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Originally Posted by 1899b
So what about the classic” the dog never showed any signs of aggression before”. Which by the way is again the case with this dead Alberta woman?
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Wouldn't this apply to every dog that never shows aggression and then bites one day? We don't even need to look that far to find a parallel argument where a blanket ban is being pursued based on the poor actions of a small subset of a specific group of individuals.
If banning pit bulls specifically was the cure to severe dog bites, then the statistics would show it. Or groups such as the CMVA or municipal humane societies would be in full support of them. But Ontario's ban hasn't solved dogs biting and those groups support means that promote training, knowledge and owner responsibility (regardless of the breed of the problem dog)
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Originally Posted by HowSwedeItIs
Because we all know why pit bulls are like that. It’s not poor ownership practices (though that doesn’t help) it’s in their genes. Herding dogs nip, pointers point, and pit bulls attack.
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What about the non-pit bull dog that can inflict the same amount of damage as pit bulls and bite? Depending on the year, at the same or higher rate than pit bulls. Are they supposedly genetically predisposed to that as well?