Buckskin gal
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That description of the pit bull temperment was not minie, it is a description from an owners site and being honest about it, in her experience. Yes, the pit bull is known to go after prey and you have been fortunate to not have to expeience it. Perhaps the pitbulls over here are more agrrssive than what you have there...hope so. I certainly hope that Americans aren't defiant about laws which are for the protection of our children and pets. If someone was hit hard enough in the pocket book I think they would think twice about breeding for dogs who by nature are agressive and harmful to others. And I am not picking on pit bulls because I have already said I include "other breeds" for those who can be dangerous. Giver me an American bred Border collie any day over a pit bull and I would feel much safer for my family and pets. Have never heard of a border collie killing a child and wish I could say the same about a pit bull. Mary
All three of those traits apply equally well, possibly better, to that well known killer breed the Border Collie.
I have yet to see a Pitbull that can be left watching a shadow on the ground and still be there an hour later- THAT is "prey drive"!!!
There have been a lot of good and considered arguments on this thread- and people have, on the whole, not become too intense or "personal" about the breed.
At the end of the day though it is irrelevant whether or not the Pitbull is as some people perceive it- I can assure you that banning the breed will do no more in your country than it has in mine.
Eight years into the Dangerous Dogs Act there are, if anything, MORE Pitbulls in England than there were before the ban, as it is now also seen as an act of defiance to own one, so it has a certain "romantic allure" that it did not have before.
Are there Pitbull attacks??
One that is verified, in eight years- about the same as there was before people became hysterical about it.
And the attack that cemented the DDA being brought in was done by two ROTTWEILERS!!!