discussion Should Pitbulls be banned as pets?

[305]

Nope. 

Bad owners should be jailed or fined

[Subzero]

My sister and cousin both have pitbulls and they're very friendly and sweet. The owners should be held responsible for training their animals, especially of they train to be aggressive/dog fight, the owner should be punished for that on principle alone.

 

Humans decided to domesticate dogs and made these animals dependant on us, can't just up and decide to have them fend/be on their own in the wild after hundreds of years. Maybe placing stricter laws on who can and should be able to obtain one as a pet might be a good idea? Idrk.

 

I've never been bitten/attacked by any dog but a Yorkie, those little shits are pure evil. I'd vote for them to be banned off planet earth before pitbulls tbh 

[Bussea]

no

[Angelgrande]

18 minutes ago, lover. said:

No, it is humanity that is the problem 

 

[PMKARDASHIAN]

I’ve interacted with 4 pit bulls in my life. 
 

2 of which had the same owners, both sweet, almost skittish, playful, cuddly lap dogs. They were very well trained (except for jumping on people but that doesn’t really bother me). You can tell their owners really put in time and work and discipline with them. 
 

The 2 others were from another owner. Both aggressive, mean, and would attack. One had to be caged whenever someone came into the house, and would continue to bark and try to escape the cage (he had to be put down because he started showing signs of aggression to the owners child), and the other one, while she can be uncaged, is still leery to people and will bark and snarl from other rooms. 
 

no, I don’t think they should be banned, and you can’t really screen potential owners on how well they’ll be able to raise them. So pit bulls exist in a kind of grey area when it comes to dog ownership. I would personally never own one because I like cute fluffy big dogs like huskies, collies, and Akitas, but if someone is willing and able to put in the time an effort a pit Bull requires, then by all means own one 

[meangreen11]

The bias towards “not my baby! He/she wouldn’t hurt a fly!” by pit owners is laughable. I guarantee every pit that has killed someone has had an owner said that at one point. 

 

My brother got a pit bull while we were in high school. He was very sweet, well trained and knew several tricks, and a generally well behaved dog, so I get why people could be led to believe they are “just sweet babies.” But sometimes something would just flip in him and he’d become very violent towards other dogs, even our other dogs he was raised around. We unfortunately had to rehome one of our dogs (a dachshund) because he attempted to kill him on multiple occasions. 
 

Eventually our neighbors got a pit also, and everything changed rapidly. They didn’t properly restrain or train their dog and he’d come into our yard every day or so and start things. If two pit bulls get in a fight, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it without the risk of injury. It ultimately ended up ripping our pit’s ears off and mauling his neck. We got him to the vet but he didn’t make it. They are bred to fight and once it happens, it’s over. 
 

My dad ended up going to the neighbor’s house (with a gun because I lived in the country) and gave them the option of putting their dog down or him doing it himself. They chose the first option. 
 

I don’t care how much you insist your pit isn’t violent. It absolutely can be if that instinct gets triggered. 
 

Even without other dogs involved they can still snap. My old boss’s pit but his 2 year old daughter’s face. The little girl is left with facial scarring for the rest of her life. Even after, the parents insisted he was a sweetie and kept him. Pit owners have their heads up their a**es and ignore the brutal reality. Even if not raised to fight/attack, it is instinctual. 

[Mikeymoonshine]

I'm honestly sick of this topic constantly being brought up. Pitbulls do not attack people if they are not taught to attack people, I know loads of people with them and none of them are violent. Anyone who owns an animal should be responsible and know how to treat it properly, yes some dogs are more likely to exhibit certain behaviors but that does not mean they can't be good dogs when treated properly. 

[byzantium]

Of course not.  Pitbulls are great animals.  

[tellem]

Yes

I don’t hate them like people in that subreddit seem to but they don’t belong around people or other dogs. 

[EtherealCat]

yes, theyre bred to be violent and dangerous

[Newt]

Personally, I think the true issue is that pet ownership should be more regulated across the board in our evolving society. It's crazy that anyone can purchase an animal for the price of a 4pc. Chicken McNugget and do whatever they want with it, with little oversight. I find it somewhat obscene 

 

The pit bull conversation is merely a subset of a much larger problem, IMO

Edited May 5, 2022 by Newt

[CaptainMusic]

 

1 hour ago, meangreen11 said:

The bias towards “not my baby! He/she wouldn’t hurt a fly!” by pit owners is laughable. I guarantee every pit that has killed someone has had an owner said that at one point. 

 

My brother got a pit bull while we were in high school. He was very sweet, well trained and knew several tricks, and a generally well behaved dog, so I get why people could be led to believe they are “just sweet babies.” But sometimes something would just flip in him and he’d become very violent towards other dogs, even our other dogs he was raised around. We unfortunately had to rehome one of our dogs (a dachshund) because he attempted to kill him on multiple occasions. 
 

Eventually our neighbors got a pit also, and everything changed rapidly. They didn’t properly restrain or train their dog and he’d come into our yard every day or so and start things. If two pit bulls get in a fight, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it without the risk of injury. It ultimately ended up ripping our pit’s ears off and mauling his neck. We got him to the vet but he didn’t make it. They are bred to fight and once it happens, it’s over. 
 

My dad ended up going to the neighbor’s house (with a gun because I lived in the country) and gave them the option of putting their dog down or him doing it himself. They chose the first option. 
 

I don’t care how much you insist your pit isn’t violent. It absolutely can be if that instinct gets triggered. 
 

Even without other dogs involved they can still snap. My old boss’s pit but his 2 year old daughter’s face. The little girl is left with facial scarring for the rest of her life. Even after, the parents insisted he was a sweetie and kept him. Pit owners have their heads up their a**es and ignore the brutal reality. Even if not raised to fight/attack, it is instinctual. 

 

 

The pitbull owners in this thread will just ignore this sad reality that their pets are naturally aggressive animals that do not belong in a civilised society. 

[shinyshimmery]

My sister has one.... the dog has a friendly temperament but I would never turn my back on this breed. She's asked me to feed the dog a couple times when she's out of town, and the dog behaves very well.... but im still alert when around it. Also, I have a french bulldog and even he gets temper tantrums.... he's got a lot of power so I can only imagine what a dog 4x his size can do to a human body. I've read a lot of horror stories of owners of this breed and would never own one myself. I do think it's the owners responsibility to raise these dogs well and prevent accidents from happening. 

[shinyshimmery]

1 hour ago, Mikeymoonshine said:

I'm honestly sick of this topic constantly being brought up. Pitbulls do not attack people if they are not taught to attack people, I know loads of people with them and none of them are violent. Anyone who owns an animal should be responsible and know how to treat it properly, yes some dogs are more likely to exhibit certain behaviors but that does not mean they can't be good dogs when treated properly. 

This is probably bc those dogs are raised in solitude. Pitbulls are NOT communal dogs, they are territorial and need to be the only pet in the family. 

[Flower]

2 hours ago, Pheromosa said:

I think their owners should be SEVERELY PUNISHED for negligence with them .

That will solve the issue 

Yes, death penalty.

[Rev8]

Anyone who voted Yes, is an idiot

 

it's the 2nd option, owners are responsible for a Lot of the **** the dogs do

 

 

 

 

I remember hearing about a FB group that people in it, went around, got pitbulls and then killed them.

Just because they dont believe they should exist.

Vile

[Rith]

yes, they are mostly like guns. can be sweet and look good but there is always that chance of it blowing up. better not risk it at all tbh.

just ban breeding them etc. and the species should go down in numbers slowly

[Lost In Paradise]

if you lead with love when training any dog, they will generally not attack anyone ever.

 

the problem is owners who do JUST enough to keep their dogs fed and alive. dogs need interaction. they need exercise. they need owners who pay attention to their needs.

 

if you're doing the bare minimum, your dog will lash out in a number of ways.

[JustHoran]

No. It all depends on how they are raised. This lady's pitt almost attacked me once  It was a rescue, so it had gone through things before it came to her. He didn't like me around her EVER and would want to literally kill me  It was terrifying, but she had him in training. Anyway, I would never own one personally.

[Dystopian]

the way any pet acts depends on how their owner raises them and teaches them to act. i grew up with a pitbull and he was never aggressive with anyone, only playfully.

[Dancehall Queen]

In the US at least, the term is pretty meaningless right? Anything that even looks kind of like a pit bull is called one so how would a ban even work? Out of curiosity I checked different Reddit posts about it and saw that a theoretical ban would be based on visual appearances and, in addition, have a genetic element with even 20% pit bull being enough to ruin a dog. 
 

Also scrolled by one of the pinned posts that lists attacks and more than few seemed like “man sends pit bull after ex wife” type attacks. I feel like… that’s already a crime. 

[FOCK]

No. There should be stricter regulations, laws and consequences for irresponsible dog breeders. 

There should be mandatory socialisation training + a license required to own a pet with the ability to cause considerable injury.

 

Ban Pugs, French Bulldogs & Dachshunds. What a terrible existence.

[bliaz]

A dog's behavior is largely due to the education given to it by its owner. However, there are dogs that are violent by nature and it only takes a trigger for them to release that aggression. Pit bulls are one of them. I have not had any bad experiences, but I have heard many ugly stories. Fortunately what my sister told me was not one of them. Recently she was going with her little daughter to the store and a pit bull dog approached them, my sister protected my niece immediately, but the dog apparently just wanted to play. I can't imagine if it had been aggressive. 

[AlanRickman1946]

Dogs these days are the product of years of selective breeding to have characteristics that are favourable to humans not necessarily to the animal itself. 

 

Blood hounds are good at sniffing cos of their breeding and genetics, collies are good at herding, greyhounds are fast...the list goes on. 

 

How come for pitbulls it is all a case of NUTURE over NATURE.

 

It is a conspiracy theory I'm actually interested in.

[Jay L]

No. My sister has a pit and it’s the sweetest dog. I’ve been around several pitbulls in my life and it’s all been positive experiences. You just have to take the time to train them right.