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Im not rabidly anti-pit, but I have never fully agreed with this analogy. True, both guns and many dog breeds are deadly by design, but unlike a gun, a dog can act on it's own whims and moods.
A stray pit can be just as dangerous as one with an owner to blame.
That is a beautifully giant animal though.
Im not rabidly anti-pit, but I have never fully agreed with this analogy. True, both guns and many dog breeds are deadly by design, but unlike a gun, a dog can act on it's own whims and moods.
A stray pit can be just as dangerous as one with an owner to blame.
That is a beautifully giant animal though.
I agree that comparing dogs directly to guns isn't a good analogy but comparing the Pit Bull hysteria to the "assault rifle" hysteria is a perfect analogy IMO.
Think of the Pit Bull as the evil AR15 of the gun world and boxers, golden retrievers, German shepherds and other dogs similar in physical size as the not so evil mini-14.
As gun guys we all know that a AR15 isn't any more dangerous than a mini 14 just because it has a pistol grip...Its the exact same thing when people think their beed of dog is inherently less dangerous just because it doesn't look scary
As far as the op is concerned people breeding pitbulls to be grotesques guard dogs is part of the problem this breed faces today. The American Pit Bull Terrior is a medium sized dog between 35-65lbs usually. If you want a guard dog there are breeds far better suited than the American Pit Bull Terrior IMO.
Still, the analogy doesn't quite work. ARs are targeted because they look scary, exacerbated by the fact that people add stuff the make the look scarier. In contrast, purebred animals are bred for purpose. In the case of the pit bull, they weren't bred until they had the proper scary look, they were bred for jaw strength, overall strength, tenacity, drive etc. There are plenty of other dogs with similar traits, terriers in particular. I think Pits get the bad rap because of their jaw strength and combined with the trait of locking down on something and not letting go.
A few years ago I was helping my friend build a barn, and his pit bull decided to grab one of the horses by the nose. He must've hit that dog in the skull over 50 times with a piece of 2x4 before it let go.
True. Whatever the guy in the video thinks he's doing - he's selling status dogs.
You just kinda proved my point. People think pits have incredible jaw strength and some even still believe they have a locking mechanism in there jaw. I challenge anyone to do their research. A purebred Pit has no stronger of a bite than simular sized dogs and many studies show a considerable less bite pressure from pits than German shepherds, Rottweilers etc. Again, like the evil AR it's all misguided myths and hysteria. Pit bulls have a well chiseled head with a very defined jaw line, it looks scary to some so it's easy for them to buy into the hype that they have extraordinary jaw strength.