Do I dare ask this question/Pit attacks my neighbor

ORIGINAL: maizysmom

Personally,I feel sorry for the breed.I hate the fact that these lowlifes cut their ears when ther're so young and how they torment them and shot them because they lost a fight.It isn't the dogs fault and the owners should be more severly punished.Why in Gods name are they adopted out to this type of person--you can see it from the get go.

the hoodlums who get poorly bred human-aggressive pits in oder to look like badasses will continue to do that anyway, despite the law. Or, another breed will get ruined instead by these same douchebags

"Pit bulls are terriers, and terriers tend to be scrappy with other animals if unsocialized, poorly managed or otherwise left to their own devices. Just as farmers have used Jack Russell Terriers to do battle with badgers, foxes and other animals, unscrupulous people have exploited the terrier drive in pit bulls against other dogs for 'entertainment' purposes. Like many breeds, pit bulls can run the gamut from very dog aggressive to exceptionally dog friendly, but each dog shares some potential to fight other dogs if mismanaged. Avoiding dog fights involves understanding terrier traits and basic canine behavior in general." source = [linkhttp://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm]http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm[/link]

Many breeds like the Airedale, Bull, Fox and the Parson (Jack) Russell Terriers do best with experienced owners. [linkhttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/terrier-dog-breeds-group.html]http://www.buzzle.com/articles/terrier-dog-breeds-group.html[/link] 

Keep in mind that there have been many disastrous cases of territorial and dominance aggression in the Dalmatian. [linkhttp://www.best-dog-care-site.com/Examples_Of_Non-Sporting_Dogs_Part_2.html]http://www.best-dog-care-site.com/Examples_Of_Non-Sporting_Dogs_Part_2.html[/link]

This breed (Schipperke) has also been noted on its excessive barking, dominance and territorial aggression. [linkhttp://www.best-dog-care-site.com/Examples_Of_Non-Sporting_Dogs_Part_2.html]http://www.best-dog-care-site.com/Examples_Of_Non-Sporting_Dogs_Part_2.html[/link]

American Humane Society still estimates that some 40,000 people are spectators of illegal dog fights each year. Scarcity of statistics on dog fighting may be indicative of the hush-hush nature of the blood sport, which afflicts both urban and rural regions of our country, from Vick's compound in Virginia to the sprawling ghettoes of South Philadelphia. One Pit Lover website, [linkhttp://www.pitbullsontheweb.comuses]www.pitbullsontheweb.comuses[/link] a particularly poignant anecdote to illustrate how the sleeper sport has permeated much of our country right under our noses. [linkhttp://morningpaper.typepad.com/morning_paper/2007/08/dog-fighting-10.html]http://morningpaper.typepad.com/morning_paper/2007/08/dog-fighting-10.html[/link] 

Here's a link.

http://www.lawdogsusa.org/SecretWeapon.html

I guess they all can't be too bad.

i agree, my pit mix(max) is such a softie and would never harm a fly. he barks at strangers coming to the house but other than that, i would trust him with anyone. he loves children, he just doesnt like cats ;D. its all how you raise a dog, its just a lot of people purchase pitbulls and handle them and raise them incorrectly. or raise them to be protective and guard dogs. but this is not excusive to pitbulls, many people raise dogs to guard their house and be wary of strangers. at the moment the pitbull is the most fashionable "tough dog".

I don't know what the solution is, but I know without a doubt i do not want any of them in my neighborhood.  The ones that have been here had incicents--one we didn't even know was there got out and came after my 12 year old golden hubby was walking on leash.  Luckily the owner was in the front yard and even tho he grabbed the dog, it was still trying to get at Buck.  He did not seem to focus on hubby at all even tho hubby had gotten between Buck and that him.  The owner had no idea how it had gotten out.  We never saw the dog again, but they did move a short time later.

Two dug into the yard behind us from the yard next doot to get at her foster dogs.  She barely got them to safety before the dogs were under the fence.  They got under her raised shed and the AC wouldn't attempt to get them out.  We do think they were being trained for fighting.  She had cement poured in form of sidewalk all along that fence to make sure they didn't get back in her yard again.  It could have been a masacre if she had not been home.  After both she and the neighbors next door to me--their yard wais backed against the one the pitts were in--notified police they thought the dogs were being trained for fighting, the people suddenly moved.

 And then the boxer/pit attacked Val from 2 doors down and did bad damage to her face, scapl, arms, legs and even her side.  This happened just around the vend of our very short horse shoe shaped street  The dog was killed on the spot.

 My one DIL's sister use to talk with such love of her pittie, I iknew my DIL was scared of him and would have her sister board him when they went up for a visit.  It wasn't until after he died i found he he had bitten two children and they moved to a different county before something could be done.  And he bit her because she was either trying to get him to go outside or get him to come inside, but in either case, he didn't want to and he bit her.  When he died ex hubbby got her a pit tie puppy and she gave it back to him.

So no, I do not want any in my neighborhood.  I want to be able to walk my dogs without fear of one digging under a fence and getting out and attacking my dogs as we walk by, or getting out a door not properly shut or a gate not properly shut.  And people make mistakes all the time and it does happen.

terrierlover

Okay....  
 
Please explain to me why the dog down our street has gotten out of his 6 foot Privacy fence and first attacked a neighbors dog badly a month ago.... Then he got out again and went after a man and got his hand and landed this neighbor in the ER with 20 stitches and lots of punture wounds. ...

 The Pit got out and took her to the ground... the two ladies fought like mad and thank heavens a neighbor driving by with his window down heard the screams and he did a U turn in the middle of a street and yard and drove up and got the women in the car and yes she ended up in the ER.
 
The dog is being held 10 days yet again. She has a lawyer as the other guy did as well but this kid never showed up to court... thanks

 Well, I guess it depends on where you live.  I know in my area, when it comes to this sort of thing, the people wouldn't tolerate this sort of thing and the situation would be corrected immediately upon incident regardless of any political repercussions, and it would be expected.  That would apply to any animal including the rare daytime raccoon.