I killed three charging towards me and my daughter when she was three years old standing on my own land walking out to check a deer camera. Havent ever found out who they belonged to so dont sit there and tell me about pits and how good of dogs they are or how much i know about them. also i have had to deal with more than once at some of the rental houses and trailers i used to own so i do have exp with these dogs. i also know two peole that have one that is a great dog and even them i have a 45 on me when im around. I know two chidren that have been attacked by a pit and both are scared up pretty good so there again i have seen what they will do first hand. and you act like its something to be proud of that pits only killed half of all people killed a year. by your post you got one and im sure love it but that dont mean i have to. i put my family and there well being over a dog and i dont have to worry about my family being harmed by a pit nooooooo i have to protect them from the rest of yall that own hands down the most dangerous dog out there.
I ain't sitting here telling you a dang thing. You are the one who said it is a numbers game when it is not.
Nothing in my comments have made me sound as if I am proud that Pits only caused just half of the fatal attacks, once again it was you that said it was a numbers game. How dare you say that about me. You don't know me and have never seen me "Act" so how in the heck do you know what I am acting like?
Even with your close calls and being around Pit Bulls, you still have not witnessed a fatal attack, yet you dispute my statement that most Pit Bulls will never even attack much less be involved in a fatal attack. Once again it was you who said it was a numbers game.
No where on this site and several discussions have I said I currently own a Pit nor have I said here, or in any other post that a Pit Bull won't attack and cannot be a vicious dog.
I have always only argued that most stats quoted by these "kill all Pits" people do not warrant the seemingly unreasonable fear and hatred some show for these dogs. I believe it poses more of a danger when folks unreasonably fear one particular breed while ignoring all the other breeds that can, do and will also attack and can cause fatal injuries, just look at the "cat saves 4 year old" video.
I have been raised around these dogs and owned several up until about 15 years ago. They were all from a known bloodline and were used for hog hunting, guard dogs and general Horse, cow and goat dogs. Never had a problem with them being too aggressive with the farm animals, they never attacked or killed any of them.
Our Ranch boarded horses and also rented them for rides on our land and rented them for rodeos. Folks known and unknown to these dogs were out and about all hours of everyday as these dogs had free range. Not a single attack, bite or fatality..ever. Our dogs were never trained to do that so they didn't.
I know what these dogs were capable of. I have seen then in action and I have seen them run and hit a Hog twice their size with the power that a modern day NFL linebacker would be proud of. Difference between these dogs and the ones you see in the news are that these dogs were well trained and came from a good bloodline that these traits were breed into them They would not attack the hog, or anything else for that matter, unless they were specifically told to. This was in the late 60's and early 70's and attacks were simply non existent too us.
In short I have been around the breed on a daily basis and had a few inside my house and sleeping in my bed so don't you sit there and pretend to know more about these dogs than I do.
Fact is I used the numbers from "YOUR side that shows your argument to be false when you stated "Most pits dont kill anyone my ass!", the stats, again provided by "your side" seems to prove that statement wrong, unless it really is your contention that there are only about 20-30 pit bulls alive and well in the US. Keep in mind that Boxers and Boxer/Lab mixes were counted in these stats as Pit Bulls.
Dog, or any animal for that matter, attacks you or presents itself in a threatening manner to you or your family or just happens on your property and you don't like the way they look, then by all means, shoot, kill or what ever you feel you need to do. You have my full 100% support and I'll help buy the ammo if you ever can't afford to any more.
However if you are going to play the "numbers game" then have the numbers to back it up.
As it stands now the numbers just aren't there even though one fatal attack is too many.
The Numbers aren't there to use scare tactics to persuade a man who is asking for advice to go onto someone else yard and shoot or poison a dog that has done nothing but bark and breathe. Who knows what the owner will do if the guy is caught doing these things to the dog. It ain't worth getting arrested or worse, killed, over some ramped up stats someone is giving over the internet.
