Pit Bulls: What's the appeal?

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Sure.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

then post something that is violently cuter, instead.

― Huggy Dork (Kingfish), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

No one needs to see more Jaz Coleman pictures, don't encourage him.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

But Jaz with puppies? THAT'D be something to see!

― Huggy Dork (Kingfish), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that a dare?

Well, it ain't Jaz, but here's Raven from Killing Joke with some of his pit bulls....

http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/raven/raven05.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

a three string AND a five string?

― Huggy Dork (Kingfish), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

A silly shot, indeed.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I honestly haven't seen many people's reasons for *getting* one on this thread. There have been plenty of "but *my* pitbull is nice and gentle and cute!" responses, but that's more to do with why you like them (or like the one that you have, at least) than why you got one in the first place. I'm appalled at people who train dogs to be vicious, but I'm a bit suspicious of the type of pet owner (not anyone in here, I don't think) who wants to *prove* something ("see, pitbulls are great and kind!") -- isn't that kind of a silly reason to get a pet?

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

shoker¡
alex: torn between his love of killing joke and his hatered of pit-bulls.

booo, x-post

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

torn between his love of killing joke and his hatered of pit-bulls.

:::sigh::

I don't hate pit-bulls.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes it is Clarke. Did anyone here say that was why they got one or did I miss something? Several owners here DID say they bought them because they were "nice and gentle and cute". The dogs didn't become that way after they were bought/selected, but rather possessed those attributes from the moment the owner laid eyes upon them. I mean what else do you want besides "MY pit is cute and friendly". You go on a thread and make sweeping generalizations and people criticize you for it. Here, people were sticking to their personal experiences, and yet you have found a way to fault them for it.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

The 'you' in that penultimate sentence is a general 'you' of course.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

The crap people get for making generalizations on other threads has a lot to do with assuming their particular aesthetic evaluations are universal, whereas the pitbull issue is more of a society-as-a-whole thing, insofar as there are public attacks, etc. (Not that this is exclusive to pitbulls, though, obviously.)

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

How many 'public attacks' by pitbulls are there really? By 'public attacks' I assume you are only referring to a dog attacking a complete stranger in a public space, ie while out for a walk. I have never heard of any such attack. And if there have been some, that doesn't necessarily mean that pits are any more dangerous than other breeds. So does anyone here have any experience with pitbulls going crazy and biting people?

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

uh, I think dyson did!

― hstencil, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

There was a horse involved. Pits are known to be aggressive towards dogs and other animals.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

FWIW, I think those part-wolf dogs are WAY more unpredictable and dangerous than your average pit.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

you've confused dyson's and gygax!'s stories.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I *got* one because it was at the pound, was a little tiny baby puppy, and I wanted a dog. Also, he was adorable. I got the second because owning the first one proved to me that many misconceptions of them were just that - misconceptions, and being around Zero all day had relieved many of my own misgivings about owning a pit mix. I watched that dog like a hawk from the moment he was first around my son, and the most aggressive thing that has ever happened between the two of them is that Zero sometimes wagged his tail so hard that it knocked Spencer over. Zoe is a big lovebug, and the worst she has ever done is licked someone until they were positively covered in dog spit. I consider myself pretty lucky to have found two great dogs.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah so I have.
(xpost)

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Public dog attacks: back a-aways up on thread there was a link to stats on fatal attacks- about 12 a year for the past 36 years-

Location of Attack
25% of all fatal attacks were inflicted by chained dogs
25% resulted from dogs loose in their yard
23% occurred inside the home
17% resulted from attacks by dogs roaming off their property
10% involved leashed dogs or miscellaneous circumstances

-and all but 9% were on toddlers or elderly people.

Of course that doesn't mention bites which are surely much more frequent.

― sucka (sucka), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

you know what I don't get are boxer dogs. How can they have such grotesque squooshed faces and be so cute?

http://freespace.virgin.net/p.kabrna/kabrna/barlick/sacha.jpg

― sucka (sucka), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i. am. not. a. horse.
readmyfuckingpost.

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)

heh. as a "thank you" for my attendence at work this month, they gave me a gift card.

what's on the front of this card, you ask?

http://www.mpls-saturn.com/Images/Target%20Gift%20Card_180.jpg

― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, HE'S ABOUT TO LUNGE AT YOU!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

HE'LL DEVOUR YOU WITH SAVINGS AND SELECTION!

― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

NOOOOOOOOO not savings!!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, SAVINGS and FREE SHIPPING IN A HEARTBEAT, just in time for VALENTINE'S DAY!

― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Thursday, 29 January 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

FOR GOD'S SAKE, SHOOT IT!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 January 2004 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

I just watched a documentary about dog fighting in Chicago, and it made the point that the cause of some pitbulls ultra-aggressiveness is their owners, not something inherent to the breed. Pits on average score 83% on temperment tests, whereas the average across all breeds is 80%. These poor dogs are treated so horribly by those who are supposed to be caring for them that demonizing the dogs seems like rubbing salt in their wounds and a form of blaming the victim. I don't understand how someone could blame an animal for an attack when from birth that animal has been abused, denied any socialization, and trained to attack anything that moves.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 4 June 2004 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://animal.discovery.com/news/afp/20030922/gallery/pitbulls_goto.jpg

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

The province of Ontario is considering a ban after a string of recent attacks.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 3 October 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread pissed me off then and it does now. Pit bulls are fucking great. If you get mauled it's probably because you're a bad person, or were in a past life.

In short, pit bulls are better then people.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 3 October 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I just went looking for a pitbull puppy picture and came across the Abu Gharib kennel.

― bnw (bnw), Sunday, 3 October 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

oops, I didn't see your post before, but my sister's dog is in that movie! He's the cute tan pit who is sitting with the shelter owner / pit bull expert.

― k3rry (dymaxia), Sunday, 3 October 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

It's such a shame. Pitbulls can be loving & faithful pets. Invariably it's the owners. Occassionally you get viscious dogs, but that is not exclusive to Pitbulls, it's just pits can do more damage. I don't know any pitbulls myself, so I am still very wary of them. I would love to get one, but then I'd never wholly trust the dog around my kids, which isn't fair to the dog.

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Monday, 4 October 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Pitbulls are loyal but territorial.. They attack when someone threatens their space. But that's not the same as being aggressive. They're smart dogs, but just like kids, some grow up to be assholes when the owners/parents don't train them well.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 4 October 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/zero.jpg + http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/zoe.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the most vicious breed of housecat? I wanna kitty that'll look vicious and badass. My cats are just boring ol'sweethearts.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 4 October 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Get an African cat that hasn't been domesticated yet.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 4 October 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.bluepersian.ndirect.co.uk/gallery/Fortina%20Farne.jpg

Bad. Ass. Cat.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 4 October 2004 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Luna, are they your pits?

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Who else would name pits Zero and Zoe?

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Did she say that in her post, No, so be quiet oops! She could have just posted random pit pics, but I'm sure they are hers, just wanted to check is all!

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

yes'm

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Indeed! ;-)

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes pink, they are.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven months pass...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2005/09/18/wkat418.jpg

A pair of marauding pit bulls emerged from the edge of the bayou beyond New Orleans as the floods receded. Bred as fighting animals, their bloodlust had been sharpened by starvation. The dogs, which were wearing collars, had survived for more than two weeks but food was scarce.

The two pit bulls take turns attacking the bull They stalked towards their prey, a lone bull: a massive beast more than 10 times their combined weight. Like a wrestling tag team, the bitch and the dog attacked with awesome ferocity, leaping at the bull's head and latching on to its muzzle.

The stricken bull repeatedly shook the dogs off, flinging them up to 15 feet in the air. But they took turns to keep up the attack, exhausting the bull which was by now smeared with blood. Even after the bull trampled the bitch, leaving it dazed, the dog stepped up its attack.

The terrifying assault highlighted the US military's concern that pit bulls would form packs and could attack or even kill soldiers.

It was too dangerous for an unarmed witness to intervene but The Sunday Telegraph flagged down a National Guard truck. Seeing what was happening, a soldier shot the bitch in the head.

The dog paused before resuming the attack. It took two bullets to stop it dead.

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― sux2bu (Adrian Langston), Monday, 19 September 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

a soldier shot the bitch in the head.

One wonders, did he smack her up fist?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 19 September 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

So cute.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 19 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

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