yeah Chris people are disgraceful ..but people are also kind and as on the vid it shows the good with the bad ...heres hoping we can get rid of the bad ...people are disgraceful.
It's amazing watching a thread like this on a website dedicated to snakes and reptiles. As everyone knows, snakes are subject to a lot of media hype, and whenever there is a media article with the slightest inconsistency, everybody on APS is up in arms...yet they are unable to draw a parralel between the media stigma surrounding snakes, and the media stigma surrounding "dangerous dogs".
Come on guys, think outside the square!
It's amazing watching a thread like this on a website dedicated to snakes and reptiles. As everyone knows, snakes are subject to a lot of media hype, and whenever there is a media article with the slightest inconsistency, everybody on APS is up in arms...yet they are unable to draw a parralel between the media stigma surrounding snakes, and the media stigma surrounding "dangerous dogs".
Come on guys, think outside the square!
Agreed Jonno,
I tried to outline the parallels in my first post, but i think it may have gone unnoticed.
It still baffles me why people are allowed to keep venomous snakes and huge pythons......... They prove themselves time and time again to be unpredictable and dangerous......
Wasn't someone just bitten on the face by a brown? There have been a couple of deaths this year in the USA of children being asphyxiated by big pythons.........
ALL ANIMALS HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS. If you choose to keep any of these animals then you need to take the required precaution to avoid such things happening. Why blame it on the animal?
We have a pit bull x staffy. He is 7 years old now and he is the puppy of my sisters dogs. He can not be trusted with our animals (chickens, birds, reptiles etc) as he does like to play a little too rough. But having said that we also have an elderly dog who he adores and also a little chihuahua!!!! All 3 dogs play amongst themselves very contently.
Do we leave ANY of our dogs unattended with children around? NO
Do we feed ANY of our dogs while people are over? NO
Do we keep ALL of our dogs on a leash? YES
Do we have a well fenced and gated yard? YES
That is being responsible, to avoid ANYTHING happening with ANY of our dogs.
As for these dogs being aggressive...... if there were accurate stats that show dog attacks by breed you will find it is mainly small dogs as the offenders. How many of you have been bitten or snapped at by a big dog? I myslef have always been a dog fan, have owned a few, and have friends and family with dogs. I can honestly say i have NEVER been snapped at by a large breed. How many of you know of small dogs who are snappy? Growl at u, bite? Oh but thats ok cos they are cute when they have their bad little tempers.
It is just a shame that when these larger breeds on occasion do turn, the damage they cause is extreme compared to ALL those little dogs with attitude that bite people everyday!
I'm sick of all the Anti-Pitbull comments we hear nowadays, in America, breeds were tested on average temperament, and did you lot know that APBT's beat Labradors?
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