More poor mis-understood pit bulls. Must be the owner

[BEEFCAKE-NMCB1]

Originally Posted by XD45inAZ

Dogs are simple creatures. Aggressive behavior, no matter how small can be reinforced...some breeds easier than others. It is all in the training and the owner's position in the pack. Most owners let the dog be dominant and this can encourage aggressive tendencies in some breeds. If these dogs have a surplus of energy from being cooped up in the house all day they must release it...probably explains why the woman and her dog were attacked. Nature took over.

It sound like your describing how to have a lion in your home, if you have to train a Pit like you have a wild pack of wolves in your yard than they shouldn't be pets.

[BEEFCAKE-NMCB1]

Originally Posted by SpringfieldXD.40

However if the gun went off and ended up killing someone due to the owner's lack of propper maintenance who would you blame then?

Last time a checked a gun doesn't have a brain or free will.

[brewguy]

Originally Posted by AZXD

If she had been awake when the dog's entered the house, we'd be reading a much different story. She was asleep and gained access to her gun, it was probably on the nightstand, and even if she got chewed up a little it saved her life by scaring the dogs long enough to get away.

I'm sorry, blame the dog's owner all you want, but when a dog enters a home and attacks a sleeping person, something is wrong with the dog.

no doubt something is wrong with the dog. strong dogs need strong owners to balance them mentally. A strong dog with a weak owner becomes the leader and alpha dogs are crazy dangerous. I hate to say it was not the dogs fault but the dog was just doing what they do. I think every dog owner should have to watch Ceasar Milan to understand what they need to do.

[BEEFCAKE-NMCB1]

Originally Posted by SpringfieldXD.40

That is exactly what they were bred to do: The handlers were in the pits with the dogs...a dog that was aggreassive towards humans was handled the same way you would handle one *BANG*

I understand what your saying but its horrible that by the time you find out that the dog is in the red zone some kids is dead or scared for life what good is bang then...

[xd4life]

GEEEEZZZZZZ Not this argument again...

i said it once and will say it again. It all comes down to how the dog is raised and trained. if the dogs (any breed) is allowed to become alpha it will assume the dominate role, and become aggressive. You put any dog into a pack and will assume the traits of the pack.

Stupid owners=stupid dogs. Not saying they dogs were not aggressive, But they were not born aggressive.

[SpringfieldXD.40]

Originally Posted by brewguy

no doubt something is wrong with the dog. strong dogs need strong owners to balance them mentally. A strong dog with a weak owner becomes the leader and alpha dogs are crazy dangerous. I hate to say it was not the dogs fault but the dog was just doing what they do. I think every dog owner should have to watch Ceasar Milan to understand what they need to do.

+1 GREAT POST - Agree 100%

[SpringfieldXD.40]

Originally Posted by xd4life

GEEEEZZZZZZ Not this argument again...

Exactly what I thought....

[wombat13]

Originally Posted by xd4life

GEEEEZZZZZZ Not this argument again...

i said it once and will say it again. It all comes down to how the dog is raised and trained. if the dogs (any breed) is allowed to become alpha it will assume the dominate role, and become aggressive. You put any dog into a pack and will assume the traits of the pack.

Stupid owners=stupid dogs. Not saying they dogs were not aggressive, But they were not born aggressive.

So you're saying I should sleep with one eye open to watch out for the agressive chihuahua next door?

[SpringfieldXD.40]

Originally Posted by wombat13

So you're saying I should sleep with one eye open to watch out for the agressive chihuahua next door?

nope....as I stated before:

poorly trained +very powerful=bad news.

[AZXD]

Originally Posted by XD45inAZ

The dogs were clearly unbalanced and definitely in the red zone. I blame the owners just like I would blame the owner of a gun for murdering someone not the gun itself. "they were such good dogs" doesn't mean crap. So many people let their dogs assume dominant roles in the home and because the dog comes when called and licks their faces it is assumed "they are good dogs".

Had to read this twice.
For a minute I thought you were comparing an inanimate object to a a living creature.