to and yes pitbulls are far more likely to go after other dogs just like Jack Russell Terriers are far more likely to go after small pray, however anyone with knowledge in the canine Behavior world can tell you that dog aggression is in a completely different category than human aggressionAdora9412https://www.blogger.com/profile/16193252736753225796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-40261416902039315372017-08-13T01:06:00.720-04:002017-08-13T01:06:00.720-04:00GOOD BLOG!!
A close friend owned a pit bull. Ra...GOOD BLOG!!<br /><br />A close friend owned a pit bull. Raised from a puppy by a doting owner, he was huge and incredibly powerful and assertive, and presented problems visiting in my house--where his bullish ways upset furniture and occasionally knocked me over (I'm in my 70's); he persistently stalked the cat and required constant supervision. He wasn't "mean" but he created a tension that ruined any real hope of a pleasant visit and led to my reluctant ban on indoor visits.<br /><br />My sister had to watch two escaped neighbor pit bulls tear her sweet old cat to pieces before her eyes. Desperate, she tried to break it up with her car but was too late. The negligent neighbor with bad fencing offered to buy her a new cat. <br /><br />My downstairs tenant, unbeknownst to me, broke his lease when he acquired an adult pit bull which he kept in his bedroom. I never heard a peep to alert me to that dog's presence. One day I had to let an electrician into the apartment when the owner was at work. When he opened the bedroom door, that dog launched at him like some kind of demon and the electrician barely managed to fend him off with the door--a very close call. <br /><br />I watched rescue sites for over a year hoping to find a dog but found every site flooded with PBs and PB crosses. The other breeds were, therefore, not plentiful as of old. I ended up buying a purebred puppy from a breeder--not what I had originally intended. <br /><br />Owning, breeding, transporting, etc., should be licensed. I don't believe in an outright ban--the last resort--but from what I've seen of the owners, it is one of only two rational options. Pit bulls are aggressive and potentially dangerous by nature; failure to admit to and respect their special breeding is a serious problem.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542916955653297583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-6586870180822408902017-08-12T20:41:18.598-04:002017-08-12T20:41:18.598-04:00To Marie Dickerson. I have had Australian Cattle d...To Marie Dickerson. I have had Australian Cattle dogs for many years,<br />and they as a breed are dogreactive and more often than not will not back down. That's tenacity that's bred into them. Add to that the fact that they probably have pit bull terrier in their background, (they're bred to bite)it really doesn't matter that your adopted puppy has some pitbull in her. Just try to separate two ACDs that are fighting. That being said, I know you'll love all that she is.<br />Lisa OwenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511321123903069704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-24869966586497822322017-08-12T15:30:59.907-04:002017-08-12T15:30:59.907-04:00Very good article!!!! Well said and well written.T...Very good article!!!! Well said and well written.Thank You!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727033064865135015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-929341410835888402017-02-17T18:17:45.572-05:002017-02-17T18:17:45.572-05:00Um yeah, the ckc still very much exists....there a...Um yeah, the ckc still very much exists....there are 2 ckc the Canadian kennel club and the continental kennel club in the usa, which is not well respectedDonewithithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181054652795928153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-34123169420005241812016-09-30T10:47:23.534-04:002016-09-30T10:47:23.534-04:00Excellent blog! Just stumbled onto this when I rea...<b>Excellent blog!</b> Just stumbled onto this when I read about another innocent 2 year old was killed by 2 family Pit Bulls in Kansas. Keep up the great writing and help get the message to all.Margaret15https://www.blogger.com/profile/11865627087878329378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-41611223807629130672016-06-02T17:15:48.519-04:002016-06-02T17:15:48.519-04:00CKC breeds? They still exist? :) That registry w...CKC breeds? They still exist? :) That registry was oretty near bankrupt last I looked. http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2010/04/canadian-kennel-club-going-broke.html<br /><br />The Pit Bull, of course, is older than the CKC or the AKC or any of the others. A history (from 10 years ago!) is here >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-hell-is-american-staffordshire.html PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-50368530477971607372016-06-02T16:37:46.249-04:002016-06-02T16:37:46.249-04:00Interesting written blog but sadly it does not men...Interesting written blog but sadly it does not mention MANY different breeds of dogs are deemed to be "pit bulls" when in fact MANY will not have any actual American Pit Bull Terrier in them, BUT instead are probably mixes from near on to another 20 other CKC registered breeds. Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714870835076145542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-76169700275852728242016-05-25T07:47:45.417-04:002016-05-25T07:47:45.417-04:00Great article. I believe Oklahoma law forbids bree...Great article. I believe Oklahoma law forbids breed specific legislation. Municipal ordinances cannot supersede state law here Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173500005890470711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-85766942271012064252016-05-23T02:48:32.902-04:002016-05-23T02:48:32.902-04:00I am all for the mandatory spaying & neutering...I am all for the mandatory spaying & neutering. So many shelters are over run with this breed & they are hard to adopt out. In part due to housing bans, county & city bans. Enough already. Quit breeding them. I also agree they take someone with experience training dogs & that will stay diligent. I said I would never have a pit but adopted a puppy who looked like an Australian Cattle Dog but a DNA test said she could have some American Stafford shire Terrier in her. She is dog reactive unless she knows the dog & doesn't back down. I have spent a lot of time & money on classes & trainers. I have to always be diligent with her. A lot of dog owners, though, won't put the time & money into a dog. If no more pits & other bully breeds were bred in this country at all, it would be fine. But then I volunteer with a rescue so I think a lot of spaying & neutering should be mandatory. A sterility drug should be put in the water in some states because backyard breeding & strays are so rampant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-57182491441571173832016-05-22T17:06:50.497-04:002016-05-22T17:06:50.497-04:00I don't get too hung on paper or breed name ga...I don't get too hung on paper or breed name games. Yes, there are a lot of cross-breeds, but so what? All dogs are crosses and have been since the beginning of time, paper or not. I detail the history of the APBT and most of the rest at this link. >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-hell-is-american-staffordshire.html<br /><br />As you note, people say whatever is convenient for the argument at the moment. In my experience, a true person looks at the dog, not the piece of paper, and he or she judges the dog in the field, not the ring. PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-26302855573144446972016-05-22T15:26:31.189-04:002016-05-22T15:26:31.189-04:00To add to your article something that I see as a v...To add to your article something that I see as a valuable tool in helping curb the issue, proper breed labeling. A few years back I was an ignorant dog lover that thought everything was a pit bull and hated BSL, then a friend added me to a group of APBT owners/breeders. I learned that all my local shelter dogs were likely not pit bulls but just plain old mutts (no hate here I love all dogs). Then as I became more educated and aware of the breeds plight I realized that as much as I love and admire the breed for its virtues my lifestyle will never fit one not even a mutt dog with high prey drive that could potentially be mixed with an APBT. But there are people who still insist that I need to have one and that I can love the instinct out of it!<br />These are the same people that get offended when I point out that pit bull only refers to the American Pit Bull Terrier and if their dog truly was one it could not go to doggie daycare because it would do exactly what it was bred to and attack other dogs. These people are so blinded by wanting to have something special they refuse to acknowledge that it is skewing bite statistics and part of the problem. Look at the housing situation, everyone has a pit bull until the landlord tries to deny them then it becomes a lab and/or boxer mix- well if you hadn't called your lab/boxer mix a pit bull in the first place and told people why it was not a pit bull then the situation will eventually disappear. The dogs that are mixed that people claim to be pit bulls that later bite someone are a major part of the problem for people who own purebreds that have never been unstable, if they loved the breed as much as they claim they do they would try harder to report factual information.<br />If people properly labeled and registered (if possible) their dogs it would cut out a large portion of the market for "hump and dump" breeders. The less en vogue it is to have an unregistered pit bull the further it will drive down the sales and abandonment of dogs especially poorly bred temperament-wise dogs. When people acknowledge that the dog is not in fact a pit bull it decreases the likelihood of it being stolen/sold for breeding and if it bites the statistics will show that it was not a pit bull. Now I'm sure someone is going to take this as some kind of snobbery but it isn't what it is is a realistic way to show people that we can change things to help a very amazing breed that is being demonized with the help of imposters that may not have a single drop of APBT blood.Christopher Letzelterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221901509583594789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-12098495880082072692016-05-21T20:31:35.731-04:002016-05-21T20:31:35.731-04:00Lakewood, Ohio has been added to the ban.Lakewood, Ohio has been added to the ban.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661569846509647820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-8776681474135661232014-06-07T11:50:15.346-04:002014-06-07T11:50:15.346-04:00An update on the story of a 6 year old girl in my ...An update on the story of a 6 year old girl in my neighborhood here in Cincinnati, who was playing outdoors, in front yards and a public sidewalk in front of her grandparents' home. She remains in critical condition today---with horrific injuries. The children were being supervised; the dogs were evidently allowed to run loose. The child's mother tried to beat the dogs off with a baseball bat, taken to their heads, without success. I know anything with teeth can bite. I know any dog can theoretically be vicious. But, I doubt highly that a scene like this would have been created by a brief interaction between two beagles and a child. http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/westwood/pit-bulls-mauling-6-year-old-girl-caught-on-cruiser-cam-videopowerfulgazellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195830667519971032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-61826854108498531232014-06-05T20:52:59.016-04:002014-06-05T20:52:59.016-04:00http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2014/06...http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2014/06/04/pit-bull-attack/9980569/powerfulgazellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195830667519971032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-6503263584624269152014-05-24T05:48:21.353-04:002014-05-24T05:48:21.353-04:00Great blog Terrierman. I agree we must look at op...Great blog Terrierman. I agree we must look at options including reigning in the backyard breeders who abuse this breed is the pit bull community hopes to save it. We are not looking at banning breeding but helping to regulate some consumer safety into the purchase of a fmily pet.By20houndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270646010444091362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-68664197970049733412014-05-24T03:32:19.095-04:002014-05-24T03:32:19.095-04:00...your writing contains too much commonsense, and......your writing contains too much commonsense, and that is coming from an old horse woman who has owned JRT's that came from around the globe for over 50+ years. Actually, did get the last three from shelters, they were difficult, but not impossible. Would never compare them to just another dog, like comparing a Doberman to a Cocker Spaniel.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879891896958861907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-74634260662167034242014-05-23T21:11:57.081-04:002014-05-23T21:11:57.081-04:00You make many good points but I think you're s...You make many good points but I think you're still dancing around the issue. A game bred pit bull is different from a game bred jack Russell both in size and temperament. Records go back to collies being bred for herding for at least 300 years, yet in the absence of sheep collie are SO hardwired that some have attempted to herd frogs, shoes, and ants. Pit fighting dogs have been bred for unprovoked, disproportionate, explosive aggression for at least three times longer. To pretend YOUR pit bulls is special and would never 'go game' is fooling yourself and putting people at risk. Fighting breeds are not PET animals. The aggression cannot be loved, trained, or socialized out of them and they are always, every minute, a disproportionate risk to cause great bodily harm. Past behavior is NO indication of future behavior with a pit bull. KaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386100556734258445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-30773907087835834412014-05-23T16:08:35.221-04:002014-05-23T16:08:35.221-04:00There is no ban in Gary, Indiana, Lake Station or ...There is no ban in Gary, Indiana, Lake Station or Lake County, Indiana. Where did you get your data?skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136748215489684000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-56765673147675826262014-05-22T13:56:57.233-04:002014-05-22T13:56:57.233-04:00Keep educating, Terrierman, and maybe one day the ...Keep educating, Terrierman, and maybe one day the message will stick. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751934874106167484noreply@blogger.com