Campaigners have welcomed the move to outlaw the breed they argue is "a clear and present threat to public health", but concerns have been raised it may not be practical and lead to other kinds of dogs being prohibited.
I’ve been a dog owner, and know many dog owners, and have never personally known someone whose dog went “postal,” including the many pit bulls I’ve met and the several that I’ve lived with.
I didn’t make it up. Given the number of pit bull attacks on humans and other animals every year in the US (because that’s where I found the data), and the number of pit bulls in the US, roughly 1 in 10,000 pit bulls will attack someone or something in a given year. Assuming an average lifespan of roughly 10 years, there’s a roughly 1 in 1,000 chance that a given pit bull will ever attack a human or animal.
Can this possibly be true?
If a dog switches to aggressive mode and stops listening to commands, trying to attack (another dog, a cat, a deer, a bird, a human) that’s what I mean by “going postal”. In most cases they are restrained on leash. The outcome, and the target (for the sake of this argument) are not important. It is not possible to predict accurately when they will do this.
I’ve been a dog owner, and know many dog owners, and have never personally known someone whose dog went “postal,” including the many pit bulls I’ve met and the several that I’ve lived with.
I know a handful of pits who have bitten and severely injured people. For your positive anecdote there is a negative to match.
Statistically, for every negative anecdote, there are about 1,000 positive anecdotes
Technically it is disengenuous to say statistically and then make up a statistic
I didn’t make it up. Given the number of pit bull attacks on humans and other animals every year in the US (because that’s where I found the data), and the number of pit bulls in the US, roughly 1 in 10,000 pit bulls will attack someone or something in a given year. Assuming an average lifespan of roughly 10 years, there’s a roughly 1 in 1,000 chance that a given pit bull will ever attack a human or animal.
So 1 in every 1000 will attack a human? Is that actually a good argument for pit bulls?
i am a dog owner, and know many dog owners, and have personally known 2 neighbors who lost pets due to pits who went ‘postal’
anecdotes gunna anecdote
Can this possibly be true?
If a dog switches to aggressive mode and stops listening to commands, trying to attack (another dog, a cat, a deer, a bird, a human) that’s what I mean by “going postal”. In most cases they are restrained on leash. The outcome, and the target (for the sake of this argument) are not important. It is not possible to predict accurately when they will do this.
Ok. I guess by that definition my family’s black lab has “gone postal.” I’ve never met a pit bull that ever did, though
I mean that’s fairly obvious from subtext. If you had, you would most likely be too traumatised to be defending them on an online forum.