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Originally Posted by flameswin
Wait, are you saying pitbulls aren't commonly refferd to as vicious dogs? I'm not arguing on either side here, this comment just stuck out to me, as everyone I've ever talked to considers pitbulls to be nasty dogs. Is that not the whole appeal of owning them? Because it certainly isn't cuteness, as they're one of the uglier animals out there.
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Golden Retrievers are the breed most likely to bite a human I think.
Bear in mind, a bite from most breeds is just that, a bite, and that's where it ends.
When a pit bull gets revved up, the attack tends to be prolonged and difficult to stop and they can do enormous damage or kill.
In the USA since 2005, of the 208 dog-related fatalities, Pit Bulls were responsible for about half. Rottweilers were second. In the last 25 years, I didn't see any instance of a purebred Golden killing any human although there were a couple of mixed breed instances.
I can certainly see why communities ban pit bulls, even as I acknowledge that idiot owners are a worse problem and create bad dogs.
It's just that an idiot owner with a Golden isn't nearly as likely to cause a fatality as an idiot owner with a pit bull.
Since you can't legislate against idiots, the pit bull breed should be allowed to die out.
Cowperson