I was walking down the street one day and saw a dog attacking a spaniel that was walking with its owner who also had a child in her arms. The woman was doing everything she could to stop the other dog as it was relentless with its attack on her defenceless dog, but it just kept coming. I ran across the street to help, and after chasing the attacker around a couple of bushes, finally grabbed it as it was heading back for another attack. It was a pitbull puppy, probably no more than 4 or 5 months old. The collar had a tag with it's name and the owners number. and I called them to come and pick it up. The owner took me back to his place and gave me 20 bucks for my efforts. I guess I'll never really know, but he seemed genuinely concerned about his pup, as it had escaped out the front door earlier, and he didn't seem like the type who would abuse his dog or raise it to be vicious.
I am a lover of all dogs and animals in general, but I am always anxious whenever I am in the presence of a pit bull, especially if I have a dog with me. Other dogs can be vicious, and can inflict serious harm, but none that rival the destructive power of a pit bull. I truly feel for pit bulls that are mistreated, abused, raised to be vicious, or put down, and I know that the majority of these outcomes are due to the dogs having owners that want nothing more than a dog that symbolises their own need to exude toughness. It is these irresponsible people that should be held accountable, not the dogs. However, these dogs, when on the attack, inflict serious and sometimes deadly injuries, especially if another dog is the target. Much of the time, these very same dogs have been raised well and the owners are quite shocked to hear that their dog has just seriously injured or killed someone.
Cars, trucks, guns, nailfiles, bars of soap, socks filled with quarters, oranges, tether balls, baseballs, cricket balls, etc. dont have fangs, lockjaws, and bodies of solid muscle that are bred for the sole purpose of killing and act on their own using instinct.
There are so many other breeds of dog to choose from. Why would you want to own a pit bull, other than merely to be tough.
Last edited by skunkney; September 25th, 2004 at 05:02 AM.
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