Worth reading? Why? I think much more worthwhile reading would be
this story about a child recovering from an attack or
this story about a grown man who was attacked, and I don't remember just where the story is about the 60 year old man who was killed by his son's two pit bulls this month; dogs he was accustomed to playing with.
Interesting Bird. Know what I find on average to be the most agressive dog? The Chihuahua. Usually older people get them as pets (mostly women from what I've noticed from my own personal experience), and the breed is "usually" loyal to one person only. Problem is when the owner dies and finding a home for that animal. Lets not get into all the little girls who follow the "celebs" and want a "purse dog" and what usually happens after the dog loses it's apeal.
Yep, Tom, you'll never convince the kind of people who keep those dogs that there's anything wrong or bad about keeping them until they kill or seriously injure someone, then the owner just doesn't understand it.
Actually Bird, I don't think you'll ever "understand" it.
I've known more people bitten (for no reason) by a Chihuahua than any other breeds of dog combined (four, including myself). A dog that you can punt/pass/kick shouldn't bite IMO
Unfortunately, the pit bull has a pretty well documented history of going bad and attacking just about anything
At one time, it was the Dobermen, then the Rottweiller or the German Sheperd who made the newspapers all the time. Curious as to what has stopped the agression in these animals since they never make the newspaper anymore? Probably a more agressive dog IMO than the three I've listed in this paragraph is the Akita.
At lest with the previous beeds mentioned, it was pretty easy by the news outlets to determine the breed unlike the "pitt bull", which is more of a general term used by people for the Terrier breed.
Keep your kids safe even if you do hurt someone's feelings
I agree. That said, you'd be amazed at the amount of parents who let their children go rushing up to a stange dog to pet it without ASKING first if it's ok from the owner of the dog. If I had a dollar for everytime I had to instruct the parent the propper way for their children to pet a dog, I would finally own my new tractor.
Be nice if that was true, but unfortunately, there are just those animals and people out there that are just plain bad. Some might have a reason for it because of what happened to them while growing up, but there are those that for whatever reason, just shouldn't be alive. It's not just the dogs or people, but in just about every species
I think you're right Eddie, however, that's why I stated "particularly how people can sterotype". In the case of animals however, I sincerely believe it's usually people who cause the negative stimulous in domesticated animals. Problem is, since animals can't talk, sometimes it takes time to find out what that negative stimulous is (for better or worse).
There are no such things as bad dogs, only bad owners
Hang out at the department of social services and you may find the same can be said for parents of children. I agree with you.
