*sighs*

[conuly]

Pit bulls, by all accounts are gentle dogs. Certainly more gentle than chihuahuas, which are often vicious, or dalmations, which tend to be nervous. They don't deserve this.

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Re: Hmmm...

[leora.livejournal.com]

I wish people were required to show that they know how to handle and care for the pet of their choice before they'd be allowed to get a pet of any kind. Better for them, better for those who get exposed to the pet, and better for the pet.

And yes, making an overarching statement about the whole breed ... especially in such a way is horrible. Sure, it's fine to say FOOs tend to be more BAR, so a FOO might suit you better. But to make people get rid of all pitbulls... that's horrible.

Most vicious animal I ever encountered was a rabbit. We don't know why. Eventually it had to be euthanized because it couldn't even be fed without risk of it attacking.. Since it clearly couldn't be kept safely, an attempt was made to release it into the wild as the person lived in a mostly wilderness area anyway. It stayed around and then tried to attack a child.

The second most vicious animal I've ever encountered was a purebred cat. It was hypothesized that she was just perpetually angry and ill-tempered because she was removed from her mother too young. She was my family's cat until one night I (about 4 or 5 years old at the time) woke up screaming as she had clawed me and drawn blood. She was given to a breeder, where she was kept and bred, but she wasn't suitable as a pet for anyone. She also destroyed a bunch of my sister's clothes, but my family had put up with that, it was attacking a person in her sleep that crossed the line.

But I don't blame cats or rabbits for these examples. Most cats I've met are wonderful, and I love them.