• notaviking@lemmy.worldEnglish
    203·
    1 day ago

    Listen I am just giving my two cents, I have no skin in the game, never owned a pit bull, probably never will. I have personally been attacked by pitbulls on two occasions, still have scars in my innerarm from one.

    Pitbulls due to their reputations attract owners for those characteristics. Then they actually nurture and reward violence. They want a vicious dog because they want to be cheap and save on security, or make themselves look cool by having a dog they “trained” to be a killer. It’s almost like the parents you live through their kids making them compete in pageants or sports for example. Lastly you have the neglectful owner, that just does not care.

    But also pitbulls can be deadly, an angry violent Yorkshire terrier will not be nearly as dangerous as a pitbull.

    But I believe banning the dog will further cement the reputation and will actually enhance the attractiveness of this dog from the wrong types of people even further, because now it is taboo and really must be true. Basically like how cigarettes and alcohol became cool when they are illegal, so will this breed. In fact you will most likely be taking them away from responsible owners 9 times out of 10 that are trying to breed out aggression and further domesticate and breed in qualities to make them more friendly, like how the English bulldog has become a much more docile breed.

    Even if you wipe out the pitbull breed tomorrow these owners will move to another breed, maybe ones that have a much higher, almost double the bite force like a Cane Corso, and the issue of dangerous breeds will continue.

    I still believe poor owners should be held accountable, legally and socially, that ethical ownership for all dogs should be taught at school, at public events, like how to take care of a dog, why it is vetter to adopt than support a puppy mill (also regulate ethical dog breeding and prevent and penalise backyard puppy mills), teach walking an training methods, ban choke chains… List goed on.

    Sorry for my long two cents. I have no problems with any breed, I have a problem with piss poor pathetic owners 9 times out of ten. The issue is much bigger and complex than taking the easy way and blaming it all on one breed

    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      1 day ago

      I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt here, but equating dog breeds to human races is crazy racist. The difference here is humans (generally) have the intelligence to overcome their basal instincts. This does not apply to dogs.

      Pit bulls were bred to be aggressive. That is literally what they were created for. Trying to equate that to Black people is horribly misguided at best, and is, no pun intended, a racist dog-whistle.