Maybe the dogs identified as black and took her out?
It's better when you have the time, you can have a happy dog that doesn't eat your furniture. My neighbour has a dog she just lets outside all the time, even with the cold, and we're talking about a little dog here. That thing is neglected. Thought a few times of calling humane society but what good is it going to do.
They own them because they think the dog will be obedient to their commands. People need to understand not all dogs are the same and some have attack instncts stronger than others.
She may have been playing with them and they just over powered her. A lot of kids get attacked by their own dog from playing with them and the dog just doesn't know when to quit.
That looks like a Belgian rather than a Shepherd, but I digress. Shepherd's were known for being extremely aggressive in the late 80's early 90's. When word of GSD bans started circulating people moved onto Pitbulls as the official dog of "I'm a badass". People in their 60's will still happily tell you about how GSD's are not to be trusted.A Shepard is not an aggressive dog, but it requires absolute discipline, and then you have a beautiful dog that will die for you. My brother had one of these...
..but this dog was disciplined, and I mean disciplined. That motherfucker would listen.
It's actually just because degens haven't yet figured out that the Dogo is a "bigger, scarier" Pitbull. Don't worry, it'll come.
I am aware, but they're both called shepherds. They need a lot of care, be the leader of the pack or they will challenge you.
Yep my dream dog is a english staffordshire terrier....but everyone will just think its a short pitbull haha.Problem with this is that if a dog has short hair and muscles it's labeled Pitbull. I've seen multiple strata docs that ban "Pitbull types" or "bully breeds" which is just a lazy catch all. I'm not arguing the breed is innocent but it's name is far too often attached to non pitbulls to make the story easy to sell. Ever hear of an American Staffordshire Terrier getting into trouble? Doubtful, probably because it's not a great headline or spooky name like a pitbull.
If your not a dog person even a boxer can can mistaken for an Amstaf, American bulldog or pit just as easy.
English staffordshire terrier's were bred and mean't to be left around the kids to keep them safe.
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, aka the Staffie, is a smooth-coated, active, and agile dog with great strength for his size. This is a courageous, extremely obedient, highly intelligent, and affectionate breed possessing a sense of humor. This, coupled with the breed’s affection for its friends—children in particular—its off-duty quietness, and its trustworthy stability, makes it a foremost all-purpose dog. He looks forward to daily exercise, and his powerful jaws enjoy a supply of sturdy chew toys. While he is a sweet-tempered, affectionate dog, his strength and determination require an experienced owner who can work with him in a firm but gentle way.
I'll probably end up with a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
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This is still so underrated.
They are super nice until that snap, like PTSD. Bred right into the suckers. Doesn't mean people can't enjoy them, just keep them leashed and taken care of.
You just don't get it man. How many stories do you need to read about how wonderful the pit bull was with children and then out of nowhere started mauling a child?I have three pitbulls and four kids. There hasn’t been a time that I feared for my kids when they’re around my dogs. Now my dogs once in a while get into it with each other but never towards the family. Any dog at anytime can snap on their owner. It’s not just pits. I’ve seen chows fuck people up and same thing for German shepherds. Akita’s also have been known to fuck a motherfucker up. No I’m not saying every pitbull is nice but not every pitbull is going to eat their owner.
I was reading the article just yesterday and they were saying how the pit bulls were actually eating that lady’s rib cage. Now that’s some crazy shit.
That's the problem, Pitbulls are sweet as fuck. Then, BAM goes the dynamite!
I don't know if your 65% figure is accurate, but the statistics specifically say pitbull or pitbull-like, which includes dogs that look like pitbulls and those with pitbull in their dnatural but are not purebred. The statistics have always been misleading, yet with the labs, golden retreivers, any other breed, it is straight forward.
I gues not accurate enough.
The numbers for 2016:
- 31 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2016. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 900 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 71% (22) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 6% of the total U.S. dog population.
- Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (2), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 77% of the total recorded deaths in 2016
- Family dogs inflicted 45% (14) of all deaths in 2016; family pit bulls accounted for 86% (12) of these deaths, up from an 11-year average of 63%.
They are going pretty much in detail as to what breed did what. Pitbills and the usual suspects are among the culprits.
If this was a car malfunctioning this bad it would've been discontinued. If people want to own them, fine, much like guns, there are risks involved and it requires real responsibility. Just like guns, I think people should be allowed to own them, but take responsibility and don't deny the danger, that owning this breed may someday backfire. This reality will do the breed much more service than the constant denial.
You're all awesome keeping this classy, I've seen so many fights break out online about Pitbulls.
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My mate and his wife were bit by a Portuguese water dog they owned. He actually breeds boxers and has never been bit by one of them.
I have a Portuguese water Dog. He growled at my daughter when he was younger. I punched him so hard on the nose he never did it again. I am dominant though and he knows it. He won't take a piss without me telling him to go and have one. He is truly my best friend in the world.
I have a Portuguese water Dog. He growled at my daughter when he was younger. I punched him so hard on the nose he never did it again. I am dominant though and he knows it. He won't take a piss without me telling him to go and have one. He is truly my best friend in the world.
25 different breeds are considered "pitbull-like", and therefore classified as pitbulls when an incident happens. There have been quite a few studies that also involved dna testing which have proved 40%-60% (average is 50% misidentification), depending upon the study, were in fact inaccurate when truly identifying the breeds. This doesn't stop the tabloids from headlining pitbulls (and they never use "pitbull-like") in their stories.I gues not accurate enough.
The numbers for 2016:
2016 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities - DogsBite.org
- 31 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2016. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 900 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 71% (22) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 6% of the total U.S. dog population.
- Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (2), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 77% of the total recorded deaths in 2016
- Family dogs inflicted 45% (14) of all deaths in 2016; family pit bulls accounted for 86% (12) of these deaths, up from an 11-year average of 63%.
They are going pretty much in detail as to what breed did what. Pitbills and the usual suspects are among the culprits.
If this was a car malfunctioning this bad it would've been discontinued. If people want to own them, fine, much like guns, there are risks involved and it requires real responsibility. Just like guns, I think people should be allowed to own them, but take responsibility and don't deny the danger, that owning this breed may someday backfire. This reality will do the breed much more service than the constant denial.
Here is a study done by university of florida (college of veterinary medicine), Michigan state (College of veterinary medicine), Jacksonville humane society, Jacksonville animal care and protective services, Tallahassee animal services, and marion county animal services:
"Shelter staff and veterinarians routinely make subjective dog breed identification based on appearance, but their accuracy regarding pit bull-type breeds is unknown. The purpose of this study was to measure agreement among shelter staff in assigning pit bull-type breed designations to shelter dogs and to compare breed assignments with DNA breed signatures. In this prospective cross-sectional study, four staff members at each of four different shelters recorded their suspected breed(s) for 30 dogs; there was a total of 16 breed assessors and 120 dogs. The terms American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier, pit bull, and their mixes were included in the study definition of 'pit bull-type breeds.' Using visual identification only, the median inter-observer agreements and kappa values in pair-wise comparisons of each of the staff breed assignments for pit bull-type breed vs. not pit bull-type breed ranged from 76% to 83% and from 0.44 to 0.52 (moderate agreement), respectively. Whole blood was submitted to a commercial DNA testing laboratory for breed identification. Whereas DNA breed signatures identified only 25 dogs (21%) as pit bull-type, shelter staff collectively identified 62 (52%) dogs as pit bull-type. Agreement between visual and DNA-based breed assignments varied among individuals, with sensitivity for pit bull-type identification ranging from 33% to 75% and specificity ranging from 52% to 100%. The median kappa value for inter-observer agreement with DNA results at each shelter ranged from 0.1 to 0.48 (poor to moderate). Lack of consistency among shelter staff indicated that visual identification of pit bull-type dogs was unreliable."
Inconsistent identification of pit bull-type dogs by shelter staff. - PubMed - NCBI
- "Pitbull-type" dogs were misidentified 60% of the time (62 were visually identified as "pitbull-type" but only 25 had DNA signatures from any of the pitbull-type breeds).
Pit bull. ... Pit bull is the common name for a type of dog. Formal breeds often considered in North America to be of the pit bull type include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The American Bulldog is also sometimes included.
It is used as a collection of these former pit fighters/breeds yes.
The term pit bull is often used loosely to describe dogs with similar physical characteristics, and the morphological (physical) variation amongst "bully breed" dogs makes it difficult for anyone, even experts, to visually identify them as distinct from "non-pit bulls".
And this is why they are described as Pitbulls, a collection of similar type dogs with similar genetic manipulations.
Pit bull - Wikipedia
Definition of pit bull
- or pit bull terrier: a muscular, short-haired, stocky dog (such as an American pit bull terrier or American Staffordshire terrier) of any of several breeds or a hybrid with one or more of these breeds that was originally developed for fighting and is noted for strength, stamina, and tenacity.
The pitbull terrier and American Staffordshire terrier are the same breed, but differ upon the registry (ukc recognizes the pitbull, akc recognizes the amstaff). The staffybull is not a pitbull, though similar in some characteristics. Take the rest of what is lumped into the pitbull-type and you are left with nothing other than visual identification, which is inaccurate. Someone mentioned dogo argentinio earlier in this thread. That for example could easily be be classified as pitbull-type, if identified visually (50% accuracy on average from several studies) by animal control, despite it being a completely different dog. Take a pitbull-type (pick any) and cross it with another dog, and if it displays characteristics, however faint, it is again a pitbull-type. Take a non-similar breed, and in an incident if identified (50% accuracy on average from several studies) as a pitbull-type, that is once again the news of a pitbull, without evidence other than the look. This is an issue for those of us with true pitbulls.
Just punch the dog in the face or take a key out and stab the fucking thing
Conflicted on this.
I have friends who have pit bulls & love them.
I'm a dog person, but,.... fuck that breed.
But dumb bitch didn't feed them:
Dogs Went Through `Drastic Lifestyle` Changes Before Mauling Owner to Death
I have friends who have pit bulls & love them.
I'm a dog person, but,.... fuck that breed.
But dumb bitch didn't feed them:
Dogs Went Through `Drastic Lifestyle` Changes Before Mauling Owner to Death
Good advice!
I do get it but there are exceptions to every rule. I’m not saying my dogs are perfect and I’m also not willing to put my kids on the line to find out. But my dogs are family dogs and well behaved. I don’t let them run around like a bunch of crazy fucks. They are kenneled every night and when people come over they go in their kennel as well. I do that because there are a lot of people that are afraid of pit bulls or dogs in general. It’s OK to have an opinion but blasting somebody who owns that breed of dog just doesn’t make sense. Not everyone can own a squirrel as a pet.