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Acting like "It's how you train them" and "blame the owner" aren't 100% valid just exposes your lack of knowledge

You know they're dogs right?

There's no bad dogs. Only bad owners. They learn what you teach them.

Best thing you can do is encourage people to be responsible owners and teach their dogs. Going "Actually it's the dog, owner and training don't matter lul" just garantees more dog attacks and shit owners

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There are 4.5M pitbulls in the US. Pitbulls killed 37 people in 2021. The chances of someone actually being killed by a pitbull are astronomically low.

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246 people died from pitbulls within an 11-year period. Within those 11 years, millions and millions and millions of pitbulls have come and gone. Meaning that again, the chances of you actually being attacked by a pitbull are astronomically low.

Therefore, fear mongering. The only thing that is true is if you are unlucky enough to be attacked, it's probably a pitbull.

EDIT: As with any fear mongering, confirmation bias does all the work. Trumpers believe that ANTIFA and BLM kill people and destroy things because they gobble articles where those groups did those things. In reality, the amount of actual crimes is non-existent

What about it? Why would that change the need for training and insurance? Prevention > reaction.

Acting like "It's how you train them" and "blame the owner" aren't 100% valid just exposes your lack of knowledge

You know they're dogs right?

There's no bad dogs. Only bad owners. They learn what you teach them.

Best thing you can do is encourage people to be responsible owners and teach their dogs. Going "Actually it's the dog, owner and training don't matter lul" just garantees more dog attacks and shit owners

I've tried finding numbers for pitbull attacks but, Google is only giving me results for deaths. I found that there are 4.5 million dog bites a year, with 800,000 requiring medical attention but, none of them gave me a percentage of how many of them were by pitbulls. Trying to find sources that aren't biased in favor of pitbulls is difficult too.

Pitbulls attack people walking down the street and shit. We keep them as pets. That's 37 preventable as fuck deaths. Just get a dog that isn't aggressive

There are 4.5M pitbulls in the US. Pitbulls killed 37 people in 2021. The chances of someone actually being killed by a pitbull are astronomically low.

Last night a good friend of the family was checking on a tenant, upon opening their door a pit lept up and ripped his lower lip right off. Seriously fuck these dogs.

37 pitbull deaths in a year? there are 4000 fatal drowning in the us every year so i am guessing the anti pitbull people think we should ban access to bodies of water too

No they're not. People like Mew just have you brainwashed by specifically posting only the bad stories to spread fear.

What is with this board and pit bulls?

"A new study released in the journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science provides some statistical facts on what breeds actually ARE the most aggressive and the answers may surprise you!The study involved researchers from the University of Pennsylvania as well as 6,000 dog owners. The number one aggressive breed out of the 33 dogs surveyed? The Dachshund. Yes the wiener dog! The study found that one in five dachshunds have bitten or tried to bite strangers, and a similar number have attacked other dogs; one in 12 have snapped at their owners.
Number two on the list is an even more diminutive breed the Chihuahua, while Jack Russells came in third.
The researchers say that the bite statistics that have been released in recent years are skewed because most dog bites are not reported. Big dog bites are more likely to require medical attention, but this does not mean that those breeds are doing the majority of the biting.
One of the teams researchers, Dr. James Serpell, believes that smaller breeds may be more genetically predisposed to aggressive behavior than their larger counterparts. Serpell says, Reported levels of aggression in some cases are concerning, with rates of bites or bite attempts rising as high as 20 per cent toward strangers and 30 per cent toward unfamiliar dogs.
Pit Bulls and Rottweilers scored average or below average in the aggression study. Breeds that scored on the low end are Basset Hounds, Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Siberian Huskies and Greyhounds."

The numbers are skewed because the victims aren't even recognisable after a pitbull mauling

pits are one thing, and you would do well to have at least a butcher's knife nearby. but dachsunds and chihuahuas? i would be nervous squaring off against either of those without a tactical nuclear weapon nearby

"A new study released in the journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science provides some statistical facts on what breeds actually ARE the most aggressive and the answers may surprise you!The study involved researchers from the University of Pennsylvania as well as 6,000 dog owners. The number one aggressive breed out of the 33 dogs surveyed? The Dachshund. Yes the wiener dog! The study found that one in five dachshunds have bitten or tried to bite strangers, and a similar number have attacked other dogs; one in 12 have snapped at their owners.
Number two on the list is an even more diminutive breed the Chihuahua, while Jack Russells came in third.
The researchers say that the bite statistics that have been released in recent years are skewed because most dog bites are not reported. Big dog bites are more likely to require medical attention, but this does not mean that those breeds are doing the majority of the biting.
One of the teams researchers, Dr. James Serpell, believes that smaller breeds may be more genetically predisposed to aggressive behavior than their larger counterparts. Serpell says, Reported levels of aggression in some cases are concerning, with rates of bites or bite attempts rising as high as 20 per cent toward strangers and 30 per cent toward unfamiliar dogs.
Pit Bulls and Rottweilers scored average or below average in the aggression study. Breeds that scored on the low end are Basset Hounds, Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Siberian Huskies and Greyhounds."

Big dog bites are more likely to require medical attention

Last night a good friend of the family was checking on a tenant, upon opening their door a pit lept up and ripped his lower lip right off. Seriously fuck these dogs.

Holy shit is your friend okay?

What is with this board and pit bulls?

37 pitbull deaths in a year? there are 4000 fatal drowning in the us every year so i am guessing the anti pitbull people think we should ban access to bodies of water too