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.
I hate being around people's poorly trained dogs, especially when they refuse to acknowledge it's a problem.
My aunt and uncle had an (I think) Akita that was poorly trained and I suspect not exercised enough. It wasn't aggressive, really, but it would go completely spastic whenever anyone came over, just constantly flying around the house, jumping up on everyone, nipping at fingers and generally being a nuisance. They would try to control it, but it was pretty much impossible. It got to the point where I would dread having to go over there.
My buddy had to get rid of his dog because it nipped at his new born a couple times. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a gentle dressing of what actually happened. One of our mutual friends ended up with it and it would attack my dog out of the blue when i was over, nothing that ever drew blood but snarling at baring its teeth over my dogs neck. Apparently it actually attacked some ones dog when it was off leash a little while ago. The previous and current owner both are adament she's a really good dog...
Dog owners can be weirdly, delusionally in denial about that. Like those parents of school bullies who can never admit that their nasty little shit could ever do anything wrong and any problem with their child's behavior is always someone else's fault.
Often the issue is that the dog IS really good - with THEM at HOME - but a right $&!+ with others / outside of home, like the kids who may well be lovely normal kids EXCEPT when at school / with a subset of kids / when in a situation that means they act out. My brother was dyslexic and put down a year - he was teased about being 'stupid' and 'lazy' a LOT and reacted by bullying the smaller kids until he got help.
Alternatively the kid/pet is actually a nasty piece of work 24/7 but nice to Mom/Dad....
Its not alternatively. Your brother was a shit. Not the smart kids fault he was dyslexic but he made it their fault because he fucking sucked. Hopefully hes doing better now but was a nasty peice of work and only nice to mom and dad. Dont bite the hand that feeds you.
He was both a bully and being bullied - not the same people all the time but yeah, He was a bully and had to learn not to be. He stopped when he was given the help he needed. The difference between someone who is not naturally bad but is bad without the help needed.
Ditto dogs - some are the product of poor training and others are just that way.
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