..... Pit Bull pack mauls 2 dogs in OC

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I'm tired of hearing these mauling stories..... I think those who own pitts/rotts/etc... should have some kind of license or something showing they are capable of handling/training this breed. These stories are a direct result of irresponsible owners who don't extinguish the problem at puppyhood.

What do you guys think?
 
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What really gets me, is, PITBULLS are not pack animals. Studies have been shown, they rarely act in "packs"

I hate it too, bunch of crap!

Ive got 2 adults and NEVER heard them growl even at a human.OR each other.
 
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I have a pit mix. Love him to death. He's not allowed outside unless he's in a fenced in enclosure or on leash. I don't give him the chance to act up...

I'd like to see the link to this article please.
 
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First of all, ALL dogs, which are canines, are pack animals. Yes, pitbulls have been driven away from their natural instincts and turned against their own kind but does not make them any special to say that they are not pack animals, to where every other dog out there is.

I think people should have some sort of license to carry a bigger type dog but that will lead to more discrimination towards specific breeds.
 
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I google it and nothing came up.............I would like to see a link also
 
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What I hate is there is no way to Varify the breed before the media prints it. Take a look at some mastiffs, bull dogs, dogos and pits. Do you think the average person can actually tell the difference when they are panicking or even afterwards? Most of us have a hard time sometimes.
 
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What I hate is there is no way to Varify the breed before the media prints it. Take a look at some mastiffs, bull dogs, dogos and pits. Do you think the average person can actually tell the difference when they are panicking or even afterwards? Most of us have a hard time sometimes.
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The guy said it was pit bulls from his yard.... one would hope that he would know what kind of dogs he had in his back yard...
 
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I think those who own pitts/rotts/etc... should have some kind of license or something showing they are capable of handling/training this breed.

It makes sense to me. Why not licenses for certain breeds? Drivers are licensed, while cyclists are not. That's not because drivers are bad people or because cars are inherently bad. It's because a car has the destructive potential a bike can only dream about. Same with dogs. The nastiest Cocker or Chihuahua has nowhere near the destructive potential of a Rottweiler or a pit bull.

These stories are a direct result of irresponsible owners who don't extinguish the problem at puppyhood.

I think a lot of these stories are the result not so much of irresponsibility as of actual malevolent, malicious action. The breeds you mention attract vicious people. When they're not busily abusing the dogs themselves, they often find ways to 'accidentally' loosen the dogs upon the surrounding community. Weeding these people out of the ranks of ownership would go a long way toward healing the reputation of many breeds.
 
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I think a lot of these stories are the result not so much of irresponsibility as of actual malevolent, malicious action. The breeds you mention attract vicious people. When they're not busily abusing the dogs themselves, they often find ways to 'accidentally' loosen the dogs upon the surrounding community. Weeding these people out of the ranks of ownership would go a long way toward healing the reputation of many breeds.
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Excuse me? Not everyone who owns a pit bull or a pit mix is a vicious person. I proudly own a pit mix and am very responsible regarding his welfare and the welfare of others. And if you make it illegal to own a dog, do you think the criminals who ALREADY OWN them, or going to STOP owning them? That all of the sudden they are jsut going to become law abiding citizens in this one little matter?

Please.
 
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I think you took it the wrong way.... all CASABLANCA1 said was "it attracts vicious people" ..... which I would have to agree as well. I don't think it was meant that people who own them are vicious people.
 
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Just what we need, MORE GOVERNMENT . . . like that's ever fixed anything people :rolleyes:

We don't know if the man who owns the property the dogs were on left the gate open, if someone in his family did, or if it was someone like a meter-reader or if it was done maliciously.

In the newscast he says only one dog is his, the other three belong to a friend and he was keeping them temporarily as a favor.
 
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Excuse me? Not everyone who owns a pit bull or a pit mix is a vicious person. I proudly own a pit mix and am very responsible regarding his welfare and the welfare of others. And if you make it illegal to own a dog, do you think the criminals who ALREADY OWN them, or going to STOP owning them? That all of the sudden they are jsut going to become law abiding citizens in this one little matter?

Please.
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I have to agree.. not EVERYONE who owns a pit or pit mix is out to worsen the breed. It's not fair to stereotype when you in fact have NO IDEA.
 
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I personally LOVE the breed and if My family were more open to one I would have one. Everything that makes them a good fighter makes them a great family pet and competitor.

I take pride in making a "horable and mean spirited" breed into a loving member of society.

It makes sense to me. Why not licenses for certain breeds?
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Thats a form of BSL. So I take it you support that. It's called discrimination!
 
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I agree with the license thing. I will be getting a rottie in the future, and I would be happy to get a license for that. If it cuts down on all of these attacks and keeps these breeds out of the wrong hands, why not? It might be discrimination, but lets face it... rotties, pits, GSDs, akitas, and other large breeds can do some serious damage. It would be like a loaded gun in the wrong hands... not good! Its better than banning them, which is whats going to happen if something is not done.
 
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but lets face it... rotties, pits, GSDs, akitas, and other large breeds do some serious damage
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Exactly. Why does it have to be a breed thing and not a any breed over x lbs has to have a lisence thing?
 
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Exactly. Why does it have to be a breed thing and not a any breed over x lbs has to have a lisence thing?
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I agree that is should be all about weight, not breed.
 
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