There’s tons of friendly and well raised pitbulls. Y’all just never here about them because the news doesn’t make scary stories about them. Yall have a negativity bias
Pit bulls are the single mostly likely breed to be involved in a bite incident. Over 22% of all bite incidents are pit bulls. Not only that, they are the single most likely breed to be involved in a fatal attack.
So they bite the most, and their attacks are most often the deadliest.
Speculation, but also no shit Sherlock if it is true, if a chihuahua bites you you can punt it across the room. You can’t do the same with a stocky pitbull.
Those stats are a result of shitty reporting by cops who are likely to just list any breed they can’t immediately give two fucks to confirm as a pit.
A rather famous incident quickly dropped off the radar once it turned out that the dog that attacked the victim was actually a golden retriever.
Not to mention how these stats are most of the time introduced as dogwhistles (ignore the pun) for similar mis/disinformation about black people since pits and pit mixes are frequently considered a “black people dog breed.”
A lot of the same framing too, “they’re too dangerous to be part of white society!”, “all they know is how to be violent!”, “they’re a danger to white women and children!”
I know someone with a scar on her face and a deep seeded fear of dogs because she was attacked by…a boston terrier. I guess we should just ruthlessly slaughter any animal with teeth just to be safe.
People should be mindful not everyone wants your dog up in their face. My wife developed a severe allergy to dogs but her coworkers love to parade their doggies into her work area all the time. Welcome to Alaska I guess.
There’s tons of friendly and well raised pitbulls. Y’all just never here about them because the news doesn’t make scary stories about them. Yall have a negativity bias
Negativity bias? Fact bias.
Pit bulls are the single mostly likely breed to be involved in a bite incident. Over 22% of all bite incidents are pit bulls. Not only that, they are the single most likely breed to be involved in a fatal attack.
So they bite the most, and their attacks are most often the deadliest.
Chihuahua are easily bigger biters than pits. They just don’t get reported.
Speculation, but also no shit Sherlock if it is true, if a chihuahua bites you you can punt it across the room. You can’t do the same with a stocky pitbull.
Not with that attitude you can’t.
Those stats are a result of shitty reporting by cops who are likely to just list any breed they can’t immediately give two fucks to confirm as a pit.
A rather famous incident quickly dropped off the radar once it turned out that the dog that attacked the victim was actually a golden retriever.
Not to mention how these stats are most of the time introduced as dogwhistles (ignore the pun) for similar mis/disinformation about black people since pits and pit mixes are frequently considered a “black people dog breed.”
A lot of the same framing too, “they’re too dangerous to be part of
whitesociety!”, “all they know is how to be violent!”, “they’re a danger towhitewomen and children!”I refuse! celebrates the pun
I have a bite scar on my leg and can’t get over it
I know several people with scars on their faces from pitbulls. Four of them had to get reconstructive surgery.
I grew up with one so I am not a hater, but I know they can be very dangerous especially around other dogs.
I know someone with a scar on her face and a deep seeded fear of dogs because she was attacked by…a boston terrier. I guess we should just ruthlessly slaughter any animal with teeth just to be safe.
People should be mindful not everyone wants your dog up in their face. My wife developed a severe allergy to dogs but her coworkers love to parade their doggies into her work area all the time. Welcome to Alaska I guess.