Teddy (left), and Sampson (right)

  • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    Thank you, and yes, your absolutely right. Any dog is capable of violence, but I think the reason pitbulls have this reputation is because many people want them as an attack/defense dog and don’t actually know how to care for them in a way that keeps them calm.

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      6 months ago

      Same could be said for Rotties, Dobermans, Shepherds, and so on. It’s not the dogs that are shitty; it’s the people that own them. Address that problem and leave the dogs alone FFS.

    • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      This is the “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” argument.

      Sufficiently powerful projectile weapons require a license, training, etc. Dogs should be no different.

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      6 months ago

      I will always trust a dog at the dog park around my dog as I would with any dog but I am more then 100% ready to destroy any animal should it do something unprovoked to my dog, or any other dog.

      This is for any breed. I am more observant when it’s a known aggressive breed however.