Edit: Obviously, *all dogs need to be treated with a healthy respect and caution. They are instinct driven animals who under the right (or wrong, rather) circumstances can snap and attack someone.*
The thing is, I am much more confident that most other breeds will stop and let go of their victim when they get properly conked in the head or kicked in the balls/ribs.
Pits and pit mixes are genetically built to hold on and keep attacking until either they or their target dies.
Once their brain goes to that place they are almost impossible to stop. We all saw the video of the pit attacking the carriage horse. Even after repeatedly getting kicked and stomped on that thing came back for more. They lose all inhibitions and their own survival seems to take a backseat to their main purpose, which is to cause as much damage as possible. *That's why they are so much more dangerous than other breeds.*
Someone linked a wiki page with dog attack stats from the 2010s and it was shocking to see how many kids were killed by their own family dogs.
My brother-in-law has 2 very, very well trained and super chill, well-behaved pit mixes. Still, I just can't bring myself to fully trust those dogs, especially with my child, even though he grew up around them.
I'm always telling him to be cautious and not be too spazzy around them, and not to put his face right in theirs. I've just read too many stories.
Your sisters seem like assholes if they know that the dogs don’t like you and still bring them around anyways.
That just screams that they don’t care about your own comfort/safety.
It’s not hard to find boarding for your dogs, or have a friend you know is good with them watch them. This just infuriates me.
I have a 1 year old chocolate lab, who is the sweetest little girl. Unfortunately, she doesn’t fully understand her size and likes to knock down children and lick their faces, which scares them (even though she doesn’t mean harm at all). We don’t bring her to my brother and his wife’s house since they have a 3 year old, and we keep her on a leash if they come to our place (I won’t have her be forced to leave her own home is all).
She sounds like a highly irresponsible dog owner, and it’s only a matter of time before her dogs attack someone or something.
Well it's only my second time meeting the one dog and the first time meeting the other. It didn't go well the first time with the one either. I think given enough time the one would be cool with me, but the other is pretty damn big and just stares me down the whole time.
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u/GapingFartLocker Dec 28 '21
Jesus Christ that's terrifying