And people wonder why I love the breed.

[theweaselking]

You do not fuck with the families of medium-sized terriers.

Three bullets, including one in the head, and the dog is recovering while the intruder is in jail hiding from the cops.

Comments

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Pit bulls get a lot of bad press that should properly be directed at shitty owners. They are amazing dogs.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Teeny dogs bite more and cause more damage. Pit bulls get bad press because they're a popular dog with bad owners - medium-sized, tough-looking, low energy so they don't take a lot of maintenance. Oh, and they're big enough to do serious damage to an adult once they're mistreated, whereas mistreated and untrained teeny dogs are only lifethreatening to infants.

[sanityimpaired.livejournal.com]

Keeshonden were bred to be companion dogs. Golden retrievers were bred to bring back dead ducks. Pit bulls were bred to kill things. The reason they're able to do so much damage is because their jaw muscles are disproportionately large compared to other dogs their size.

Which doesn't mean that pit bulls are automatically dangerous, but when lacking a good environment they're more prone to chewing on people than most other dogs. Other breeds are prone to acting out in less violent ways.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

If you say "locking jaw", I'm ignoring you forever, for the record.

[unknownpoltroon.livejournal.com]

LOCKING JAW LOCKING JAW LOCKING JAW!!!


My black lab used to chew through 2x4, any dog can bite the hell out of someone.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Er...?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The idea that pit bulls have an unusual bone configuration that allows them to "lock" their jaws so they cannot be pried loose is really, really popular, and often cited as a reason why they're much more dangerous than labs or retrievers or huskies.

It's also complete bullshit. There's no such thing.

[sanityimpaired.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wasn't even aware of that particular urban myth.

How would a jaw that mechanically locks work anyway?

[athelind.livejournal.com]

With a little bone key.

[harald387.livejournal.com]

According to the article, cops are still looking for the intruder - the dog scared him off.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[chrisrw109.livejournal.com]

I've found it interesting that Rotties, Pit Bulls and to a lesser extent German Sheperds get the 'killer' rap and have a lot of fear / misunderstanding. We had two huskies when I was growing up in the Bronx, and my mother could be completely certain i was safe in the yard with Brandy and Rusty as my companions.

They were pretty well trained, fanatically loyal great playmates for a rambunctious kid .. and totally ran off people who came into the yard with bad intentions.

Though shalt not f*** with the family, is pretty much an awesome trait of all those breeds.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

Huskies are deadly. And lovable, sweet, and wonderful... and deadly. If I ever get a dog, it'd be a husky.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I am totally sending those people some money for the doggie.

My Jack is part pittie. I may crack on him showing people in and leading them to the cookies, but I know if anyone broke into my house and tried to hurt me, my Jack would fuck their shit up in half a heartbeat.

Speaking of...my dog shaped heater is waiting in bed for me, snoring already.

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

I've personally known three pit bulls. All three of them (one of which was an adult rescue) were the sweetest, goofiest, slobbermuffins you'd ever meet. They were all in different families, so this wasn't a single-household thing.

And on each of them, if their owners said You Were Okay, then you were their best friends. If their owners were uncertain about you, they'd be watchful and suspicious. If their owners were afraid or aggressive towards you, though, those dogs protected their people with all their hearts.

And those pups have huge hearts.

I love pitties. They're such slobbermuffins.

[chrisrw109.livejournal.com]

They're smart dogs, and lovable.

There's not any dog that's gone far wrong that wasn't as a result of some chucklehead abusing them until they were twisted that way.

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

We had a pit bull come into the vet I worked at, lo these many moons ago. He had been hit by a car. The dog had minor scrapes. The car was pretty banged up.

When we released him from observation--kept him overnight to make sure there was nothing long-term--the dog sat in the waiting room with a big grin on his face while small children climbed over him.

He looked very happy. And there is not enough money in the world for me to have raised a hand against any of the little darlings.