mpgrewal

All I would say is keep such fighter dogs contained. The other day I saw an email containing pictures of a man whose face and hands were eaten by a bull terrrier.. If such a dog is out on the streets, things can go horribly wrong.

Deancm_MKII

Are you sure it was a Bull Terrier?

mpgrewal

It was a Pit Bull with big mouth (my limited knowledge thinks its a species of Bull Terrier) .. The other day I was standing at a bus stop near Hampton where a shop owner has let his German shepherd open on the road.

Another passer by came with his little dog and the German shepherd became hostile towards the little dog and start him beat with its big hands and tried to bite it.. There was a mess for sometime till the shop owner came and sorted things out..

Small dog owner came on my side of the road, sweating and said to me "People shouldn't keep such monsters unleashed on the roads" ... I've seen videos on Youtube showing how Pitbulls cause bloodshed on weaker dogs, given a chance.. I'm quite scared after seeing their killer instincts

Deancm_MKII

How do you know it was a Pit Bull?

Any dog has the ability to be vicious. Just because you saw videos on Youtube about Pit Bulls doesn't mean they are all like that. Those dogs have usually been trained to fight/starved/bashed to heighten their aggression.

Did you know Pit Bulls are also used as search and rescue dogs and as carer dogs for elderly people?

mpgrewal

Thats the creature in my avatar

mpgrewal

Yes I understand that.. All I say is greater responsibility comes with such big dogs.. A small slippage can cause mayhem..

Deancm_MKII

Lots of dogs look like that. From the following link, can you tell me which dog is the Pit Bull?

www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html

mpgrewal

#7 is pit bull.. I think it is identified from its shoulder muscles.

mpgrewal

Darn.. I was wrong.. As I admitted earlier that my knowledge is limited

Deancm_MKII

That's the problem. When these attacks happen people usually say "oh, it was a Pit Bull" and yet most people don't even know what one looks like. So how do they know if it was a Pit Bull or not?

And because of peoples lack of knowledge, Pit Bulls have been given a bad name and banned in many places.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

...and bloody rightly so.

Keeping an animal as a family pet that is capable of biting your arm clean off is bordering on insanity.... and don't start giving me nonsense about how it's "all the fault of the owners". Certain breeds of dogs are MUCH more likely to attack than other breeds... and the Pit Bull holds pride of place in that group.

"In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths"

All the fault of the owners?

mpgrewal

Here's the list of most dangerous dogs in the world and Pit proudly holds the top place

http://www.petsdo.com/blog/top-ten-1...ous-dog-breeds

Wonder how most of the fierce dogs have originated from Germany

moirap

Staffordshire Bull Terriers in Australia are very common, however when you said your dog does everything with you, then think again in Australia.

You are extremely limited where dogs can go. They are very often not allowed outside cafes, hotels, very few beaches accept dogs and there is virtually no where to walk your dog off the lead unlike the public footpaths in the UK.

Dogs in Australia (owned by Australians) are kept in back gardens, often not house trained or for that matter trained at all which causes dog fights on a regular basis. In Sydney dogs roam the streets and I find dog mess everywhere which I personally find disgusting. I cannot understand why Australians will not clean up after their dogs. It is no wonder sometimes that dogs are banned from so many places due to dog owners that have no respect for the country.

It is these reasons that would make me consider returning to the UK as I enjoyed the laws in the UK that make the UK such an animal loving nation, something Australia only pretends to be.

Also, please do not think you would want to breed with your dog. There are so many unwanted dogs here. Dogs in Australia if not reclaimed within a couple of weeks are often euthanised, something I struggle with due to incompetent owners.

Deancm_MKII

As per your quote it states "pit bull type". That doesn't mean they are Pit Bulls at all, just Pit Bull type. That could mean Pit Bull, Staffy, Bully, or a cross. It could also mean Dogo Argentino which looks similar to the uneducated but is not even related.

'Pit Bull' has become a catch all.

spottydog

I live in Sydney and have to disagree with you, apart from work my dog goes nearly everywhere with me. All the local pubs, cafe's and restaurants allow dogs in their on street seating areas (legally as the law was change recently to allow that, after NSW MPs found it was actually illegal) in fact my local pub allows dogs inside.

My local dog park is off leash apart from during the day Saturday & Sunday (when it is "supposedly" on leash) and a great socialisation point.

I don't see even 10% of the dog poo on the streets that I did living in London despite seeing many more dogs.

The only dogs i've seen wandering the streets are escapees.

Staffies are very popular here and all the ones i've met are great (collies & oodles in my area seem to be the vicious ones). I believe the main way a dog behaves is due to nurture by its human pack members rather than nature.