FIDO*98* said:
RGV AG said:
Not to derail the thread, but that right there is why I justified keeping a Pit that I rescued when my daughter was about that age and I keep 4 others besides her as backup. As sweet as that lab might be, and I love labs too, he is a day late and several dollars short of aggressiveness.
So you justified keeping an animal that is far more likely to hurt, maim, or kill your child to prevent something that's statistically unlikely to happen and it's even more unlikely the dog would be there to save her given that most abductions by non family members occur away from the home. Brilliant
Actually decided on keeping the pit on the advice of a longtime Aggie vet. Prior to that I was very leery of them, I still kinda am except for ours, but I realize now that there are a lot of misconceptions. 9 years in, sharing a home with people and 8 dogs (additions and passings, currently at 5 other dogs) and kids coming and going over this time and -0- aggressive incidents to report.
Most break-ins and home invasions occur at home. Can't control a lot of what happens away from home, never was my intent.
I traveled extensively, like for months at a time, for work and my daughter and wife were alone quite a bit. This dog truly looks the part which is one of the reasons I kept her after months of having her in a controlled environment. Statistics are BS when the stuff hits the fan, I knew my wife and child were much better off with her around and on their side, come what may. She has turned out to be a great dog and I am so grateful, as is my wife, that we kept her.
Pits and the bully breeds have been around for a long time in the US, these were very popular 60-90 years ago. Yet from that time period we do not have reams of attack and mauling histories. Do people that abhor pits ever ask what changed from then to now? That is really what people need to be asking and it is glossy and easy to classify most of the people attacks as "pitbull mix".
