A dogs genetics are important no matter what breed. #2 They should understand how a dog should be cared for. What the animal requires and make sure he gets those needs met. Just like with anything that has potential danger, there is no place for recklessness or carelessness.

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I would imagine that's pretty close. I'm trying to get him to understand that 99% of pitbulls don't meet the criteria he stated. Overall it's a dangerous breed of dog. There are some that won't hurt a fly and there are others that will rip you to pieces for looking at it. The problem is that ALL of them are capable of the latter, and the majority of them will do it if they take a notion.

He won't "get it" until it rips away at his flesh or a flesh of an innocent animal/person.

And even then it will be the grandma's fault for screaming.

You are wasting time BC.

my turn to ask a question. How come the michael vick rescued dogs that were bred for fighting, raised for fighting. Are now capable of living normal lives, without incidence, when giving to people who know how to care for them properly?

my turn to ask a question. How come the michael vick rescued dogs that were bred for fighting, raised for fighting. Are now capable of living normal lives, without incidence, when giving to people who know how to care for them properly?

well the owners who adopted them havent gone missing from being ate.
poodle yes its diffrent, although poodels are aggressive, Lab, no, If a full grown lab attacks, and they have. Your in just as much trouble as you would be with a pit. They are strong and capable dogs.

How do you know they are capable of living normal lives without incidence? The thing that is so alarming about this breed is that every week you hear of another attack by what up to then were just good family dogs. When they do decide to attack it's horrendous. It's a lot different than just getting bit by a Poodle or a Lab. I've read dozens of reports where these dogs killed family members. More often than not they killed small children. The owners were always floored that their wonderful loving dogs could have done such a thing.

First let me say that the statement "The owners were always floored that their wonderful loving dogs could have done such a thing" is said by ALL breeds that were involved in Fatal Dog bites.
Secondly, the most Identified "mix" breed involved in fatal dog bites are the Pit/Lab mix so apparently there is something in a Lab that brings out the worst in the Pit Bull.

Now I think we all can admit that even 1 fatal dog bite by any breed is unacceptable to a sane person but they are an unavoidable fact of life. With that in mind I submit to you the following stats and some math:

Average Number of Deaths per year in the US: 2,596,993(CDC)

Average number of deaths from Dog Bites(all breeds) per year in the US: This is tricky. The CDC States that there are on average 17 deaths per year since 1980 however I have found several sites that say there are around 30 per year so we'll use the larger number. So the number for this is: 30

Now, according to DogBite.org there are, on average, roughly 67% of annual Fatal Dog bite deaths attributed to Pit Bull , Pit Bull/mix and Pit Bull "type". To be fair we'll use all of these and not quibble the differences between breeds that "look" like a pit and a real pit. So 67% of 30 = 18

So, on average, out of 2,596,993 annual deaths in the US 18 of those were caused by a certain dog breed???
Looking at these numbers I would say there is a lot of misplaced, misguided animosity against a breed of dog that causes 0.000006931092998710432% of all deaths in the US.

I think some of you have an unhealthy phobia.
The evidence and facts just don't support the assertion that all Pit Bulls should die because they are so dangerous. Sorry fellas.

Other interesting things on the list of Facts....By number of fatal bite within the breed, the Husky is more than twice as deadly as the Pit Bull and all of its "type". Percent of Huskys that kill humans .81% The percent of Pit Bulls and Pit Bull "Types" population that are involved in fatal dog bites: .41%. If there were the same number of Huskies in the US as there are Pit Bulls and Pit Bull "Types" there would statistically be twice as many fatal dog bites per year in the US. (Dog Bite Lawyer)

The deadliest animal in the US: the Honey Bee. Causing an average of 53 deaths in the US per year due to allergic reactions to the Bee sting.
As many as 100 deaths per year from allergic reactions to stings from Bees, Wasps, Hornets and Fire Ants combined(CDC)...I guess that could be Honey Bee "Type" also!!

First let me say that the statement "The owners were always floored that their wonderful loving dogs could have done such a thing" is said by ALL breeds that were involved in Fatal Dog bites.
Secondly, the most Identified "mix" breed involved in fatal dog bites are the Pit/Lab mix so apparently there is something in a Lab that brings out the worst in the Pit Bull.

Now I think we all can admit that even 1 fatal dog bite by any breed is unacceptable to a sane person but they are an unavoidable fact of life. With that in mind I submit to you the following stats and some math:

Average Number of Deaths per year in the US: 2,596,993(CDC)

Average number of deaths from Dog Bites(all breeds) per year in the US: This is tricky. The CDC States that there are on average 17 deaths per year since 1980 however I have found several sites that say there are around 30 per year so we'll use the larger number. So the number for this is: 30

Now, according to DogBite.org there are, on average, roughly 67% of annual Fatal Dog bite deaths attributed to Pit Bull , Pit Bull/mix and Pit Bull "type". To be fair we'll use all of these and not quibble the differences between breeds that "look" like a pit and a real pit. So 67% of 30 = 18

So, on average, out of 2,596,993 annual deaths in the US 18 of those were caused by a certain dog breed???
Looking at these numbers I would say there is a lot of misplaced, misguided animosity against a breed of dog that causes 0.000006931092998710432% of all deaths in the US.

I think some of you have an unhealthy phobia.
The evidence and facts just don't support the assertion that all Pit Bulls should die because they are so dangerous. Sorry fellas.

Other interesting things on the list of Facts....By number of fatal bite within the breed, the Husky is more than twice as deadly as the Pit Bull and all of its "type". Percent of Huskys that kill humans .81% The percent of Pit Bulls and Pit Bull "Types" population that are involved in fatal dog bites: .41%. If there were the same number of Huskies in the US as there are Pit Bulls and Pit Bull "Types" there would statistically be twice as many fatal dog bites per year in the US. (Dog Bite Lawyer)

The deadliest animal in the US: the Honey Bee. Causing an average of 53 deaths in the US per year due to allergic reactions to the Bee sting.
As many as 100 deaths per year from allergic reactions to stings from Bees, Wasps, Hornets and Fire Ants combined(CDC)...I guess that could be Honey Bee "Type" also!!

And if you consider the fact that pitbull-type dogs represent a minority of all total dogs, but yet represent the lions share of fatal bites, that points you to why people have the distaste they do for these animals.