Two Beagle puppies play as the American Kennel Club officials announce their annual list of the most popular dog breeds in the U.S January 27, 2010 in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Puppies watch on at a police dog training base September 16, 2005 in Beijing, China. The dogs are trained by a police squad to learn identifying, catching, tracking and other skills. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there is an estimate of over 10,000 working police dogs in China. These dogs are divided into 30 kinds according to international conventions and are widely used in police work, rescue and military missions. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America's Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America's Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Puppies just born by a sniffer dog sleep at a police dog training base September 16, 2005 in Beijing, China. The dogs are trained by a police squad to learn identifying, catching, tracking and other skills. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there is an estimate of over 10,000 working police dogs in China. These dogs are divided into 30 kinds according to international conventions and are widely used in police work, rescue and military missions. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
A Mastiff puppy rests during the XVIIIth International Dog exhibition on November 8, 2009 in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)
A three-day-old Labradoodle puppy is shown to the press at the Uri Bekman's 'World of Dogs' kennel in Pardesia, 30 kms north of Tel Aviv 07 December 2005. (YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images)
Three-day-old Labradoodle puppies nap at the Uri Bekman's 'World of Dogs' kennel in Pardesia, 30 kms north of Tel Aviv 07 December 2005. (YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images)
A seven week old Daschund cross puppy waits to be re-homed at the Cheshire Dogs Home on January 4, 2010 in Warrington, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Three-year-old Galia suckles her first litter of six puppies on June 4, 2009 at the Barry Foundation Great St. Bernard breeding kennels in Martigny, Western Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Two-week-old puppies play on June 4, 2009 at the Barry Foundation Great St. Bernard breeding kennels in Martigny, Western Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Two-week-old Saint Bernard puppies play at the Barry Foundation breeding kennels in Martigny on June 4, 2009. The Saint Bernard dog was once the ubiquitous companion of monks at the monastery tucked 2,500m above sea level, guiding them through the Alps or helping them to rescue stranded or lost travellers in the snowy mountains. However, there are no longer any such dogs living permanently at the monastery these days. In fact, the monks decided five years ago to part ways with their pedigree breeding programme, as the work became too much for the four monks living permanently at the monastery to handle. The breeding kennels faced the risk of being shut permanently if not for a group of Swiss bankers and animal-lovers who set up the Barry Foundation to buy the breeding programme. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Two puppies play as American Kennel Club officials announce their annual list of the most popular dog breeds in the U.S January 27, 2010 in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
A volunteer holds up a puppy that was born after its mother has been rescued from a truck, in an animal hospital in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Chinese animal lovers mobilized by online calls for help blockaded a truck of hundreds of dogs being shipped off for food in a rare, permitted display of social action amid a broad crackdown on most kinds of activism. (AP Photo)
Nine Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17 look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. On Sept 28, and 29, 4 year old Ridgeback Etana had 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Seven Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17 look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. On Sept 28, and 29, the 4 years old Ridgeback Etana had 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A husky puppy is transported in a child's push chair, on a snowy street downtown Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A seven week old Border Collie puppy rests after frolicking with its sibblings in their garden as outdoors temperatures dropped below minus 10 degrees celsius in the village of Bodice on December 16, 2010. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
A seven-week old Border Collie puppy rests after a play with its siblings in their garden as outdoors temperatures dropped below minus 10 degrees celsius in the village of Bodice on December 16, 2010. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Six-month old Chihuahua puppies, Ellie, left, and Gulliver, right, nuzzle together at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Methuen, Mass. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The already adopted puppies, born without front legs, were fitted with wheels made by Eddie's Wheels of Shelburne, Mass. and are training to walk and run with them. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Puppies run at a playground in the K9 school and hospital of the Middle East Kennel Cub at Nahr al-Kalb area, north of Beirut, on October 27, 2010. The Club, which is the largest in the Middle East, has more than 400 dogs and clients bring their pets to be trained, bred and hospitalized. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
In this handout image provided by Pucchin Dog's, 'Love-Kun', a 3-day old chihuahua puppy with heart-shaped markings is presented to the media with his brothers at Pucchin Dog's on August 6, 2009 in Odate, Akita prefecture, Japan. The new puppy is the brother of 2-year old chihuahua 'Heart-Kun' who was also born with a perfect heart-shaped marking on his back from the same parents. (Photo by Pucchin Dog's via Getty Images)
This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows 10 African wild dog puppies, six males and four females, huddling with their mother, Kim, at Brookfield Zoo in Broofield, Ill. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
In this Thursday, May 19, 2011, photo, Bonnie, a basset hound, nurses her puppies at an animal rescue facility in South Knox County, Tenn. Bonnie and Clyde, the father of her puppies, are being cared for by At Risk Intervention animal rescue, after being saved from flood waters in Arkansas. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, Paul Efird)
Two adopted stray dogs play at an animal shelter on December 15, 2006 in the outskirts of Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. The animal shelter, established by Chinese animal lover Dai Shuqing, is located at an abandoned warehouse which houses some 100 dogs and costs over 2,000 yuan (about US $255) per month. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Golden Retriever puppies with their handlers as the American Kennel Club officials announce their annual list of the most popular dog breeds in the U.S January 27, 2010 in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Susan Thomson holds a three-week-old Chihuahua puppy named Tom Thumb on April 7, 2009 in Renton, Scotland. An unofficial measurement taken by the owner makes Tom Thumb approximately 6 inches long. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
A dog suckles her puppies on February 16, 2009 at Halikisla village of Kars, eastern Turkey near the border with Armenia. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
A six month old Weimaraner puppy guards his master during Slovakia's national canine all breeds competition in Banska Bystrica on 6 May 2007. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Portuguese Podengo puppies are displayed for the media during the launch of the Crufts Dog Show Febuary 24, 2004 in London, England. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America's Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
How many Bull Terrier breeds are there and what is the total population of those breeds?
For instance, our Staffordshire Terrier is always mistaken for an American Pit Bull Terrier, but she is not. Is she aggressive? Only if you appear to be a threat to someone. She is protective of her family and friends. Just the way she should be. We did not train her to be that way and she is loving and sweet... but if you raise your voice in anger or aggresssion in her presence, she will become protective. Just like me. She knows the difference between loud fun and loud anger. Just like me. Just ask the ex-neighbor who tried to put a gate and fence over my property. He came off yelling at me when I asked him what he was up to, and she put him in his place quick. And, I trust her with my kids more than I trust most humans.
Although they did pretty well breeding aggression out of English Bull Dogs. Took a long time.
Dog attacks, U.S. & Canada
September 1982 to November 13, 2006
Breed; Bodily Harm Attacks; Child Victim; Adult victim; Deaths; Maimings
Pit bull terrier: 1110 495 397 104 608
Rottweiler: 409 231 109 58 223
Chow: 49 34 12 6 32
Akita: 48 32 14 1 39
Breeds with under 40 reported attacks excluded
Secondly, we need very stringent laws for all breeders. Backyard breeding has bred aggression into these dogs instead of out. If you are not sure of your pits lineage, you are asking for trouble. I have seen three pit attacks. In each instance it was the first time and the owners expressed "she is the best dog, she's never been aggressive, etc.". Like a fatal car wreck, having never had one before, won't help you. It only takes one.
When a pit jumps (perhaps yes, provoked) they are extremely difficult to stop, I have the scars to prove it.
When people say, "little dogs bite just as much, it's just not reported", that is a pretty weak argument. Little dogs = little bites. If your toy poodle snaps and doesn't break skin, you probably won't report it.
For thirty years that is not a lot of attacks for Canada & US. Unless your child is one of them.
We need very stringent laws for all breeders or nothing will change here.
Just another example of how the human race does what it pleases with total disregard to consequences.
also I feed him a vegan diet so he doesnt get the taste of blood...you know those pit bulls they cant be trusted! He is seven yrs old now so when should I expect to wake up to him eating babies eight or nine years old? Or is it only once they reach senility? Gosh I could really use some guidance from you pit bull experts that have never owned or interacted with more than one in your life at dogsbite! please help!
Dog attack deaths and maiming, U.S. & Canada, Sept 1982 to Nov 2006:
Breed; Bodily Harm Attacks; Child Victim; Adult victim; Deaths; Maimings
Pit bull terrier: 1110 495 397 104 608
Rottweiler: 409 231 109 58 223
Chow: 49 34 12 6 32
Akita: 48 32 14 1 39
German shepherd: 63 42 17 7 38
*Breeds under 40 reported attacks excluded*
Pitbulls get a bad rap because they seem to be the only attacks reported, people get attacked by other breeds but people don't always report the attacks.
I've worked and have known pitbulls and they are very sweet dogs. They actually score higher in temperament than a lab or golden retriever! I'm sorry to say but those out there that hate this breed have no idea what you're talking about. Any breed can attack you, heck my parents have a Pomeranian right now and he tries to bite people all the time and has. Just trying to say it's not one particular breed that does this, any breed has the capability to attack a human.
Another point for people to remember about media reports is that often any time ANY dog bites, it gets reported as a pit bull - unless it's known to be one of the other "problem" breeds. It's as if labradors or golden retrievers or whatever other "family dog" breed just doesn't have the genetic capability to bite. However they can - and they DO.
I have an Akita right now as a service dog. He's one of the most gentle dogs I've ever had - and supposedly they're another "dangerous breed". His most aggressive thing to animals or people is to pat people with his paw if he wants them to continue/resume petting him. However, he's been attacked by small dogs (often chihuahuas) and their humans in some cases have screamed at me for "taking a dangerous dog in public" when reality is that he's looking at me for help with their dog holding on to his fur and no feet on the ground. BTW, the dog in training to take his place as he retires is a rottie mix. She's even more gentle than he is.
Aggressive dogs are a people problem - not a dog problem or a breed problem. If people don't socialize and train their dogs - they can and often DO become aggressive
It sounds to me like your parents have some issues with keeping nasty dogs.
However, pit bulls are not for everyone.