A four-legged member of my family was killed last week...

[painterman67]

OK after I calmed down a bit, i did a little research on the American Pit Bull. Yes it was bred as a fighting dog,but not the type most of you think. It was originally bred to use in a bull baiting fight/ After the crowd grew tired of the fact that ot took to long to kill thew bull they started using bears and the like to make the kill a little quicker.

 

 

Yes they were bred as a fighting dog. So was the Bull Mastive, dobermine Pincher, rottweiler and many other such breds. Because of these terminations many peaple have has to either give up their animals that have never been agresive or give up their homeowners insurance. I am one of such peaple. I currently have a sheperd/chow mix and a sheperd/hound mix in my fence. theyve never even offerd to bite anyone but my insurance company gave me the choice to get rid of my dogs or get a new policy somewhere else. The 2 guys are family members . They are also both because of the sheperdmix and chow mix on the agressive dog list. NEedless to say I havbe a new insurance policy.

 

 

 

I've also had Boxers,Pit bulls,Rottweilers,dobermens ,and full booled sheperds. So yes this is a touchy subject to me too. You feel strongly about how they shouldnt be alowwed to exist .I feel strongly that they should, and Ive never had to train any animal of mineto not bite with the exception of one dog. His breed is not on the agressive list as he was a full blooded black lab. I had him puit dowmn voluntarily as he bit someone cespite all my attempts to train it out of him

 

 

Hope I am not getting anyone angree and if I am I apologise.

 

david

[hig4s]

OK after I calmed down a bit, i did a little research on the American Pit Bull. Yes it was bred as a fighting dog,but not the type most of you think. It was originally bred to use in a bull baiting fight/ After the crowd grew tired of the fact that ot took to long to kill thew bull they started using bears and the like to make the kill a little quicker.

 

 

Yes they were bred as a fighting dog. So was the Bull Mastive, dobermine Pincher, rottweiler and many other such breds. Because of these terminations many peaple have has to either give up their animals that have never been agresive or give up their homeowners insurance. I am one of such peaple. I currently have a sheperd/chow mix and a sheperd/hound mix in my fence. theyve never even offerd to bite anyone but my insurance company gave me the choice to get rid of my dogs or get a new policy somewhere else. The 2 guys are family members . They are also both because of the sheperdmix and chow mix on the agressive dog list. NEedless to say I havbe a new insurance policy.

 

 

 

I've also had Boxers,Pit bulls,Rottweilers,dobermens ,and full booled sheperds. So yes this is a touchy subject to me too. You feel strongly about how they shouldnt be alowwed to exist .I feel strongly that they should, and Ive never had to train any animal of mine to not bite with the exception of one dog. His breed is not on the agressive list as he was a full blooded black lab. I had him puit dowmn voluntarily as he bit someone despite all my attempts to train it out of him

 

 

Hope I am not getting anyone angree and if I am I apologise.

 

david

 

Actually trying to teach not to bite is often unsuccessful, and teaching soft biting often works better. You might want to read this. http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/spt/SPT_Puppies.htm#BiteInhibition

 

The problem is it usually doesn't work with many lines of pit bulls and other fight bred dogs as the instinct to stop when the opponent becomes submissive has been purposefully bred away. And the fact is, a lot of people get pit bulls and other fight bred dogs because they either think it is a show of being manly and cool, and want them to be somewhat mean, or they actually still fight them. It is like riding after drinking, most that do it know it is unsafe, but insist "they can handle it".

 

I'm sure if there weren't laws against it here, we would have people like in other parts of the world, dragging hyenas and baboons around on leashes saying the have them under control.