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**ronaldasten** · 08-28-2011, 05:08 AM

I just wouldn't want to be walking down the street and have people go "Damn, look at the vicious pit bull that has to be muzzled." Most of the time just picking your dog up will work. If you have a standard sized APBT (somewhere under 60lbs) it shouldn't be too hard.

That's what I would think also; however in this case it seems the guy tried to pick up the dog and...and I'm not sure what ...I don't know how a grown man loses a grip on a 40 - 60 pound dog.

Now as for me; I'm a 105 pound woman. I can pick up my 50 pound dog in an emergency...but I'm not going very far with her. If I had a very DA dog (of any breed) that was heavier than I could confidently and comfortably pick up...than I would muzzle it. I am less concerned about what people think and more concerned about ensuring that my dog is safe...of course if I had a dog that was that DA dog and not reliably trained to ignore other dogs then I wouldn't be traipsing around with it everywhere either...walks in low traffic areas, the vet, to and from the car...pretty much it.

08-28-2011, 05:08 AM	#7
ronaldasten Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 629 Senior Member	I just wouldn't want to be walking down the street and have people go "Damn, look at the vicious pit bull that has to be muzzled." Most of the time just picking your dog up will work. If you have a standard sized APBT (somewhere under 60lbs) it shouldn't be too hard. That's what I would think also; however in this case it seems the guy tried to pick up the dog and...and I'm not sure what ...I don't know how a grown man loses a grip on a 40 - 60 pound dog. Now as for me; I'm a 105 pound woman. I can pick up my 50 pound dog in an emergency...but I'm not going very far with her. If I had a very DA dog (of any breed) that was heavier than I could confidently and comfortably pick up...than I would muzzle it. I am less concerned about what people think and more concerned about ensuring that my dog is safe...of course if I had a dog that was that DA dog and not reliably trained to ignore other dogs then I wouldn't be traipsing around with it everywhere either...walks in low traffic areas, the vet, to and from the car...pretty much it.
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