"Dangerous dog breeds"

[dc4teg]

pitbulls ftw

[morphious]

Thats about how i see it. i have had pits most of my life and have never had a pit that was out right mean have had a few that were protective over the family

[sorakitty]

couldnt have said it better now what if you have a pit\rotti oo i know now you got the best of both worlds

What a cutie!! I love the face!
My gram as a rotti mixed with something, we're not sure, but he's got his puppy face. He never out grew it. I was to convince my parents to get a pit. I know that if they said no, it would be for any reason BUT being scared. They're just more of Rotti people because they have always owned rotties. This is the first time we've owned a dog that wasn't a rotti. I would love to own another rotti, but like I said, I'd love to own a pit, or a husky, or a st. bernard. With dogs like rotties, pits, huskies, and german shepherds, you just have to have a bit of a firmer foot. They need to know who's the boss (then again every dog does). My akita doesn't listen to my mom as well as she does to my dad or I. I love all does, and it upsets me that they get such bad names from the media and from pure mis-understandment.

It makes me so happy to see how many of you own pitbulls. I watch the show pitboss and it just makes me mad when they try and adopt out a pit and everyone seemed to be like "OH GOD NO!" and walk off. If only their eyes could be opened and see they are amazing and wonderful dogs.

[dc4teg]

Pics for the fun of it

[unspecified42]

Not all individuals of a breed are innately aggressive. However, some breeds do tend to have more aggressive individuals than others. Not all pit bulls are teddy bears (and neither are all daschunds for that matter).

Also, not all aggressive dogs come from idiotic owners.


This is Maya, my 4 year old pit. We've had her since she was 5 months old and since about 7/8 months we've been working on her aggression issues. She is leash aggressive and sometimes dog aggressive off the leash as well. If she is leashed and gets fixated on another dog, she would be dangerous. We've done some pretty intensive work with her under the guidance of a veterinarian, even resorting to anti-anxiety medications after group obedience, desensitization training, socialization, and one-on-one obedience failed.

(we've taken to walking like this because it wears her out so much that walks are tolerable and she has quite a bit of weight to struggle against to lunge at other dogs)

[WingedWolfPsion]

All large dogs are potentially dangerous.

In the hands of a decent owner, no breed is a dangerous breed.

Individual dogs, that is another story. Just as with people, every once in a while you get a crazy one, but the vast majority of the time, if a dog behaves badly or dangerously, it is entirely the owner's fault, and not the fault of the dog, or the dog's breed.

Owners do need to be aware of what their dog's breed was created for, and what tendencies are peculiar to that breed. It would be a mistake to claim that pit bulls are no more likely to attack other dogs than Labradors. Of course, they are. Sheepdogs are more likely to chase livestock (and people). The border collie/aussie shepard mix I had when I was a kid would allow my friends into the yard, but would not let them leave. No one taught her to do that, or reinforced it.
Keeping that in mind allows an owner to know what areas they need to be especially careful in when they train their dog. It also allows breeders to begin to select away from undesireable traits (such as the pit bull's dog aggressiveness) that are no longer needed or wanted in the breed.

The exception to the 'no dangerous breeds' rule are those breeds which were very deliberately bred to be aggressive towards strangers. This aggression can be so dramatic that even in the show ring, judges are advised not to touch the animal. This is a deliberate part of the personality of these guarding breeds. They are not wild or out of control, but they will not tolerate strangers.
A good example of this is the Fila Brasileiro.
This is most certainly a dangerous dog breed, and training alone will not make many dogs of this breed safe to be around people they do not know. They were specifically bred not to be.

The breeds people think of in the US as being dangerous, however, really aren't.

[sarahlovesmiike]

I think the real issue is people using the word "aggressive" in places of "dominant". I see dogs in shelters labeled aggressive and it's already clear that they are just dominant and have never had a strong leader.

There are surely more dominant breeds and more submissive breeds. They need to be handled differently and people who don't do research before getting a pet, ANY PET, are just asking for trouble. I did research for literally years before getting my Corso, and he's turning out wonderful. I don't know if anyone else on here has a Corso, but if you do then you know that they can be more stubborn than a pitbull. If you don't dominate them, they WILL dominate you and then you're heading for TROUBLE.

[Alexandra V]

There's no such thing as a dangerous dog breed. If the dog is healthy and not acting out because it has something wrong with it, then the only reason a dog would be considered "dangerous" is because the person who brought it up was an idiot or wasn't responsible.

[Nate]

They should ban the ankle biting yappers. Those are the vicious ones.

[Raptor]

With pits it honestly depends on what area you're in. I'm in an area where dog fighting still happens, despite being illegal. So, a lot of pits around here are aggressive because it's been bred into them.

For the most part, a dog will behave how it's raised. However, personality is inheritable, so if you breed two naturally aggressive dogs together, you'll probably get aggressive pups.