This.
You get pits totally wrong, and get the post you replied to totally wrong (locking jaws?) while calling someone else uneducated. I'm embarrassed for you.
Pits are bred for killing, it's part of what the breed is, same as any visual features. You would have to literally take a population of pits and breed them until they were an entirely different breed, in order to say "not a killer breed any more"
This is a bit tricky. We know thag pitbulls do bite and we also know a lot of owners are intrigued by that image. To get a complete picture, you need to examine the owner of pitbulls who bite: how they are raised, are they neglected, etc. A dog will most likely emulate its owners. Banning something for jaw strength isn't a smart thing because you don't fix the core problem.
While they're at it, they should put the owners down too.
Its not just jaw strength, it's their tenacity and commitment to kill once they attack. But jaw strength is a valid issue, since the special danger here is the difficulty in stopping or surviving the attack. People who defend pits will say it's only bad owners that have dangerous pits, but sooo many tragedies come with stories from the owners about how it was the sweetest, gentlest dog for its whole life. Yes it loves you, but yes if it is triggered it will rip through your family.
Then it wasn't trained properly. I doubt any dog that bites in earnest has had the best upbringing. There's a reason why pitbull owners can pull these dogs away because they're only shown to care for that owner. A baby? No. Another dog? No. Like, these owners are probably the typical pitbull owners: running away the moment the dog bites.
I was referring to the stats posted earlier in this thread, but it looks like they were invalidated by a later post. Still, aren't pitbulls quite strong and have a reputation for attracting shitty owners? It would be for everyone's benefit, dogs included, if some kind of requirement was put into place.
Are you goint to kill that other dog yourself? Over here they don't put dogs to sleep for attacking other dogs.
This isn't a good take. Let's say you are a responsible owner today, are you responsible all the time? Are you always up for it? What if you get sick? What if? Do you understand that the label of responsible isn't permanent? What do we do with the dog then? How does it solve the problem of your dog going deaf or getting sick and modifying his behavior in a way that endangers others? Dogs to be pets must be capable of being around humans safely in as many scenarios as possible and I fail to see pitbulls meeting that standard.
If you want to actually have requirements its probably better to do it by weight than by breed. Any big dog can do serious harm. You will have a hard time defining what a "pitbull" is. Most people couldn't pick one out of a lineup.
I have never heard of this yellow ribbon thing. Is this common knowledge?
Nah. You ban pitbulls and also ban shitty humans from owning big dogs that can seriously harm others.
It's weird. There are definitely mental amd emotional traits in different breeds. It isn't by any means some rigid rule, but there are demonstrably clear patterns.
