An article taken from moggymania

[conuly]

Pitbull kills boy, there's a lot of pitbull bashing going on... And I agree with Moggy's assessment. There is something very "off" about the mother.

She locks her son in the basement, and then leaves him alone in the house with two mating pit bulls, when she's scared they might harm her son because of the whole sex thing? He's dead, and it's all "Well, typical, he never listened to me"? She says several times in this article that she "has no regrets"?

I admit, I've never been in this position, but are these normal things to say/do? I can deal with the contradictions - she "never saw any violent tendancies" but she was so scared that she locked her kid up, okay. She needs to justify her choices. But... I don't know, the whole thing creeps me out.

Comments

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I've known only a handful of pit bulls (maybe 4-5?), but in general I'd say the one whose owners put in the time and energy to train them well are pretty laid-back, but the ones whose owners just don't have that much time are a bit high-strung, although I've never personally known any who were outright aggressive (though I've certainly walked past them in their yards, etc.). I do think they need a bit more time and energy and training than some other dogs—which is true of a lot of breeds.

If I had the time to put into training and obedience classes, I wouldn't mind having one, though I don't find them that cute either and honestly I prefer big dogs.

I hope my comments weren't misconstrued as blaming the dogs, because I certainly don't.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Na, was just stating what I noticed. I think just that the owners are laid back, these dogs arent the least bit trained (its just not what people do round here, you get a dog, feed and walk it and take it to the vet when needed). But maybe people arent all GRRR EBIL PIT BULL but hey, great, a dog, and that shows in how they treat them.

Bah, who knows.