RangerClay Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 If you are truly loyal to your pit bull, I dare you to call your homeowners insurance carrier and tell them that you have a pit bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Pit Bulls Ok. Well while we're ripping Pitts because there watered down and more able to attack. I like Pitts would own one if we didn't have to many animals. Let quit driving brown cars I saw a thing that more serious accidents happen in brown cars. It was researched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 If you are truly loyal to your pit bull, I dare you to call your homeowners insurance carrier and tell them that you have a pit bull. I wouldn't do that ... no more than I would tell them that you have beware of dog signs posted ,, a can of worms to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I would never own a pit. I worry every second while my lab and airedale are outside in the non fenced in part of the yard. They both have their shock collars on full blast when they are there. You can not predict kids or people and them running towards my dogs. And I have no idea what the dogs would do if they had people/kids run towards them. I am very aware that a dog is a dog and no matter the breed they can and will bite. I had an airedale bite a kid in the throat.... She was passed out in the front yard, kid ran over and jumped on her, she reacted out of a dead sleep and grabbed his throat. Talk about a scary situation. 100% kids fault BUT.... still a dogs fault. I would never take the risk with a pit. Also, to bad we cant breed people to be how we want them like some pit owners do. We need a smoking hot mute chick breeding tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ding..Ding..Ding!!!!!! You just validated my point! Originally! You can find quality animals with all of the breeds you mentioned but you have to have the bloodlines and you will keep those good traits. Today's pit bulls have had those good traits bred out of them and we are stuck with the sorry asterisk breed that we have today. Luke's numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. Take a look at the dog bite and fatality numbers for the last 10 years and one breed tops the list....pit bull. Any dog can be a great guard dog. You don't need one as unstable as a pit. Those dogs in some cases are not even true to the breed Joe. What you post is not true either, check the akc and you will find plenty of quality bloodlines and also find they have done testing of the breed's dispositions. Amazing what some people will call a pit bull, have seen labs that were guilty of biting that were dubbed "pit bulls" by people who did not know the first thing about dog breeds. I have seen what people called "pit bulls" that were over 100 lbs. and anyone who knows the first thing about the animal knows they are a medium sized dog that simply does not get that big without having been bred to another breed. Like I posted before I got bit by a german sheperd when I was a kid, I don't hold it against the breed, I know there are good and bad just like with people. Dog fighting really helped with the stereotyping and you mention 10 years ago a couple times, Michael Vick sure did not help with bringing attention. Dog fighting had gone on for a long time and yes people used pit bulls which probably helped earn them a bad reputation, not really the breed's fault. Not too terribly long back cocker spaniels had the highest incidence of bites if I am not mistaken. If a kid got bit in the face or throat area by a cocker spaniel it could be fatal, dead is dead whatever the breed. You ever watch the dog whisperer, he uses dogs they call pit bulls, wonder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ok. Well while we're ripping Pitts because there watered down and more able to attack. I like Pitts would own one if we didn't have to many animals. Let quit driving brown cars I saw a thing that more serious accidents happen in brown cars. It was researched. LOL. Umm yeah Cody, and while were at it lets follow this mentality and ban freaking guns because everyone here knows that guns kill people.:bang::wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Pit Bulls LOL. Umm yeah Cody, and while were at it lets follow this mentality and ban freaking guns because everyone here knows that guns kill people.:bang::wacko: I know lol I never said that was god research it was some wacko from over seas lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Those dogs in some cases are not even true to the breed Joe. What you post is not true either, check the akc and you will find plenty of quality bloodlines and also find they have done testing of the breed's dispositions. I'll meet you part way on this one. I should have said most pit bulls. A well bred, temperamentally stable American Pit Bull Terrier is less likely to kill a human. The American Pit Bull Terrier's that *are* human aggressive should be destroyed. Period. They are a dog aggressive breed, it's a common trait.. so that shouldn't surprise you. What I meant to say is there are hardly any real American Pit Bull Terrier left.. Today's "pit bull", are those overbred, hippo things.. which aren't American Pit Bull Terriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I must add though I have nothing against Labs as it my have sounded in my earlier post,,, heck we own a Lab too! And a little Jack russell terrier and my Pit Missy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Good pit bulls outnumber bad | Menace Unleashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 We need a smoking hot mute chick breeding tree. I don't care for the Pit breed either. Wouldn't look down on anyone for owning one though. They do make one heck of a hog dog breed. Outstanding catch dogs. Something that must differ from the south and the north.......most pits aren't owned by "mom pop trailer park hicks" or "John Q. Redneck"......you find most owners of pits here live in the projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 .......most pits aren't owned by "mom pop trailer park hicks" or "John Q. Redneck"......you find most owners of pits here live in the projects. True dat. Pits are the ghetto dog of choice these days, replaced rotts and dobermans. I know of several that I pass by on the highway that are bound to a small kennel, never have human interaction, just sit in a 4x8 cage all day waiting for the next breeding session to come in. I was attacked once by a pit as a kid. Got lucky, it was winter and my heavy coat gave him a mouth full of polyfill instead of me before his owner could get him off of me. It was a dog they took to the fights all the time, and the kid assured me he was just a big baby. Take any dog that's not acclimated to human interaction and you got problems. Take one with the power of a pit and you got big problems. I have no ill will toward the breed, but some of their owners need to be put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I was attacked once by a pit as a kid. Got lucky, it was winter and my heavy coat gave him a mouth full of polyfill instead of me before his owner could get him off of me. I knew you looked familiar...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Lol too funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Yep, that was me. Winter time in about the year 1980. Kid next door had a big pit that ran a cable back in forth in the yard. I was terrified of the dog, but he assured me if I would pet him he'd warm up to me. Put my hand on top of his head, he pounced on that big puffy coat and was coming back for some red meat when the kid got his collar. I don't care for the dogs, but it's a handler issue, not so much a breed issue, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I knew you looked familiar...... LOL that's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 True dat. Pits are the ghetto dog of choice these days, replaced rotts and dobermans. I know of several that I pass by on the highway that are bound to a small kennel, never have human interaction, just sit in a 4x8 cage all day waiting for the next breeding session to come in. I was attacked once by a pit as a kid. Got lucky, it was winter and my heavy coat gave him a mouth full of polyfill instead of me before his owner could get him off of me. It was a dog they took to the fights all the time, and the kid assured me he was just a big baby. Take any dog that's not acclimated to human interaction and you got problems. Take one with the power of a pit and you got big problems. I have no ill will toward the breed, but some of their owners need to be put down. I do agree pits are ghetto black people dogs, and I would never pay BIG bucks for one either. In fact I found my dog Missy alongside the road she had no collar and was all dirty and stinky so I stopped opened the door and she jumped in and sat down. We ran a add in the paper but no one claimed her and by that time she was reallyyy attached to me so I couldn't let her go. I'm glad now no one claimed her because she's the best behaved dog I've ever seen. My uncle lives right down the road n he has a brown Lab that he spent alott of money to put thru a big time training course and he's a good dog but Missy is just as if not better behaved than him. Not to toot my own horn lol. The only dog I'd spend big bucks on is a Rottie, I'm lookin for one right now lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradog Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 A lady I have done a lot of carpentry work for was attacked by two pitbulls. Would have been killed but a neighbor heard her screams and wet after the dogs with a 2x4. She has big permanent scars from it. She was one of two peoplle who testified before the MN House when they were considering a ban on the breed. I love dogs. They've been a big part of my life. And there's rarely a dog I can't befriend - including pit bulls. But I will never completely trust a pit bull. Never! I own two rental houses and no way would I allow a Pit type dog. My insurance co. would require an additional rider for several breeds of dogs. Pit is at the top of the list. About $700 a year - Statistics do not lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy778 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I own three pit bulls right now. They are the best dogs I have ever owned. I would say they would not hurt a fly but they like to chase them. Funny to watch. There are three main types that people own today. Red Nose, Blue Nose and Brindle and then there is the American Pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 There are insurance companies out there that don't have a prohibited. dog list. We. change companies when they (Erie) said they wouldn't insure us because we had a rottie. Statefarm didn't care what kind of dogs we had! Will NEVER go back to Erie insurance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Not too terribly long back cocker spaniels had the highest incidence of bites if I am not mistaken. If a kid got bit in the face or throat area by a cocker spaniel it could be fatal, dead is dead whatever the breed. You know why, William ?? Bad breeding. Back in the '70's cocker spaniels were all the rage. Everybody wanted one. So anybody that had two cockers put them together and had a litter of pups. Didn't matter if the two dogs had any business passing along their genes or not. There was a big demand and good money in cocker spaniel pups. So we ended up with a high-strung, spazzy and often downright mean breed from what had once been a loyal, hard-working bird dog. Same thing, to a slightly lesser degree, happened with Labs a decade or so later. Now it's Pit bulls. I see it every day. They are not only the choice of the ghetto but of the college student. How many times I have delivered to a freshman, just moved in, and they've proudly got their Pit bull pup in the apartment. Poor thing spends the majority of its life in a cage alone in the apartment. Couple years later the dog is ramming the other side of the door when I knock. Kid graduates, the real world kicks in and Door Rammer ends up at the shelter waiting for adoption by someone who knows NOTHING about how the dog was raised/neglected. Makes for a bad combination whether it's a Pit or a poodle. But currently it seems the it is the dog of choice for neglect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I been cancelled by two insurance companys because I had rots.I got auto owners insurance now.That company lets the agent decide about the dogs.He loves my dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 There are insurance companies out there that don't have a prohibited. dog list. We. change companies when they (Erie) said they wouldn't insure us because we had a rottie. Statefarm didn't care what kind of dogs we had! Will NEVER go back to Erie insurance! Yep. State farm, allstate, and farm bureau in my experience pretty well handle the same way. They ask do you have a dog yes or no and how many, did not ask breed type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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