Article on dog fighting

[huedell]

Forget about the fighting for one sec.

I can't understand why anyone would even want to own a pit bull.

Is is a coolness thing ?

You shouldn't have them around kids because they're in-breed to be violent (I've heard this on a TV special). They said ALL pit bulls have an in-breed potential to turn on masters for no reason.

They're not exactly a pretty looking dog either.

So what motivates a person to want one ?

Are they just another BLING ?

Certainly, a "coolness" and a "bling" thing (kinda the same?)

on that token....
I'll also add that Mego73 was dead right on when he basically said that
anyone who remotely buys into this in any shape or form should be
despised---by your typical Joe Human

and I'll further add to that by saying that anyone who buys into this also
can't be trusted----for these are the people who have a bloodlust
that isn't normal and that regular people don't understand and
SHOULDN'T understand

[Adam West]

There is just a twisted culture of people who don't care about any living creature, human, or otherwise.

Maybe I seem like a hypocrite because I do eat meat and I wear leather shoes. However, I don't hunt and if I did, I would eat what I killed. I don't enjoy fishing but my kids do and I feel bad even hooking them even if we release them. I will smack a fly or mosquito dead but if there is a spider around, I'll try to catch it and release it back outside. Same thing with mice. We used to have a mouse problem (they would get into our garage during the winter months). Rather than setting up a $.50 mouse trap, I would set the plastic traps that catch the mice but don't hurt them and take them out into a wooded area and let them go.

I love my dog and couldn't imagine putting my dog or any dog no matter what breed into a Roman Style death match.

I don't know enough about Pit Bulls to say whether or not they are inherently dangerous but my gut instinct would tell me they are not and would only attack if there was a pattern of abuse but maybe our resident vet could chime in.

I do know my sister owned a Rottweiler and it was the nicest dog you could imagine. She also had this little Yorkie that used to grab the Rot by its flapping gums and tug on it like a play toy and the dog would just sit there and let the Yorkie do it. However, the dog was very protective of my sister. If he sensed any danger, he would get right in front of my sister and protect her. She had me pretend like I was fighting her and the dog got up and got right between us and growled at me as if to dare me to make another move. As soon as I stopped he went right back to his spot and would let me pet him or any of the kids pet him without a peep.

[Mikey]

Maybe Chris DVM will chime in.

He must know if owning a pit is playing with fire.

I know they're not recomended for families with young kids.
To me, that says a lot right there.

[Goblin19]

These dog fighting stories popping up lately really disgust me. I don't even like killing bugs.

[toys2cool]

These dog fighting stories popping up lately really disgust me. I don't even like killing bugs.

I'm the same way,I can't kill anything.These stories have been popping up cause of the Mike Vick thing,looks like the guy was running a dog fighting business from one of his houses,what a loser!!

I know pit bulls aren't recommended for families with small children,but I think it also depends on how you treat your dog,my uncle had a pit named Kimo Cyclone and he was one of the sweetest dogs,he lived like 16 years and never bit anyone or attacked anyone,so I guess it just depends you know...now most of the thug wanna b's are buying these just to act bad,but they could be real sweet if you raise them right

[txteach]

I always hear of how sweet Pitt Bulls are until they eat someone.

[toys2cool]

I always hear of how sweet Pitt Bulls are until they eat someone.