elegy said:
why is it that irresponsible owners are making x breed look bad? why is that the chosen common denominator? why not irresponsible owners make irresponsible ownership look bad? or makes unleashed, free-roaming dogs look bad? or chained dogs look bad? or untrained dogs look bad? because those are often much more common denominators than breed.
the problem with pits is that there often IS no problem with pits. there's a big problem with ownership. absolutely. but it is not a breed-specific problem. all of those articles i posted- ALL of those dogs bit and not a single one was a pit bull. so why is it a pit bull problem? yes, lots of crappy people are attracted to pit bulls. and then we plaster them all over the media some more as the poster child of the evil nasty mean dog and even more people seeking evil nasty mean dogs go out and acquire them.
after the incident in california where diane whipple was attacked and killed by presa canario there was an unprecendented demand for the obscure breed by people wanting dogs like that one who killed the lady in california.
the problem with pits is that there often IS no problem with pits. there's a big problem with ownership. absolutely. but it is not a breed-specific problem. all of those articles i posted- ALL of those dogs bit and not a single one was a pit bull. so why is it a pit bull problem? yes, lots of crappy people are attracted to pit bulls. and then we plaster them all over the media some more as the poster child of the evil nasty mean dog and even more people seeking evil nasty mean dogs go out and acquire them.
after the incident in california where diane whipple was attacked and killed by presa canario there was an unprecendented demand for the obscure breed by people wanting dogs like that one who killed the lady in california.
Elegy, I agree with you 100%
I'll admit I used to be one of those people that would walk a mile around a person with a pit bull..and I am ashamed of that...
I would hear and read about all the "awful" things that they (the breed) did, and I felt the same way that some people do..
But the difference between me and them, is the simple fact that I took time to read about the breed..
I took the time to sit down with people that own them, and care for them, and I took time to get to know the dogs as *INDIVIDUALS* not by looking at them as a specific breed..
I took time to look at the difference *responsible* and *irresponsible* ownership can do to any dog not just pit bulls..
Why they are portrayed the way they are I will never know or understand but it makes me sad, that the responsible owners and thier dogs have to suffer because a IDIOT wanted to be bad and decided to get a dog and make it his/her status symbol....