the Pits worst enemy

[sixjollydogs]

:cry: There are a lot of pit owners on this forum...and a loyal lot they are. I think this is great...BUT....sometimes I think those who profess to love this breed are this dog's own worse enemy. How could any pit owner think it was a good idea for Mary to have an attack dog pit?...and the family leaves gates open?

Check out the laws in most places for keeping attack dogs..it will specify fence height, gates with locks etc.

I know most were bothered by this...but think this is something that no one should approve of.

I am referring to the 13 year old child who is out looking for a stalker with a attack-trained pit. (I am so sorry that this child had been put in this situation...and afraid for her and the dog)

Here is a quote from the American Vetinary Association:

A pet should not be trained as an attack dog. Attack-trained dogs require special handling and knowledge to prevent accidental injury to people, including members of your own family.

What responsible trainer would train a powerful dog such as a pit to be an attack dog...with a 13 year old as its sole handler?

Are we going to be reading about this in the paper someday?

Neither Mary or the dog deserve being put in this position.

[Guest Anonymous]

I agree w/you wholeheartedly, but I have serious doubts about Mary's posts in general. Most don't really make a lot of sense and if someone replies to them, she quickly changes gears and suddenly becomes a 13 yr. old who has single handly earned and spent hundreds perhaps thousands of dollars training her dog w/a protection trainer and obedience. I take the posts with "a grain of salt" so to speak.

[Aroura]

Training a dog is not about training the dog, but training the owner... attack dogs are a little different though, they need alot of each.
Pits are not a good dog to train to attack though, because looking back into doggie history, breeds like German Shephards, Rotweilers and even some Boxers were bred to attack on command, but let go when told to. If they didn't do this they wouldn't be considerd a good line and wouldn't be bred from. Pits on the other hand were bred to attack attack attack... if they stopped simply when someone yelled at them they would be a dogs breakfast! Therefore, a Pit is not a suitable attack dog and should not be trained to do so and any 'qualified' trainer who trains someones Pit to attack is a fool!!! Especially a 13 year old girl!
As for the gate being open, I did get the impression that the dog was safely inside...
We all agree that under no circumstances a 13 year old girl should have been in controll an attack dog.
I would have to agree, a Pits worst enemy is its owner in most cases, but not in any of the cases in this forum, I think these Pits are spoilt rotton!
And as for Mary... she is only young as I said before, and was trying to do her best. It is her mother or father and the bloody trainer who trained that dog who are in the wrong, the best we can do for Mary is educate her and hope this kind of thing never happens again,
Mary, stop wasting your money on attack classes and buy your dog a muzzle.

[stiff]

Aroura napisał(a):

Mary, stop wasting your money on attack classes and buy your dog a muzzle.

and get your parents to monitor you when you are on the net while you're at it.

[sixjollydogs]

:roll: Mary...whoever you really are...I do not hate you...but neither do I believe you are a 13-year-old girl.

Where does a 13-year-old get around $1,000 to get their dog trained to attack?

What does Mary think an "attack" dog and "attack" dog training is? What are the credentials of the person who did the training. They can not be good if they are training a pit and a 13 year old. (poor dog...poor kid...and poor anyone who is around the day this sitiuation gets out of control.)

Where do you find someone stupid enough to train a person who is both legally and emotionally a child....to be the handler?

What would any judge any where think of parents who allow a child to be the handler of an attack dog and go out and look for a stalker? WHERE are the adults?

Hmmmm...your brother is hiding from the police...drugs?....one of his friends makes his social calls by creeping around...and a child has an attack dog?

How do you smell FISHY?

[Louis]

Something most definitely doesn't add up. If I were you Mary I would get a new user name and start again. I suppose you can sorta be whoever you want to be on the internet but you still gotta be consistent! I think that all your posts will now be perceived in a slightly offhand way because of this beginning and I wouldn't think that that will be that much fun.
I would suggest to everyone else that it is possible that this person hasn't actually got a dog at all (or has a family mutt), but is young and interested in pitbull dogs and also really wants to be liked and to be interesting to the majority of people who visit this forum, hence the stories/topics posted. Go easy on them.
:wink:
Really hope that all hasn't come out as offensive, I haven't meant it to be.
:o
If there is some truth in the posts however I am with Jollydogs in expressing serious concern over the sit. This is a ticking time bomb as I am sure anyone could see!

[Guest Anonymous]

I'm glad everybody else said what I was thinking......

I'm a little confused over the whole thing anyway. who knows?