Sheekle said:

sh4d0ws said:

We could also attempt to neuter Sheekle's out of existence, Im sure a ton of people would be on board. Plus, theres lots of other humans in the world.

Just making a point...

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If I went around brutally attacking innocent people then sure I wouldn't see the problem with being unable to reproduce.

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Sheekle said:

german shepards are shitty dogs too.

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ChameleonTruffle said:

Humans should be able to know how to defend themselves from dogs. I swear, if my sweet girl ever turned on me, there's hell to pay. Don't allow ANY dog to bite.

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Sheekle said:

all the more reason to nueter all of them

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Boomer The Great said:

Sheekle said:

german shepards are shitty dogs too.

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You just sound like a shitty dog owner.

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Crystal G said:

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A five-year review of dog-bite injuries from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, published in 2009 in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, found that almost 51 percent of the attacks were from pit bulls, almost 9 percent were from Rottweilers and 6 percent were from mixes of those two breeds.

In other words, a whopping two-thirds of the hospital's dog-attack injuries involved just two breeds, pit bulls and Rottweilers.

Other studies confirm these statistics: A 15-year study published in 2009 in the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology revealed that pit bulls, Rottweilers and German shepherds were responsible for the majority of fatal dog attacks in the state of Kentucky. [See What Your Dog's Breed Says About You]

And a 2011 study from the Annals of Surgery revealed that "attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs."

The authors of that 2011 study go on to say, "Strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduces the U.S. mortality rates related to dog bites."

Even the U.S. Army has acknowledged that pit bulls are high-risk dogs; they are therefore prohibited in some military housing units.

Pit bulls join several other breeds on the list of dogs that are recognized as more likely to attack and cause significant injury: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data and found the following breeds are implicated in a majority of dog-bite fatalities:

Pit bulls
Rottweilers
German shepherds
Huskies
Wolf hybrids
Malamutes
Doberman pinschers
Chow-chows
Saint Bernards
Great Danes

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http://www.livescience.com/27145-are-pit-bulls-dangerous.html


It's always some douche trying to look tough that owns pit bulls.

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It is really interesting to me that Chow-chows are on that list

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Most commonly kept as pets, Chow Chows tend to display discernment of strangers and can become fiercely protective of their owners and property. The American Kennel Club standards, however, consider an all-too aggressive or all-too timid Chow Chow to be unacceptable.[10] For that reason, some owners have attributed a cat-like personality to the Chow Chow.[13][14]

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This breed of dog has many strong loyal bonds with friends and family, but the Chow Chow dog is usually overly protective of one or two main family member(s).[15] It is in the breed’s nature to be quiet and well behaved, but it is also resistant to training. Chow Chows become very stubborn and attach to certain individuals, as they age. This is why training them when they are puppies is so crucial because they gain respect for those who care for them.

In order to avoid aggressive and over-protectiveness as an adult, continuous socialization as early as possible could allow the dog to adjust. When Chow Chows have reached adolescence they reject authority from any other owner who failed to earn its admiration. Aggression can be one distinctive behavioural characteristic in this breed, though while some are of an aggressive nature, many are known to be easy-going in nature - sometimes adopting an aloof disposition to individuals other than their owners. Aggression when it does appear is often towards other dogs of the same sex, especially Chows. Due to their strong hunting instincts, it is recommended that these dogs stay fenced, leashed, and away from cats and small dogs. This is why it is crucial that they are socialized early and consistently in order to act appropriately with strangers. At first, chow chows are very hesitant in interacting with strangers. However, this problem can be avoided if the owners train the chow chow at a young age.

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Face of a killer:


Likely the lethality of the attacks has more to do with size of the breeds
it is not like anything on the list is a lap dog
because lap dogs barely do damage when they go nuts
and are considered cute for displaying aggressive tendencies in a small package

For real tho,
after years of volunteer work in animal shelters,
pit bulls and rottweilers
tend to be among the most frequently abused dogs that come in
likely because the owners more typically view them as security tools
than pets
rottweilers and pit bulls are absolutely lovable pets when raised well
and rottweilers, in particular, have always been good around kids in my experience

with that said tho,
in my toddler years my parents had a wolf/husky/german shepard hybrid from a reservation
she had a batch of puppies and was wonderful to them
then one day she was playing with the neighbours little terrier, as they had done a number of times
then she playfully picked up the neighbours dog by the back of the neck
like carrying a puppy
then shook it violently until its neck snapped
so she was put down before we could risk the same happening to me


and on an different, yet similar, note
in my teens, convinced my mother to adopt a beautiful terrier/miniature pincher cross
named her Contessa
the animal control officer had brought her in after she was reported running with a pack of coyotes for months
and she was next in line to be euthanized as 'unadoptable' because of her history

we had a different neighbour that point, who worked as border patrol
and had a black lab trained for sniffing contraband at the crossing
the neighbour tossed over a ball playing fetch, it went over their fence
the lab came running in
and Contessa had it flipped over onto the ground and went straight for the throat
never knew a dog that small could catch a Labrador off-guard and have enough force to flip it
but the lab was treated at the vet and Contessa wore a muzzle until she could get in to be put down
'once they get a taste of blood...'

breeds do have tendencies towards or away from aggression
but good or poor training really provides definition to who they are
kind of like children maybe

Sheekle said:

Google it, IDK, I haven't watched the life of every pitbull throughout the world so I obviously can't fact check it but that's the statistic that seems to get thrown around and it seems about right. Only time I've ever been chased by dogs was by pitbulls, only time I ever hear of people getting attacked by dogs was by pitbulls.

Some dog breeds are simply less aggressive than others. Like I said, the entire reason pitbulls exist is because they were specifically bred for the purpose of dog-fighting, they were built to be aggressive animals.


I used to have this German Shepard when I lived with my parents. We treated him right, we never trained him to be aggressive and we shamed him whenever he was, and yet he continued to viciously attack random people every once in a while. It was heavily fucked up, my mom's a dipshit for insisting that he stay alive long after he should have been put down. Some dog breeds are simply more assholes than others.

Whenever I heard of a pitbull being a big teddy bear, it's usually a female. The fact is the vast majority of male pitbulls, male german shepards, male rotweilers, are dangerous creatures and in a society that wants to promote peaceful existence I simply see no point in allowing these aggressive breeds of animals to exist when there's many other breeds of dogs with extremely negligible instances of aggression.

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vandago said:

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Honestly I think the most feared dog is, and should be, rottweilers.  They are fuckin brutal when poorly trained, and they are no joke when they attack.

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They are pretty physically intimidating even in stature


but, honestly, the list got me thinking
about having never witnessed a violent Saint Bernard
aside from Cujo, which probably does not count




having one of those pin and attack would probably be pretty intense as well