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          6 months ago

          The breed should be extinguished. It serves no purpose other than dogfighting, mauling children, and wasting precious space in shelters.

          • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            Why don’t you personally go around and “exterminate” this one breed of dog? Carry out your personal dog-ocide, you fuckin hypocrite.

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      6 months ago

      I almost got mauled in the South. 100% irresponsible owners and nothing to do with the breed.

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      6 months ago

      An irresponsible owner with a Yorkie can get your socks bitten, an irresponsible owner with a pitbull can kill you.

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        6 months ago

        An irresponsible owner of a golden/newfie/GSD/dobie/St. Bernard/whatever can kill you too, it’s not the dog breed’s fault that idiots are attracted to them.

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          6 months ago

          That’s disingenuous, especially with the livestock guardian, rescue, and hunting dogs you listed - precisely because those were the traits selected for when creating those breeds.

          Even GSD and Dobermans don’t carry the specific risk that Pitbulls do, because their jobs require behavioral traits that are very different than dog fighting.

          Yes, all dogs carry some risk, especially large dogs, and exponentially when combined with a irresponsible owner.

          Yes, pitbulls can be extremely sweet and affectionate dogs, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were intentionally bred to be the best in class breed for dog fighting

          Do you believe that pitbulls are the only working dog breed whose characteristics and behavior is completely independent of the selective breeding process used to create them?

          Again, I like pitbulls, a lot, but that doesn’t mean I can disregard the science of dog breeding.