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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yeah, except one breed of dogs was bred specifically for their aggression and are now therefore more aggressive.
If all dogs are capable of being great family pets, what's the harm in banning pitbulls? Grab another dog.
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Pitbulls were not bred for fighting. Eventually people turned them into fighters.
People get these dogs thinking they can control them but are not trained on how to control their dog or how to train them in general. They are extremely popular, that is why there are so many around. So many people get dogs that just aren't right for them, which is sad. Unfortunately these dogs are very powerful and can kill people. Read the studies of other cities who have banned these types of dogs. Other dogs became the biters and kills in those cities.
We have fostered 3 pitbull mixes and a mastiff. We have also fostered labs and shepherd mixes. Of all the dogs we have fostered, I was the most scared of the lab mix. Unpredictable and so much anxiety. The pit mixes were the nicest of them all (we are on our 9th in 2 years), usually just strays that needed a home but so sweet. 2 of our friends adopted 2 of them so we still get to see them. My dog absolutely loves our first foster, who is mainly a pity with a little husky and other large breed in him.
I also blame the owners. I think that anyone who gets these kinds of dogs need to take training classes of some sort. I don't think we will ever see these breeds gone forever though. People should start going to jail when their dog attacks/kills a person. They are ultimately responsible for their dogs behaviour and if more people were punished somehow for having dogs who are out of their control, we would have less of these incidence.