I’ve been having repeated problems in my neighborhood with people either letting their dog off leash, or dropping the leash by accident (especially old women with 80lb+ dogs). I’ve had to start carrying mace and a maglite to protect myself and my 20lb dog after he got attacked twice in a month. It’s so frustrating.
Same in our area, pittie got loose when owner was startled by meeting another dogwalker at a corner and dropped the leash. Pittie went right for other dogs throat. And we have other idiots letting their dog of leash at a kids park. All she needed was those wrist straps that lock the leash to you.
Last week a lady had her dog want to go after someone’s leashed cat at the park, she said he’s a hunting dog so he might attack, so she leashed him. Then 30 feet later let’s the dog back off leash. Like what an idiot, you know your dog has issues but you do it anyway.
Bad dogs are almost always a function of bad owners.
Too many small women are getting large dogs that they can’t/won’t control, and then doing fuckall to train them. That’s not the dogs’ fault; it’s 100% on the owners.
I don’t disagree with the training, the difference is an untrained Maltese is not killing kids. Its like an 8 year old kid loose with BB gun or Shotgun. Shotgun is this bigger danger by nature
Macing those old ladies is probably exactly what they deserve for getting dogs they couldn’t possibly physically control.
If you can’t control the dog with your own two hands, that’s not the dog for you.
It’s possible to train your dog to stay when you drop the leash. It’s not something I’ve done explicitly yet, but I’m working up to it since I’ve lost feeling in my hands (probably like those old ladies).
But also, what do those old ladies expect to do with their dogs when the dogs are too old or sick to walk on their own? I got my dog shortly before my worst symptoms manifested and still tried to plan for what I will be able to lift when those come to pass. And thank fuck I did, because she tore her ccl last winter and if I couldn’t lift her into my car idk if she’d even have healed properly
Pitties are not the problem. Humans who don’t train them are. Humans who don’t leash them are.
Nah, they’re a pretty common problem
There’s a reason a lot of states have gun control laws that ban things like AK-47s. Pitbulls are the dog equivalent of assault weapons. When handled responsibly with full respect and knowledge of their potential for harm, likely to not be so much of a problem. But if any irresponsible idiot can get one and let them run loose to tear out some toddler’s throat is it a good idea to allow people access to them?
Yea! And guns don’t kill people, people kill people! Same argument.
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