tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post1381705790468224791..comments2023-08-04T01:37:48.433-07:00Comments on 17 Barks: Pit bull advocacy and basic statisticsJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00482549578598366599noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-14439241935532404562016-08-31T20:28:03.595-07:002016-08-31T20:28:03.595-07:00We normally don't publish comments on stale ar...We normally don't publish comments on stale articles, but we were intrigued by your suggestion that you are so well educated that you're completely unable to communicate with ordinary people like ourselves. <br /><br />I would encourage you to go ahead and state your case. Trust me, there are some extremely knowledgeable, experienced, dog savvy readers here, and we've heard it all.<br /><br />We'd be interested in an explanation of why the type of dog which came from centuries of careful selective breeding for violent bloodsport is actually no more dangerous than a poodle.<br /><br />Frankly, we'd expect the usual nonsense - e.g. "pit bulls used to be nanny dogs", "they don't have locking jaws", "nobody can identify a pit bull", "pit bulls aren't a breed", or "it's all in how they're raised".<br /><br />But if in actuality you do have something new and fresh to bring to the discussion, please do. We think you'll find the readers here are more than capable of understanding and evaluating your arguments.<br /><br />Awaiting your reply - Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482549578598366599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-39007194192312448932016-08-31T20:01:52.448-07:002016-08-31T20:01:52.448-07:00I disagree with a number of this group's premi...I disagree with a number of this group's premises. I've worked with dogs for a very long time, met probably thousands of all types, and while we could attempt to convince each other, I won't be convinced because of all I have learned, and to those unfamiliar with dog behavior, most of my explanation would go over your head.<br />I'm wondering though, if pit lovers and haters alike could team up to restrict pit bull breeding. Too many BYBs crank out pups with tenancies toward bad temperaments, and then give them to terrible owners who will teach them to do horrible things or neglect the dogs before discarding them. Pits make up about half of shelter dogs. I'm sure you can agree you don't want these dogs thrown at bad owners, and any one else willy-nilly. Pit advocates are so sick of this too, and seeing so many pits put down because there is a huge pit overpopulation.<br />The world is turning, and more BSL is being repealed that instituted, because BSL just isn't helping. If your organization were to try and create legislation that regulated pit breeding, however, I would happily jump on board, as would many other pit lovers <br />I feel many advocates and non-advocates are so busy fighting each other that we aren't targeting the people we both know are making things worse. Maybe it's time for all of you focus on something that we all will fell good about before fighting each other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103914150403478643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-25061885080719298352014-12-25T19:59:29.734-08:002014-12-25T19:59:29.734-08:00Hi Sammy. How are you?
What do you mean by trash...Hi Sammy. How are you? <br /><br />What do you mean by trash, exactly? By "trash", are you referring to the cruel joke about pit bulls being "nanny dogs"? <br /><br />Or are you disputing the fact that pit bulls all too often do what they were designed to do - namely, to commit atrocities against helpless animals (?)<br /><br />Here are some links to help you out:<br /><br /><a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-purple-testament-of-bleeding-war.html" rel="nofollow">The purple testament of bleeding war"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pitbullattacksinillinois.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-21-2014-granite-city-pit-bulls.html" rel="nofollow">3 Chihuahuas killed in their home</a><br /><br /><a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" rel="nofollow">Pit bull home invasion attacks</a><br /><br />Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482549578598366599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-29210231826401129792014-12-25T19:45:30.774-08:002014-12-25T19:45:30.774-08:00The reason you don't get it is because your a ...The reason you don't get it is because your a damn fool like the rest who believe this trashAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974937521600175480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-17327621946278858972014-12-25T19:12:39.214-08:002014-12-25T19:12:39.214-08:00It's a shame this article was over your head. ...It's a shame this article was over your head. What was the point of your comment? It's difficult to determine. What I hear you saying is that bad things happen and people are bad, so we should all kill ourselves. Well, that's an interesting philosophy of life, I guess.<br /><br />Your last comment is absurd. Do you actually suppose that when grippers break into a pasture to spend an agreeable afternoon tearing the faces off of alpacas, and breaking their legs, that they are "defending themselves"? From what, pray tell? When a pit bull gets loose, and works it's way into a yard or a house to torture and kill all the harmless little dogs inside, it's defending itself? <br /><br />Unbelievable.<br /><br />Folks, this is the sort of monstrous cruelty and ignorance that we are up against. I rest my case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-42426717986962281812014-12-25T17:13:25.039-08:002014-12-25T17:13:25.039-08:00Your obscuring points are invalid your ignorant sm...Your obscuring points are invalid your ignorant smoking kill people and so does beer if you ask me we are the worst creatures alive we create war and thousands of deaths from them should we kill ourselves or jail everyone no same with pittbulls there defending themselves Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974937521600175480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-92173438085104668322013-10-12T20:09:29.447-07:002013-10-12T20:09:29.447-07:00Brilliant! I've been thinking something simila...Brilliant! I've been thinking something similar, but you constructed this dynamic with the kind of objectivity, data, and intelligence it takes to really give a point some oomph.<br /><br />The squishy-wishy passive-pibble-cheeks defense... it just boggles my mind that people think that is a relevant indicator of congruent and future animal behavior. Never mind the reformed nutters who lived the horrors of substituting such personal fluff over the facts. Nevermind the fact that idiopathic aggression cannot be tested for. Never-mind the fact that being once-upon-a-time-well-behaved dogs is NOT mutually exclusive from explosive violence.<br /><br />Once upon a time, Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, Luka Magnotta, Scott Peterson, etc. were harmless babes capable of great affection and years of passivity and non-violence. would anyone argue that these murderers couldn't possibly commit these crimes because they hadn't killed anyone for the first 5-10 years of their lives, or that they are victims of a "media-frame-up"?<br /><br />None of these men were born with the undeniably compelling power of overwhelming animal instinct and genetic conditioning. Pitbulls cannot be effectively manipulated by communication and social mores. Pitbulls can't be intimidated by the threat of jail or other negative consequences. Pitbulls can't absorb societal and cultural concepts about right and wrong. There's no true deterrent for an errant fighting dog.<br /><br />and lately, it seems a lot of the p-nutters are trying to mitigate the spread of information and safety advocacy somewhat by acknowledging pitbulls are not appropriate for children, because they are "unpredictable animals". This is meant as a means to try to gain credibility via using a tiny sliver of truth, to excuse and deflect the breed-inherent component of brutal attacks.<br /><br />How is it, then, that they insist personal anecdote establishes valid grounds for pro-pit doctrine when they themselves cannot deny the fickle potentialities. unpredictable behavior us just that--UNPREDICTABLE. but they turn around and "predict" what their animal will and will not do.<br /><br />again, love this post! <3jenny rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087764131961573844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-78132794576055420572013-10-04T23:25:58.151-07:002013-10-04T23:25:58.151-07:00i really dont care about the so called nice pits t...i really dont care about the so called nice pits that have supposedly never hurt a person or animal. its the other ones that look just the same as the innocent pits , that i have a problem with. same with their owners ....if they have a pit on the other end of the leash , they are the enemy , as far as im concerned . simply because i cant know otherwise .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-13563792888761797272013-10-04T22:09:18.414-07:002013-10-04T22:09:18.414-07:00Thank you for this, I've rarely seen it explai...Thank you for this, I've rarely seen it explained so clearly. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459347524558238547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524655808844578153.post-79029708076795945762013-10-04T21:28:14.898-07:002013-10-04T21:28:14.898-07:00this would be a fantastic blog post for oct 26th.this would be a fantastic blog post for oct 26th.scurrilous amateur bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575387156203723911noreply@blogger.com