Why do I do this to myself?
So I'm already depressed, and I get up and turn on my browser and last night I was looking at fandom secrets and Opera is set up to open the last window it was on before I closed it.
And of course the secret about Pitbulls caught my eye, and because I hate myself, I had to go look at the comments.
Yeah, there's a lot of people defending them, but there's also a lot of people being like "Well, there's two reported dachshunds attacks and 1100 reported pit bull attacks!" and they're not taking things into consideration that need to be:
1. Unfortunately, because of their "rap" people who are inclined to own pit bulls are also the type of people inclined to mistreat them, or encourage their aggressive behavior. What this means is that a lot more pits than dachs are not treated well or trained well, meaning that a lot more pits are going to be aggressive.
2. Pits in general are overbred. So there's a lot more pits out there, than dachs. It's like saying that Americans as a whole are most intelligent than Brits because there's 1000 Americans with genius level IQs to your 100 genius brits (stats pulled out my ass to make a point, they're not important) when America has 10 thousand people in it (again not the real numbers, trying to make a point and it has nothing to do with America or Britain or IQ level) to pool from and Britain only has 1 thousand.
3. Going back to the overbreeding, Pits are also a breed that a lot of people (who are again, unfortunately not inclined to treat their dogs well) like to "breed" ie "Let's have your dog fuck my dog and sell the puppies (to people who would BUY dogs from us: People who again, will probably encourage these dogs to be vicious and mistreat them and ignore them. Do you see the vicious cycle here?) ". Nevermind, in some cases, that these people's dogs are closely related. Mating dogs that are closely related? Tends to have similar results to two people who are closely related having children. My parents are first cousins, and that's okay, my sister and I were safe, but if I were to have my first cousin's child, the chances of it having mental and physical disabilities would increase, and I'm pretty sure that if my child from my first cousin were to have their first cousin's child, it would be even higher. A lot of these dogs are third generation inbred, and sometimes between siblings or parent/offspring. A lot of these dogs, to be quite honest, are mentally disabled (or ill- yes, animals CAN be mentally ill) , and it's a lot harder to tell in a dog. Dach breeding tends to be a little more regulated. Dachs are popular dogs and victims of the puppy mill issue as well, but not to the extent that pits are.
4. Pits are a lot bigger, and stronger, than Dachs. So if a pit and a dach both attack you, you're more likely to get the dach off of you and hold it away from you while it snaps at you than you are a pit. This also means if a pit bites you, because it has bigger teeth and a more powerful (because of size- the locking jaw thing is a MYTH.) bite, it's more likely to cause damage, you are more likely to see a doctor to get it taken care of, and so, there you go, reported. If a dach bites you, it CAN cause damage (I know someone who's finger was permanently damaged by a Yorkie) but people are less likely to go get a small dach bite seen.
5.Dachs are small dogs. Aggressive behavior in small dogs is often not corrected or reported because it's seen as "cute". A snarling Dach is going to be laughed at while a snarling (for ANY reason) pit is more likely to get put down.
There's more, but this is already a long LJ entry at either a chorus, or a bunch of people who don't care (and I'm not saying that offensively! I'm very passionate about dogs and dog knowledge.). But my thing is, Pits attack people, yes. More pits than a lot of other dogs attack people, yes. But that doesn't mean that breed is evil and they all need to be destroyed. What it means is that the breed is in an unfortunate situation that works against it, and people who don't really care about dogs in general are likely to only see the surface, not THINK about the facts logically, and further hurt the breed. And those of us who are educated and care about ALL the facts are likely to get shut down because all we're saying is "my dog is fine!" I don't even OWN a pit. I just really really love all dogs*, care about their welfare, and have put in a huge amount of research.
It's just really frustrating, because they're wrong, but they refuse to see how they're wrong, citing statistics without looking beyond the statistics at the REASON for the statistics.
*Except pugs. Their eyes pop out of their heads. FUCK THEM.**
**Okay, fine, I LOVE pugs.
And of course the secret about Pitbulls caught my eye, and because I hate myself, I had to go look at the comments.
Yeah, there's a lot of people defending them, but there's also a lot of people being like "Well, there's two reported dachshunds attacks and 1100 reported pit bull attacks!" and they're not taking things into consideration that need to be:
1. Unfortunately, because of their "rap" people who are inclined to own pit bulls are also the type of people inclined to mistreat them, or encourage their aggressive behavior. What this means is that a lot more pits than dachs are not treated well or trained well, meaning that a lot more pits are going to be aggressive.
2. Pits in general are overbred. So there's a lot more pits out there, than dachs. It's like saying that Americans as a whole are most intelligent than Brits because there's 1000 Americans with genius level IQs to your 100 genius brits (stats pulled out my ass to make a point, they're not important) when America has 10 thousand people in it (again not the real numbers, trying to make a point and it has nothing to do with America or Britain or IQ level) to pool from and Britain only has 1 thousand.
3. Going back to the overbreeding, Pits are also a breed that a lot of people (who are again, unfortunately not inclined to treat their dogs well) like to "breed" ie "Let's have your dog fuck my dog and sell the puppies (to people who would BUY dogs from us: People who again, will probably encourage these dogs to be vicious and mistreat them and ignore them. Do you see the vicious cycle here?) ". Nevermind, in some cases, that these people's dogs are closely related. Mating dogs that are closely related? Tends to have similar results to two people who are closely related having children. My parents are first cousins, and that's okay, my sister and I were safe, but if I were to have my first cousin's child, the chances of it having mental and physical disabilities would increase, and I'm pretty sure that if my child from my first cousin were to have their first cousin's child, it would be even higher. A lot of these dogs are third generation inbred, and sometimes between siblings or parent/offspring. A lot of these dogs, to be quite honest, are mentally disabled (or ill- yes, animals CAN be mentally ill) , and it's a lot harder to tell in a dog. Dach breeding tends to be a little more regulated. Dachs are popular dogs and victims of the puppy mill issue as well, but not to the extent that pits are.
4. Pits are a lot bigger, and stronger, than Dachs. So if a pit and a dach both attack you, you're more likely to get the dach off of you and hold it away from you while it snaps at you than you are a pit. This also means if a pit bites you, because it has bigger teeth and a more powerful (because of size- the locking jaw thing is a MYTH.) bite, it's more likely to cause damage, you are more likely to see a doctor to get it taken care of, and so, there you go, reported. If a dach bites you, it CAN cause damage (I know someone who's finger was permanently damaged by a Yorkie) but people are less likely to go get a small dach bite seen.
5.Dachs are small dogs. Aggressive behavior in small dogs is often not corrected or reported because it's seen as "cute". A snarling Dach is going to be laughed at while a snarling (for ANY reason) pit is more likely to get put down.
There's more, but this is already a long LJ entry at either a chorus, or a bunch of people who don't care (and I'm not saying that offensively! I'm very passionate about dogs and dog knowledge.). But my thing is, Pits attack people, yes. More pits than a lot of other dogs attack people, yes. But that doesn't mean that breed is evil and they all need to be destroyed. What it means is that the breed is in an unfortunate situation that works against it, and people who don't really care about dogs in general are likely to only see the surface, not THINK about the facts logically, and further hurt the breed. And those of us who are educated and care about ALL the facts are likely to get shut down because all we're saying is "my dog is fine!" I don't even OWN a pit. I just really really love all dogs*, care about their welfare, and have put in a huge amount of research.
It's just really frustrating, because they're wrong, but they refuse to see how they're wrong, citing statistics without looking beyond the statistics at the REASON for the statistics.
*Except pugs. Their eyes pop out of their heads. FUCK THEM.**
**Okay, fine, I LOVE pugs.