I rescued a pitbull from a dog fighting ring many years ago. She was beaten and starved... brought her home and she was terrified of everything in my house. She died of old age in 2007. Never had one problem with her, but I was patient and diligent with her. I have rescued two male rotties both on death row at the pound, starved and abandoned. Beautiful wonderful boys, thrown away. I lost Brodie three years ago to cancer, and Sabre just last fall to cancer. To take these dogs into my home to heal broken hearts was one of the best things I have ever done. I will do it again when there is another I see in need. I have a stafford now which is banned in Ontario because people think they are bad dogs... I do a lot of work fighting BSL and know many dogs come to the SPCA from Ontario. I used to train dogs and I find smaller breeds are the worst b=for biting. But retrievers are always thought to be angelic and you are right about the bite statistics. When I lived in Calgary I would cringe when I saw a pitbull or rottie on the front page of the paper... only those breeds make front page when there are how many bites in the city of Calgary every year?
Punish the deed not the breed. People buy these dogs and they need more care then a marine aquarium to be honest. They cannot be isolated and shoved in a kennel or pen in the back yard. They need a lot of exercise and are smarter them most people...
I see a stupid dog, the stupid owner is not too far away... dogs are amirror imagies of their owners... mine are awesome and well behaved, and I get compliments on how nice and peaceful they are...
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Originally Posted by levi1803
funny how they are painted as mean dogs, they are not, they are strong dogs that need a proper owner that's all, I work for the humane society and have seen very few pit bulls that are mean, and trust me, I have seen lots of supposedly "nice" dogs that are mean because they have a**holes for owners. Funny stat is that the most bites from a dog in Canada are from Golden Retrievers.
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