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Originally Posted by blankall
Pit bulls are bred to.....not so shockingly enough, fight bulls in pits (AKA Bull baiting). It's not just a clever name. The way the dogs would take down, the much larger, bulls was to bite onto their necks and faces, not let go, and eventually the enraged bull would pass out and/or die. Bulls are very strong and thrash around, so the bite has to be very strong to hang on.
It's not just about temperament, it's about having a dog that has been specifically bred to have the physiology to kill larger animals by biting onto their neck and faces and not letting go.
It's, as you say, a 100% unnecessary danger to perpetuate. You can get a dog that's loyal and loving, that can also, far more easily, be subdued when it attacks. The anti-tank rifle is a good analogy. If the dog is built to kill a full grown, and enraged, bull, think about what it can do to a human.
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I would also point out that all fighting breeds have to be bred to be stupid, it is not in the nature of any dog to fight to the death, you have to pick dogs that aren't smart enough to know better and have a greater instinct of aggression to get a dog you can put in a bull pit that will fight, you put a collie in there and it will just run away, stupid dogs though are also harder to train and control