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Venus Pax wrote:

Wildscar wrote:

mr.72 wrote:One source says pit bulls are good animals full of all sorts of admirable and lovable qualities, the bad ones are just flukes, and most of the information about pit bulls being bad pets are based on myths.

The other source says pit bulls are basically bad animals, good and lovable ones are flukes, and most of the information supporting their good qualities are full of misinformation.

That mentality can be applied to just about anything from guns to soap to Kids crafting scissors to the ham samich that you are about to eat for lunch.

Guns, soap, crafting scissors and ham sammiches don't have much of a record of chasing other living beings down and mauling them.

Admitting that something can be dangerous isn't saying that you despise it and want it destroyed. Large dogs have the potential to be dangerous; burying our heads in the sand doesn't change this.

While I do agree with ya. That was not the point I was trying to make. I was trying to state that for any article you find saying something is good there can be another found saying the same thing is bad.

mr.72 wrote:One source says pit bulls are good animals full of all sorts of admirable and lovable qualities, the bad ones are just flukes, and most of the information about pit bulls being bad pets are based on myths.

The other source says pit bulls are basically bad animals, good and lovable ones are flukes, and most of the information supporting their good qualities are full of misinformation.

That mentality can be applied to just about anything from guns to soap to Kids crafting scissors to the ham samich that you are about to eat for lunch. You will find and article that rebuts and has a different view on just about everything in this world.

As for the view of things that a tricky one. I have learned a long time ago not to judge a book by its cover. Mainly cause everyone I have met or come across has automatically done that to me. Some of you on this forum that have met me might understand why. I’m a big scary guy. Maybe not as much these days but I have been accused of that before. People label me a someone that going to beat them up if I look at them wrong or I’m just in their store to rob them of steal from them(Yes I have been followed more than once around a store). It’s kind of funny some times when a coworker and I get onto an elevator here at work and there is a kid there. The kid normally looks at the coworker first and smiles and what not but then glances over to me and practically starts crying. I don’t do it on purpose it’s just the look I have. But those of you that have met me and see how I really am can tell that I don’t really fall into that stereotype cept for my looks. Should that mean I should be shot on site for saying hi to stranger in a park?

One more thing that nobody has touched on (unless I missed it somewhere). How were the kids interacting with the dog before it became aggressive? Were they being mean to the dog and that’s what causes it to become aggressive. Did they run up to it and that what caused the dog to become startled. Not saying they were but it’s just another, what if scenario. Because I tell you what, I might be a nice guy in a big scary wrapper but when you cross me or treat me like crap I am not going to come across as a nice guy. But that’s just me and my opinion.

Now would I have done the same? I can’t say. I was not there. But I can tell you this. I do not agree with the way it was reported.

flintknapper wrote:Wow, took me five tries!

And I thought I knew my dogs pretty well.

3 for me. Was probable just luck though.

All it takes is one bad day. As someone stated before you can find these stories online all day long. This one was not even about a pit bull and was the family dog. Go figure.

nbc5i wrote:Family Dog Attacks, Kills Woman

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/7658043/detai ... w&psp=news

NBC 5 has learned that a woman in Scurry, Texas, died because of a dog attack.

The attack occurred about 6 p.m. Thursday in the in Kaufman County town. According to witnesses, David Mayfield heard two women screaming from the home next door.

He found the family's pet dog attacking the women even though the animal was chained to a porch.

Mayfield, Dorothy Mayfield and another women were injured by the attack and transported to Parkland Hospital In Dallas.

Dorothy Mayfield died from wounds she suffered during the attack. David Mayfield was treated and later released. The other woman remains in the hospital.

According to family members, the dog -- a Great Dane named Brutus -- was previously well behaved. They said the dog snapped for an unknown reason.
Holly Henderson, the daughter of the hospitalized victim, called the attack an accident.

"It's a freak thing. It's bizarre," she said. "This doesn't happen every day. Not everybody's dog does this. This doesn't normally happen. I mean, it's just a very weird situation. It's almost like a nightmare."

Brutus was euthanized, and his remains will be tested for rabies by state veterinary examiners

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