horatio said:

Who's pussy?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I respect your opinion, Richard, but if we used that stance against everything equally 'unpredicable', we'd have to eradicate religious extremists and every other 'dangerous group' of humans, animals, plants, etc.

This is not in black and white, here. For every one dog that attacks, MANY don't. Choose not to own a pit bull. Choose to remove your pit bull from the company of children. Don't purchase pits with dodgy breeding backgrounds. Eradicate an entire species? It's a bit hypocritical, no?

I have a cat, and I'm still alive.

INSATIABLE said:

insatiable the only voice of reason and sense on this entire silly ass thread...

i love the way Americans react to soundbites, i need to see the whole ass story before i even think of condemning anything..

all dogs, need to be trained and managed properly and proper breeding is everything.

its never the dog, always the owner...

INSATIABLE said:

very true...

I'm curious to see how many people are killed drowning in their own swimming pools as opposed to being killed by a pitbull. Can anyone provide any stats?

roodboi said:

lets be real here, what you are really saying is that you didn't train your dog adequately and made the right choice of giving it to someone who could.

i mean i wouldn't even let my daschound free around any baby of mine
dogs and infants shouldn't mix, but hell if i am going to give my dog away..

JDInteractive said:

shhh, they might start calling for the genocide of all swimming pools

then how will i do my laps

eraclito said:

Do you think I care who's fault it is? If I'm taking a walk around the neighbourhood and every damn dog threatens to jump at my jugular?

Do you think that's what should be written on Tina Marie Canterbury's grave "IT WAS MY FAULT" ?


I always take a walking stick with me. If I die, it will be fighting.
And yes, I blame the owners too.

PANDURITO said:

well yes you should care whose responsibility it is.
it is then and only then that any problem can be tackled effectively
if there is a dog problem in your town, then owners need to be called into question
and held liable for their actions and forced to act responsibly
to own a gun, one must apply for a licence and security clearance and install an appropriate gun safe.
the same rules should apply to dogs, backyard breeders need to be stopped
dog licenses need to be enforced and owners must have to take dog training lessons.

a dick head is going to have a dick head dog, minimise that shit

eraclito said:

I can think of other ways.

MissMe said:

All I know is that this story is tragic.

there's alot of notions here that it's always the owners fault that a pit bull is aggressive...that simply is not true...it is an inbred trait of the dog...that along with it's physical capabilites make it a dangerous breed...

I've had three pits in my life...two in my teens...one as an adult...as I said earlier I found a new home for my last one when my son was born...all three were good dogs...all three had aggressive traits...I certainly didn't instill that in them...

I think they're beautiful dogs and I don't think the breed should be eradicated...but it's a vain arguement that these dogs are only as dangerous as you make them...

steps have to be taken to protect people and the breed...

eraclito said:

no...
what I'm saying is all the training in the world isnt gonna matter if a pitbull gets pissy...I'm sure if your dachsund gotta a lil nippy around a child, you could handle it...the same cant be said for a pitbull...

INSATIABLE said:

NO! No personal responsibility, ever! All freedoms exist only until some asshole(s) do something unpleasant with them! TAKE THEM AWAY! KEEP MAKING LAWS UNTIL MY PERSONAL VIEW OF THE WORLD IS COMPLETELY ENSHRINED IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND ENFORCED THROUGHOUT SOCIETY.

roodboi said:

thank god you had the sense!
I gave my cat away, I was paranoid she would come and sit on my newborns face and smother him

ZombieKitten said:

what are you saying...you didn't properly train your cat???
[Edited 10/5/07 5:52am]

roodboi said:

frikken cat was a heat seeking missile

ZombieKitten said:

well...apparently thats your fault...proper training would have made him a predictable softie...

roodboi said:

I got her from the rspca as an adult cat, like they can be trained anyway

ZombieKitten said:

both of you

INSATIABLE said:

i could live with that

eraclito said:

JDInteractive said:

I can see that being someone's signature soon.

Graycap23 said:

Some people are just plain naive and believe their precious dog would never turn on them. Any dog, of any size can turn on their owner at any time.

Having said that, I have a friend who owns a pitbull. She is a big baby and has never hurt anyone. She's now about 13 and has never shown any signs of aggression. I believe that many people train their dogs to be this way and when you do that, you are only asking for trouble. If you want guard dogs, that's totally different - you don't allow them into your home as pets.

INSATIABLE said:

No I don't think it is I understand the passion of people who own innocent dogs but the night before her death, she lay down with innocent pets and now she is dead. I would love nothing more than to eradicate abusive owners of these dogs but would just as soon see these dogs eliminated from the planet.

Graycap23 said:

you're more likely to be killed by your husband or wife than by your pet.


just sayin'...

JasmineFire said:

That's right.