Pittbulls kill 2 year old and 5 month old
 

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Full Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ng/8219201001/

How do you feel about PittBull's? I posted this because my wife shared this story with me and my son was just recently participating in a "read to sheltered dogs" event where you could adopt a dog (I know brilliant).

I've heard the arguments that PittBull's get a bad wrap, but it seems time and time again they are the focal point of dogs who do these horrible acts.

Bulls from Pitt? Bad news.

What an absolutely terrible story. I don’t know how I would live with myself after something like this. I honestly don’t think I could. I’d probably off myself. And you can rest assured those dogs would be dying a very brutal death themselves.

Just telling Big Daddy to go **** himself before he even makes an appearance in this thread.

Pitbulls make up less than 6% of the dog population, yet are responsible for more than 80% of dog related human fatalities in the US

I don't give a damn what anyone says, I wouldn't trust one of those ****ing dogs for one second

I feel so bad about them that I own one.

I have a pitty mix... dopiest boy on the face of the planet. He is about the size of a big cat but weighs 42lbs and it is ALL muscle. Well, muscle and his giant head.

As for the program where kids read to dogs... that is actually pretty awesome. The dogs get interaction with people, the kids practice reading, and they learn about empathy towards animals and the less fortunate. Glad your kid does that.

In regards to the article... it doesn't state what started the attack (we have all seen countless videos of stupid children hitting dogs and cats until they are provoked into a reaction). We also don't know if these people were shitbird dog owners of if they were well trained pups.

THAT SAID.

If you are gonna get a dog like a Pitty, Mastiff, Cane Corso, Komondor, or any type of dog that is big, muscly, and has a strong sense of preservation... you HAVE to train them. If you have kids... you HAVE to train the kids how to behave around that type of dog.

Crazy that they owned the dogs for 8 years with supposedly no issues and then had a girl grow up to be 2, with still no issues, then just a random occurrence of aggression happened. Not saying I don’t believe that they were pretty normal family dogs but that they’d have a sudden flip of the switch so quickly. Terrible stuff regardless.

Less than 6%, meaning approximately one in 20 dogs are pit bulls? Leaving aside the fatalities stat for a moment, that’s a huge percentage of all dogs.

Shot in the dark and all, but it seems like the two pits in the OP had to be trained at least somewhat if they went 8 years without incident and there's only so much you can do to train an infant and a toddler.

We haven't had a pitbull thread in a while.

Seems like they are everywhere, especially with societies shift towards normalizing thugisms


Very sad for this family and others who have had bad experiences with mad dogs

Hate pitbulls and rots. Kill them all.

I mean this family had them for 8 years with no prior incidents, and then one day they just both freaking snap? Like what the hell?

Clearly this breed is just unstable, end of conversation. As you mentioned, I don’t care what anyone says. Keep those goddamn beasts chained and fenced at all times if you insist on having one.

Make of it what you will, but my opinion of them will never change