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thing is about pit bulls, is that there are so many mixed breeds, it is hard to tell.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Feb 20 '13, 10:40

all they need is a portion of that pit DNA and they could be a problem.

I do not believe they are all bad dogs, but I also keep a close eye on them if I see one wandering around.

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Funny thing about the Kennel Show on tv last week... - Mel Profit Feb 20, 10:55 3
- lots of Roman Army Legion dogs. And German ones. -- nm - Diva Feb 20, 10:57 2
  - It was like a Dog Breeding Arms Race. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 20, 11:00 1
    - The Axis Powers take over the Westminster Kennel Club Show. - Diva Feb 20, 11:06
One go loose near my house about a year ago. He came at me at full speed. - Inigo Feb 20, 10:53
And we're just assuming they were pit-related, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 10:47 5
- I am not. - groiny Feb 20, 10:48 1
  - decline, didn't we have huge rottweiler trouble in PHL when I was in allentown? -- nm - amanda Feb 20, 10:50
- 2 big dogs and a smaller one. I'm not sure we know the breeds yet (I may have missed a post). -- nm - Diva Feb 20, 10:48 2
  - yup, the pitbull discussion is based on MDH's tangent, not any actual knowledge of the dogs in question here. -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 10:49 1
    - Yeah, that's it. Tangentially related discussion. Got it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 10:49
If we'd known Murphy was likely pit-mix...we wouldn't have gotten him. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 10:45 20
- but as you said on B2, any dog can be aggressive...pits just have traits for more danger (along with some other breeds) -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 20, 10:49 13
  - True, but I'm not a person to take risks for no reason. - Will Hunting Feb 20, 10:54
  - Dobermans always make me nervous. they look mean -- nm - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:51 11
    - if you see the ones where they don't crop the ears and the tails, they look way less scary in their natural state. -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 10:51 10
      - any pissed off dog charging at you can be scary. - groiny Feb 20, 10:53 9
        
        say what you want but shih tzu are m-fin' funny dogs. - Mel Profit Feb 20, 11:07
        
        oh sure, i just mean purely-based-on-looks. (uncropped doberman pic) -- (link) - Andie Feb 20, 10:54 7
        
        Here's ours, for example. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 20, 10:58 2
        
        Cutie. -- nm - Diva Feb 20, 11:06
        
        i think they're cute. -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 11:00
        
        definitely a different look. I think we are going to get a weinerimer(sp?) one day. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:56 2
        
        Weimaraners are good dogs. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 11:02
        
        Here's ours! -- (link) - Shaun Feb 20, 10:59
        
        We had a mini-pinscher....that little thing could be *mean* - Will Hunting Feb 20, 10:55
- have you ever doggie-DNA'd him? -- nm - amanda Feb 20, 10:47 2
  - Nope, just the look of one. - Will Hunting Feb 20, 10:52 1
    - I think we've figured out by now that there's not a reason to worry with him... -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 10:56
- we go to animal welfare once a year or so, and last time it was like 80% pit bull mixes. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 20, 10:46 2
  - my friend runs an animal shelter and they just can't take pits anymore. too many attacks on other animals at the shelter. - amanda Feb 20, 10:48 1
    - there are several shelters around here who say they don't take them but then just call them something else to skirt their own rule - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:52
I wouldn't own a pitbull. I have full faith in my ability as a dog owner, but no way. -- nm - Shaun Feb 20, 10:44 26
- I would, I've known several and they can be incredibly sweet but I'd want it as a puppy so I knew the training/handling - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:47
- It's really hit or miss with the breed. My brother has one (part pit). Sweetest dog you'll ever meet. -- nm - decline Feb 20, 10:46 22
  - genetics being what they are I will never trust that breed. - Mel Profit Feb 20, 10:48 21
    - Here's a list of dogs most likely to kill (can't find most likely to bite). I hope crash was NOT bit by pit bulls. - loosilu Feb 20, 10:55 10
      - omg!! -- (link) - amanda Feb 20, 10:59 8
        
        I would only be around that dog if I had a large caliber firearm. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 20, 11:04 1
        
        mothereffing word. -- nm - amanda Feb 20, 11:06
        
        those are evil looking mutherfuckers. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 20, 11:02
        
        This picture here would cause me to soil my pants. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 20, 11:02 4
        
        that dog is about to do something very bad. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 20, 11:08 1
        
        looks like a friggin chupacabra* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 11:10
        
        i lived next door to drug dealers once upon a time, who owned a bull mastiff. that thing LOOKED terrifying. - Andie Feb 20, 11:06 1
        
        We went to the local Humane Society thing 3 years ago --- there was a rescue tent for Great Danes and Bull Mastiffs - Will Hunting Feb 20, 11:09
      - Right, I believe mine (Mercury) specifically excludes them. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 10:58
    - I read somewhere that the dog most prone to biting ( not attacking per se) was a Dalmation. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:50 6
      - I don't think I've ever seen one in person. -- nm - amanda Feb 20, 11:07 2
        
        they are not really a good breed because of all the problems with health. - groiny Feb 20, 11:09 1
        
        they are super hyper. -- nm - loosilu Feb 20, 11:15
      - I think that may be related to their hearing problems - they're easily startled. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 10:50 2
        
        heh - could be. I've only really known one and he was a weirdo. - Epiphany Feb 20, 10:54
        
        yes, vision and hearing issues in a crazy high % of the breed. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 20, 10:51
    - oddly, my uncle was a professional firefighter (did we know this? uncle tony) and he says that the most vicious dogs he's encountered - amanda Feb 20, 10:49 2
      - totally anecdotal, but the few dobermans i've known have been, like, sucky lap dogs. -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 10:51 1
        
        Ours is exactly like that. But again, I understand why people can be anxious around them. - Shaun Feb 20, 10:53
- I have been around plenty that are sweeties, but they are scary sometimes. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 20, 10:45 1
  - Of course, and that's the same wilh any breed. I don't feel I could 100% trust it. -- nm - Shaun Feb 20, 10:50

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thing is about pit bulls, is that there are so many mixed breeds, it is hard to tell.

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