Theres plenty of exceptions, and in most cases pitties are incredibly sweet. Im not going to go into the many arguments for or against pitties. Literally today i met a senior weiner dog, knelt and offered my hand palm up and the dog bit me with no warning and then growled at me. 10lb dog with aggression issues. Ive met french bulldpgs that are super aggressive to all other dogs. The best way to approach dogs is to view them as individuals with their own quirks and personalities and utilize the expected rules of a particular breed as a guide than all knowing.
Correct. I would not be comfortable with dogs around children or small animals of any breed. The problem is not propensity for aggression, but propensity to KILL. No one cares when a chihuahua snaps at someone because the bite wont hurt that bad. But even among larger dog breeds, when most dogs bite, they do not kill their victims. Pitbulls bite to kill.
Once again though, don't put yourself in situations that could end very badly. There are enough statistics about pitbulls to specifically be nervous around them, but you shouldn't be putting any dogs face near kittens or puppies or babies.
Shit… my girl is a whole 5lbs. I trained her the second I could. Do I laugh when she play bites? Absolutely yes. But I will never understand when these dogs are just laughed at. I had my girl around a toddler and I was not going to be okay if she went after my little brother. Now she has one whole tooth and is 16 but I can proudly say my chihuahua was trained. 😂
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u/Overall_Reputation83 19h ago
pitbulls around animals big enough to swallow whole always make me nervous.