Pit Bulls

[Feathers and Fins]

I also wonder if some pet adoption agencies aren't a little too eager to find homes for any dogs including pit bulls, in the name of saving the dog.

Yes they do!!!!!!

Both Pounds and Adoption agencies I feel are to eager to save a dog at all cost letting emotions get in the way of their brain. I had a friend that picked up a Boxer from one and was not told it hated cats and didn't do well around small children something every type of shelter should know. He got it home it snapped at his daughter and that dog never saw sundown. When I asked him why he put it down his answer was short and simple NO ANIMAL snaps at my family will not live to do it again just not worth the risk. I asked him about his cocker that had snapped at his son a few months earlier and he said if my son wouldn't have hit him with the wiffle bat he wouldn't have snapped. A provoked attack is one thing but an unprovoked is another.

My personal thoughts on Shelters is they should be held liable for attacks, due diligence should be mandatory in assessing if a dog has aggression toward other animals, men or women or children. It is not hard to do and if they do shows signs put them down. If they release one that does attack hold them liable. Of course this does not hold to puppies as there is no way to know how it will grow up but dogs over a year old it should apply.

[Flysmallie]

My personal thoughts on Shelters is they should be held liable for attacks, due diligence should be mandatory in assessing if a dog has aggression toward other animals, men or women or children.

Sounds good in theory but most of these shelters are running off of volunteers that might not have any idea what to look for. I know one locally that puts down any aggressive dogs they run across.

Plus how are you going to determine if the attack was unprovoked or if it was another wiffle ball bat incident? Or if it was even the shelter dog that did it? Most of these places are strapped for cash and don't need people suing them every fifteen minutes. That will only cause them to go away.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Dogs coming out of a shelter may not indicate their true nature. Dogs, just like most creatures, can be protective when they're in a strange habitat. There will always be little gamble involved, but the breed is a good predictor. Given the popularity of the pits with a certain financial enterprise it's probably smart to be extra wary of one in a shelter.

[REDSOXWSCHAMP]

Given the popularity of the pits with a certain financial enterprise it's probably smart to be extra wary of one in a shelter.

Are you profiling here?

[Terrierman]

I guess it could have been worse.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Are you profiling here?

Calling it like I see it. My dad taught me profiling, when we were hunting rabbits he told me don't shoot at squirrels.

[David Unnerstall]

I ran this through Google translator....millions of processors, all were stumped.

That was you, Ness. That brought the whole Internet down! I had to listen to the wife complain and the bourbon had not yet kicked in. Don't do that again!

[David Unnerstall]

The Pit Bull issue is a complicated issue. I have known some Pit Bulls who were as gentle as any other dog. But that reputation, the statistics and the mechanical advantage of their body is a lot to consider.

[ness]

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I guess it could have been worse.

Ah, yes -- the Jack Russell's. They took out a whole platoon of Der Blitzenschnauzers in the Battle of Milkbohn.

[Feathers and Fins]