why do you think pitbulls are evil?

[Doberluv]

Absolutely! Their jaws don't lock. They're not put together any differently. They are just flat out stronger than all get out and their personalities, brave and tenacious.

Dogs in general have very strong jaws. I saw a program about wild animals. They said that a cougar's only predator is the wolf. They did tests and measured the pressure per square inch of a cougars and some other animals, including the wolf and domestic dog. The wolf and dog's were greater than the cougar's. This was on one of those discovery channels.

 

[bogolove]

Absolutely! Their jaws don't lock. They're not put together any differently. They are just flat out stronger than all get out and their personalities, brave and tenacious.

Dogs in general have very strong jaws. I saw a program about wild animals. They said that a cougar's only predator is the wolf. They did tests and measured the pressure per square inch of a cougars and some other animals, including the wolf and domestic dog. The wolf and dog's were greater than the cougar's. This was on one of those discovery channels.

Exactly, anything I have ever read on pits says how there jaw muscles are just very well developed, they do not lock.

 

[Kathy74]

Pittbulls are beautiful, regal looking, strong dogs. It is horrible that the breed has been so abused and mishandled by so many for so long! It is sad that society can't see that "mean" pittbulls are the exception, not the rule. That most of them, the ones we don't hear about, live out long, healthy, happy lives with loving families. My husband has become very aware of the media's hype about certain breeds, and it's result since we adopted Marlee (she's a Rottie). He comments everytime a Rottie, Doberman, or any Bully breed is seen negatively in movies, TV etc. It's amazing what you notice once everyone (except other "bad breed" owners, of course) starts asking why you got such a "mean dog". I can tell them, in all honesty, that my Rottie is the most passive dog I've ever seen!!

 

[Amstaffer]

Locking jaws in any breed of dog is a pure myth. I have been around a lot of dogs in my life and had some truly wonderful experiences but I have never found a breed of dog that is sweeter or more friendly than a Pitbull or Amstaff that has been raise in a good home.

 

[oriondw]

Locking jaws in any breed of dog is a pure myth.

Quoted for truth.

 

[GSDFan05]

I work for a vet, and today a client came in with a pit bull that was IMPOSSIBLE......


We had to struggle to examine he because that vicious thing wouldn't stand up or do anything except roll over on her back to have her belly scratched!

 

[Renee750il]

Such wicked monsters, aren't they, GSD

 

[juliefurry]

My pitbull mix is the same way. When we take him to the park with our daughter it makes me mad because people will avoid him like the plague. They will let they're children come up and pet our lab puppy but they won't let our pitbull mix go near they're children. It's sad too because he LOVES children too and you can tell he is just so anxious to get to see the kids. It makes me mad to the point were if people come back to let their kids pet our lab puppy for a second time I say if they aren't allowed to pet our dog Mack then they can't pet the puppy because it is unfair for him.

 

[Amstaffer]

I work for a vet, and today a client came in with a pit bull that was IMPOSSIBLE......


We had to struggle to examine he because that vicious thing wouldn't stand up or do anything except roll over on her back to have her belly scratched!

When I first started reading this my dander started to get up....you really got me with that post.

My Vet says that my Amstaffs are some of the easiest dogs to work with no matter what he has to do.

 

[Patrick and Lino]

Naturally Pitbull´s dont have a "locking mechanism" in their jaws, but has nobody seen a pitbull´s jaws "lock on"? Perhaps the pitty that my auntie raised and loved, the pitbull that loved her actually did want to bight off her finger?

No, I don´t believe that, what I believe is that it is a natural reflex, like a new born baby will grasp at your finger and hold on.

I have also had a lot to do with dogs, in Australia I have trained a lot of working dogs, from dogs for working sheep and cattle, to dogs for hunting wild pigs. I have seen a lot of evidence of "lock jaw" with certain breeds, it is just natural reflex and can be usefull.

Blue Heelers (Australian cattle dogs) are great for working cattle as they have an instict for bighting at the heel´s of cattle. Boarder collies are great for working sheep as they have a natural instinct for holding them together. Retreivers are good at just that out of instinct, not a special mechanism.

Anyway I still think pittys are great

 

[gaddylovesdogs]

I am not against pitbulls. I don't know if I would get a pit that had been previously used for fighting, because that dog would most likely be from bad lines, and have a bit of dog aggression, but I can't confirm that I wouldn't rescue a pit--in fact, I probably WILL rescue a pitbull. I would socialize the dog as much as possible, and of course spoil it. I love pit bulls.

 

[Renee750il]

I wish everyone could have seen the piece that was on our local news about Gypsy, the Pit that was found discarded and left to die by the side of the road after the dog fights. She was brought to the University of Tennessee Knoxville's veterinary school for reconstructive surgery after recovering her health and having her leg amputated.

That poor dog! But she was so happy; her tail was wagging her whole body, greeting everyone, that bit Pittie smile, even though part of her lips are gone (part of her reconstructive surgery will remedy that). After everything that dog has been through - all the horrors she's been subjected to in her life - there she was, obviously realizing that these people were good, wriggling with joy and bestowing kisses on everyone in reach.

 

[Doberluv]

Oh gosh...that's a real tear jerker Renee. That poor dog. I'm so glad someone is doing something for her. There really are some wonderful people out there. I do hope the rest of her life will be a joyful, peaceful and restful one.

 

[Renee750il]

There are a couple of threads about Gypsy in the New forum. There's a link to the news article I spoke of in the thread I posted.

The rescue organization that arranged all of this and raised the funds to help her is keeping her; she's got a career as a spokesdog now!

 

[Patrick and Lino]

sorry to bring it up again, but do pitbulls have a tendency to lock there jaws or not. The poor, poor pitbull has, yes, a lot of publicity, is there a reason behind it?

 

[Amstaffer]

sorry to bring it up again, but do pitbulls have a tendency to lock there jaws or not. The poor, poor pitbull has, yes, a lot of publicity, is there a reason behind it?

No ....locking jaw is a myth for all dogs, there is no such thing in the k9 world as a "locking jaw"

For information on the pitbull please check out the link in my sig.

 

[Patrick and Lino]

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Naturally Pitbull´s dont have a "locking mechanism" in their jaws, but has nobody seen a pitbull´s jaws "lock on"? Perhaps the pitty that my auntie raised and loved, the pitbull that loved her actually did want to bight off her finger?

 

[Patrick and Lino]

The fact that they get lock jaw probably has a lot to do with wanting to ban them. My aunty nearly lost her finger when she tried seperating a staffy and pitbull when the pitbull´s jaws locked on around her finger, you could see the pitty couldn´t do anything against it and looked very sorry for it´s actions. My aunty shouldn´t have had her fingers close to 2 dogs that were fighting, and she knew it.

Thats a quote from an old reply, I wanted to put it first, quess I skipped the computer generation

 

[Amstaffer]

Pitbulls as many terriers (and other breeds) have very strong jaws, coupled with strong determination but biologically they are no different that other dogs. You can see a Jack Russell Terrier do the same thing.

 

[Patrick and Lino]

So, they do lock on, even if they are not biologically different?