buddy42 Loc: Bonita Springs, Fl

It could be said that you deserve the same!

Brian Devon

Why not just set aside some land which can be inhabited by pit bulls and their owners. They can run them off leash and let them have "their fun".

Greenland comes to mind. They can just re-name it "Michael-Vick-land".

buddy42 Loc: Bonita Springs, Fl

I could live with that if they would do the same for all brain washed, holier than thou liberals, including you! I would suggest Africa where you would be with all your protégés.

Artemis

Thank you for the comment, have you ever been to a quarter horse show? Talk about designer breeds, they have bred some of them to have the biggest butts :lol: they look more like big pigs :cry:

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Yes I have. I also have been to a farm that has "walkers and trotters." Skinny legs; they look so fragile. Farm horses are remarkable. Huge beasts. Duckie likes to go with me when called out to those farms. As yet, we have made no rescues from those places. Most of those breeders really love their animals.



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Artemis

Yes they look great from the side view, but frontal, they are extremely narrow. I have Azteca's the best of both worlds of quarter horse and Spanish, love em, they can do anything.

cant beleve Loc: Planet Kolob

Have any of you ever watched pit bulls and parolees? These Dogs can be mean'so'are feral cats. This argument that they need to be done away with is ludicrous. And black sheep. I am very surprised that you of all people would write such b.s.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Difference between a feral cat and a pit bull, the cat will run and try to escape. A pit bull attacks and when they get the taste of blood, then they go into a biting frenzy. I am not saying that they should be all rounded up and put down, but I am saying that none should be adopted that is in tact and should not be allowed to breed. If they have bitten then they should have the extraction of the canine teeth so they can not bit again and cause serious damage. In 15 years or so, the breed will naturally die out. They are handsome animals and I am sure that some of them are lovely pets.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

On the surface, your idea of checking the DNA sounds good. however, there are so many genes involved in temperament, not a single gene for any behavior in either man of dog. You would have to find all the genes for fear aggression, which are different from those which modify reactive to noise, territorial, food protective, toy hording aggression. The genes may be located in different areas for different breeds, so the crosses might have new locations, not like either parent. Studies to find the gene for primary lense luxation in terriers took years and thousands of dollars and it is only a single gene, no modifiers. Way too much of a task. then you have to add envirorment, epilepsy, brain tumors, diabetes as causes for aggression and you can see what an impossible task it really is. Suggestion for anyone buying a dog. go to a reliable breeder, handle their adult dogs, watch the dogs at dog shows and performance events, check the pedigrees, then train and socialize the dog well, feed it well and make sure that if you bought it as a house dog, not a working dog for livestock or hunting, it lives in the house with you. Make sure the breeder will help you any way they can, and get references from people who have purchased dogs from that person. A bargain dog seldom really is a bargain.

ginger

Lets see, now it's pit bulls. I can remember when it was rotties, before that dobies, and before that german shepherds. ANY dog will attack if trained to do so. Some will just because their minds are a little twisted, just like humans. I had a mean border collie that would attack without warning. Otherwise he was a big wussy. He was beaten up by a human when he was a puppy so he was afraid of people except those he knew. It is not the breed. It is how they are raised, except the blue pits. They are all dark gray. They are born aggressive and the only thing you can do is put them down or keep them locked up.

ginger

No they were not bred to fight. Just some a**holes train them to.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Nicely written. But, DNA can tell the parentage of the animal. Which could lead to the study of the effects of inbreeding on the species. There are zoos that go to great lengths to prevent in breeding. Take for example the destruction of the healthy giraffe and its dissection in front of a group of kids and then they destroyed a pride of healthy lions to prevent inbreeding. I do admire your thinking out of the box, and the exploration of genes and their placements in the helix; and even if we mapped the entire sequence, there is not way, at present, to replace specific genes and produce a dog that will not revert to instinctual nature of the wolf. If DNA is tracked then breeders can ensure that they are not interbreeding and therefor produce healthier specimens.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

No, these dogs go very far back in history. The origins of the breed can be traced back to antiquity and the Molossian family of dogs. The Molossian family of dogs bears the name of the people with whom they were most often associated - the Molossi tribe, a group of people who lived in ancient Greece and favored the use of robust, muscular dogs in warfare. Officially termed canus molossi (dogs of the Molossi), these animals were renowned for their fierceness, and for their innate ability to intimidate the enemies of the tribe. In modern times the breed has been mated to enhance their fierceness. This is the problem with designer dogs.

ginger

Watch pit bulls and parolees on animal planet. They are great dogs if treated right.
To counter the starting article: It was on the news the other day about a pit bull that saved his family from a fire. He wouldn't leave until all of the family was out of the house. He was badly burned.
A girl walking down the road with her pit. Man pulls up and tries to kidnap her. She and the pit are fine. The cops are looking for someone with several holes in his leg. I have heard many of these stories.

ginger

That's a cutie!!