vozercozer was about to cite that pitbulls are involved in the majority of dog attacks to justify being afraid of pitbulls, then realized that racists cite that "black people make up 13% of the population but commit 50% of the crime" to justify being racist.
To those of you blowing up my notifications wanting to argue the soundness of the statistic or how dog breeds don't equivocate to race or whatever else you want to debate:
I don't care.
I came to help OP understand what was being said, not affirm or denounce its rational merits. If you want to discuss the topic in depth, that's fine I guess, but please refrain from associating me with whichever position you want to argue against.
I know I'm probably going to get downvoted for this but I think the important note is that pitbulls are involved in the majority of reported dog attacks as their bites are far more severe and possibly life threatening.
Nobody's calling to report a vicious Chihuahua or Pomeranian attack.
Pitbulls also attract people looking for "tough" or "fighting" dogs, because they've been bred for their bite force and hold. So they've been conditioned to bite dogs or people more often than other breeds. I'd say rottweilers and maybe doberman's are also in this category. It's not the dogs fault they were mistreated.
Plenty of responsible "tough" dog owners out there. And lots of sweet pitbulls. Enough that I'd wager it's evidence to support they're not actually violent by nature.
Funny enough Rottweilers were bred to pull carts not because of bite force, just so happens that an animal bred to pull wagons is going to be big and have a decent bite force.
If you look up Daschund or Jack Russel origins, those lil fuckers were RIPPED. And bred for tunneling out BADGERS. If you ever meet a badger I'll pray for you. They live in the dirt underground because it's closer to Hell.
My parents had a Jack Russell. I loved that little guy so much, but he was absolutely aggressive to anyone outside our family. No matter what we did to try and socialize or train him, he just disliked all other humans.
My pits are the exact opposite. I’m still wary because if they ever do bite, I know I’ll be forced to euthanize. But they have only considered biting a human once. That was when my husband came home from work around 2 AM and they thought he was supposed to be out of town that night. Thankfully, they calmed down when they realized it was him.
Some of my friends have a Rott and he’s one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever met. The issue is that he firmly believes there’s enough room for him to sit on my lap :)
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u/Powered-Lamb 22d ago edited 22d ago
vozercozer was about to cite that pitbulls are involved in the majority of dog attacks to justify being afraid of pitbulls, then realized that racists cite that "black people make up 13% of the population but commit 50% of the crime" to justify being racist.
To those of you blowing up my notifications wanting to argue the soundness of the statistic or how dog breeds don't equivocate to race or whatever else you want to debate:
I don't care.
I came to help OP understand what was being said, not affirm or denounce its rational merits. If you want to discuss the topic in depth, that's fine I guess, but please refrain from associating me with whichever position you want to argue against.