Sure. Because dogs killing humans is rare. As it should be. But it does happen. And when it does happen, the vast majority of the time the offender is bulldog/mastiff/terrier mix. Because you add the tenacity of a terrier to mastiff crossed with bulldog and you have created a dog capable of, and sometimes inclined to cause serious bodily harm and death.
A small terrier is enough of a terror. A big, powerful terrier thatâs perfectly capable of overpowering an adult human was, in my opinion, a really stupid mistake. But then, they served a purpose, terrorizing and recapturing runaway slaves. Sometimes tearing them apart as a warning to others was an ok outcome those days as well. Handlers in those days sure didnât consider that animal a âmistakeâ.
I think thatâs the biggest issue with the kind of people attracted to pitbull ownershipâthey are almost never terrier people, do not understand terriers, and usually have no experience with terriers.
Too often itâs presumed that unsavory type of people own pitbulls. I say not true. Not anymore then those types own other kinds of cheap, easily obtainable types of dogs. No, rather, I truly believe the disconnect is in understanding and truly appreciating all the breed types that have gone into their breed/type of choice. Pitbull people have a potentially loaded weapon of a dog on their hands and way way too often theyâve been sold a bill of goods on itâitâs a giant lap dog, a nanny dog, a giant slobbery ball of kisses dog, wouldnât hurt a fly, the gentle Pibble, aw. Wildly inaccurate and naive. Can you imagine someone insinuating that about their JRT?? Laughable. Yet the wold is full of all sorts of outside examples of what they should expect from their Pibble. Dress it up in baby clothes. Have it hold a binkie for the pic. Rest newborn baby against itâs side as it reclinesânanny dog, see? Take it to the dog park, let it play with all sorts of other strange and semi-stranger dogs, see, pittie loves everyone! Sometimes they do. Sometimes what we see as âloves everyoneâ is wild tenacity with zero structure or discipline.
Honestly, with as much stupid as they suffer from this now decade long fake news PR campaign, itâs a testament to the breed type, in a way, that more people arenât killed or maimed by this stupid lack of respect for such a powerful dog that can harbor so much incredible drive.
