They've gotten an undeserved bad rep do to sensational headlines and a few bad cases. Kinda like expecting everyone in Europe to act like Nazis without exception.
I have a pit/boxer. She is a big goofball who just wants people to play with her. She snores and grunts and barks in her sleep and it's freaking adorable. She has NEVER tried to hurt anyone but people will cross the street when they see her
Being bred to kill isn't an inherently bad thing. Take guard dogs like Tibetan Mastiffs for example. Being bred to kill for protection and being bred to kill for sport are two very different things.
They are different but the goal of those breeds is still "to kill". I personally don't think any creature should be changed or manipulated just to satisfy humans wants
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It's just selective breeding. We've been doing just that for thousands of years.
Indeed it is not pretty. I just wish people weren't so afraid of them you know? Especially when they're in the pound to be adopted, the stigma gives them such a low chance
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My grandpa has a pit bull and she is the sweetest thing, at least towards our family and our dogs. She used to be real violent towards other dogs, actually killed a chihuahua that was acting too big for his britches. But that was several years ago and her temper's calmed down quite a bit since then.
Aw that's beautiful, that's the thing they're very loyal and sometimes a bit TOO loyal. Killing another dog is horrible but the fact your family still kept her is great
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Her only real problems now is that she's a bit fat and she tends to jump on people.
She sounds beautiful :) Molly is such a nice name for a pitbull. This is unrelated but I don't think I'm going to go to bed anytime soon and I feel like talking to someone, so do you want to chat a bit? (you don't have to it's alright)
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I'm going to school in about an hour so I'm gonna be a little less active throughout the day.
It's not the breed , it's certain A-holes who train them to be nasty out of some macho desire to be perceived as a tough guy rather than the simpletons that they are.
My pits were always the sweetest dogs ever, thanks to a loving home and family. But god help anyone or anything that threatens a member of the family
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pits are like guns. in the right hands they are harmless and helps keep you sane. in the wrong hands they are ruthless death machines. it is all how you raise them.
These are cute pictures and I used to truely believe that it was how you raised them that mattered, but unfortunately I just can't bring myself to trust these dogs anymore after my dog was attacked by one. :(
There are pictures of Ted Bundy smiling and looking, so I'm told, handsome. That doesn't change the fact he raped, killed, then raped the dead bodies of at least 30 woman. Your pictures mean nothing to the people these useless animals have attacked.
You can't put all pits in the same category though. That's like saying all humans are terrible killers because of Ted Bundy and multiple other serial killers
I scared the shit outta my poor cat
My pits were always the sweetest dogs ever, thanks to a loving home and family. But god help anyone or anything that threatens a member of the family
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